{{Short description|Annual race in Bulgaria held since 1983}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{infobox athletics race | bgcolour = #06038D <!-- color taken from marathon site, presumably used because it is also used by title sponsor --> | image = Sofia marathon, Софийски маратон, 2019 (9).jpg | caption = Start and finish area at Battenberg Square in 2019 | date = October | location = Sofia, Bulgaria | type = Road | iaaf_category = | distance = Marathon, half marathon, 10K | sponsor = Wizz Air | beneficiary = | est = {{start date and age|1983|p=y}}{{r|2014.welcome}} | record = | homepage = {{URL|https://sofiamarathon.bg/|Sofia Marathon}} | participants = 414<!-- 65 female + 349 male --> <!-- marathon --> finishers (2022){{r|2022.results.full}}<br>328<!-- 64 female, 264 male --> finishers (2021){{r|2021.results}}<br />386<!-- 70 female, 316 male --> finishers (2020){{r|2020.results}}<br />525<!-- 91 female, 435 male, 1 disqualification --> finishers (2019){{r|2019.results}}{{efn|The official results list 526 finishers, but Hassan Laqouahi, who originally placed fifth, was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drug test.{{r|2019.results}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/disciplinary-process/global-list-of-ineligible-persons|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219173745/https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/disciplinary-process/global-list-of-ineligible-persons?athleteName=laqouahi|title=Global List of Ineligible Persons | Athletics Integrity Unit|website=www.athleticsintegrity.org|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<br />390<!-- 77 female, 313 male --> finishers (2017){{r|2017.results}}<br />223<!-- 34 female, 189 male --> finishers (2015){{r|2015.results}} }} The '''Sofia Marathon''' is an annual road marathon hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria, since 1983.<ref name="arrs">{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/HP_SofiaMa.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219163322/https://arrs.run/HP_SofiaMa.htm|title=Sofia Marathon|website=arrs.run|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2014.welcome">{{Cite web|url=https://www.marathonsofia.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219151206/https://www.marathonsofia.com/?page_id=137|title=Marathon Sofia | Marathon Sofia * Маратон София|website=www.marathonsofia.com|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref> The marathon is categorized as a Bronze Label Road Race by World Athletics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020|title=World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events | World Athletics|date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020|archive-date=2020-09-02}}</ref> During race weekend, a half marathon, a 10K race, and a fun run of length {{cvt|3|km|mi}} are also offered.<!-- fun run was cancelled in 2020, likely due to the pandemic, but has been offered in previous years --><ref name="2018.info">{{Cite web|url=https://www.marathonsofia.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201221220140/https://www.marathonsofia.com/?page_id=139|title=Marathon Sofia | Marathon Sofia * Маратон София|website=www.marathonsofia.com|archive-date=2020-12-21|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2020.info">{{Cite web|url=https://www.marathonsofia.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201221215805/https://www.marathonsofia.com/?page_id=4763|title=Marathon Sofia | Marathon Sofia * Маратон София|website=www.marathonsofia.com|archive-date=2020-12-21|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
== History ==
The inaugural marathon was held on {{dts|1983.05.22|format=dmy}}.{{r|arrs}}{{r|results.atletika}}
The 2020 edition of the marathon, held on {{dts|2020.10.11|format=dmy}}, was notable for having taken place during the coronavirus pandemic, despite marathons in Riga and nearby Bucharest, scheduled for the same weekend, being cancelled the day before they were to occur.<ref name="aims.belgrade">{{Cite web|url=https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1488-permission-refused-for-belgrade-marathon.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219185308/https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1488-permission-refused-for-belgrade-marathon.html|title=Permission refused for Belgrade Marathon | AIMS | Race news|website=aims-worldrunning.org|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="aims.riga.bucharest">{{Cite web|url=https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1481-bucharest-riga-suffer-last-minute-cancellation.html|title=Bucharest, Riga suffer last-minute cancellation | AIMS | Race news|date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017014609/https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1481-bucharest-riga-suffer-last-minute-cancellation.html|archive-date=2020-10-17}}</ref><ref name="riga.cancellation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important/956F3094-7D20-4876-95BB-2F2414ADC407/|title=Government decides to cancel Riga Marathon | News | LETA|date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011011144/https://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important/956F3094-7D20-4876-95BB-2F2414ADC407/|archive-date=2020-10-11}}</ref><ref name="bucharest.cancellation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/bucharest-marathon-professional-race-canceled-oct-2020|title=Bucharest Marathon: Professional runners' race canceled, virtual event goes on | Romania Insider|date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024064247/https://www.romania-insider.com/bucharest-marathon-professional-race-canceled-oct-2020|archive-date=2020-10-24}}</ref>{{efn|The Riga Marathon, a two-day event, was cancelled on Friday, and the Bucharest Marathon, already stripped down to only the marathon race scheduled for Sunday, and limited to only professional runners, was cancelled on Saturday.{{r|riga.cancellation}}{{r|bucharest.cancellation}}<ref name="bucharest.limitation">{{Cite web|url=https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/professional-runners/|title=Professional Runners - Bucharest Marathon - #RunInBucharest|date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922070206/https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/professional-runners/|archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>}} In addition, during the start of the 10K race, Serbian Olympian Olivera Jevtić was deliberately pushed by another runner from Bulgaria, who knocked her down.<ref name="jevtić.telegraf">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraf.rs/sport/atletika/3248831-olivera-jevtic-bojan-vacev-maraton-sofija-napad|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219181441/https://www.telegraf.rs/sport/atletika/3248831-olivera-jevtic-bojan-vacev-maraton-sofija-napad|title=Ovo je čovek koji je napao Oliveru Jevtić: Hvalio se na Instagramu da je dobro završio trku!|website=Telegraf.rs|date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jevtić.novini">{{Cite web|url=https://novini.bg/bylgariya/obrazovanie/623934|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201221230719/https://novini.bg/bylgariya/obrazovanie/623934|title=Боян Вачев, който блъсна сръбкинята Оливера Йевтич на маратона в София, с мейл до медиите - Образование|website=Novini.bg|archive-date=2020-12-21|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jevtić.runnersworld">{{Cite web|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a34367850/female-runner-olivera-jevtic-attacked-sofia-marathon/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201221232813/https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a34367850/female-runner-olivera-jevtic-attacked-sofia-marathon/|archive-date=2020-12-21|title=The five-time Olympian was attacked at the start of the Sofia Marathon|date=October 14, 2020|website=Runner's World|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref> Jevtić struck her head on the ground, lost consciousness, and suffered a hematoma on her head as a result.<ref name="jevtić.vecernji">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/sokantna-snimka-manijak-napao-dvostruku-osvajacicu-zagrebackog-maratona-1437793|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201221233445/https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/sokantna-snimka-manijak-napao-dvostruku-osvajacicu-zagrebackog-maratona-1437793|title=Šokantna snimka: Manijak napao dvostruku osvajačicu Zagrebačkog maratona!|website=www.vecernji.hr|archive-date=2020-12-21|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref>{{r|jevtić.telegraf}} Furthermore, both runners that were originally declared winners, {{ill|Viktoriya Khapilina|de|Wiktorija Chapilina}} and Youssef Sbaai<!-- not to be confused with youssef sbai, a weightlifter -->, were later disqualified by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) because their in-competition samples had tested positive for erythropoietin.<ref name="2020.results"/><ref name="2020.insidethegames"/><ref name="2020.disqualification.khapilina"/><ref name="2020.disqualification.sbaai"/><ref name="2020.results.old">{{cite web |url=https://my1.raceresult.com/160489/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7C10+-+Finisher+List&contest=1&lang=en |title=Results |date=2020 |website=my1.raceresult.com |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219165715/https://my1.raceresult.com/160489/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7C10%20-%20Finisher%20List&contest=1&lang=en |archive-date=19 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Course ==
{{external media <!-- 2015: course with 5 loops --> | image1 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20201219143538im_/https://www.dnevnik.bg/shimg/zx860y484_2621443.jpg Course map of full marathon in 2015]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2015/10/04/2621441_redica_ulici_shte_budat_zatvoreni_zaradi_maratona_na/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219143532/https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2015/10/04/2621441_redica_ulici_shte_budat_zatvoreni_zaradi_maratona_na/|archive-date=2020-12-19|title=Редица улици ще бъдат затворени заради маратона на София - Спорт - Дневник|date=4 October 2015}}</ref> <!-- 2017: course with 4 loops --> | image2 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930175742im_/http://www.marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shema-17_LOW-1.jpg Course map of full marathon in 2017]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marathonsofia.com/?page_id=144|title=Карта на трасето | Marathon Sofia|date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018233445/http://www.marathonsofia.com/?page_id=144|archive-date=18 October 2017|access-date=22 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- 2019: course with 2 loops --> | image3 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20201219145826if_/https://mysofia.bg/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sofiyski-marathon.png Course map of full marathon in 2019]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mysofia.bg/sport/zatvaryat-centralni-ulici-i-bulevardi-zaradi-maraton-v-sofia-2019/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191016174044/https://mysofia.bg/sport/zatvaryat-centralni-ulici-i-bulevardi-zaradi-maraton-v-sofia-2019/|archive-date = 2019-10-16|title = Затварят централни улици и булеварди заради маратон|date = 10 October 2019}}</ref> <!-- 2019: better quality pdf version available at https://web.archive.org/web/20201219144754if_/http://www.marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SFMRTN_full-WEB-DNLD-rev3.pdf --> }}
[[File:Sofia marathon 2017.jpg|thumb|Congregating at the start, which was between {{ill|Prince's Garden|bg|Княжеска градина}} and Vasil Levski National Stadium in 2017]]
The marathon begins and ends on Battenberg Square, in front of the National Art Gallery.{{r|2019.course}} It consists of two loops, which half marathoners run once.{{r|2019.course}}
The course first briefly heads west before turning north on Maria Luiza Boulevard.{{r|2019.course}} Shortly after passing Lions' Bridge, the marathon hits a turnaround point and heads back south, past St Nedelya Church.{{r|2019.course}} After encountering the Court House on Vitosha Boulevard, runners then head east until they hit Georgi Rakovski Street, then take that street northeast to Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard.{{r|2019.course}} Marathoners then head southeast along the boulevard past the National Assembly to turn north onto Vasil Levski Boulevard in front of Sofia University.{{r|2019.course}}
The course next has an out-and-back leg of roughly {{cvt|15|km|mi|0}} in length that largely stays on Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard, {{ill|Vladimir Vazov Boulevard|bg|Владимир Вазов (булевард в София)}}, and {{ill|Botevgrad Highway|bg|Ботевградско шосе}}, with a turnaround point near the northeastern limits of the city, past the airport.{{r|2019.course}} After returning to Vasil Levski Boulevard in the city center, runners then turn west to run past Alexander Nevsky Cathedral before returning to Battenberg Square to complete the half marathon loop.<ref name="2019.course">{{cite web |url=http://www.marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SFMRTN_full-WEB-DNLD-rev3.pdf |title=Data |website=www.marathonsofia.com |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219144754/https://www.marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SFMRTN_full-WEB-DNLD-rev3.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! class="unsortable" | Ed. ! Date ! Male Winner ! Time ! Female Winner ! Time ! class="unsortable" | Rf. |- | align="center" | 1 | 1983.05.22 | {{flagathlete|Stanimir Nenov|BUL|1971}} | 2:24:54 | {{flagathlete|Nedyalka Bakalova|BUL|1971}} | 3:19:12 | <ref name="results.atletika">{{Cite web|url=http://www.atletikabg.com/2017/10/14/%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d0%b2-%d1%81%d0%be%d1%84%d0%b8%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bd/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219193743/http://www.atletikabg.com/2017/10/14/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B2-%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD/|title=Победители в Софийския маратон – Списание АТЛЕТИКА|website=www.atletikabg.com|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 2 | 1984.05.20 | {{flagathlete|Petko Karpachev|BUL|1971}} | 2:19:30 | {{flagathlete|Rumyana Chavdarova|BUL|1971}} | 2:53:45 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | align="center" | 3 | 1985.05.19 | {{flagathlete|Klaus Goldmayer|GDR}} <!-- family name romanized from bulgarian results, while original may have been "Goldmeier", "Goldmeyer", or something similar, and arrs spells it as "Goldmaier" --> | 2:24:42 | {{flagathlete|Petranka Nikolova|BUL|1971}} | 2:56:17 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | align="center" | 4 | 1986.05.18 | {{flagathlete|Stanimir Nenov|BUL|1971}} <!-- arrs source spells name as "Nenow", though more.arrs.run spells it as "Nenov" --> | 2:21:17 | {{flagathlete|Birgit Schuckmann|GDR}} <!-- family name romanized from bulgarian results would have been "Shtukman" --> | 2:49:12 | {{r|results.atletika|arrs}} |- | align="center" | 5 | 1987.05.17 | {{flagathlete|Veselin Vasilev|BUL|1971}} <!-- arrs source spells name as "Vasilyev", though more.arrs.run spells it as "Vasilev" --> | 2:24:23 | {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Kössler|GDR}} | 2:46:55 | {{r|results.atletika|arrs}} |- | align="center" | 6 | 1988.05.15 | {{flagathlete|Veselin Vasilev|BUL|1971}} <!-- arrs source spells name as "Vasilyev", though more.arrs.run spells it as "Vasilev" --> | 2:20:47 | {{flagathlete|Nataliya Balyakina|SUN}} <!-- both cited sources list russia --> <!-- arrs source spells name as "Natalya" --> | 2:49:27 | {{r|results.atletika|arrs}} |- | align="center" | 7 | 1989.05.14 | {{flagathlete|{{ill|Klaus Goldammer|de}}|GDR}} <!-- atletika lists bulgarian hristo georgiev as the winner, but may have conflated the marathon with the national championship (which the marathon hosted that year), while more.arrs.run lists georgiev in third place, behind german klaus goldammer and romanian georghe sandu --> | 2:24:29 | {{flagathlete|Rumyana Panovska|BUL|1971}} | 2:46:29 | <ref name="results.more.1989">{{Cite web |url=https://www.more.arrs.run/race/53947 |title = ARRS - Race: Sofia |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210308192041/https://www.more.arrs.run/race/53947 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | align="center" | 8 | 1990.05.13 | {{flagathlete|Veselin Vasilev|BUL|1971}} <!-- arrs source spells name as "Vasilyev", though more.arrs.run spells it as "Vasilev" --> <!-- flag changed on 1990.11.27, after this race --> | 2:25:37 | {{flagathlete|Stayka Gandurova|BUL|1971}} <!-- flag changed on 1990.11.27, after this race --> | 2:57:23 | {{r|results.atletika|arrs}} |- | align="center" | 9 | 1991.05.12 | {{flagathlete|Hristo Georgiev|BUL}} <!-- arrs source spells name as "Khristo" --> | 2:22:00 | {{flagathlete|{{ill|Mariana Maslarova|bg|Мариана Масларова}}|BUL}} | 3:21:51 | {{r|results.atletika|arrs}} |- | align="center" | 10 | 1992.05.03 | {{flagathlete|Rangel Filipov|BUL}} | 2:21:51 | {{flagathlete|Gergana Voynova|BUL}} | 2:48:05 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | align="center" | 11 | 1993.05.26 | {{flagathlete|Daniel Dukov|BUL}} | 2:23:31 | {{flagathlete|Rumyana Panovska|BUL}} | 2:38:25 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | align="center" | 12 | 1994.05.21 | {{flagathlete|Petko Stefanov|BUL}} | 2:25:31 | {{flagathlete|Gergana Voynova|BUL}} | 2:52:38 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | align="center" | 13 | 1995.05.21 | {{flagathlete|Petko Stefanov|BUL}} | 2:14:54 | {{flagathlete|Gergana Voynova|BUL}} | 2:41:34 | {{r|results.atletika}} |- | <!-- 1996 to 2008 --> |- | <!-- unclear if any of these editions were numbered, as it appears that a race with a shorter distance was held during those years --> | {{sdash|sort=2009}} | colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''marathon distance not held from 2009 to 2011 due to financial and infrastructural issues'' || {{r|2014.welcome}} |- | align="center" | 29{{efn|The 2012 edition of the race had been considered the 29th Sofia Marathon by the race organizers, while the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) considered it to be the 27th running of the marathon.<ref name="2012.edition">{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221073534/http://maratonsofia.com/image-149-656-350-image.jpg | url=http://maratonsofia.com/image-149-656-350-image.jpg | archive-date=21 December 2024 | title=Marathon Sofia finish | access-date=22 December 2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- 2012 regulation page makes no note of how many times the traditional marathon was run, as opposed to 2013 regulation page --><ref name="arrs.2012">{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2012.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200608085155/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2012.htm|archive-date = 2020-06-08|title = Ml_2012}}</ref>}} | 2012.10.21 | {{flagathlete|{{ill|Shaban Mustafa|fr}}|BUL}} | 2:28:21 | {{flagathlete|Anita Krasteva|BUL}} | 2:55:43 | {{r|results.atletika}}{{r|arrs}}{{r|2012.edition}} |- | align="center" | 30<!-- using "30" here instead of "28" because race organizers used "29" for the 2012 race -->{{efn|The 2013 edition of the race was acknowledged by the race organizers as the 28th time the traditional marathon was run in Sofia.<ref name="2013.regulation">{{Cite web|url=http://maratonsofia.com/regulation|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131011050620/http://maratonsofia.com/regulation|archive-date = 2013-10-11|title = 98858威尼斯_98858vip威尼斯}}</ref><!-- the start line arch in 2013 did not appear to use an ordinal, as seen at https://web.archive.org/web/20160821213153if_/http://marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/PA060380.JPG --> ARRS also used the latter ordinal for the 2013 race, and considered it the 28th running of the marathon.<ref name="arrs.2013">{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2013.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200608085155/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2013.htm|archive-date = 2020-06-08|title = Ml_2013}}</ref> In contrast, several reliable sources, including Bulgarian National Radio and TV+, reported the 2013 race as the 30th anniversary edition ({{langx|bg|"30-ото юбилейно издание"|links=no}}) of the Sofia Marathon.<!-- it is unclear if they did so because the inaugural marathon took place 30 years prior, in 1983 --><ref name="2013.bnr">{{Cite web |url=https://bnr.bg/post/100074319/lasen-mokradji-specheli-30-oto-ubileino-izdanie-na-maratona-na-sofiya |title = Ласен Мокраджи спечели 30-ото юбилейно издание на Маратона на София -… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201222155004/https://bnr.bg/post/100074319/lasen-mokradji-specheli-30-oto-ubileino-izdanie-na-maratona-na-sofiya |archive-date=22 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2013.tvplus">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvplus.bg/index.php?p=news&id=15536 |title = TV+ Новини |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201222155306/http://www.tvplus.bg/index.php?p=news&id=15536 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} | 2013.10.06 | {{flagathlete|Lahcen Mokraji|MAR}} <!-- sometimes (but significantly less often) spelled as "Mokhraji" (with an 'h'), including on world athletics profile --> | 2:22:42 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:22:40 --> | {{flagathlete|Silvia Danekova|BUL}} <!-- sometimes spelled as "Silviya" --> | 2:52:27 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:52:21 --> | <ref name="2013.results.male">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102180553/https://marathonsofia.com/results/2013/42km.male.logo.pdf|archive-date=2021-11-02|url-status=live|url=https://marathonsofia.com/results/2013/42km.male.logo.pdf|title=2013 Sofia Marathon Results - 42.195 KM Male All Ages|website=Sofia Marathon|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref> <ref name="2013.results.female">{{Cite web|website=Sofia Marathon|access-date=2024-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174425/https://marathonsofia.com/results/2013/42km.female.logo.pdf|archive-date=2021-10-29|url-status=live|url=http://marathonsofia.com/results/2013/42km.female.logo.pdf|title=2013 Sofia Marathon Results - 42.195 KM Female All Ages}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201222164653/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bulgaria/silvia-danekova-14268739|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-12-22|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bulgaria/silvia-danekova-14268739|title=SIlvia Danekova|website=World Athletics|access-date=2024-11-12}}<!-- source is used for romanization of name used here --></ref>{{r|2013.bnr}} |- | align="center" | 31{{efn|The 2014 edition of the race was acknowledged by the race organizers as both the 31st Sofia Marathon and the 29th time the traditional marathon was run in Sofia.<ref name="2014.edition">{{Cite web|trans-title=Results and Ranking of Marathon Sofia 2014|website=Sofia Marathon|language=bg|title=Резултати и класиране от Маратон София 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219161836/https://www.marathonsofia.com/?p=745|url=https://www.marathonsofia.com/?p=745|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-12-19|date=2014-10-13|access-date=2024-11-12}}<!-- note "XXXI" and "2014" on start line arch at top of picture --></ref>{{r|2014.welcome}}<!-- the discrepancy can be explained if two events between 2009 and 2011 were assigned ordinals for the event, but not assigned ordinals for the marathon, as the marathon distance was not contested during those years --> ARRS also used the latter ordinal for the 2014 race, and considered it the 29th running of the marathon.<ref name="arrs.2014">{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2014.htm|title=ML_2014|date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219195455/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2014.htm|archive-date=2020-12-19}}</ref>}} | 2014.10.12 | {{flagathlete|Edwin Kipchumba|KEN}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Edwin Kipchumba Kiprono", with order of names inconsistent --> | 2:19:06 | {{flagathlete|Zefre Worku|ETH}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Zefre Worku Boku", with order of names inconsistent --> | 2:40:53 | {{r|arrs}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/100471564/kenyan-runner-wins-sofia-marathon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201222012513/https://bnr.bg/en/post/100471564/kenyan-runner-wins-sofia-marathon|url-status=live|title=Kenyan runner wins Sofia Marathon|website=bnr.bg|archive-date=2020-12-22|access-date=2020-12-22}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/zefre-worku-014462687|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219202111/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/zefre-worku-014462687|url-status=live|title=Zefre Worku|website=World Athletics|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref>{{r|2014.edition}} |- | align="center" | 32{{efn|The 2015 edition of the race had been considered the 32nd Sofia Marathon by the race organizers, while ARRS considered it to be the 30th running of the marathon.<ref name="2015.edition">{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221073307/http://marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sofiq-Maraton-2015232.JPG | archive-date=21 December 2024 | url=http://marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sofiq-Maraton-2015232.JPG | title=Sofia Marathon start line | access-date=22 December 2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2015.htm|title=ML_2015|date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608085201/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2015.htm|archive-date=2020-06-08}}</ref><!-- if the event had been held exactly once every calendar year since 1983, the 2015 edition would have been the 33rd running of the event -->}} | 2015.10.04 | {{flagathlete|Samuel Demie|ETH}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Samuel Getachew Demie" --> | 2:16:41 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:16:40 --> | {{flagathlete|Rebecca Korir|KEN}} | 2:32:35 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:32:32 --> | <ref name="2015.results">{{cite web |url=https://marathonsofia.com/results/2015/42km_gender.pdf |title=Data |date=2015 |website=marathonsofia.com |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115224657/https://marathonsofia.com/results/2015/42km_gender.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{r|results.atletika}}{{r|2015.edition}} |- | align="center" | 33{{efn|The 2016 edition of the race had been considered the 33rd Sofia Marathon by the race organizers, while ARRS considered it to be the 31st running of the marathon.<ref name="2016.edition">{{cite web |title=2016 Poster |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219212605if_/https://www.marathonsofia.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery/09.10._2016._Maraton_20168.JPG |website=Web Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2016.htm|title=ML_2016|date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219205420/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2016.htm|archive-date=2020-12-19}}</ref>}} | 2016.10.09 | {{flagathlete|Gudeta Biratu|ETH}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Gudeta Gemechu Biratu" --> | 2:15:45 <!-- chip time, with gun time of 2:15:44, which is, unusually, shorter, as were the times of a few other competitors --> | {{flagathlete|Belaynesh Yigezu|ETH}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Belaynesh Shifera Yigezu" --> | 2:39:39 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:39:38 --> | <ref name="2016.results">{{cite web |url=https://marathonsofia.com/results/2016/42km_overall.pdf |title=Data |date=2015 |website=marathonsofia.com |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116042255/https://marathonsofia.com/results/2016/42km_overall.pdf |archive-date=16 November 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{r|2016.edition}} |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor --> | 2017.10.15 | {{flagathlete|{{ill|Samson Barmao|nl}}|KEN}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Samson Barmao Kiprono", with order of names inconsistent --> | 2:14:49 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:14:47 --> | {{flagathlete|Ruth Matebo|KEN}} | 2:40:30 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:40:27 --> | <ref name="2017.results">{{cite web |url=https://marathonsofia.com/results/2017/sofia2017_42km_overall.pdf |title=Data |date=2015 |website=marathonsofia.com |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115194452/https://marathonsofia.com/results/2017/sofia2017_42km_overall.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/samson-kiprono-barmao-14207349|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219215648/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/samson-kiprono-barmao-14207349|url-status=live|title=Samson BARMAO | Profile|website=worldathletics.org|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref> |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor --> | 2018.10.14 | {{flagathlete|Stephen Kipchirchir|KEN}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Stephen Kipchirchir Kiplagat" --> | 2:14:06 | {{flagathlete|Ruth Matebo|KEN}} | 2:35:21 | <ref name="2018.results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7123390|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219222358/https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7123390|archive-date=2020-12-19|title=Events Calendar | World Athletics|website=www.worldathletics.org|access-date=2020-12-22|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor, although the city appears to consider this to be the 36th edition, as noted at https://archive.today/20201219235900/https://sofia.bg/web/sofia-municipality/start/-/asset_publisher/FFjvWbtXzqS5/content/wizz-air-sofia-marathon-2019 --> | 2019.10.13 | {{flagathlete|Hosea Tuei|KEN}} <!-- sometimes spelled "Tuwei" (including by world athletics) or "Twei" --> | 2:15:59 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:15:55 --> | {{flagathlete|Shegae Maeregu|ETH}} <!-- sometimes referred to as "Hayelom Shegae Maeregu", with order of names inconsistent --> | 2:35:36 <!-- gun time, with chip time of 2:35:33 --> | <ref name="2019.results">{{cite web |url=https://my2.raceresult.com/139820/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7C10+-+Finisher+List&contest=1&lang=en |title=Wizz Air Sofia Marathon 2019 |website=my.raceresult.com |format=PDF |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219170617/https://my2.raceresult.com/139820/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7C10+-+Finisher+List&contest=1&lang=en |archive-date=19 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/maeregu-shegae-14806269|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219223917/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/maeregu-shegae-14806269|url-status=live|title=Shegae MAEREGU | Profile|website=www.worldathletics.org|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref> |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor --> | 2020.10.11 | {{flagathlete|Redouan Nouini|MAR}}{{efn|Youssef Sbaai<!-- not to be confused with youssef sbai, a weightlifter --> crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for failing an in-competition drug test.{{r|2020.results}}<ref name="2020.insidethegames">{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101463/sofia-marathon-winners-suspended|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219191841/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101463/sofia-marathon-winners-suspended|url-status=live|title=Sofia Marathon winners provisionally suspended by AIU for doping violations|date=2020-12-01|website=www.insidethegames.biz|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref><ref name="2020.disqualification.sbaai">{{Cite web|title=Latest Sanctions for Doping and Non-Doping Violations|date=July 2021|url=https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/Latest-Santions-July-2021.pdf|website=Athletics Integrity Unit|url-status=live|archive-date=2024-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606065338/https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/Latest-Santions-July-2021.pdf|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-doping/athletics-sofia-marathon-winner-sbaai-gets-four-year-doping-ban-idUKKCN2DH068/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211010183630/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-doping/athletics-sofia-marathon-winner-sbaai-gets-four-year-doping-ban-idUKKCN2DH068|archive-date=2021-10-10|url-status=live|title=Sofia Marathon winner Sbaai gets four-year doping ban|work=Reuters|access-date=2024-11-12|first= Shrivathsa|last=Sridhar|editor-first=William|editor-last=Mallard|location=Bengaluru}}</ref>}} | 2:13:03 | {{flagathlete|Naom<!-- sometimes spelled "Naomi" --> Jebet|KEN}}{{efn|{{ill|Viktoriya Khapilina|de|Wiktorija Chapilina}} crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for failing an in-competition drug test.{{r|2020.results}}<ref name="2020.disqualification.khapilina">{{cite web |url=https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/AIU-20-126-Viktoriya-KHAPILINA-Decision.pdf |title=Disciplinary process |website=www.athleticsintegrity.org |access-date=2020-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214131356/https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/AIU-20-126-Viktoriya-KHAPILINA-Decision.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} | 2:28:41 | <ref name="2020.results">{{cite web |url=https://my.raceresult.com/160489/%231_B5AECE |title=Wizz Air Sofia Marathon 2020, 11.10.2020 : : My.race|result |website=my.raceresult.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211010182639/https://my.raceresult.com/160489/%231_B5AECE |archive-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="worldathletics.nouini">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211010184552/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/morocco/redouan-nouini-14778897|archive-date=2021-10-10|url-status=live|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/morocco/radouan-nouini-14778897|title=Redouan Nouini|website=World Athletics|access-date=2024-11-12}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref> |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor --> | 2021.10.10 | {{flagathlete|Duncan Koech|KEN}} | 2:15:47 | {{flagathlete|Tubay Erdal|TUR}} | 2:34:30 | <ref name="2021.results">{{cite web |url=https://my.raceresult.com/183503/%231_B5AECE |title=Wizz Air Sofia Marathon 2021, 10.10.2021 : : My.race|result |website=my.raceresult.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211010175518/https://my.raceresult.com/183503/%231_B5AECE |archive-date=10 October 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="worldathletics.erdal">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211010180321/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/turkey/tubay-erdal-14541810|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/turkey/tubay-erdal-14541810|url-status=live|archive-date=2021-10-10|access-date=2024-11-12|title=Tubay Erdal|website=World Athletics}}<!-- source is used for presentation of name used here --></ref> |- | align="center" | <!-- race organizers do not appear to be publicly using ordinals since wizz air became title sponsor --> | 2022.10.09 | {{flagathlete|Mohamed Chaaboud|MAR}}<!-- note: race site spelt name as "Chabout" --> | 2:13:38 | {{flagathlete|Hildah Jepkogei Cheboi|KEN}} | 2:45:52 | {{r|2022.results|2022.results.full}} |}
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == <references>
<ref name="2022.results">{{cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20221011123816/https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7176870 | website=World Athletics|title=Wizz Air Sofia Marathon|archive-date=2022-10-11|url-status=live|access-date=2024-11-12|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7176870}}</ref> <ref name="2022.results.full"> {{Cite web|url-status=live|archive-date=2022-10-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221011122316/https://my.raceresult.com/222330/%231_B5AECE|url=https://my.raceresult.com/222330/#1_B5AECE|website=my.raceresult.com|title= Wizz Air Sofia Marathon 2022|access-date=2024-11-12}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.marathonsofia.com Official website]
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