Des Moines Marathon

Des Moines Marathon
Date Held in Mid October
Location Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Event type Road
Distance Marathon/Half Marathon
Established 2002
Course records Men: 2:12:19 (2014)
Philip Lagat
Women: 2:32:28 (2014)
Abnet Simegn
Official site Official Race Website
Participants 9,000+

The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a marathon held annually in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It serves as a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.

Race day features the IMT Des Moines Marathon and Half Marathon, Bankers Trust Marathon Relay presented by Iowa Games, and The Principal Financial Group 5K Road Race.

All races start and finish in the heart of downtown Des Moines on the Locust Street Bridge at 8 a.m.

"The IMT Des Moines Marathon is all about community; the community of volunteers, race committee, and the great city of Des Moines that embraces this awesome event. The IMT Des Moines Marathon is a perfect size event with 9,000 runners. Large enough that you have plenty of runners to run with but small enough that you feel like you're part of the IMT Des Moines Marathon family," Bart Yasso, Runner's World Chief Running Officer.

The first running of the Marathon was held in 2002. More than 9,000 athletes participated in the 2013 races.

Men's Winners

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
2002 Simon Sawe  Kenya 2:22:57
2003 Wilson Gatiha  United States 2:26:04
2004 Sergey Nochevny  Russia 2:27:34
2005 Diego Vanegas  United States 2:35:57
2006 Jared Nyamboki  United States 2:23:36
2007 David Chepkwony  United States 2:22:57 ties course record
2008 Geoffrey Kiprotich  United States 2:23:55
2009 Simon Sawe  Kenya 2:24:50 2nd victory
2010 James Kirwa  Kenya 2:14:20 course record
2011 James Kirwa  Kenya 2:12:54 2nd victory, course record
2012 James Kirwa  Kenya 2:16:54 3rd victory
2013 David Tuwei  Kenya 2:17:23
2014 Philip Lagat  Kenya 2:12:19 course record
2015 Philip Lagat  Kenya 2:21:02 2nd victory
2016 Boaz Kipyego  Kenya 2:16:36
2017

Women's Winners

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
2002 Wendy Hall  United States 2:50:38
2003 Wendy Hall  United States 2:49:46 2nd victory, female record
2004 Christy Nielsen  United States 2:47:01 female record
2005 Wendy Terris  United States 2:55:50
2006 Robyn Friedman  United States 2:42:19 female record
2007 Melissa Gillette  United States 3:00:51
2008 Wendy Terris  United States 2:49:37 2nd victory
2009 Robyn Friedman  United States 2:41:28 2nd victory, female record
2010 Alena Vinitskaya  United States 2:41:23 female record
2011 Atalelech Asfaw  Ethiopia 2:37:55 female record
2012 Mary Akor  United States 2:35:01 female record
2013 Natalia Sokolova  Russia 2:33:03 female record
2014 Abnet Simegn  Ethiopia 2:32:28 female record
2015 Biruktait Degefa  Ethiopia 2:33:00
2016 Olga Kimaiyo  Kenya 2:34:10
2017

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