San Silvestre Vallecana

San Silvestre Vallecana
San Silvestre Vallecana 2005
Date31 December
LocationVallecas, Madrid, Spain
Event type10K run
Distance10 km
Primary sponsorNationale Nederlanden
Established1964 (1964)
Course recordsMen: 26:41 (Uganda Jacob Kiplimo 2018)
Women: 29:54 (Kenya Brigid Kosgei 2018)
Official siteSan Silvestre Vallecana
Participants1,052 finishers (2021)
301 finishers (2020, only elite runners)
1,239 (2019)
1,105 (2018)

The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road race held on 31 December in Madrid, Spain since 1964. It has two editions: a fun run for amateur athletes and an elite race for professional athletes. In 2012, the race achieved its historical record of participants, up to 40,000.[1]

It is based upon the Saint Silvester Road Race, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. Along with the Madrid Marathon, the San Silvestre Vallecana is one of the city's foremost annual running events.

  1. ^ "Récord de participación en la San Silvestre 2012". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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