# 2023 Valencia Marathon

The 2023 Valencia Marathon was an Elite Platinum Label marathon race held in Valencia, Spain on December 3, 2023. It was the 43rd running of the race.
There were 20 national records set in this marathon. Kenenisa Bekele, was just over 20 seconds behind the lead group at halfway and appeared to have decided not to go with the strong pace at the front. That proved to be a wise move with the 41-year-old Ethiopian legend passing plenty of slowing runners, including Kandie, to take fourth place in a new Masters world record of 2:04:19.
A record-setting number of runners (5,423) finished below three hours. This is more than any other marathon, including the Berlin Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The race also produced more sub-2:45 and sub-2:30 results than any other major marathon.

## Results

Elite men's top 30 finishers :
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Sisay Lemma | Ethiopia | 2:01:48 |
| | Alexander Mutiso | Kenya | 2:03:11 |
| | Dawit Wolde | Ethiopia | 2:03:48 |
| 4 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 2:04:19 |
| 5 | Gabriel Geay | Tanzania | 2:04:33 |
| 6 | Kibiwott Kandie | Kenya | 2:04:48 |
| 7 | Chalu Deso | Ethiopia | 2:05:14 |
| 8 | Mohamed Esa | Ethiopia | 2:05:40 |
| 9 | Mehdi Frere | France | 2:05:43 |
| 10 | Gashau Ayale | Israel | 2:05:46 |
| 11 | Tariku Novales | Spain | 2:05:48 |
| 12 | Derseh Kindie | Ethiopia | 2:05:51 |
| 13 | Girmaw Amare | Israel | 2:05:52 |
| 14 | Nicolas Navarro | France | 2:05:53 |
| 15 | Haimro Alame | Israel | 2:06:04 |
| 16 | Félix Bour | France | 2:06:46 |
| 17 | Morhad Amdouni | France | 2:06:55 |
| 18 | Shokhrukh Davlatov | Uzbekistan | 2:07:02 |
| 19 | Richard Ringer | Germany | 2:07:05 |
| 20 | Titus Kipruto | Kenya | 2:07:22 |
| 21 | Nekagenet Crippa | Italy | 2:07:35 |
| 22 | Samuel Barata | Portugal | 2:07:35 |
| 23 | Khalid Choukoud | Netherlands | 2:07:37 |
| 24 | Isaac Mpofu | Zimbabwe | 2:07:39 |
| 25 | Alberto González Mindez | Guatemala | 2:07:40 |
| 26 | Benjamin Choquert | France | 2:07:42 |
| 27 | Getaneh Molla | Ethiopia | 2:07:45 |
| 28 | Yago Rojo | Spain | 2:07:47 |
| 29 | Goitom Kifle | Eritrea | 2:08:22 |
| 30 | Haftom Welday | Germany | 2:08:24 |
Elite women's top 30 finishers :
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Worknesh Degefa | Ethiopia | 2:15:51 |
| | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 2:16:22 |
| | Hiwot Gebrekidan | Ethiopia | 2:17:59 |
| 4 | Celestine Chepchirchir | Kenya | 2:20:46 |
| 5 | Majida Maayouf | Spain | 2:21:27 |
| 6 | Sultan Haydar | Turkey | 2:21:27 |
| 7 | Desi Mokonin | Brunei | 2:22:29 |
| 8 | Genevieve Gregson | Australia | 2:23:08 |
| 9 | Sofiia Yaremchuk | Italy | 2:23:16 |
| 10 | Isobel Batt-Doyle | Australia | 2:23:27 |
| 11 | Joan Chelimo | Kenya | 2:24:16 |
| 12 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 2:24:30 |
| 13 | Laura Hottenrott | Germany | 2:24:32 |
| 14 | Camilla Richardsson | Finland | 2:24:38 |
| 15 | Mekdes Woldu | France | 2:24:44 |
| 16 | Silvia Patricia Ortiz Morocho | Ecuador | 2:24:50 |
| 17 | Mélody Julien | France | 2:25:01 |
| 18 | Clara Evans | United Kingdom | 2:25:04 |
| 19 | Lily Partridge | United Kingdom | 2:25:12 |
| 20 | Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou | Spain | 2:25:30 |
| 21 | Laura Luengo | Spain | 2:25:35 |
| 22 | Susana Cristina Da Silva Godinho | Portugal | 2:25:35 |
| 23 | Moira Stewartová | Czech Republic | 2:25:36 |
| 24 | Eloise Wellings | Australia | 2:25:47 |
| 25 | Manon Trapp | France | 2:25:48 |
| 26 | Aleksandra Lisowska | Poland | 2:25:52 |
| 27 | Camille French | New Zealand | 2:26:08 |
| 28 | Marie Perrier | Mauritius | 2:26:19 |
| 29 | Angelika Mach | Poland | 2:26:19 |
| 30 | María José Pérez | Spain | 2:26:42 |