Crossover era

The inaugural marathon was held on 15 May 2005 as the "Lipton Bangalore International Marathon".^[1][2] Organized by Crossover Consulting, the full marathon race had about 200 participants, with about 400 runners joining the half marathon, and 15,000 taking part in the 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) Celebration Run.^[1][3] The marathon was won by Kennedy Chinna Ramu, a local 28-year-old man, with a time of 2:23:46, nearly five minutes faster than the runner-up.^[1][3]

The second marathon was scheduled for 17 September 2006. The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.

The third edition of the marathon was held as the "BSNL Bangalore International Marathon" on 16 December 2007.^[4][5] Many marathoners, including the lead runners, had to run from barking dogs and take involuntary breaks due to traffic.^{[4][lower-alpha 1]}

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Bengaluru in 2008.^[6]

NEB Sports era

The first marathon of the current era was held on 19 October 2014 as the "Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon".^[7] It was organized by NEB Sports and members of the running community of Bengaluru.^[7]

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 24 January 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^{[8][9][lower-alpha 2]}

Crossover era

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Ed.	Year	Men's Winner	Time[lower-alpha 4]	Women's Winner	Time[lower-alpha 4]	Rf.
1	2005	Kennedy Chinna Ramu (IND)	2:23:46	Marashet Jimma (ETH)	2:45:34	[3]
2	2006	Appachu Chinnappa (IND)	2:25:19	Deepti Ashok (IND)	4:13:13
3	2007	Eston Nyaga (KEN)	2:22:32	none[lower-alpha 5]		[12][14]

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NEB Sports era

More information Ed., Year ...

Ed.	Year	Men's Winner	Time[lower-alpha 4]	Women's Winner	Time[lower-alpha 4]	Rf.
1	2014	Tirath Kumar (IND)	2:25:51	Shamli Singh (IND)	3:16:18
2	2015	Rashpal Singh (IND)	2:24:22	Jyoti Gawate (IND)	2:56:36
3	2016	Bahadur Dhoni (IND)	2:29:10	Jyoti Gawate (IND)	2:59:37
4	2017	Sanjit Luwang (IND)	2:24:56	Jyoti Gawate (IND)	3:07:54
5	2018	Mikiyas Yemata (ETH)	2:35:20	Aneeta Chaudhary (IND)	3:11:53
6	2019	Bijay Deka (IND)	2:35:27	Laxmi (IND)[lower-alpha 6]	3:24:10	[16][17]
7	2020	postponed due to coronavirus pandemic				[9]
8	2022	Scheduled for 9 January 2022 but cancelled due to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic

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