The South American Marathon Championships (Spanish: ''Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Maratón'') is an annual

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competition organized by

CONSUDATLE Atletismo Sudamericano (''South American Athletics''), formerly CONSUDATLE (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo; ''South American Athletics Confederation''), is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national ...

for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. The event was established in 1994 as South American Marathon Cup (''Copa Sudamericana de Maratón'') following its removal from the main

South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships * ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...

programme after 1991. Discontinued after 2002, the event was reestablished under the current name in 2009.

Editions

Results

Men

^1.): In 1995, the race was won by Adalbert Browne from in 2:33:06 hrs, Victor Ledgers from was 2nd in 2:42:30 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^2.): In 1997, the race was won by Kipkemboi Cheruiyot from in 2:17:09 hrs, Andrei Kuznetsov from was 3rd in 2:17:56 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^3.): In 2000, the race was won by David Ngetich from in 2:15:21 hrs, Paul Yego from was 3rd in 2:17:23 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^4.): In 2001, Stephen Rugat from was 1st in 2:14:30 hrs,

Eric Kimaiyo Erick Kimaiyo Kimase (born 8 July 1969) is a Kenyan former marathon runner who came second at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, and won the Honolulu and Baltimore Marathons on multiple occasions. Kimaiyo now works as a marathon coach, and trains curr ...

from was 2nd in 2:14:31 hrs, and William Musyocki from was 3rd in 2:15:05 hrs, all three athletes running as guests.
^5.): In 2002, Elijah Korir from was 2nd in 2:15:26 hrs, and

Joseph Kamau Joseph Kamau (also known as ''Joseph Kamau Njuguna'', b. June 17, 1969) is a former professional long-distance runner from Kenya who finished second in the 1997 Boston Marathon and third in the 1996 New York City Marathon. Professional Caree ...

from was 4th in 2:17:07 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^6.): In 2013,

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from was 1st in 2:11:02 hrs, Eric Nzioki from was 2nd in 2:16:28 hrs, and Henry Cherono from was 3rd in 2:17:10 hrs, all three athletes running as guests.
^7.): In 2014,

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from was 1st in 2:11:50, Simon Kariuki from was 2nd in 2:12:11,

from was 3rd in 2:13:38, Michael Chege from was 4th in 2:15:21, Julius Keter from was 5th in 2:15:52, and Ali Abdosh from was 6th in 2:16:13, all running as guests.

Women

^1.): In 2000, Nora Maragaf from was 2nd in 2:44:09 hrs, and Violetta Kryza from was 3rd in 2:44:28 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^2.): In 2013,

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from was 1st in 2:34:32 hrs, and Emily Chepkorir from was 2nd in 2:38:46 hrs, both athletes running as guests.
^3.): In 2014, Emily Chepkorir from was 1st in 2:35:15, Alene Shewarge from was 2nd in 2:35:30, and

from was 3rd in 2:35:39, all running as guests.

References

{{South American Championships . Marathon Championships Recurring sporting events established in 1994 Continental athletics championships