Florence Marathon Florence Marathonmarathon race which takes place in late November in Florence, Italy .History Established in 1984, the international competition has significantly grown in size since its inaugural edition of 462 runners – a total of 10,211 runners started the 2010 edition, making it the second largest Italian marathon after the Rome City Marathon .Orlando Pizzolato , a two-time New York Marathon winner, was present to inaugurate the race in 1984. The competition's first course was about a kilometre short of the true marathon distance , and it was increased for all subsequent editions. The course , which was created in 2011, starts at the Lungarno Pecori Giraldi and finishes in Piazza Santa Croce . It passes through much of Florence's historical town centre , with architecture dating from the 13th century , including: Piazza della Signoria , Ponte Vecchio , and the Basilica of Santa Croce .the course began at Piazzale Michelangelo and had a zigzagging path through the centre The bends and cobblestone roads made for a particularly difficult marathon and this led to the change in 2011 for an easier, faster race.world records due to an overall net drop of 75 m from 2001 to 2009, but the current course is now eligible.France , Germany and the United Kingdom are usually the next most represented nationalities in the field . From 2005 to 2009, the competition was annually broadcast live for three hours on the state-owned Rai Tre channel. The race is among Italy's most prominent – it was selected to be the national championship marathon race for the first time in 2003. The current course record holders are James Kutto , who set the men's record of 2:08:41 in 2006, and Lonah Chemtai Salpeter who set the female course record of 2:24:17 in 2018.Past winners Key: Edition Year Men's winner Time Women's winner Time I 1984 2:15:23 2:32:53 II 1985 2:17:44 2:44:32 III 1986 2:15:37 2:39:35 IV 1987 2:16:33 2:33:23 V 1988 2:15:51 2:43:14 VI 1989 2:16:48 2:39:45 VII 1990 2:18:57 2:44:23 VIII 1991 2:16:33 2:35:37 IX 1992 2:19:12 2:50:34 X 1993 2:16:39 2:42:24 XI 1994 2:14:03 2:41:34 XII 1995 2:15:36 2:40:08 XIII 1996 2:15:04 2:33:51 XIV 1997 2:14:27 2:47:00 XV 1998 2:16:39 2:44:16 XVI 1999 2:11:51 2:38:28 XVII 2000 2:14:11 2:32:18 XVIII 2001 2:10:38 2:32:26 XIX 2002 2:11:15 2:28:15 XX 2003 2:15:54 2:34:40 XXI 2004 2:11:34 2:29:11 XXII 2005 2:11:27 2:30:46 XXIII 2006 2:08:41 2:34:52 XXIV 2007 2:12:50 2:33:14 XXV 2008 2:12:37 2:34:13 XXVI 2009 2:11:21 2:35:41 XXVII 2010 2:12:41 2:28:58 XXVIII 2011 2:09:52 2:31:36 XXIX 2012 2:09:59 2:30:08 XXX 2013 2:09:14 2:30:37 XXXI 2014 2:09:55 2:31:28 XXXII 2015 2:09:55 2:31:34 XXXIII 2016 2:11:57 2:28:46 XXXIV 2017 2:14:41 2:28:55 XXXV 2018 2:11:32 2:24:17 XXXVI 2019 2:10:14 2:25:29
By country Country Men's race Women's race Total 9 11 20 11 4 15 6 6 11 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
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