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43rd Valencia Marathon
Venue	Valencia, Spain
Date	December 3, 2023
Champions
Men	Sisay Lemma (ETH) (2:01:48)
Women	Worknesh Degefa (ETH) (2:15:51)
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The 2023 Valencia Marathon was an Elite Platinum Label marathon race held in Valencia, Spain on December 3, 2023. It was the 43rd running of the race.

There were 20 national records set in this marathon. Kenenisa Bekele, was just over 20 seconds behind the lead group at halfway and appeared to have decided not to go with the strong pace at the front. That proved to be a wise move with the 41-year-old Ethiopian legend passing plenty of slowing runners, including Kandie, to take fourth place in a new Masters world record of 2:04:19.

A record-setting number of runners (5,423) finished below three hours. This is more than any other marathon, including the Berlin Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The race also produced more sub-2:45 and sub-2:30 results than any other major marathon.

Results

Elite men's top 30 finishers Place Athlete Nationality Time Sisay Lemma  Ethiopia 2:01:48 Alexander Mutiso  Kenya 2:03:11 Dawit Wolde  Ethiopia 2:03:48 4 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 2:04:19 5 Gabriel Geay  Tanzania 2:04:33 6 Kibiwott Kandie  Kenya 2:04:48 7 Chalu Deso  Ethiopia 2:05:14 8 Mohamed Esa  Ethiopia 2:05:40 9 Mehdi Frere  France 2:05:43 10 Gashau Ayale  Israel 2:05:46 11 Tariku Novales  Spain 2:05:48 12 Derseh Kindie  Ethiopia 2:05:51 13 Girmaw Amare  Israel 2:05:52 14 Nicolas Navarro  France 2:05:53 15 Haimro Alame  Israel 2:06:04 16 Félix Bour  France 2:06:46 17 Morhad Amdouni  France 2:06:55 18 Shokhrukh Davlatov  Uzbekistan 2:07:02 19 Richard Ringer  Germany 2:07:05 20 Titus Kipruto  Kenya 2:07:22 21 Nekagenet Crippa  Italy 2:07:35 22 Samuel Barata  Portugal 2:07:35 23 Khalid Choukoud  Netherlands 2:07:37 24 Isaac Mpofu  Zimbabwe 2:07:39 25 Alberto González Mindez  Guatemala 2:07:40 26 Benjamin Choquert  France 2:07:42 27 Getaneh Molla  Ethiopia 2:07:45 28 Yago Rojo  Spain 2:07:47 29 Goitom Kifle  Eritrea 2:08:22 30 Haftom Welday  Germany 2:08:24

Elite women's top 30 finishers Place Athlete Nationality Time Worknesh Degefa  Ethiopia 2:15:51 Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia 2:16:22 Hiwot Gebrekidan  Ethiopia 2:17:59 4 Celestine Chepchirchir  Kenya 2:20:46 5 Majida Maayouf  Spain 2:21:27 6 Sultan Haydar  Turkey 2:21:27 7 Desi Mokonin  Brunei 2:22:29 8 Genevieve Gregson  Australia 2:23:08 9 Sofiia Yaremchuk  Italy 2:23:16 10 Isobel Batt-Doyle  Australia 2:23:27 11 Joan Chelimo  Kenya 2:24:16 12 Fabienne Schlumpf  Switzerland 2:24:30 13 Laura Hottenrott  Germany 2:24:32 14 Camilla Richardsson  Finland 2:24:38 15 Mekdes Woldu  France 2:24:44 16 Silvia Patricia Ortiz Morocho  Ecuador 2:24:50 17 Mélody Julien  France 2:25:01 18 Clara Evans  United Kingdom 2:25:04 19 Lily Partridge  United Kingdom 2:25:12 20 Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou  Spain 2:25:30 21 Laura Luengo  Spain 2:25:35 22 Susana Cristina Da Silva Godinho  Portugal 2:25:35 23 Moira Stewartová  Czech Republic 2:25:36 24 Eloise Wellings  Australia 2:25:47 25 Manon Trapp  France 2:25:48 26 Aleksandra Lisowska  Poland 2:25:52 27 Camille French  New Zealand 2:26:08 28 Marie Perrier  Mauritius 2:26:19 29 Angelika Mach  Poland 2:26:19 30 María José Pérez  Spain 2:26:42

References

1. Valencia Marathon 2023: All results and times - complete list Summer Olympic Games
2. Greatest Marathon I've Ever Seen Total Running Productions. December 4, 2023
3. 5 Takeaways from 2023 Valencia Marathon Citius Mag
4. Valencia Marathon 2023: Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma breaks course record as Joshua Cheptegei toils on marathon debut Olympics.com
5. Rock, Brian (2024-12-21). "How Fast Were the Finishers At the 2024 Valencia Marathon?". Running with Rock. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
6. Results - Valencia Marathon 2023 WatchAthletics.com
7. 2023 Valencia Marathon results

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