Memorial Peppe Greco

The Memorial Peppe Greco is an annual men's 10 kilometres road race which takes place in Scicli, Italy. Also known as the Scicli 10km, the race was created in 1990 by Giovanni Voi. The course consists of ten one-kilometre laps on the streets of the city, which includes a difficult 300-metre stretch uphill over cobblestones.[1]

Paul Tergat was the winner of the first international competition

History

After varying distances in the first four years of the race, the course was standardised to its current format in 1994.[2] A local man, Giorgio Adamo,[3] won the first race but over the following years the high quality of the competition established the Memorial Peppe Greco as an elite-level meeting on the European road running circuit, with past winners including world record breakers Paul Tergat, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele.[1][4]

The race was created to honour Peppe Greco, an Italian doctor who died in a car accident. It became an international competition in 1994 and rose to prominence in 1995 after Haile Gebrselassie and Paul Tergat chose to use the race as their first "re-match" after the World Championship 10,000 metres final.[5][6]

The course record is held by Haile Gebrselassie, who ran 28 minutes and 22 seconds to win the 1997 edition of the race. A women's five kilometres race was also held in 2000 and 2001, and Merima Denboba is the course record holder with 16 minutes and 32 seconds.[2] A new women's race was introduced in 2010 and took place over a course of roughly 7 km, a day before the men's race.[7]

Winners
Course record holder Haile Gebrselassie is a four-time race winner
Kenenisa Bekele, the 10,000 m world record holder, won in 2003
Men's race[2]
YearWinnerNationalityTime
(m:s)
1990Giorgio Adamo Italy32:54
1991Giorgio Adamo Italy?
1992Geri Interrante Italy19:24 (6.5 km)
1993Francesco Bennici Italy23:24 (8.3 km)
1994Paul Tergat Kenya?
1995Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia28:39
1996Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia28:42
1997Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia28:22 CR
1998Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia28:59
1999Paul Tergat Kenya29:31
2000Brahim Lahlafi Morocco28:38
2001Hailu Mekonnen Ethiopia29:19
2002Charles Kamathi Kenya28:31
2003Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia28:50
2004Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia28:41
2005Stefano Baldini Italy29:36[6]
2006Martin Lel Kenya28:45[8]
2007Martin Lel Kenya29:02[4]
2008Edwin Soi Kenya28:57[9]
2009Edwin Soi Kenya29:01[1]
2010Edwin Soi Kenya29:17
2011Imane Merga Ethiopia28:37
2012Hillary Kiprono Bii Kenya29:23
2013Thomas Lokomwa Kenya29:18
2014Silas Kirwa Ngetic Kenya29:41
Women's race
YearWinnerNationalityTime
(m:s)
2010Sylvia Kibet Kenya23:33
2011Sylvia Kibet Kenya24:35

See also

References
  1. Zorzi, Alberto (27 September 2009). "Soi defends Scicli 10Km crown". IAAF. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. Albo D'Oro Archived 2009-04-04 at the Wayback Machine. Peppe Greco. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  3. Granata, Michelangelo. Il Memorial Peppe Greco – Storia Archived 2009-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. Peppe Greco. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  4. Zorzi, Alberto (5 August 2007). "Lel repeats at Memorial Peppe Greco 10Km". IAAF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  5. Zorzi, Alberto (27 September 2004). "Sihine defeats Baldini in Scicli 10km race". IAAF. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. Zorzi, Alberto (26 September 2005). "Baldini outsprints Kirui in Scicli 10km". IAAF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  7. Zorzi, Alberto (27 September 2010). "Soi and Kibet take victories in Scili". IAAF. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  8. Zorzi, Alberto (2006-08-20). Lel dominates in Scicli. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  9. Zorzi, Alberto (2008-09-28). Soi defeats Wanjiru in Scicli 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
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