Press Release - Barcelona Marathon - 3/15/12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           19.455 Participants In The Zurich Marató De Barcelona

The race, which will be celebrated next March 25, has experienced a growth 
of more than 28% in relation to the last edition, in which there were 
15.134 registered

A total of 19.455 runners, 4.321 more than in the last edition, in which 
they were 15.134, have registered to take part next March 25 in the Zurich 
Marató de Barcelona, which represents a growth of more than 28% in relation 
to 2011.

The term of inscriptions was closed last Sunday at 12 p.m. and the 19.455 
inscriptions received up to that moment mean the seventh consecutive record 
of participation for the Zurich Marató de Barcelona since in 2006 it 
started its new stage managed by Barcelona’s City Hall and the Institut 
Barcelona Esports. That year, the first one after the temporary 
cancellation of the race in 2005, 4.425 runners were registered, in 2007 
they were 7.475, in 2008; 9.121, one year later 9.752, in 2010; 12.211 and 
last year 15.134, record that now has been widely broken.

With this number of participants, the Zurich Marató de Barcelona can aspire 
to place as the fourth marathon in the European ranking of 2012 in 
finishers, which is the factor habitually used to measure its importance.

The Zurich Marató de Barcelona will be celebrated next March 25 from 
8.30a.m. in a circuit with start and arrival in the Avenue María Cristina 
and will pass by the most emblematic tourist points of the Catalan capital 
city.

More information: www.zurichmaratobarcelona.com

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