The Mombasa International Marathon (formerly known as the Mombasa Marathon
History
The marathon was first run in 1985, though winner statistics for the 1985–1988 races are unknown.
holds the record for most men's wins, with 3 (1988–1991).
Grace Chebet holds the record for most women's wins, also with 3 (1995, 1998–99).
The total prize fund for the 2010 race was Kenyan shilling816,000/= (£6,308.40 Pound sterling), with the winner's prize in both men's and women's categories standing at KSh.200,000/= (£1,546.18 stg).
Past winners
Key:
• ''Short course'' • † = Long course
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| 1st
!colspan=5 rowspan=4 | 1985 – 1988 Winners unknown |
| 2nd |
| 3rd |
| 4th |
| 5th | 1989 | | 2:15:54 | | 2:59:34 |
| 6th | 1990 | | 2:17:06 | | 2:59:39 |
| 7th | 1991 | | 2:20:09 | | 2:51:41 |
| 8th | 1992 | | 2:17:50 | | 3:37:42 |
| 9th | 1993 | | 2:13:16 | ? | ? |
| 10th | 1994 | | 2:12:12 | ? | ? |
| 11th | 1995 | | 2:14:03 | | 3:04:35 |
| 12th | 1996 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 13th | 1997 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 14th | 1998 | | 2:11:13 | | 2:38:44 |
| 15th | 1999 | | 2:11:09 | | 2:34:00 |
| 16th | 2000 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 17th | 2001 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 18th | 2002 | | 2:13:57 | ? | ? |
| 19th | 2003 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 20th | 2004 | | 2:22:01 † | | 3:08:13 † |
| 21st | 2005 | | 2:12:08 | | 2:49:30 |
| 22nd | 2006 | | 2:11:06 | | 2:39:53 |
| 23rd | 2007 | | 2:09:21 | | 2:52:49 |
| 24th | 2008 | | 2:12:46 | | 2:49:16 |
| 25th | 2009 | | 2:13:44 | | 2:54:38 |
| 26th | 2010 | | 2:08:05 | | 2:36:04 |
| 27th | 2011 | | 2:13:00 | | 2:39:01 |
Course discrepancies
Since 1999, the course route has been shorter than standard.
During the 2004 race, the runners went off-course; reports suggested that the runners may have covered an additional .
