JTBC Seoul Marathon

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JTBC Seoul Marathon
Location Seoul, South Korea
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Primary sponsor JTBC
Established1999
Course recordsMen's: 2:05:29 (2019)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Shifera Tamru
Women's: 2:29:32 (2007)
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-jung
Official site JTBC Seoul Marathon

The JoongAng Seoul Marathon is an annual footrace that takes place in Seoul, South Korea, usually in early November. First held in 1999, the race was established as a commemoration of Olympic marathon race which was held as part of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. [1] It features a men's marathon elite race, and also has non-professional races of 10 km as well as the marathon distance. Elite international competitors are usually not invited to the women's race, thus that section tends to be a competition between Korean women only. [2]

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Sponsored by JoongAng Ilbo, the JoongAng Seoul Marathon one of two annual international marathons in the city: the Seoul International Marathon is held in March and is sponsored by rival newspaper The Dong-a Ilbo. [3] It has received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status and hosted the Asian Marathon Championship in 2004. [4]

It began as a half marathon with around 1300 participants in the first run. [5] The course was selected as a national championship race from 2001 onwards and it became a full marathon course the following year. A 5 km short course event was held at the inaugural edition and it featured for three years until its discontinuation in 2002. In 2007 it was awarded Silver Label Race Road status by the IAAF and by 2008 around 25,000 runners were competing at each annual event. [6]

Tracing a loop across Seoul, the course is generally flat, which allows for fast finishing times. [1] It takes place in the south-east part of the city, heading into the suburbs towards Seongnam before looping back to finish in the Jamsil Olympic Stadium. [7] The fast course has resulted in a number of sub-2:09 runs and even one sub-2:06 run in the men's race over the course's history. [8] [9] James Kwambai is the men's course record holder with 2:05:50 hours and is the most successful athlete at the race, having won three times consecutively from 2011 to 2013. [10] The women's course record is 2:29:32 hours, set by national runner Lee Eun-Jung.

Past winners

Half marathon

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
1st1999Flag of South Korea.svg  Baek Seung-Do  (KOR)1:04:41Flag of South Korea.svg  Kwon Eun-ju  (KOR)1:13:58
2nd2000Flag of South Korea.svg  You Young-Jin  (KOR)1:04:06Flag of South Korea.svg  Yoon Sun-Sook  (KOR)1:13:31
3rd2001Flag of Tanzania.svg  John Nada Saya  (TAN)1:01:58Flag of South Korea.svg  Bae Hae-Jin  (KOR)1:13:06

Marathon

Key:  Course record   Asian Marathon Championship race

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
4th2002Flag of Kenya.svg  Mbarak Hussein  (KEN)2:09:46Flag of South Korea.svg  Oh Jung-hee  (KOR)2:37:58
5th2003Flag of Estonia.svg  Pavel Loskutov  (EST)2:09:15Flag of South Korea.svg  Chung Yun-hee  (KOR)2:30:50
6th2004Flag of Estonia.svg  Pavel Loskutov  (EST)2:09:34Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Shujing  (CHN)2:36:22
7th2005Flag of Kenya.svg  William Kiplagat  (KEN)2:08:27Flag of South Korea.svg  Kwon Keun-young  (KOR)2:49:09
8th2006Flag of Kenya.svg  Jason Mbote  (KEN)2:08:13Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hye-kyong  (KOR)2:40:36
9th2007Flag of Kenya.svg  Joshua Chelanga  (KEN)2:08:14Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Eun-jung  (KOR)2:29:32
10th2008Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Solomon Molla  (ETH)2:08:46Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Sun-young  (KOR)2:29:58
11th2009Flag of Kenya.svg  Francis Kibiwott  (KEN)2:09:00Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Sun-young  (KOR)2:34:22
12th2010Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kiyeng  (KEN)2:08:15Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Eun-jung  (KOR)2:44:25
13th2011Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kwambai  (KEN)2:08:50Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Gyeong-hui  (KOR)2:40:49
14th2012Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kwambai  (KEN)2:05:50Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Gyeong-hui  (KOR)2:39:20
15th2013Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kwambai  (KEN)2:06:25Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Ho-sun  (KOR)2:31:32
16th2014Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Feyisa Bekele  (ETH)2:07:43Flag of South Korea.svg  Ahn Seul-ki  (KOR)2:37:47
17th2015Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tebalu Zawude  (ETH)2:08:46Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Ho-sun  (KOR)2:36:30
18th2016Flag of Kenya.svg  Joel Kemboi  (KEN)2:08:07Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Sun-ae  (KOR)2:44:13
19th2017Flag of Kenya.svg  Thomas Rono  (KEN)2:09:13Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Do-yeon  (KOR)2:31:24
20th2018Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Asefa Mengstu  (ETH)2:08:11Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Seong-eun  (KOR)2:38:47
21st2019Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Shifera Tamru  (ETH)2:05:29Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Sook-jung  (KOR)2:48:15

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