Nanjing Marathon
| 南京馬拉松 | |
|---|---|
| Date | November |
| Location | Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Half-marathon, Marathon |
| Established | November 29, 2015 |
| Course records | |
| Official site | http://www.nj-marathon.org |
The Nanjing Marathon is a World Athletics bronze label road race[1] organized by the Chinese Athletics Association, Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, and Nanjing Provincial People's Government.[2][3]
History[edit]
2015[edit]
The first competition was held on November 29, starting at 8:30AM. The marathon course runs through Qinhuai River, City Wall of Nanjing and Yangtze River. The course provides full-marathon, half-marathon and mini-marathon(5KM). A total of 16,000 participants entered for the competition this year, 2,000 of full-marathon, 4,000 of half-marathon, 10,000 of mini-marathon. The runners KIPTANUI from Kenya with a win in 2:11:44 of the men's field. The runners TUFA from Ethiopia with a win in 2:24:37 of the women's field.
2016[edit]
A total of 21,000 participants entered for the competition this year. Asian runners were on the wrong path in this competition. The runners from Mongolia with a win in 2:31:37 of the full-marathon.
2017[edit]
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 15 October 7:30AM. The runners from Kenya with a win in 2:20:27 of the full-marathon.
2018[edit]
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 4 November 7:30AM. In order to encourage China's runners to participate this year, the organizer specially added the "China Athlete's Record Breaking Award". Any China's runner who participates in the full-marathon event, as long as it breaks the record from 2014 to 2017 announced by the Chinese Marathon platform, will receive a prize of $20,000.[4]
2019[edit]
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year.
2020[edit]
A total of 10,000 participants entered for the competition this year, because of the COVID-19. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 29 November 7:30AM.[5][6][7][8][9]
References[edit]
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