Paavo Nurmi Marathon

Turku FIN

Race Winners (17 runnings)

28 Jun 2008	2:47:01	Janne Klasila (FIN)	3:02:36	Pauliina Tommola-3
30 Jun 2007	2:44:57.1	David Kanyari (KEN)	3:01:10.8	Pauliina Tommola-2
01 Jul 2006	2:53:37	Emil Söderlund (FIN)	3:09:15	Pauliina Tommola (FIN)
02 Jul 2005	2:41:14	Reima Hartikainen (FIN)	3:18:55	Kaarina Lilja (FIN)
04 Jul 2004	2:24:22	Petri Saavalainen (FIN) (nc)	2:55:38	Marjaana Lahti (FIN) (nc)
29 Jun 2003	2:28:58	Dainius Saucikovas (LTU)	3:16:43	Eija Apunen (FIN)
30 Jun 2002	2:38:31	Teppo Ronkainen (FIN)	3:25:25	Merianni Varjo (FIN)
01 Jul 2001	2:46:01	Markus Salo (FIN)	3:14:34	Minna Tiihonen (FIN)
09 Jul 2000	2:23:46	Joseph Mutinda (KEN)	2:45:55	Tatyana Maslova (RUS)
04 Jul 1999	2:20:19	William Musyoki (KEN)	2:59:56	Tatyana Mironova (RUS)
05 Jul 1998	2:21:12	Cephas Matafi-2	2:54:43	Hiroi Kazama (JPN)
06 Jul 1997	2:20:14	Cephas Matafi (ZIM)	2:51:19	Nadezhda Efremova (RUS)
07 Jul 1996	2:22:45	Emanuel Sarwatt (TAN)	2:45:35	Larissa Malikova (RUS)
02 Jul 1995	2:19:32	Nikolay Kolesnikov (RUS)	2:37:22	Olga Yudenkova (BLR)
03 Jul 1994	2:18:58	Noriaki Kiguchi (JPN)	2:43:48	Svetlana Netchaeva (RUS)
25 Jul 1993	2:22:15	Pawel Tarasiuk-2	2:53:39	Anita Liepine (LAT)
26 Jul 1992	2:21:16	Pawel Tarasiuk (POL)	2:44:02	Marina Ivanova (RUS)

Note: 1992 was the inaugural year.

(nc) => national championship

Most Wins (1992-date)

Men

2

Cephas Matafi (ZIM)

1997-98

Women

3

Pauliina Tommola (FIN)

2006-8

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)

Year        Men      Women      Total
1999       $865        n/a       $865
1998        n/a        n/a        n/a      
1997      1,470        n/a      1,470
1996      2,100      1,500      3,600
Sums     $4,435     $1,500     $5,935

Race Time Bias
Insufficient data to calculate the race time bias.

Competitive Level (1990-date)
Insufficient data to calculate the competitive level.

Quality Performances

Men
<2:18       1
<2:20       2

Women 
<2:38       1
<2:40       1
<2:42       1
<2:44       3
<2:46       7
<2:48       7
<2:50       7

Turku has a long history of marathons, dating back to 1910. The pre-World War II races appear to have been one-time events and altho they are listed together, they do not represent a series. The Turku Marathon consists of two sub-series which form a natural series (no gaps and same time of year).

Early marathons in Turku

08 Dec 1945	2:43:21	Mikko Hietanen (FIN)
31 Jul 1931	2:41:12	Martti Marttelin (FIN)
1916	2:33:22	Lauri Halonen (FIN)
Aug 1913	2:44:36	J Westberg (SWE)
1913	2:55:07	Arne Kallberg (FIN)
16 Sep 1912	2:46:32	Hjalmar Dahlberg (SWE)
02 Oct 1910	3:16:18	Fabian Liesinen (FIN)

Notes: The August 1913 race was either the 30th or the 31st. The 1912 and 1916 distances were probably close to 40 km.

Turku Marathon (39 runnings)

28 Sep 1986	---	n/a	---	n/a
22 Sep 1985	2:23:00	Erkki Halkivaha-2	---	n/a
23 Sep 1984	2:27:05	Erkki Halkivaha (FIN)	---	n/a
25 Sep 1983	---	n/a	---	n/a
26 Sep 1982	2:17:20	Esa Liedes (FIN)	---	n/a
20 Sep 1981	2:29:40	Jari Nieminen (FIN)	---	n/a
21 Sep 1980	2:30:44	Ari Mustala (FIN)	---	n/a
23 Sep 1979	2:32:11	Aimo Skukin-2	---	n/a
24 Sep 1978	2:25:19.8	Aimo Skukin (FIN)	---	n/a
25 Sep 1977	2:19:42	Reino Paukkonen (FIN)	---	n/a
26 Sep 1976	2:23:36.2	Lars-Erik Staffans (SWE)	3:37:34	Liisa Hietanen (FIN)
21 Sep 1975	2:16:29.0	Aarno Ristimäki (FIN)	3:37:23	Marja Repo (FIN)
29 Sep 1974	2:12:10.6	Pekka Päivärinta-2	3:24:58	Margareta Lundqvist (SWE)
07 Oct 1973	2:22:57	Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)
01 Oct 1972	---	n/a
03 Oct 1971	2:24:36.0	Terho Miettinen-4
27 Sep 1970	2:22:49.4	Kalle Hakkarainen (FIN)
28 Sep 1969	2:29:16.6	Terho Miettinen-3
29 Sep 1968	2:26:23.8	Anssi Joutsenlahti (FIN)
08 Oct 1967	2:30:52.4	Ensio Tanninen (FIN)
02 Oct 1966	2:23:14.2	Tenho Salakka-3
03 Oct 1965	2:27:25.6	Bruno Holmroos (FIN)
20 Sep 1964	2:25:06.6	Tenho Salakka-2
06 Oct 1963	2:24:12.4	Terho Miettinen-2
07 Oct 1962	2:25:29.0	Tenho Salakka (FIN)
17 Sep 1961	2:33:58.2	Terho Miettinen (FIN)
02 Oct 1960	2:34:39.6	Ilmo Suikkanen (FIN)
05 Oct 1959	2:26:20.4	Olavi Manninen (FIN)
05 Oct 1958	2:24:35	Veikko Karvonen-4
25 Aug 1957	2:25:37.8	Eino Oksanen (FIN)
1956	---	n/a
03 Oct 1955	---	n/a
03 Oct 1954	2:26:41.6	Veikko Karvonen-3
04 Oct 1953	2:18:34.8	James Peters (ENG)
05 Oct 1952	2:25:19.2	Veikko Karvonen-2
30 Sep 1951	2:30:52.8	Erkki Puolakka (FIN)
01 Oct 1950	2:32:44.8	Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
02 Oct 1949	2:28:39.4	Salomon Könönen (FIN)
10 Oct 1948	2:26:04.8	Paavo Laine (FIN)

Note: 1948 was the inaugural year. The 1948 course was roughly 40.2 km. This race was sponsored by the Turun Sanomat daily newspaper for 1948-1972 was was known as the Turku Marathon. In 1973, the race was moved to Ruissalo Park (near Turku) and was known as the Ruissalo Marathon.

Most Wins (1948-1986)

Men

4	Veikko Karvonen (FIN)	1950,1952,1954,1958
.	Terho Miettinen (FIN)	1961,1963,1969,1971

Women
No woman has won more than once, according to available information.
 

Quality Performances

Men
<2:13       1
<2:14       1
<2:15       1
<2:16       1
<2:17       2
<2:18       2
<2:19       3
<2:20       4

Women 
None under 2:50

Artturin Marathon (10 runnings)

03 Apr 1977	2:19:15.6	Aarno Ristimäki (FIN)
1976	---	n/a
31 Mar 1975	2:14:17.4	Pekka Päivärinta-4
07 Apr 1974	2:16:47	Pekka Päivärinta-3
01 Apr 1973	2:17:18	Pekka Päivärinta-2
02 Apr 1972	2:15:15.0	Pekka Tiihonen (FIN)
04 Apr 1971	2:19:42.8	Pekka Päivärinta (FIN)
30 Mar 1970	2:22:49.0	Pentti Rummakko-2
30 Mar 1969	2:34:10.8	Kalevi Ihatsi (FIN)
16 Mar 1968	2:25:52.4	Pentti Rummakko (FIN)

Note: 1968 was the inaugural year. This marathon was dedicated to Arthur Lydiard.

Un-named spring marathon

27 Apr 1986	---	n/a	---	n/a
28 Apr 1985	2:43:14	Sulo Äikäs-2	---	n/a
29 Apr 1984	2:49:49	Sulo Äikäs (FIN)	---	n/a
14 May 1983	2:32:54	Markku Järnbäck (FIN)	---	n/a

Last Updated on 30 Jun 2008

Contributors: Matti Hannus, Seppo Martiskainen, Franco Civai (10), Klaas Loonstra (10), Juraj Gasparovic (2), Mikko Nieminen (12), Andy Milroy (2)