Three runners from Morocco won the podium places in the 2015 Vodafone Malta Marathon.

It was possibly the closest finish ever with Muhammed Hajjy coming in first in 2:19:28 from Nasef Ahmed who was second in 2:19:29. Elfeche Abdel Hakim came third in 2:21:36.

It was the fifth Malta Marathon win for the Italy-based runner.

The first Maltese in was Andrew Grech whose time of 2:32:34 was good enough for eighth.

Samantha Woodward was the first woman to reach the finishing line while Malta’s Josanne Attard Pulis was second.

In the half marathon, Karol Grunenbelg, a German, was first in 1:09:53 followed by Gerry Pennington in 1:11:57 and Pascale Valentin in 1:12:26

The first Maltese was Mark Herrera in 1:13:26.

The first woman in was Simona Baracetti finishing in 1:25:26 followed by Malta's Rita Galea in 1:26:08.

A record of 3,517 participants finished their events.