Kaohsiung International Marathon

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Kaohsiung International Marathon
DateFebruary
LocationKaohsiung, Taiwan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorFubon Financial
Established2010
Course recordsMen: 2:13:18 (2017)
Kenya
Women: 2:37:15 (2016)
Kenya
Official siteKaohsiung International Marathon

The Mizuno Kaohsiung International Marathon (Chinese: 高雄國際馬拉松) is an annual city marathon held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It has been held each February since 2010 by the Kaohsiung City Government and Chinese Taipei Track and Field Association, and is sponsored by the Mizuno Corporation. Events held include the full marathon (42.195 km), a 25 km run, and a 4.5 km race. The event is officially accredited by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, and attracted over 30,000 participants in 2013.[1]

Past winners[]

Key:   Course record

Marathon[]

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010   (KEN) 2:28:49   (TPE) 3:07:40
2nd 2011   (KEN) 2:20:48   (KEN) 3:08:12
3rd 2012   (KEN) 2:20:16   (TPE) 3:01:29
4th 2013   (KEN) 2:21:39   (TPE) 2:49:07
5th 2014   (KEN) 2:17:55  Hsu Yu-fang (TPE) 2:42:10
6th 2015   (KEN) 2:15:19   (KEN) 2:40:40
7th 2016   (KEN) 2:16:21   (KEN) 2:37:15
8th 2017   (KEN) 2:13:18   (KEN) 2:38:41
9th 2018   (KEN) 2:17:40  He Yinli (CHN) 2:42:24
10th 2019   (KEN) 2:18:43[2]   (KEN) 2:44:45[2]
– 2020 Was not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

23km[]

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010   (TPE) 1:24:39   (TPE) 1:47:12
2nd 2011  Wu Wen-chien (TPE) 1:14:45   (TPE) 1:27:46
3rd 2012   (TPE) 1:19:16   (TPE) 1:30:06
4th 2013  Ho Chin-ping (TPE) 1:13:44   (TPE) 1:33:52

25km (15 miles)[]

Starting from 2014, the race distance was raised from 23 km to 25 km, which is an IAAF-recognised race distance. Winners:[3]

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
5th 2014  Ho Chin-ping (TPE) 1:19:29   (TPE) 1:34:11
6th 2015   (TPE) 1:27:10   (TPE) 1:31:23
7th 2016  Lukas Wambua (KEN) 1:21:44   (KEN) 1:30:23
8th 2017   (KEN) 1:21:16   (KEN) 1:31:30
9th 2018   (KEN) 1:21:44   (TPE) 1:33:18
10th 2019   (JPN) 1:23:10[4]   (TPE) 1:33:00[4]
– 2020 Was not held due to COVID-19 pandemic

References[]

  1. ^ Kenyans sweep the Mizuno marathon, winning thousands, Taipei Times, Feb 25 2013, "[1]"
  2. ^ a b 高雄馬肯亞好手奪冠 鄭瑞竹、蔡雅安奪國內一.
  3. ^ Kaohsiung International Marathon Top 10.
  4. ^ a b "【高雄馬】25K超半馬 岡本和晃第一 謝千鶴連莊后冠".

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