2018 MTN Marathon: How It Went Down

The annual cat and mouse fight over honours at the 15th MTN Kampala Marathon ended with hosts Uganda flooring Kenya at Kololo Independence ground yesterday.

Uganda’s Joshua Chemutai emerged winner in the 42 KM race in the male category bagging Shs 20 million while Kenya’s Nasimiyu Wafula Lydia took the honours in the female category. Chemutai clocked a time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 27 seconds.

Here is the breakdown of the results;

MTN MARATHON OFFICIAL RESULTS - 10KM MEN & WOMEN

10KM Run Winners – Men
Position	Race No.	Name	Country	Race Time	Cash Prize
1^st	22473	Maxwell Rotich	Uganda	00:29:47	UGX 1.5m
2^nd	22547	Kevin Kibet	Uganda	00:29:52	UGX 800,000
3^rd	23403	Alex Chesuro	Uganda	00:30:05	UGX 500,000
4^th	12999	Philip Kipyeko	Uganda	00:30:24	UGX 300,000
5^th	22450	Andrew Kwemoi	Uganda	00:30:28	UGX 200,000
10KM Run Winners – Women
Position	Race No.	Name	Country	Race Time	Cash Prize
1^st	23385	Chemutai Peruth	Uganda	00:35:00	UGX 1.5m
2^nd	25731	Chesang Annet	Uganda	00:36:08	UGX 800,000
3^rd	12998	Dorcus Ajok	Uganda	00:36:25	UGX 500,000
4^th	22485	Teddy Chekwemoi	Uganda	00:37:30	UGX 300,000
5^th	22463	Sharon Che Kwemboi	Uganda	00:37:36	UGX 200,000

Key Highlights:

Ugandans have taken a clean sweep of both the women and men category of the 10km
Race completion times were slower this year compared to last year for both men & women categories
Alex Chesuro (men) was lucky this year as he finished 3^rd – an improvement from last year when he finished 4^th
Chemutai Peruth retained her 10km crown winning the 2018 edition – just as she did in 2017

FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES - PREVIOUS RACE RESULTS FOR MTN KAMPALA MARATHON - 2017

10km 2017 Results – MEN

1^st Joel Ayego - 00:29:19 – Ugandan
2^nd Victor Kiplangat - 00:29:22 – Ugandan
3^rd Musau Martin 0 00:29:26 – Ugandan
4^th Alex Chesuro - 00:29:30 – Ugandan
5^th Alex Cherop - 00:29:50 – Ugandan

10km 2017 Results – WOMEN

Peruth Chemutai - 00:34:12 – Ugandan
Chemusto Janat - 00:34:38 – Ugandan
Esther Chekwemoi - 00:35:20 – Ugandan
Sarah Chelangat - 00: 35: 26 - Ugandan
Risper Chebet - 00: 35: 38 – Ugandan

MTN MARATHON OFFICIAL RESULTS – 21.1KM MEN & WOMEN

21.1KM Run Winners – Men
Position	Race No.	Name	Country	Race Time	Cash Prize
1^st	1391	Robert Chemonges	Uganda	01:03:31	UGX 4.5m
2^nd	1385	Martin Musau	Uganda	01:03:32	UGX 2.5m
3^rd	1386	Abel Chebet	Uganda	01:03:40	UGX 1.5m
4^th	2291	Kiplangat Victor	Uganda	01:03:58	UGX 750,000
5^th	2305	Ayeko Thomas	Uganda	01:04:18	UGX 375,000
21.1KM Run Winners – Women
Position	Race No.	Name	Country	Race Time	Cash Prize
1^st	2286	Linet Toroitich Chebet	Uganda	01:16:08	UGX 4.5m
2^nd	1379	Patricia Chekwemboi	Uganda	01:16:37	UGX 2.5m