Daegu Marathon

Daegu Marathon
Daegu Marathon
Date	April 15
Location	Daegu, South Korea
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, 10K, 5K
Established	2009
Course records	Men's: 2:05:33 (2019); Filex Kiprotich; Women's: 2:23:28 (2013);
Official site	Daegu Marathon
Participants	51 (2019)

The Daegu International Marathon is an annual marathon race which takes place in April in Daegu, South Korea. The day's events also feature a 5K event and a 10K event, as well as the full course marathon (42.195 km).

The race begins and ends at the Daegu Stadium. A comparatively fast course, it hosted the World Championships Marathon in September 2011.^[1]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all runners qualifying for a full refund.^[2]^[3]

Past winners[]

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2009	Ji Young-jun (KOR)	2:08:30	Yeshi Esayias (ETH)	2:30:44
2nd	2010	Deressa Chimsa (ETH)	2:08:45	Yeshi Esayias (ETH)	2:29:17
3rd	2011	(KEN)	2:08:08	Atsede Habtamu (ETH)	2:25:52
4th	2012^[4]	David Kiyeng (KEN)	2:07:57	(ETH)	2:24:57
5th	2013^[5]	Abraham Kiprotich (KEN)	2:08:33	(KEN)	2:23:28
6th	2014	Yemane Tsegay (ETH)	2:06:51	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:25:23
7th	2015	(ETH)	2:07:26	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	2:27:24
8th	2016	James Kwambai (KEN)	2:10:46	Caroline Kilel (KEN)	2:27:39
9th	2017	Mathew Kisorio (KEN)	2:07:32	(KEN)	2:27:48
10th	2018	Abraham Kiptum (KEN)	2:06:29	Janet Rono (KEN)	2:28:01
11th	2019	Filex Kiprotich (KEN)	2:05:33	(KEN)	2:28:10
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic^[2]