Memorial Peppe Greco

The Memorial Peppe Greco is an annual men's 10 kilometres road race which takes place in Scicli, Italy.

The course consists of ten one-kilometre laps on the streets of the city, which includes a difficult 300-metre stretch uphill over cobblestones.

[2] A local man, Giorgio Adamo,[3] won the first race but over the following years the high quality of the competition established the Memorial Peppe Greco as an elite-level meeting on the European road running circuit, with past winners including world record breakers Paul Tergat, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele.

It became an international competition in 1994 and rose to prominence in 1995 after Haile Gebrselassie and Paul Tergat chose to use the race as their first "re-match" after the World Championship 10,000 metres final.

A women's five kilometres race was also held in 2000 and 2001, and Merima Denboba is the course record holder with 16 minutes and 32 seconds.

Paul Tergat was the winner of the first international competition
Course record holder Haile Gebrselassie is a four-time race winner
Kenenisa Bekele , the 10,000 m world record holder, won in 2003