News Home
Great Ocean Road Marathon: Information & Reviews | News | Great Ocean Road Marathon Results: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Top 3 Finishers by Year |
News From: Monday, May 20, 2024 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Tasmanian athletes Grace Tame, Meriem Daoui dominate Great Ocean Road running festival event
(Pulse Tasmania) Meriem Daoui won the women's race of the 2024 Grate Ocean Marathon in 3:04:24. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 25, 2023 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Great Road Ocean Marathon: Record year tops off GOR running fest
(Surf Coast Times) Toby Menday won the 2023 Great Road Ocean Marathon in 2:46:05 while Sara Coulter won the women's race in 3:06:05. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Inside Running Episode 29: Great Ocean Road Marathon Recap
(Runner's Tribe) Julian Spence won the 2018 Great Ocean Road Marathon while Rhiannon Snipe won the women's race. | ||
News From: Sunday, May 20, 2018 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Spence makes it four in a row on Great Ocean Road
(The Courier) Julian Spence won the 2018 Great Ocean Road Marathon in 2:35:43 while Rhiannon Snipe won the women's race in 3:06:32. | ||
News From: Sunday, May 21, 2017 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon draws record numbers to running festival
(The Geelong Advertiser) Julian Spence won the Great Ocean Road Marathon in 2:32:44 while Jane Fardell won the women's race in 3:10:53. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 17, 2012 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Kenyan Chases Great Ocean Road Marathon Record
(Geelong Advertiser) James Kipkelwon has touted that he hopes to smash the Great Ocean Road Marathon record | ||
News From: Monday, May 14, 2012 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Gearing Up For Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Surf Coast Times) A record number of participants will run the Great Ocean Road International Marathon this weekend in Lorne. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 10, 2012 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon Weekend Reaches Record Entries
(Geelong Advertiser) The Great Ocean Road Marathon kicks off next weekend with the largest field ever of four-thousand, two-hundred and thirty-four registered participants. | ||
News From: Thursday, February 16, 2012 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Kenyan Champ To Defend Great Ocean Road Marathon Title
(Geelong Advertiser) James Kipkelwon has announced his entry into the Great Ocean Road Marathon after winning the race in 2 hours 27 minutes and 42 seconds last year. | ||
News From: Monday, May 16, 2011 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Nat Streets Field In Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Natalie Mensch won the women's division of the Great Ocean Road Marathon with a time of 2 hours 20 minutes and 17 seconds. | ||
News From: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Veteran Leads Australia's Great Ocean Road Marathon Hopes
(Geelong Advertiser) Magnus Michelsson hopes to block and African sweep of the podium at the Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
News From: Monday, May 17, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Thousands Turn Out For Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Mark Tucker became the first Australian to win the Great Ocean Road Marathon since 2005 with a time of 2 hours 29 minutes and 41 seconds | ||
News From: Thursday, May 13, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Defending Champion May Not Run In Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Charles Muturi may not make the starting line of the Great Ocean Road Marathon to defend his title. The Australian embassy his visa application along with several other African runners. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Record Entries For Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) More than three-thousand runners have signed up for the Great Ocean Road Marathon. Over one-thousand runners entered the race during the final week of registration. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Great Ocean Road International Marathon
(ABC South West Victoria) The Great Ocean Road Marathon will take place on the weekend of May 15 and 16. It is considered one of the most challenging marathons in the world | ||
News From: Friday, April 30, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
More Than 3000 Expected To Tackle Ocean Road MArathon
(Geelong Advertiser) The Great Ocean Road Marathon takes place on May 16 and registration will close on May 3. Event organizers expect the event to break the three-thousand competitor level. | ||
News From: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Scott Rantall Set To Tackle Great Ocean Road And Kenyans
(Geelong Advertiser) Scott Rantall finished second to Kenyan athlete Charles Muturi during the 2009 Great Ocean Road Marathon. Rantall said he would be controlling the race for 2010 and would not make the same mistakes. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 14, 2009 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
African marathon stars denied entry into Australia for Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) The Great Ocean Road Marathon will be down four athletes in this Sunday's event as four top Ethiopian athletes were denied entry into Australia as their travel visas have been refused | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Steve Moneghetti shows how to run your race in the Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Steve Moneghetti, who had completed the Great Ocean Road Marathon three times, will offer advice as to how to complete the arduous race. His primary focus for all runners was to rest well in the days leading up to the race | ||
Workmates, families to test endurance at Great Ocean Road Marathon
(The Standard) Many workers from the area surrounding the Great Ocean Road Marathon will tackle the grueling events which are comprised of a 6.5 K and 14 K race on Saturday and the 23 K and 45 K race on Sunday. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Race for Geelong success in Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) With an African dominated race, Scott Rantall is striving to become the first Geelong athlete to take a podium spot in the Great Ocean Road Marathon. Rantall has won the last four Geelong half-marathon races. This year's marathon will be his first attempt at the premier road racing event. | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon gets Asian influence
(Geelong Advertiser) The Event Director of the Festival of Distance Running, John Craven, stated the events marathon is up to eighty percent capacity for the fifth annual marathon to be held on May 17 and is boasting a fifty-thousand dollar prize purse. | ||
News From: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Record number of runners sign on for Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Event director John Craven said a record number of entries have been received for he 2008 Great Ocean Road Marathon exceeding last year's registration by over three hundred. Competitors from twelve countries would compete in the event, including seven Africans and an Argentinian. | ||
News From: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Great Ocean Road marathon launch
(Geelong Advertiser) The May 17th Great Ocean Road has already attracted over 1,000 participants for the four scheduled events including the inaugural marathon. The course will be run from Apollo Bay to Lorne and organizers are hoping for well over three thousand runners. | ||
News From: Friday, March 7, 2008 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Kenyan marathon runner James Mugo Kariuki vows to return to Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Despite threats and civil unrest in the Rift Valley of Kenya, Mugo Kariuki will return to the Great Ocean Road Marathon. Kariuki uses his prize money to care for orphans back in his African village. He won the 2006 race and finished second in 2007. A trio of Ethiopians stand in his way of claiming victory again. | ||
News From: Saturday, August 11, 2007 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon Under Threat
(Geelong Advertiser) Race director John Craven said PETStock, the major sponsor of this year's marathon, was unable to meet the financial requirements needed to secure the financial future of the race. | ||
News From: Monday, May 21, 2007 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Post-Race Review/ Results | ||
Stanton Smashes Women's Record in Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Stanton ran the 45km marathon in two hours, 58 minutes and 18 seconds, taking more than 17 minutes off the race record set last year by Nadelle Legge. | ||
Mutua King Of The Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) Mutua won with a time of two hours, 36 minutes and 38 seconds. However, he dashed the hopes his countryman James Kariuki had of making it back-to-back wins in the event. | ||
Kenyan Wins First Career Marathon At Great Ocean Road Race
(The Hindu) Mutua dueled with last year's winner James Kariuki, also of Kenya, before breaking away over the last two kilometers to win the race between the southeastern Australian tourist towns of Lorne and Apollo Bay in 2 hours, 36 minutes, 35 seconds. | ||
News From: Thursday, May 17, 2007 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Training/ Health | ||
Kenyan Runner Out To Defend Great Ocean Road Marathon Title
(Geelong Advertiser) Kariuki, the long distance star who won hearts last year by donating his $4000 prizemoney to help feed 17 children in his home village of Nyahururu, arrived in Geelong hungry to again take home the spoils. | ||
News From: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Olympic Star Up For Great Ocean Road Marathon
(Geelong Advertiser) South African Josia Thugwane, who won the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games marathon by just three seconds, will give the race a huge international boost. | ||
News From: Monday, April 24, 2006 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Super marathon mum - Kerryn McCann
(ABC Victoria) Australia's best female marathon runner Kerryn McCann prepares for the Great Ocean Road Marathon. | ||
News From: Thursday, March 17, 2005 | ||
Great Ocean Road Marathon | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
Distant Runners enter Great Ocean Road International Marathon
(Geelong Info) Details on a new marathon in Australia, to be held in May |
Quick Links
Featured Articles
Recent News
Press Releases
Newsletters
Historical Insights
First Marathons