The 2005 Saint Silvester Road Race ( pt, Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre de 2005) was the 81st edition of the
Saint Silvester Road Race
The Saint Silvester Road Race ( pt, Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre) is a long-distance running event, the oldest and most prestigious street race in Brazil.
Regarded as the main international event in Latin American athletics, the Brazi ...
and held in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
,
Brazil
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, on December 31, 2005. The distance ran by the participating athletes was 15 km.
The men's race was won by
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
's
Marilson Gomes dos Santos, his second victory, whereas the women's event was won by
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
's Olivera Jevtic, her second triumph.
The
podium
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s were composed of the first seven men and the first five women. The winners of both the men's event and the women's event received each a money prize of 21 thousand
reais (approximately US$9 thousand).
For the amateur athletes participating (over 15 thousand in the men's event), there was an enrollment fee of 55 reais (US$23,50).
Men
Women
See also
*
2005 in athletics (track and field)
This page shows the main events during the 2005 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
Major events
World
* World Championships
* World Athletics Final
* World Cross Country Championships
* World Half Marathon Championships
...
References
* Men's result
Official Saint Silvester results board* Women's result
Official Saint Silvester results board
External links
Official website(in Portuguese)
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2005 in athletics (track and field)
2005 in Brazilian sport
December 2005 sports events in South America
21st century in São Paulo