PARIS MARATHON FULL ELITE FIELD RELEASED
By David Monti
(c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission.

(10-Apr) -- Organizers of Sunday's Paris Marathon --one of only six marathons in the world with over 30,000 finishers-- have released their full elite field.  The course records are 2:05:47 by Vincent Kipruto (KEN), 2009 and 2:22:04 by Atsede Baysa (ETH), 2010, and last year's champions were Benjamin Kiptoo Koulum (KEN) in 2:06:31, and Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) in 2:22:55.

MEN -
Bib, Last, First, Nat, YOB, PB
1, KOULUM, Benjamin Kiptoo, KEN, 1979, 2:06:31
2, MATEBOR, Albert, KEN, 1980, 2:05:26
3, NDIEMA, Eric, KEN, 1992, 2:06:07
4, LIMO, Richard, KEN, 1980, 2:06:45
5, WENDIMU, Eshetu, ETH, 1986, 2:06:46
6, EL HIMER, Driss, FRA, 1974, 2:06:48
7, JUFAR, Tariku, ETH, 1984, 2:06:51
8, RAMALAA, Hendrick, RSA, 1972, 2:06:55
9, BIWOTT, Stanley, KEN, 1986, 2:07:03
10, KIPROP, Francis, KEN, 1984, 2:08:04
11, KERING, Alfred, KEN, 1979, 2:07:11
12, BALCHA, Terefi, ETH, 1981, 2:07:35
13, MUNGARA, Kenneth, KEN, 1973, 2:07:36
14, TOLOSSA, Debebe, ETH, 1980, 2:07:41
15, TERFA, Negari, ETH, 1983, 2:07:41
16, KIMAIYO, Hillary, KEN, 1981, 2:08:17
17, ALEMAYEHU, Shumye, ETH, 1988, 2:08:46
18, LAGAT, Joseph, KEN, 1986, 2:08:50
19, TSIGE, Solomon, ETH, 1985, 2:09:01
20, GUTA, Abiyote, ETH, 1985, 2:09:03
21, GEMEDA, Haile, ETH, 1986, 2:09:20
22, MUNYUTU, Simon, FRA, 1977, 2:09:24
23, MEFTAH, Abdelatif, FRA, 1982, 2:09:46
24, BETONA, Sahle, ETH, 1984, 2:09:47
25, ES-SRAIDI, Larbi, FRA, 1983, 2:10:08
26, LAGAT, Victor, KEN, 1985, 2:10:19
27, THEURI, James, FRA, 1978, 2:10:39
28, ASSEFA, Raji, ETH, 1986, 2:10:48
29, BIRBO, Guta, ETH, 1984, 2:10:51
30, EZZOBAYRY, Ahmed, FRA, 1978, 2:11:17
32, BENNACER, Mustapha, ALG, 1977, 2:12:04
33, NIMO, Pedro, ESP, 1980, 2:12:10
34, DEMISSE, Haile, ETH, 1981, 2:12:21
35, IINDONGO, Ruben, FRA, 1981, 2:12:38
36, BELHAJ, Hamid, FRA, 1968, 2:14:32
37, RICATTI, Domenico, ITA, 1979, 2:16:31
38, FIKADU, Habtamu, ETH, 1988, 2:16:47
40, MWANGI, Willy, KEN, 1980, 1:00:07
41, MALATY, Benjamin, FRA, 1986, 1:04:20
42, JISA, Sisay, ETH, 1982, 1:04:33
45, LIMO, Kiprop, KEN, 1983, PACE
46, CHEBII, Ezekiel, KEN, 1991, PACE
47, LIMO, Philemon, KEN, 1985, PACE
48, KOECH, Bernard, KEN, 1987, PACE
49, LIMAA, Reuben, KEN, 1987, PACE
50, WANJIKU, Ladan, KEN, 1987, PACE
51, NDEMI, Abel Maina, KEN, 1989, PACE
52, MURAGA, Josephat, KEN, 1984, PACE
53, MEKONEN, Belete, ETH, 1985, PACE (for women)

WOMEN -
Bib, Last, First, Nat, YOB, PB
201, BEYENE, Tirfi  , ETH, 1984, 2:22:44
203, BEDASO, Shitaye, ETH, 1988, 2:25:09
204, MUMBI, Julia, KEN, 1985, 2:26:00
205, TESEMA, Goitetom , ETH, 1987, 2:26:21
206, HARUN, Makda, ETH, 1988, 2:27:30
207, GIRMA, Woynishet, ETH, 1986, 2:27:51
208, SMYTH, Kate, AUS, 1972, 2:28:51
209, LEGESSE, Meseret, ETH, 1987, 2:29:09
210, DEBELE, Meseret, ETH, 1990, 2:30:42
212, HAYDAR, Sultan, TUR, 1987, 2:35:06
213, SERGEYEVA, Natalya, RUS, 1984, 2:35:19
214, GOSHU, Frehiwat, ETH, 1990, 1:12:57
215, DAVIES, Mary, NZL, 1982, 2:38:48
216, HERBRETEAU-CANTE, Corinne, FRA, 1976, 2:42:43

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