Medeksa finished in 2:12:10, breaking the course record by close to 20 seconds, while Russian Abitova won the women’s race in 2:38:20.
About 10,000 participants took part in the five kilometers long "Race of pleasure".
18th Belgrade Marathon, April 23, 2005 - RESULTS
MEN
1 MEDEKSA Derba (ETH) 2:12:10
2 CHEPKWONY David (KEN) 2:12:29
3 EDEP Collins (KEN) 2:13:02
4 KILONZO Onesmus (KEN) 2:14:01
5 KIPRONO Isaac (KEN) 2:14:08
WOMEN
1 ABITOVA Inge (RUS) 2:38:20
2 ZOUEVA Viktoria (RUS) 2:38:40
3 SHIFERAW Tiringo (ETH) 2:39:47
4 PEREPELKINA Ttatyana (RUS) 2:42:12
5 LUKIC Marjana (SCG) 2:42:48