Shanghai Marathon
Shanghai Marathon | |
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Date | November |
Location | Shanghai, China |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Primary sponsor | Toray |
Established | 1996[1] |
Course records | Men: 2:07:14 (2015)![]() Women: 2:20:36 (2018) ![]() |
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]
The marathon starts at the Bund Bull and finishes at Shanghai Stadium.[5]
History
[edit]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
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The marathon starts at the Bund Bull and finishes at Shanghai Stadium.[7]
Other races
[edit]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
[edit]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)
Date | Men's winner | Time[a] | Women's winner | Time[a] | Rf. |
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1996.09.28 | ![]() |
2:23:39 | ![]() |
2:47:54 | [6][10] |
1997.11.30 | ![]() |
2:19:01 | ![]() |
3:03:14 | [6] |
1998.11.01 | ![]() |
2:24:02 | ![]() |
2:49:55 | [6] |
1999.11.14 | ![]() |
2:22:29 | ![]() |
2:52:07 | [6][11] |
2000.11.12 | ![]() |
2:18:17 | ![]() |
2:46:49 | |
2001.12.08 | ![]() |
2:18:58 | ![]() |
2:31:54 | |
2002.11.09 | ![]() |
2:19:02 | ![]() |
2:30:43 | |
2003.11.15 | ![]() |
2:22:23 | ![]() |
2:46:45 | |
2004.11.13 | ![]() |
2:17:55 | ![]() |
2:30:37 | |
2005.11.26 | ![]() |
2:13:22 | ![]() |
2:34:25 | |
2006.11.26 | ![]() |
2:15:25 | ![]() |
2:32:07 | |
2007.11.25 | ![]() |
2:13:01 | ![]() |
2:29:28 | |
2008.11.30 | ![]() |
2:09:29 | ![]() |
2:26:19 | |
2009.11.29 | ![]() |
2:10:10 | ![]() |
2:27:49 | |
2010.12.05 | ![]() |
2:11:36 | ![]() |
2:26:05 | |
2011.12.04 | ![]() |
2:10:21 | ![]() |
2:24:08 | |
2012.12.02 | ![]() |
2:09:01 | ![]() |
2:23:07 | |
2013.12.01 | ![]() |
2:09:29 | ![]() |
2:23:28 | |
2014.11.02 | ![]() |
2:08:43 | ![]() |
2:21:52 | |
2015.11.08 | ![]() |
2:07:14 | ![]() |
2:26:23 | |
2016.10.30 | ![]() |
2:10:18 | ![]() |
2:26:18 | |
2017.11.12 | ![]() |
2:08:35 | ![]() |
2:22:43 | |
2018.11.18 | ![]() |
2:09:18 | ![]() |
2:20:36 | |
2019.11.17 | ![]() |
2:08:11 | ![]() |
2:23:19 | |
2020.11.29 | ![]() |
2:12:44 | ![]() |
2:26:39 | [2][12][13] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Smart tracks and 'smog jogs': The rapid rise of Shanghai's running clubs". TheGuardian.com. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
- ^ a b c "2020 Shanghai International Marathon kicks off - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on 2020-12-01.
- ^ a b c "Shanghai Marathon runs smoothly with best result". Archived from the original on 2020-11-29.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2017 Shanghai International Marathon--Regulations". www.shmarathon.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ a b c d e https://web.archive.org/web/20201201190515/http://sports.sina.com.cn/run/2017-11-14/doc-ifynstfh8342506.shtml
- ^ a b c "2018 Shanghai International Marathon-Competition Rules". www.shmarathon.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "上马网". Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.
- ^ "2019 Shanghai International Marathon". www.shmarathon.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Ml_1996". Archived from the original on 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Ml_1999". Archived from the original on 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Renjia Jia'e | Profile". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Events Calendar | World Athletics". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
External links
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