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The Chennai Marathon is an annual marathon held in Chennai, India. The event is organised by the Chennai Runners, and is one of the few events in the state to be endorsed by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT).

Starting at the Napier Bridge in Marina Beach (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & 10k) & Elliot's Beach (for Half Marathon) and terminating at the Indian Maritime University, East Coast Road (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & Half Marathon) & at CPT Ground, Tharamani (for 10k). It is considered South India's largest city marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 20,000 amateurs participate. The event has four categories: full Marathon, Twenty Miler, Half marathon, and the most popular, the 10 km race.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The 2024 edition will be held on Saturday 06 Jan 2024 and an expected 20,000 competitors would be participating. The event is sponsored by Freshworks.^[4]

Results[edit | edit source]

Full Marathon: Men[edit | edit source]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Jegadheesan Time: 2:35:20	Vairavanathan Time: 2:41:49	Nagesh Pawar Time: 2:44:11
2017	25000*	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:
2023	20,000+			Vinoth Kumar Srinivasan (02:37:28)^[5]	Gyan Babu (02:48:46)	Jegadheesan Munusamy (02:57:39),

Full Marathon: Women[edit | edit source]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Shailaja Sridhar Time: 3:49:36	Helena Time: 3:54:45	Sneka Time: 4:20:00
2017	25000**	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:
2023	20,000+			Brigid Jerono Kimitwai (03:31:36)^[5]	Sandya Shanker (03:33:57)	Mamta Rawat (03:53:41)

Half Marathon: Men[edit | edit source]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Soji Mathew Time: 1:11:26	B.C. Tilak Time: 1:13:56	Vinod Kumar Time: 1:14:45
2017	Unknown	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:
2023	20,000+			Monu Kumar	Mallikarjuna P	Asokan Shanmugam

Half Marathon: Women[edit | edit source]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Padmavathy Time: 1:31:21	Poongodi Time: 1:40:39	Vasantha Mani Time: 1:42:11
2017	Unknown	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:
2023	20,000+			Vrushali Uttekar	Jagadeeswari J J	Thraranidivya Palanisamy

Victories by nationality[edit | edit source]

Country	Men's Open	Women's Open	Men's Half Marathon	Women's Half Marathon	Total
India	~3	~3	~3	~3	~12
Kenya	~1	~	~	~	~1

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
↑ "Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children". The Times of India. Chennai. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Freshworks Chennai Marathon". 29 December 2023.
↑ "Freshworks Chennai Marathon". thechennaimarathon.com/. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "India's Vinod Kumar and Kenyan Kimitwai win titles at Chennai Marathon". The Times of India. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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[1] "Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

[2] "Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children". The Times of India. Chennai. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[3] "Freshworks Chennai Marathon". 29 December 2023.

[4] "Freshworks Chennai Marathon". thechennaimarathon.com/. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[:0-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "India's Vinod Kumar and Kenyan Kimitwai win titles at Chennai Marathon". The Times of India. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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 The '''Chennai Marathon''' is an annual [[marathon]] held in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. The event is organised by the Chennai Runners, and is one of the few events in the state to be endorsed by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT).
-Starting at the [[Napier Bridge]] in [[Marina Beach]] and terminating at the Annai Velankanni Church on [[Elliot's Beach]], it is considered South India's largest city marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 20,000 amateurs participate. The event has three categories: full Marathon, half marathon, and the most popular, the 10&nbsp;km race.<ref>{{cite news
+Starting at the [[Napier Bridge]] in [[Marina Beach]] (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & 10k)  & [[Edward Elliot's Beach|Elliot's Beach]] (for Half Marathon) and terminating at the [https://www.imu.edu.in/imunew/ Indian Maritime University, East Coast Road] (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & Half Marathon) & at CPT Ground, Tharamani (for 10k). It is considered South India's largest city marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 20,000 amateurs participate. The event has four categories: full Marathon, Twenty Miler, Half marathon, and the most popular, the 10&nbsp;km race.<ref>{{cite news
    | title = Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon
    | newspaper = The Hindu
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    | url = http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article1451128.ece
    | accessdate = 13 Oct 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
-   | author = TNN
+   | author =
    | title = Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children
    | location = Chennai
    | date = 13 July 2008
-   | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-13/chennai/27943230_1_marina-beach-underprivileged-children-varsha
+   | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Hundreds-hit-the-road-in-aid-of-poor-children/articleshow/3227652.cms
    | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103074920/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-13/chennai/27943230_1_marina-beach-underprivileged-children-varsha
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+   | url-status = live
    | archive-date = 3 January 2013
    | newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
-   | accessdate = 13 Oct 2011}}</ref>
+   | access-date = 13 Oct 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 29, 2023 |title=Freshworks Chennai Marathon |url=https://www.facebook.com/FreshworksChennaiMarathon/}}</ref>
-The 5th edition was held on 31 January 2016.<ref>{{cite news
+The 2024 edition will be held on Saturday 06 Jan 2024 and an expected 20,000 competitors would be participating. The event is sponsored by Freshworks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Freshworks Chennai Marathon |url=https://thechennaimarathon.com/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=thechennaimarathon.com/ |language=en}}</ref> <!--Needs to be updated with dates once found.-->
-  | author = TNN
-  | title = Traffic diversion for Chennai marathon on Sunday
-  | location = Chennai
-  | date = 12 February 2011
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-  | archive-date = 3 January 2013
-  | newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
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 ==Results==
 ===Full Marathon: Men===
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 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
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+|2023
+|20,000+
+|
+|
+|Vinoth Kumar Srinivasan (02:37:28)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2023 |title=India's Vinod Kumar and Kenyan Kimitwai win titles at Chennai Marathon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/indias-vinod-kumar-and-kenyan-kimitwai-win-titles-at-chennai-marathon/articleshow/96833327.cms |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
+|Gyan Babu (02:48:46)
+|Jegadheesan Munusamy (02:57:39),
 |-
 |}
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 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
+|-
+|2023
+|20,000+
+|
+|
+|Brigid Jerono Kimitwai (03:31:36)<ref name=":0" />
+|Sandya Shanker (03:33:57)
+|Mamta Rawat (03:53:41)
 |-
 |}
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 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
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+|2023
+|20,000+
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+|Monu Kumar
+|Mallikarjuna P
+|Asokan Shanmugam
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 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
 |Yet to be held<br><small>Time:</small>
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+|2023
+|20,000+
+|
+|
+|Vrushali Uttekar
+|Jagadeeswari J J
+|Thraranidivya Palanisamy
 |-
 |}
 ==Victories by nationality==
-{{Expand list|date=March 2017}}
+{{Incomplete list|date=March 2017}}
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 !Country !!Men's<br>Open !!Women's<br>Open !!Men's<br>Half Marathon !!Women's<br>Half Marathon !!Total

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