Guangzhou Marathon
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Guangzhou Marathon | |
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Date | December |
Location | Guangzhou, China |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 2012 |
Course records | Men: 2:08:04 (2019)![]() Women: 2:23:50 (2019) ![]() |
The Guangzhou Marathon is an annual marathon race held in December in the city of Guangzhou, China.
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.[1][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 Gebremaryan won the women's race with a time of 2:23:50.[3]
Past winners
Key: Course record
Edition | Date | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
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1 | 18 Nov 2012 | ![]() |
2:11:05 | ![]() |
2:26:46 |
2 | 24 Nov 2013 | ![]() |
2:11:25 | ![]() |
2:39:17 |
3 | 23 Nov 2014 | ![]() |
2:13:08 | ![]() |
2:31:17 |
4 | 6 Dec 2015 | ![]() |
2:11:46 | ![]() |
2:28:02 |
5 | 11 Dec 2016 | ![]() |
2:11:09 | ![]() |
2:31:52 |
6 | 10 Dec 2017 | ![]() |
2:10:03 | ![]() |
2:25:12 |
7 | 9 Dec 2018 | ![]() |
2:10:44 | ![]() |
2:26:44 |
8 | 8 Dec 2019 | ![]() |
2:08:04 | ![]() |
2:23:50 |
References
- ^ "Young runner dies after Guangzhou Marathon". China Daily. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Croze, Cristophe (27 November 2012). "Two young runners die in Guangzhou marathon". GB Times. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ethiopians dominate Guangzhou Marathon, seven runners break event record". Xinhua. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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