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{{short description|Annual race in India held since 2014<!-- based on neb sports era -->}}
{{moresources|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox athletics race
| bgcolour      = #2f315a
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| image         = The Spirit of Bengaluru (Bangalore).jpg
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| caption       = Running past the [[Vidhana Soudha]] in 2006
| date          = October
| location      = [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| type          = 
| distance      = [[Marathon]]
| beneficiary   = 
| est           = {{Start date and age|2005|p=y}}<br>(Crossover era)<br>{{start date and age|2014|p=y}}<br>(NEB Sports era)
| sponsor       = <!-- [[Shriram Properties]] -- no longer appears to be title sponsor as of 2020 -->
| record        = '''Crossover era''':<!-- course of crossover era appears significantly different from course of neb sports era, as implied by race report at https://archive.is/pvqTH --><br>Men: 2:22:32 (2007)<br>{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Eston Nyaga]]<br>Women: 2:45:34 (2005)<br>{{flagicon|ETH}} [[Marashet Jimma]]
| participants  = 
| homepage      = {{URL|http://www.bengalurumarathon.in/|Bengaluru Marathon}}
}}
The '''<!-- Shriram Properties -- no longer appears to be title sponsor as of 2020 -->Bengaluru Marathon''' is an annual [[marathon]] running event held in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[India]].

== History ==

=== Crossover era ===

The inaugural marathon was held on {{dts|2005.05.15|format=dmy}} as the "Lipton Bangalore International Marathon<!-- as per mos:lq as source did not include '.' -->".<ref name="2005.aims">{{Cite web|url=http://aims-worldrunning.org/results-new/2005_05.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201020607/http://aims-worldrunning.org/results-new/2005_05.htm|archive-date = 1 February 2020|title = May 2005 AIMS Results}}</ref><ref name="2005.indiatimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/The-great-race-Tech-City-on-the-run/articleshow/1077200.cms|title=The great race: Tech City on the run|date=14 April 2005|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713235645/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/The-great-race-Tech-City-on-the-run/articleshow/1077200.cms|archive-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>  Organized by Crossover Consulting, the full marathon race had about 200 participants, with about 400<!-- aims notes about 1100 --> runners joining the half marathon, and 15,000 taking part in the {{convert|7|km|mi|adj=on}} Celebration Run.{{r|2005.aims}}{{r|2005.thehindu}}  The marathon was won by Kennedy Chinna Ramu, a local 28-year-old man, with a time of 2:23:46, nearly five minutes faster than the runner-up.{{r|2005.aims}}<!-- Marashet Jimma of [[Ethiopia]] (women's). -- mentioned in table of winners --><ref name="2005.thehindu">{{cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216100256/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ramu-overcomes-ethiopian-challenge/article27367759.ece|title=Ramu overcomes Ethiopian challenge|date=16 May 2005|first=Avinash|last=Nair|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

The second marathon was scheduled for 17 September 2006. The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.

The third edition of the marathon was held as the "BSNL Bangalore International Marathon" on {{dts|2007.12.16|format=dmy}}.<ref name="2007.indiatimes">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216090502/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Dogs-traffic-halt-marathoners/articleshow/2626623.cms|title=Telgi, aides sentenced &#124; Bengaluru News - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216090557/https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=15840737|title = Ngirnyaga from Kenya, who won the BSNL Bangalore International Marath…}}</ref>  Many marathoners, including the lead runners, had to run from barking dogs and take involuntary breaks due to traffic.{{r|2007.indiatimes}}{{efn|Even the marathon's eventual winner was forced to stop for traffic near [[Ulsoor Lake]].{{r|2007.indiatimes}}}}

The [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Bengaluru in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2008.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200608085158/https://arrs.run/MaraList/ML_2008.htm|archive-date = 8 June 2020|title = Ml_2008}}</ref>

=== NEB Sports era ===

The first marathon of the current era was held on {{dts|2014.10.19|format=dmy}} as the "Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon<!-- as per mos:lq as source did not include '.' -->".<ref name="2014.edition">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bengalurumarathon.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2014 |archive-date=17 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417005807/http://www.bengalurumarathon.in/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  It was organized by NEB Sports and members of the running community of Bengaluru.{{r|2014.edition}}

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to {{dts|2021.01.24|format=dmy}} due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref name="2020.postponement.1">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201108104814/https://bengalurumarathon.in/|title=Bengaluru Marathon 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020.postponement.2">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216120650/https://bengalurumarathon.in/|title=Bengaluru Marathon 2021}}</ref><!-- original date of 2020.10.11 noted at https://archive.is/hPtqU -->{{efn|It had initially been postponed to {{dts|2020.12.13|format=dmy}}.{{r|2020.postponement.1}}}}

== Course ==

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   | image1 = [https://archive.is/cDeKP/0702a64c8f6adfb70b47fd62c5236cdbf1e60780.jpg<!-- note that map unusually uses logo with 2017 date, but date of 2016 marathon is noted at bottom left of map, and map appears on page noting it is the "2016 Route" --> Course map of full marathon in 2016]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216124716/https://bengalurumarathon.in/Venuemap.html|title = Bengaluru Marathon 2020}}</ref>
   | image2 = [https://archive.is/4wod5/d1a16eddd5124eccfdb04c94b5b14b813bf27bd5.jpg Course map of full marathon in 2019]{{r|2019.course}}
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The marathon is a double-loop course{{efn|Half marathoners run the loop once.{{r|2019.course}}}} that begins and ends in [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]].{{r|2019.course}}  The course makes extensive use of [[Cubbon Park]] as well as [[M G Road, Bangalore|Mahatma Gandhi Road]] and Cubbon Road.<ref name="2019.course">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216054154/https://bengalurumarathon.in/2019route.html|title = Bengaluru Marathon-2019}}</ref>

== Winners ==

'''Key''':{{pad|5px}}{{legend2|#CCFFCC||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Course record (in bold)

=== Crossover era ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! class="unsortable" | Ed.
! Year
! Men's Winner
! Time{{efn|[[hour|h]]:[[minute|m]]:[[second|s]]|name="hms"}}
! Women's Winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! class="unsortable" | Rf.
|-
| align="center" | 1
| 2005
| {{flagathlete|[[Kennedy Chinna Ramu]]|IND}}
| 2:23:46
| {{flagathlete|[[Marashet Jimma]]|ETH}} <!-- aims spelt name as "Marshet JIMMA" (without the second 'a'), and a significant number of reliable sources, including world athletics, spelt name as "Marashet JUMMA" -->
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | '''2:45:34'''
| {{r|2005.thehindu}}
|-
| align="center" | 2
| 2006
| {{flagathlete|[[Appachu Chinnappa]]|IND}}
| 2:25:19
| {{flagathlete|[[Deepti Ashok]]|IND}}
| 4:13:13
|-
| align="center" | 3
| 2007
| {{flagathlete|[[Eston Nyaga]]<!-- sometimes referred to as "Ngira Nyaga" or "Eston Nyaga Ngira", with aims spelling name as "NAGYA" and arrs spelling name as "Nayaga" -->|KEN}}
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | '''2:22:32'''
| colspan="2" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''none''{{efn|Both ARRS and the [[Association of International Marathons and Distance Races]] record no female finishers for the BSNL<!-- arrs notes this as "BNSL", while most other reliable sources do not --> Bangalore International Marathon of 2007, although it is unclear if any females started, or if only males were permitted to run.{{r|2007.results}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arrs.run/ML_2007.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201216081523/https://arrs.run/ML_2007.htm|archive-date = 16 December 2020|title = Untitled}}</ref>}}
| <ref name="2007.results">{{Cite web|url=http://aims-worldrunning.org/results-new/2007_12.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201022512/http://aims-worldrunning.org/results-new/2007_12.htm|archive-date = 1 February 2020|title = December 2007 AIMS Results}}</ref><ref>https://archive.is/20201216085340/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/eston-nyaga-014209470<!-- source is used for proper spelling of name --></ref>
|}

=== NEB Sports era ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! class="unsortable" | Ed.
! Year
! Men's Winner
! Time{{efn|[[hour|h]]:[[minute|m]]:[[second|s]]|name="hms"}}
! Women's Winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! class="unsortable" | Rf.
|-
| align="center" | 1
| [[2014 Bangalore Marathon|2014]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Tirath Kumar]]|IND}}
| 2:25:51
| {{flagathlete|[[Shamli Singh]]|IND}}
| 3:16:18
|-
| align="center" | 2
| 2015
| {{flagathlete|[[Rashpal Singh]]|IND}}
| 2:24:22
| {{flagathlete|[[Jyoti Gawate]]|IND}}
| 2:56:36
|-
| align="center" | 3
| 2016
| {{flagathlete|[[Bahadur Dhoni]]|IND}}
| 2:29:10
| {{flagathlete|[[Jyoti Gawate]]|IND}}
| 2:59:37
|-
| align="center" | 4
| 2017
| {{flagathlete|[[Sanjit Luwang]]|IND}}
| 2:24:56
| {{flagathlete|[[Jyoti Gawate]]|IND}}
| 3:07:54
|-
| align="center" | 5
| 2018
| {{flagathlete|[[Mikiyas Yemata]]|ETH}}
| 2:35:20
| {{flagathlete|[[Aneeta Chaudhary]]|IND}}
| 3:11:53
|-
| align="center" | 6
| 2019
| {{flagathlete|[[Bijay Deka]]|IND}}
| 2:35:27
| {{flagathlete|Laxmi|IND}}{{efn|Official result of female winner <!-- as well as other reliable sources --> only reports one name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.is/20201216172230/https://www.sportstimingsolutions.in/share.php?event_id=54477&bib=42140|title=Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon 2019 - Results Provided by Spor…}}</ref>}}
| 3:24:10 <!-- deccan herald reports time as 3:24:09, which was likely an unofficial result -->
| <ref name="2019.results">https://archive.is/20201216172719/https://aims-worldrunning.org/results/archive/2019.html</ref><ref>https://archive.is/20201216172343/https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/bijay-laxmi-triumph-in-bengaluru-marathon-768290.html<!-- source is used for countries represented --></ref>
|-
| || 2020 || colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''postponed due to coronavirus pandemic'' || {{r|2020.postponement.2}}
|}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Marathons in India]]
[[Category:Sport in Bangalore|Marathon]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2005]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Autumn events in India]]


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