Guangzhou Marathon

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]

Guangzhou Marathon
Entering Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River in 2012
DateDecember
LocationGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2012 (2012)
Course recordsMen: 2:08:04 (2019)
Gebretsadik Abraha
Women: 2:23:50 (2019)
Hiwot Gebrekidan
Official sitehttp://guangzhou-marathon/en/
Participants~20,000 (2020)[1]

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]

Course
External image
Course map of full marathon in 2020[18]

Beginning at Tianhe Stadium, the marathon initially heads south to the Pearl River.[18][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.[18] The last few kilometres are run on Ersha Island and Haixinsha Island before entering Huacheng Square for the finish.[18][15]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Date Men's winner Time[lower-alpha 5] Women's winner Time[lower-alpha 5] Rf.
1 2012.11.18  Bekana Daba (ETH) 2:11:05  Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:26:46 [13]
2 2013.11.24  Sisay Jisa (ETH) 2:11:25  Goitetom Haftu Tesema (ETH) 2:39:17 [19][20]
3 2014.11.23  Deressa Chimsa (ETH) 2:13:08  Agnes Jeruto Barsosio (KEN) 2:31:17 [21][22]
4 2015.12.06  Raji Assefa (ETH)[lower-alpha 6] 2:11:46  Tizita Terecha (ETH) 2:28:02 [12][23]
5 2016.12.11  Salah-Eddine Bounasr (MAR) 2:11:09  Aynalem Kassahun (ETH) 2:31:52 [24]
6 2017.12.10  Dickson Tuwei (KEN) 2:10:03  Rahma Tusa (ETH) 2:25:12 [25]
7 2018.12.09  Mohamed Ziani (MAR) 2:10:44  Tigist Girma (ETH) 2:26:44 [26]
8 2019.12.08  Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH) 2:08:04  Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH) 2:23:50 [27]
9 2020.12.13  Jia'e Renjia (CHN) 2:15:08  Ding Changqin (CHN) 2:35:21 [28][1][29]

By country
Country Total Men's Women's
 Ethiopia1257
 China211
 Kenya211
 Morocco220

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. 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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