Shanghai Marathon

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Shanghai Marathon
DateNovember
Location Shanghai, China
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Primary sponsor Toray
Established1996(28 years ago) (1996) [1]
Course recordsMen: 2:07:14 (2015)
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Lonyangata
Women: 2:20:36 (2018)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Yebrgual Melese
Official site Shanghai Marathon
Participants~9,000 (marathon) (2020) [2]
~38,000 (all races) (2019) [3]

The Shanghai International Marathon is an annual marathon in late autumn hosted by Shanghai, China, since 1996. The marathon is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletics. [4]

Contents

The marathon starts at the Bund Bull and finishes at Shanghai Stadium. [5]

History

The inaugural race was held in 1996 as the "Shanghai International Citizen Marathon". [6]

For the 2020 edition of the race, due to the coronavirus pandemic, only the full marathon was run, the field was limited to 9,000 domestic runners, and the finish was moved to the West Bund Art Center. [3] [2]

Course

External images
Searchtool.svg Course map of all races in 2018 [7]
Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2020 [8]

The marathon starts at the Bund Bull and finishes at Shanghai Stadium. [7]

Other races

In addition to the marathon, the event offers a 10K run and a mini marathon of 5.5 km (3.4 mi) in length. [3] All three races begin at the Bund Bull, but the mini marathon ends at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre while the 10K ends at Fuxing Park. [7] [9]

Winners

The men's course record was set in 2015 as Kenya's Paul Lonyangata of 2:07:14 hours and the Ethiopian Yebrgual Melese broke the women's record in 2018 with 2:20:36 hours.

Key:    Course record (in bold)

DateMen's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Women's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Rf.
1996.09.28Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Changhai  (CHN)2:23:39Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Chiaki Shigaki  (JPN)2:47:54 [6] [10]
1997.11.30Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Zhenghua  (CHN)2:19:01Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Benzhi  (CHN)3:03:14 [6]
1998.11.01Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Zhenghua  (CHN)2:24:02Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bu Hailing  (CHN)2:49:55 [6]
1999.11.14Flag of New Zealand.svg  Auan Caoman  (NZL)2:22:29Flag of New Zealand.svg  Fiona McKee  (NZL)2:52:07 [6] [11]
2000.11.12Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Hailu Negussie  (ETH)2:18:17Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Guoshang  (CHN)2:46:49
2001.12.08Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhan Donglin  (CHN)2:18:58Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Shujing  (CHN)2:31:54
2002.11.09Flag of Japan.svg  Katsumi Tsuchiya  (JPN)2:19:02Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Shujing  (CHN)2:30:43
2003.11.15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiang Chengguo  (CHN)2:22:23Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qie Liping  (CHN)2:46:45
2004.11.13Flag of Kenya.svg  Benson Mbithi  (KEN)2:17:55Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Yanan  (CHN)2:30:37
2005.11.26Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Gang  (CHN)2:13:22Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Shujing  (CHN)2:34:25
2006.11.26Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Korir  (KEN)2:15:25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xin  (CHN)2:32:07
2007.11.25Flag of Kenya.svg  Samy Tum  (KEN)2:13:01Flag of Romania.svg  Lidia Șimon  (ROM)2:29:28
2008.11.30Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Gashaw Asfaw  (ETH)2:09:29Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Timofeyeva  (RUS)2:26:19
2009.11.29Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gashaw Asfaw  (ETH)2:10:10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Yanan  (CHN)2:27:49
2010.12.05Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gashaw Asfaw  (ETH)2:11:36Flag of Russia.svg  Nailiya Yulamanova  (RUS)2:26:05
2011.12.04Flag of Kenya.svg  Willy Koitile  (KEN)2:10:21Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kebebush Haile  (ETH)2:24:08
2012.12.02Flag of Kenya.svg  Sylvester Teimet  (KEN)2:09:01Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Feyse Tadese  (ETH)2:23:07
2013.12.01Flag of South Africa.svg  Stephen Mokoka  (RSA)2:09:29Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Aberu Kebede  (ETH)2:23:28
2014.11.02Flag of South Africa.svg  Stephen Mokoka  (RSA)2:08:43Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tigist Tufa  (ETH)2:21:52
2015.11.08Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Lonyangata  (KEN)2:07:14Flag of Kenya.svg  Rael Kinyara  (KEN)2:26:23
2016.10.30Flag of South Africa.svg  Stephen Mokoka  (RSA)2:10:18Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Roza Dereje  (ETH)2:26:18
2017.11.12Flag of South Africa.svg  Stephen Mokoka  (RSA)2:08:35Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Roza Dereje  (ETH)2:22:43
2018.11.18Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Seyefu Tura  (ETH)2:09:18Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Yebrgual Melese  (ETH)2:20:36
2019.11.17Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Lonyangata  (KEN)2:08:11Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Yebrgual Melese  (ETH)2:23:19
2020.11.29Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jia'e Renjia  (CHN)2:12:44Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Zhixuan  (CHN)2:26:39 [2] [12] [13]

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