| Tiberias Marathon | |
|---|---|
| Date | early January |
| Location | Sea of Galilee,Israel |
| Event type | Road running |
| Distance | 42.195 km |
| Primary sponsor | Toto Winner |
| Established | 1977 |
| Course records | Men: 2:07:30 (2012) Patrick TambwéWomen: 2:25:45 (2017)  Hiwot Gebrekidan |
| Official site | Tiberias Marathon |
| Participants | 1,053 finishers (2021) 1,670 (2020) 1,108 (2019) |
TheTiberias Marathon is an annualmarathonroad race held along theSea of Galilee inIsrael. At approximately 200 meters belowsea level, this is the lowest course in the world. The competition was first held in 1977, and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event.[1]
The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and the event also includes ahalf-marathon (21.1 km) and 10 and 5-kilometer runs. In 2010 the 10 km race was moved from the afternoon to before the marathon. The half-marathon race was added in 2018.
In 2007, aKenyan-bornBahraini athlete,Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship by the Bahrani government for competing in Israel.[2] In 2012Patrick Tambwé, a formerCongolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007.[3]
In 2022,David (Necho) Tayachew ofBen Shemen Youth Village and a member of theMaccabi Tel Aviv athletics club, won the men's marathon category with a (then)personal record time of 2:13:00.Beatie Deutsch won the women's category for the fourth time in 2:41:20.[4]
In 2025,Tachlowini Melake Gabriyesos, anEritrean-born athlete who lives and trains in Tel Aviv, won the men's marathon with a time of 2:19:19.Beatie Deutsch won the women's category for the fifth time in 2:55:41.[5]
In 2026,David (Necho) Tayachew ofBen Shemen Youth Village and a member of theMaccabi Tel Aviv athletics club, won the men's marathon category with a time of 2:17:00.Beatie Deutsch won the women's category for the sixth time in 2:48:40.[6]
Key: Course record Race longer than marathon distance
| Country | Men's race | Women's race | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 7 | 23 |
 Kenya | 8 | 4 | 12 |
 Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Germany | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 South Africa | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Moldova | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United States | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Eritrea | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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