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There were seven individual distances and two relays included in this festival of running which brought 13,600 runners onto the streets of Budapest. The marathon attracted more than 3000 runners, and almost half of them were foreigners. A new distance of 30km event was organised this year in which 500
22nd PLUS BUDAPEST MARATHON, HUNGARY -30 SEPTEMBER 2007:
There were seven individual distances and two relays included in this festival of running which brought 13,600 runners onto the streets of Budapest. The marathon attracted more than 3000 runners, and almost half of them were foreigners. A new distance of 30km event was organised this year in which 500 runners joined the marathoners at the 12,195th metre of the race to finish it together.
A decision not to invite elite foreign runners meant that the winners were Hungarians, and repeated their victories of the previous year. The course passes the most scenic parts of the Hungarian capital and 35 music stations along the course cheered the runners and helped them to achieve their target times. The eldest Hungarian runner was 80 years old and ran a new Hungarian record in his category, finishing in 4:40.
Overall 1600 foreign runners came to Budapest from 40 different countries; the most runners came from France and Finland, followed by runners from the UK, Germany, Italy and the USA.
MEN:
1 Tamas TOTH HUN 2:24:40
2 Ference BIRI HUN 2:25:14
3 Gergely REZESSY HUN 2:26:10
4 Tamas BOGOS HUN 2:26:26
5 Roland ADOK HUN 2:29:48
6 Szabolcs KUSTOS HUN 2:30:06
7 Miklos ZATYKO HUN 2:30:33
8 Peter STEIB HUN 2:31:11
9 Lajos Zoltan PULSZKY HUN 2:32:00
10 Jozsef SAGI HUN 2:32:55
WOMEN:
1 Judit FOLDINGNE-NAGY HUN 2:47:09
2 Katalin FARKAS HUN 2:50:14
3 Andrea TAKACS HUN 2:58:38
4 Eva VARGA HUN 3:08:05
5 Dagny SAANUM IGNER 3:08:08
6 Eniko FEHER HUN 3:15:42
7 Katalin REIMAN 3:17:05
8 Rita PASZTOR HUN 3:18:32
9 Rebecca GRANT 3:22:25
10 Brigitte KUEHLEITNER 3:23:06
Source:
www.aims.org
