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Find sources: "Uganda Marathon" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Uganda Marathon Date June Location Masaka, Uganda Event type Trail Distance Marathon, half marathon, 10K Primary sponsor Eco Brixs Established 24 May 2015; 11 years ago (2015-05-24) (As The Uganda International Marathon) Course records Marathon Men's: 02:31:55 (2018) Andrew Biegon Women's: 03:50:05 (2016) Katie Sloane Half Marathon Men's: 01:09:59 (2017) John Katdega Women's: 01:30:54 (2017) Amelia Beckstien Official site ugandamarathon.com The **Uganda Marathon** is a [long-distance running](/source/Long-distance_running) event held in Masaka, Uganda. The event was first run on 24 May 2015 and has been held in the Summer of every year since.[1] the primary function of the marathon is to support community projects in the region surrounding the race. The date of the next Uganda Marathon is Saturday 31 May 2020.[2] ## Overview Set over a challenging course around the town of Masaka, the event consists of three races, 42 km, 21 km, and 10 km distances. All races begin and end in the centre of the town at Liberation Square. The Uganda Marathon is the largest sports fundraising event in Uganda, having raised over 2 billion Ugandan Shillings ($930,000).[3] It is unique in the way that it combines the race with tourism, attracting international runners across the world to experience the local area and the projects that the race supports for a week prior to the race. ## History Whilst not the first marathon event held in Uganda, The Uganda Marathon is the first of its name and the first long-distance running event held in Masaka. The MTN Kampala Marathon is held in the Ugandan capital each year. The Uganda Marathon was founded in 2014 by 3 ex-city workers: Henry Blanchard, Andrew Miller & Nick Kershaw. After seeing the difference that can be made by linking people with the projects that they have fundraised for, they decided to quit their jobs and launch the event as a way to get people out to Uganda to see the impact they have made and run alongside the communities that they have helped[4] The first Uganda Marathon was held on 24 May 2015, more than 1,000 took part, with over 60 flying in for a full week before. In its first year, the Marathon raised over 325 million Ugandan Shillings ($90,000). All of this money was donated to 9 local projects which ranged from working with elderly residents to help them obtain a sustainable income to a charity battling HIV, which in some areas of Uganda affects 40 per cent of people.[4] As at the end of the 2018 event, over 9,000 people have competed in the race since its inception - with a further over 325 experiencing the full week as well. In 2016, The Uganda Marathon became the largest sports fundraising event in Uganda after raising 600 million Ugandan Shillings ($168,000).[5] It also was voted the "Best International Event" in the 2016 Running Awards,[6] and named one of the '9 Best Marathons in the World' by Red Bull.[7] In March 2020, the Uganda Marathon announced the postponement of the 2020 Uganda Marathon due to COVID-19 and government lockdown. In place of the physical marathon, a [virtual event](/source/Virtual_event) raised money for COVID relief efforts in Masaka. In December 2021, the Uganda Marathon further announced that due to COVID-19 and the continued strict lockdown measures that were enforced by the Uganda government, the race needed to be further postponed to 2022. After a 2-year break, the marathon took place again on 4 June 2022. ## Primary Sponsors In 2019 The Uganda Marathon offered its first primary name sponsor to Africell Uganda, who remained the primary sponsor until 2022. Here is the list of Primary Sponsors: Event year Primary Sponsor Logo 2019 Africell 2022 Eco Brixs ## Results The inaugural 2015 Uganda Marathon had a little over 1,000 entrants. It has been held annually ever since. The 2018 edition saw more than 3,000 runners involved.[8] The winners and winning times for each edition are: 42 km - Men's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Martin Ssembulya Uganda 02:46:22 Course Record 2016 Lubega Robert Uganda 02:44:00 Course Record 2017 Andrew Kiplang Kenya 02:49:00 2018 Andrew Biegon Kenya 02:31:55 Course Record 42 km - Women's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Nikki Cox New Zealand 04:04:31 Course Record 2016 Katie Sloane United Kingdom 03:50:05 Course Record 2017 Chloe Moss United Kingdom 04:11:33 2018 Phyllis Tsang USA 04:11:23 Course Record 2019 Helen Chemutai Uganda 21 km - Men's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Rega Roberts Uganda 01:15:08 Course Record 2016 Unknown Uganda 01:11:20 Course Record 2017 John Katdega Uganda 01:09:59 Course Record 2018 Bahati Sadic Uganda 01:11:05 2019 Uganda 21 km - Women's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Unknown Unknown Unknown 2016 Mawa Andanart Uganda Unknown 2017 Shila Saina Kenya 01:34:03 Course Record 2018 Amelia Beckstien Germany 01:30:54 Course Record 2019 Annet Chebet Uganda 10 km - Men's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Unknown Unknown Unknown 2016 Unknown Uganda 00:32:57 Course Record 2017 Unknown Kenya 00:31:46 Course Record 2018 Brian Ategeka Uganda 00:33:22 10 km - Women's winners Year Athlete Nationality Time Notes 2015 Unknown Unknown Unknown 2016 Sheila Saina Kenya Unknown 2017 Somna Uganda 00:42:47 Course Record 2018 Elizabeth Teehan USA 00:47:36 2019 Amuron Agnes Uganda 00:40:12 Course Record ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Uganda International Marathon - Uganda - Jun 01 2019 | ahotu Marathons"](https://marathons.ahotu.com/event/uganda-international-marathon). *marathons.ahotu.com*. 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Retrieved 2 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Uganda International Marathon to raise sh600m"](https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1424757/uganda-international-marathon-raise-sh600m). *www.newvision.co.ug*. Retrieved 2 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Awards, The Running. ["2016 Results - The Running Awards"](http://therunningawards.com/results/view/2016-results). *therunningawards.com*. Retrieved 2 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["9 best marathons around the world in 2017 and 2018"](https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/9-of-the-best-marathons-around-the-world-in-2018). *www.redbull.com*. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The official Uganda Marathon - An Adventure Like No Other 2018 Results! - The Uganda Marathon"](https://ugandamarathon.com/official-uganda-international-marathon-2017-race-results-3/). *The Uganda Marathon*. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018. ## External links - [Official Website](https://ugandamarathon.com) - [Official Route Map of the Uganda Marathon](https://ugandamarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Marathon-Route.jpg) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Uganda Marathon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Marathon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda_Marathon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.