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The Paris Ekiden, formerly known as the Versailles to Paris Ekiden, is an international ekiden (marathon relay race) held in Paris. The inaugural race in 1990 was marred by a series of problems, which led to the race's discontinuation until 2013 when it returned on an annual basis.^[1]^[2]

History

The inaugural edition of the race in 1990 featured 20 teams of 6 runners, with each team consisting of 4 men and 2 women. It had a budget of 6 million Euros.^[3]

During the final stage of the race, all teams except for the two leaders Great Britain and Denmark ran off course. As a result, all but those teams ran approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) short of the official race distance. It was viewed as a failure of event security, and the competition was not held again the following year.^[3]^[1]

The race would not return again until 2013 on a yearly basis, with the elite athletes running alongside a mass ekiden race. The new race started near The Louvre and finished at the Place de la Bastille.^[4]

Winners

Paris Ekiden winning teams (6-leg races)
Ed.	Date	Athletes	Split	Team	Time	Ref
1st	28 October 1990	Albertina Dias	10:47	Portugal	1:59:04 (~40 km)	^[5]^[3]
		Luis-Felipe de Jesus	12:06
		Ezequiel Canario	20:10
		Elisio Rios	33:06
		Monica Gama	19:51
		Juan-Carlos Montero Castellanos (ESP)	23:04
2nd	3 November 2013	Yuki Namba	15:12	Japan	2:15:14 (marathon)	^[6]
		Yuji Sasanuma	32:09
		Yuki Nakamura	18:06
		Yuka Ando	35:08
		Kenta Chiba	15:43
		Kumiko Kamei	18:59
3rd	2 November 2014	Josephat Muraga	15:18	France	2:07:47 (marathon)	^[7]
		Willy Nduwimana	30:09
		Said El Medouly	15:13
		Ezechiel Nizigiyimana	30:25
		Ruben Iindongo	15:04
		Jean Claude Niyonizigiye	21:31
4th	1 November 2015	Dieudonne Disi (RWA)	15:49	Unirun	2:11:03 (marathon)	^[8]
		Gervais Hakizimana (RWA)	30:45
		Thomas Larchaud (FRA)	16:19
		Jean-damascene Habarurema (RWA)	30:50
		Mondhir Fekir (FRA)	15:42
		Romain Hesschentier (FRA)	21:42
5th	6 November 2016	Thomas Larchaud (FRA)	15:50	Unirun	2:13:41 (marathon)	^[9]
		Jean-damascene Habarurema (RWA)	31:26
		Benoit Looten (FRA)	16:05
		Abraham Niyonkuru (BDI)	31:42
		Mondhir Fekir (FRA)	16:37
		Gervais Hakizimana (RWA)	22:03
6th	5 November 2017	Thomas Larchaud (FRA)	14:31	Unirun 1	2:14:33 (marathon)	^[10]
		Jean-damascene Habarurema (RWA)	31:50
		Julien Duchateau (FRA)	15:49
		Mondhir Fekir (FRA)	32:17
		Gervais Hakizimana (RWA)	15:35
		Abraham Niyonkuru (BDI)	24:31
7th	4 November 2018	Romain Courcières (FRA)		Alès Cévennes Athlétisme	2:08:23 (marathon)	^[11]^[12]^[13]
		Christopher Berraho (FRA)
		Julien Samson (FRA)
		El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch (FRA)
		Julien Mendez (FRA)
		Damien Gras (FRA)
8th	3 November 2019	Thomas Wadoux (FRA)	15:33	Unirun 59	2:10:22 (marathon)	^[14]
		Felicien Muhitira (RWA)	29:52
		Gervais Hakizimana (RWA)	15:25
		Isaac Maiyo Kibiwott (KEN)	31:20
		Abraham Niyonkuru (BDI)	15:17
		Jeremy Carrier (FRA)	22:58
9th	7 November 2021	Jules Robin	14:39	PMAV	2:13:21 (marathon)	^[15]
		Hatem Fares	31:11
		Ken Chareil	16:27
		Sajid Mouhcine	32:19
		Yacine Tajja	15:58
		Youssef Mekdafou	22:51
10th	6 November 2022	Yann Schrub (FRA)	14:27	Team Adidas	2:04:40 (marathon)	^[16]
		Benjamin Choquert (FRA)	29:55
		Pierre Kardous (FRA)	16:07
		Hassan Chahdi (FRA)	28:54
		Paul Anselmini (FRA)	14:39
		Valentin Gondouin (FRA)	20:41
11th	5 November 2023	Pierre Carlier (FRA)	15:12	Racing Multi Athlon	2:14:53 (42 km)	^[17]
		Kevin El Fallahi (FRA)	33:54
		Paul-Mathieu Lannuzel (FRA)	15:27
		Krilan Le Bihan (FRA)	32:37
		Pierre McGarvey (FRA)	16:25
		Teo Rubens Banini (FRA)	21:22

Stage bests

Best stage times per year (6-stage race)
Year	Stage 1			Stage 2			Stage 3			Stage 4			Stage 5			Stage 6
Year	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete
1990	3.2 km	10:47	Albertina Dias (POR)	4.5 km	11:59	Brahim El-Ghazali (FRA)	7.1 km	18:56	Mohamed Issengar (MAR)	10.9 km	32:24	Richard Nerurkar (ENG)	6.9 km	19:22	Malin Ewerlöf Krepp (SWE)	7.7 km	22:47	Said Aouita (MAR)
2013	5.25 km	15:12	Yuki Namba (JPN)	10.5 km	32:09	Yuji Sasanuma (JPN)	5.25 km	18:06	Yuki Nakamura (JPN)	10.5 km	35:08	Yuka Ando (JPN)	5.25 km	15:43	Kenta Chiba (JPN)	5.445 km	18:22	Vincent Bernard (FRA)
2014	5 km	15:18	Josephat Muraga (FRA)	10 km	29:48	Andrea Lalli (ITA)	5 km	14:40	Timothee Bommier (FRA)	10 km	30:15	Ahmed El Mazoury (ITA)	5 km	14:34	Pierre Urruty (FRA)	7.195 km	21:31	Jean Claude Niyonizigiye (FRA)
2015	5 km	15:49	Dieudonné Disi (RWA)	10 km	30:27	Ryotaro Nitta (JPN)	5 km	16:19	Thomas Larchaud (FRA)	10 km	30:27	Ryo Ishita (JPN)	5 km	15:42	Mondhir Fekir (FRA)	7.195 km	20:53	Hiroyoshi Umegae (JPN)
2016	5 km	15:13	Tarik Moukrime (FRA)	10 km	31:26	Jean-damascene Habarurema (RWA)	5 km	15:57	Remi Deprez (FRA)	10 km	31:41	David Kamwende Chege (KEN)	5 km	16:01	Theo Daeschler (FRA)	7.195 km	21:39	Vincent Luis (FRA)
2017	5 km	14:25	Alexandre Descot (FRA)	10 km	31:50	Jean-damascene Habarurema (RWA)	5 km	15:49	Julien Duchateau (FRA)	10 km	32:15	Romain Vogt (FRA)	5 km	15:28	Nicolas Dalmasso (FRA)	7.195 km	23:54	Adrien Guiomar (FRA)
2018	5.1 km	14:45		10 km	29:44		5 km	15:12		10 km	29:58		5 km	14:59		7.095 km	20:51
2019	5.1 km	14:56	Youssef Mekdafou (FRA)	10 km	29:52	Felicien Muhitira (RWA)	5 km	15:25	Gervais Hakizimana (RWA)	10 km	31:20	Isaac Maiyo Kibiwott (KEN)	5 km	15:17	Abraham Niyonkuru (BDI)	7.095 km	22:43	Baptiste Cartieaux (FRA)
2021	5.1 km	14:02	Yoann Kowal (FRA)	10 km	29:34	Felicien Muhitira (RWA)	5 km	16:05	Kevin Cecchinel	10 km	30:37	Bertrand Gaget	5 km	15:43	Yoan Duboin	7.095 km	22:32	Kevin Daniel
2022	5 km	14:02	Yann Schrub (FRA)	10 km	29:29	Mehdi Frere (FRA)	5 km	15:04	Arthur Descazeaud (FRA)	10 km	28:54	Hassan Chahdi (FRA)	5 km	14:39	Paul Anselmini (FRA)	7.195 km	20:41	Valentin Gondouin (FRA)
2023	5 km	15:12	Pierre Carlier (FRA)	10 km	31:18	Antoine Provost (FRA)	5 km	15:27	Paul-Mathieu Lannuzel (FRA)	10 km	31:34	Sacha Liguori (FRA)	5 km	15:43	Edmond Baudot (FRA)	7 km	21:22	Teo Rubens Banini (FRA)