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Great Ireland Run

Annual road race in Dublin, Ireland

Summary

Annual road race in Dublin, Ireland

FieldValue
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imageIreland - Dublin - Phoenix Park - Wellington Monument 2.jpg
imagesize180px
captionThe Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park – the race venue
dateMid-April
locationDublin, Ireland
typeRoad
distance10 km
est2003
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The Great Ireland Run is an annual 10-kilometre road running competition which is held in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, in mid-April. It is part of the Great Run series of athletics competitions. It is sponsored by SPAR and features both an elite race and a popular race.

The 10 km race course begins at Chesterfield Avenue and loops around in a clock-wise circuit to finish on Furze Road. A 2.5 km fun run for 8–15-year-old runners is also featured on the programme of events. Over 11,000 people took part in the day's events in 2010. The elite races in 2010 also doubled up as the Irish 10K Championships.

Past participants have included former marathon world record holder Paul Tergat, and World Championship medalist Craig Mottram, as well as some of Ireland's foremost athletes such as 1995 World Champion Sonia O'Sullivan and cross country specialist Catherina McKiernan. The course record holders are both Ethiopian – Kenenisa Bekele with his 27:49-minute run in 2012 and Meselech Melkamu with her record of 31:41 set in 2006.

The 2023 edition was marred in farce and controversy when the course for all participants ended 1.5km shorter than the 10km distance. This was due to poor planning arising from competitors being directed the wrong way near the start of the route, and no fail-safe to remedy such a situation once it occurred. Athletics Ireland issued a statement "apologising for the unforeseen circumstances" which led to the course distance running short.

Past winners

Key:

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (m:s)Women's winnerTime (m:s)
20th2025Colin Leonard33:24Mollie O'Donnell38:31
19th2024Aaron Hanlon31:10Clare Fagan34:44
18th2023Jake O'Regan26:09Karen Blaney29:12
17th2022Mick Clohisey30:49Sinead O'Connor34:20
16th2019Hiko Tonosa Haso30:41Catherina Mullen34:52
15th2018Oliver Lockley30:18Shona Heaslip34:52
15th2017Mark Christie29:30Gemma Steel34:15
14th2016Andy Maud29:55Fionnuala McCormack33:30
13th2015Japhet Korir28:15Gemma Steel33:03
12th2014Japhet Korir29:12Iwona Lewandowska33:39
11th2013Kenenisa Bekele28:51Lauren Howarth33:36
10th2012Kenenisa Bekele27:49Gemma Steel32:06
9th2011Jesús España29:26Charlotte Purdue32:42
8th2010Martin Fagan29:17Freya Murray32:30
7th2009Rui Pedro Silva28:45Ana Dulce Félix32:18
6th2008Abraham Chebii28:48Doris Changeywo32:15
5th2007Abraham Chebii28:47Victoria Mitchell33:06
4th2006Craig Mottram28:51Meselech Melkamu31:41
3rd2005Craig Mottram28:35Amy Rudolph32:16
2nd2004Craig Mottram29:11Catherina McKiernan33:39
1st2003Craig Mottram28:36Sonia O'Sullivan32:24

Statistics

Winners by country

CountryMen's raceWomen's raceTotal
415
415
145
134
112
112
101
011
011

Multiple winners

AthleteCountryWinsYears
Kenenisa Bekele22012–2013
Craig Mottram42003–2006
Abraham Chebii22007, 2008
Japhet Korir22014, 2015
Gemma Steel32012, 2015, 2017

References

;List of winners

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131314/http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/RaceHistory.aspx Race History]. Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 25 April 2010.
  2. [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56499.html Fagan and Murray nab 10Km victories in Dublin]. [[IAAF]] (19 April 2010). Retrieved on 25 April 2010.
  3. [http://www.greatirelandrun.org/App_Files/Gr_Files/courseroute-ireland.pdf Great Ireland Run Course Map] {{Webarchive. link. (15 April 2010 . Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 25 April 2010.)
  4. [http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/JuniorEvents.aspx Junior Great Ireland Run] {{Webarchive. link. (20 April 2010 . Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 25 April 2010.)
  5. [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/great-day-for-a-run-as-11000-take-over-park-2143014.html Great day for a run as 11,000 take over park ]. ''[[The Irish Independent]]'' (19 April 2010). Retrieved on 25 April 2010.
  6. link. (21 April 2010 . [[Athletics Ireland]] (18 April 2010). Retrieved on 25 April 2010.)
  7. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7982307.stm Cullen comes second in Dublin run ]. [[BBC Sport]] (5 April 2009). Retrieved on 25 April 2010.
  8. Martin, David (15 April 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64588 Bekele sparkles with 27:49 10km in Dublin]. IAAF. Retrieved on 21 April 2012.
  9. O'Riordan, Ian. (2023-04-16). "Great Ireland Run: Athletics Ireland apologises as Phoenix Park 10k accidentally becomes an 8.5k". The Irish Times.
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