Results and recap from the Rome Marathon 2022 – World Athletics Label Road Race series – on Sunday, 27 March. Ethiopia’s Fikre Bekele Tefera won the men’s race, while the women’s division went to his countrywoman Adugna Dalasa.
This year’s staging of the annual event is the 27th edition and a number of runners used the opportunity to continue their preparations for the busy part of the season, which includes a World Athletics Championships in the United States later this summer, in addition to several other top marathons on the 2022 calendar.
In the men’s race, Bekele led a 1-2 Ethiopian finish on his way to taking down the course record after crossing the finish line at 2:06:48 – just missing his personal best of 2:06:27 that was set in 2019.
Bekele’s winning time on Sunday was good enough to better the previous course record of 2:07.17, which was set in 2009 by Kenyan Benjamin Kiptoo.
Tadesse Temechachu, also of Ethiopia, secured second place with a new lifetime best of 2:07:04, while third place went to Othmane El Goumri of Morocco in 2:07:16. The top five finishers were completed by Ethiopia’s Abraham Girma, who ran 2:08:31 and Kenya’s Chesari Kirui Jacob at 2:08:40.
Meanwhile, on the women’s side in the Rome Marathon 2022, Dalasa took charge early and dominated to easily secure the victory with a new personal best time of 2:26:09.
She defeated Kenya’s Gladys Kiptoo, who finished with a time of 2:28:45 on her marathon debut. Ethiopia’s Nedi Tadelech grabbed the final podium spot when she finished at a time of 2:31.00 to improve her PB.
Ethiopian Yeshimebet Bifa with 2:32:16 and compatriot Tahiri Rahma of Morocco, at 2:32.36, finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Rome Marathon 2022 Leading Results
Men’s Results
1 TEFERA FIKRE BEKELE 1 ETH 2:06:48
2 TEMECHACHU TADESSE MAMO 2 ETH 2:07:04
3 EL GOUMRI OTHAMANE 3 MAR 2:07:16
4 BEKELE ABRAHAM GIRMA 1 ETH 2:08:31
5 JACOB CHESHARI KIRUI 2 KEN 2:08:40
6 KOGO JOSHUA KIPKEMBOI 4 KEN 2:09:09
7 NAIBEI SAMUEL KIPLIMO 5 KEN 2:09:41
8 MEKONEN LEMA ALEMAYEHU 6 ETH 2:09:42
9 NGENO ERNEST KIPRONO 7 KEN 2:09:54
10 KIPRUGUT DOUGLAS KIMELI 8 KEN 2:15:48
11 TOLESE ADUMU GIRMA 9 ETH 2:15:53
12 PARISI LUCA 10 ITA 2:20:40
13 CHEPYEGON ALEXANDER NG’ENO 11 KEN 2:22:13
14 HAJJY MOHAMED 1 ITA 2:23:24
Women’s Results
1 ADUGNA SECHALE DALASA ETH 2:26:09
2 KIPTOO GLADYS JERUTO KEN 2:28:45
3 NEDI TADELECH BEKELE ETH 2:31:01
4 BIFA YESHIMEBET TADESSE ETH 2:32:16
5 RAHMA TAHIRI MAR 2:32:37
6 KIRONGO TECLA KEN 2:34:22
7 CULLING ANYA GBR 2:43:38
8 SALVATORI PAOLA ITA 2:49:17
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