Guangzhou Marathon

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Guangzhou Marathon
Guangzhou Marathon 2012.11.18 10-37-08.jpg
Entering Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River in 2012
DateDecember
Location Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established2012(12 years ago) (2012)
Course recordsMen: 2:08:04 (2019)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Gebretsadik Abraha
Women: 2:23:50 (2019)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Hiwot Gebrekidan
Official site http://guangzhou-marathon/en/
Participants~20,000 (2020) [1]

The Guangzhou Marathon is an annual marathon race held in December in the city of Guangzhou, China, since 2012. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. [2]

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History

The event was first held on 18 November 2012. Two people died during the event: a 21-year-old male student died after completing the 10 km race and a 25 year old real estate agent collapsed before completing the 5 km race. [3] [4] [5]

In 2015, Sentayehu Merga Ejigu crossed the finish line first with a course record time of 2:09:57, but was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drug test. [6] [7] [8] This led to the promotion of the second runner to cross the finish line, Abdellah Tagharrafet, to first place. [9] He too had broken the course record, with a time of 2:10:01, but he too was later disqualified for doping. [9] [10] [11] [lower-alpha 1] As a result, the third runner to cross the finish line, Ethiopian Raji Assefa, was then promoted to first place. [12] [lower-alpha 2]

In 2019, both winners won the event with a new course record: Gebretsadik Abraha Adihana won the men's race with a time of 2:08:04 and Hiwot Gebrekidan won the women's race with a time of 2:23:50. [14]

In 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, only runners who resided in areas of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan that were deemed to be at low risk for the virus were allowed to participate. [15] [lower-alpha 3] In addition, the marathon was the only distance offered that year. [15] [lower-alpha 4] A year later, the 2021 Guangzhou Marathon was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. [18]

Guangzhou Huangpu Marathon

A separate marathon is also held in Huangpu, Guangzhou later in December. As of 2024, while the Guangzhou Marathon is a Gold label World Athletics race, the Guangzhou Huangpu Marathon is only classified as Elite level. [19] [20]

Course

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Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2020 [21]

Beginning at Tianhe Stadium, the marathon initially heads south to the Pearl River. [21] [15] The course then largely runs along both sides of the river, with the rest of the first half mostly either on or east of the Liede Bridge, and most of the rest of the second half west of the bridge. [21] The last few kilometres are run on Ersha Island and Haixinsha Island before entering Huacheng Square for the finish. [21] [15]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed.DateMen's winnerTime [lower-alpha 5] Women's winnerTime [lower-alpha 5] Rf.
118 November 2012Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Bekana Daba  (ETH)2:11:05Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Mulu Seboka  (ETH)2:26:46 [13]
224 November 2013Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Sisay Jisa  (ETH)2:11:25Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Goitetom Haftu Tesema  (ETH)2:39:17 [22] [23]
323 November 2014Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Deressa Chimsa  (ETH)2:13:08Flag of Kenya.svg  Agnes Jeruto Barsosio  (KEN)2:31:17 [24] [25]
46 December 2015Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Raji Assefa  (ETH) [lower-alpha 6] 2:11:46Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tizita Terecha  (ETH)2:28:02 [12] [26]
511 December 2016Flag of Morocco.svg  Salah-Eddine Bounasr  (MAR)2:11:09Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Aynalem Kassahun  (ETH)2:31:52 [27]
610 December 2017Flag of Kenya.svg  Dickson Tuwei  (KEN)2:10:03Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Rahma Tusa  (ETH)2:25:12 [28]
79 December 2018Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Ziani  (MAR)2:10:44Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tigist Girma  (ETH)2:26:44 [29]
88 December 2019Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gebretsadik Abraha  (ETH)2:08:04Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Hiwot Gebrekidan  (ETH)2:23:50 [30]
913 December 2020Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jia'e Renjia  (CHN)2:15:08Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Changqin  (CHN)2:35:21 [31] [1] [32]

By country

CountryTotalMen'sWomen's
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1257
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 211
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 211
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 220

Notes

  1. ↑ Although his disqualification occurred as early as 27 October 2017 for results as far back as 10 September 2009, various sources still recognized him as the course record holder until his illegitimate time was broken in 2019. [9] [10]
  2. ↑ His finish time of 2:11:46, however, did not break the course record at the time, which was 2:11:05. [12] [13]
  3. ↑ If a runner's low-risk area became a medium- or high-risk area between the time of registration and race day, the organizers would either defer the runner's entry to 2021 or provide a refund. [15]
  4. ↑ Previous years included a half marathon. [16] [17]
  5. 1 2 h:m:s
  6. ↑ Sentayehu Merga Ejigu finished in 2:09:57 and Abdellah Tagharrafet finished in 2:10:01, but both were disqualified for doping. [6] [8] [10]

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