San Silvestre Vallecana Explained

The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road race held on 31 December in Madrid, Spain since 1964. It has two editions: a fun run for amateur athletes and an elite race for professional athletes. In 2012, the race achieved its historical record of participants, up to 40,000.^[1]

It is based upon the Saint Silvester Road Race, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. Along with the Madrid Marathon, the San Silvestre Vallecana is one of the city's foremost annual running events.

Past winners

10 km (since 1998)

Year	Men's winner	Country	Time	Women's winner	Country	Time
1998	Fabián Roncero		29:13	Patricia Arribas
1999	Jon Brown		28:08	Tereza Yohannes		32:50
2000	Isaac Viciosa		28:45	Patricia Arribas		32:22
2001	Isaac Viciosa		28:32	María Abel		32:53
2002	Isaac Viciosa		28:07	Marta Domínguez		32:13
2003	José Manuel Martínez		28:12	Marta Domínguez		31:35
2004	Craig Mottram		28:18	Benita Johnson		32:36
2005	Eliud Kipchoge		27:34	Paula Radcliffe		31:16
2006	Eliud Kipchoge		26:54	Jeļena Prokopčuka		31:27
2007	Josphat Menjo		28:35	Vivian Cheruiyot		31:50
2008	Tadese Tola		27:53	Marta Domínguez		33:05
2009	Moses Masai		28:01	Vivian Cheruiyot		32:15
2010	Zersenay Tadese		28:27	Jéssica Augusto		31:59
2011	Hagos Gebrhiwet		27:57	Tirunesh Dibaba		31:30
2012	Tariku Bekele		28:29	Gelete Burka		30:53
2013	Leonard Komon		28:02	Linet Masai		31:33
2014	Mike Kigen		27:51	Gemma Steel		31:52
2015	Mike Kigen		27:35	Linet Masai		31:38
2016	Nguse Tesfaldet		28:09	Brigid Kosgei		32:07
2017	Erick Kiptanui		27:34	Gelete Burka		30:55
2018	Jacob Kiplimo		26:41	Brigid Kosgei		29:54
2019	Bashir Abdi		27:47	Helen Bekele Tola		30:50
2020[2]	Daniel Ebenyo		27:41	Yalemzerf Yehualaw		31:17
2021[3]	Mohamed Katir		27:45	Degitu Azimeraw		30:26
2022	Joshua Cheptegei		27:09	Prisca Chesang		30:19

1964–1997

Year	Men's winner	Country	Women's winner	Country
1964	Jesús Hurtado		Not held
1965	Jesús Hurtado
1966	Mariano Haro
1967	Mohammed Gammoudi
1968	Javier Álvarez
1969	Not held
1970	Mike Tagg
1971	Mike Tagg
1972	Roger Clark
1973	Mariano Haro
1974	Ian Stewart
1975	Fernando Cerrada
1976	Jim Dingwall
1977	Alastair Hutton
1978	Nat Muir
1979	Carlos Lopes
1980	Carlos Lopes
1981	Alex Hagelsteens		Grete Waitz
1982	Steve Harris		Iciar Martínez
1983	José Luis González		Iciar Martínez
1984	Dave Lewis		Carmen Mingorance
1985	Dave Lewis		Mercedes Calleja
1986	António Leitão		Carmen Valero
1987	José Luis González		Tania Merchieres
1988	Gerry Curtis		Carmen Mingorance
1989	Arturo Barrios		Carmen Fuentes
1990	Ondoro Osoro		Aurora Pérez
1991	Ondoro Osoro		Rosa Mota
1992	Paul Bitok		María Luisa Muñoz
1993	Ondoro Osoro		Sonia Escudero
1994	Martín Fiz		Montse Martínez
1995	Enrique Molina		Laura Jiménez
1996	Isaac Viciosa		Aurora Pérez
1997	Alberto García		Patricia Arribas

References

• Volver a resultados. San Silvestre Vallecana. Retrieved on 2022-12-31.
• San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2022-12-31.

External links

• Official site of the race

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012-12-17. Récord de participación en la San Silvestre 2012. 2022-01-01. ABC. Madrid. es.
2. Web site: 2020 San Silvestre Vallecana results. 31 December 2020. sansilvestrevallecana.com.
3. News: Azimeraw and Katir end year on a high in Madrid. World Athletics. Diego Sampaolo. 1 January 2022. 1 January 2022.