Macau Marathon

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Macau Marathon
Macau Stadium Instituto do Desporto Mo707 2.JPG
Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, start and finish area
DateEarly December
LocationMacau, China
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorGalaxy Entertainment
Established1981 (40 years ago) (1981)
Course recordsMen: 2:10:01 (2017)
Kenya
Women: 2:28:43 (2020)
China Zhang Deshun
Official siteMacau Marathon
Participants759 finishers (2021)[1]
741 finishers (2020)[2]
1,057 (2019)
1,048 (2018)

The Macau International Marathon (Chinese: 澳门国际马拉松; Portuguese: Maratona Internacional de Macau) is an annual road running event held in the special administrative region of Macau adjacent to mainland China, since 1981. The marathon begins and ends at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. Since 1998, three races have been held at each edition: the full marathon, a half marathon, and a shorter mini-marathon of roughly 6.5 km (4.0 mi) in length.[3]

History[]

The event was first held in 1981 under the organisation of the Panda Running Club and was the first international marathon to be held in the region. The Macau Athletic Association took over organisational duties in 1987 and the race was accepted as a member of the AIMS Racing Group in 1990.[4]

In 1997, the annual marathon race was suspended due to the opening of the Macau Olympic Stadium, but a half marathon was held for the first time in its place that year, maintaining the race continuity.[4]

In 2012, marathoners ran up to an additional 3 km (2 mi) due to a marshalling error, and many half marathoners also ran about 1 km (0.6 mi) more than intended due to a number of issues.[5]

Course[]

External images
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2020[6]
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2021[7]

The course begins and ends at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, and traverses the Taipa and Hengqin islands as well as the Cotai zone.[8][9]

Sponsorship[]

The event is sponsored by Galaxy Entertainment Group, a casino and hotel investment company.[10]

Participation[]

The marathon race attracts a majority of overseas runners, with average yearly totals of around 500 entrants and 400 finishers. The marathon's participation record was achieved in 1984, with 1121 runners starting the race and 932 of them finishing. The shorter distances are more popular with both Macau and foreign athletes. Since its introduction in 1997, the half marathon has gone from 348 finishers to a record high of 1279 finishers in 2006. The mini-marathon was inaugurated a year after the half marathon and instantly gained high participation (1111 runners took part in 1997 and a high of 1767 participants was reached in 2009).[11]

In addition to the large numbers of amateur runners who take part in the event, the marathon features elite level runners from East Asia, Africa and Europe.[12]

Winners[]

Beatrice Omwanza (pictured here in Berlin) won the half marathon in 1997, when the marathon was suspended.

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   Held as half marathon
Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1981   (HKG) 2:41:42   (HKG) 3:12:42
2 1982   (ITA) 2:21:54   (HKG) 3:17:18
3 1983   (ITA) 2:25:00  Yuko Gordon (HKG) 2:58:26
4 1984   (ITA) 2:24:29   (HKG) 3:00:04
5 1985   (ITA) 2:20:18  Yuko Gordon (HKG) 2:48:18
6 1986   (ITA) 2:26:47   (HKG) 3:41:16
7 1987  Zhang Guowei (CHN) 2:16:21   (CHN) 2:58:24
8 1988   (CHN) 2:19:18   (HKG) 2:57:03
9 1989   (POR) 2:18:37   (HKG) 3:07:11
10 1990   (POR) 2:17:37   (HKG) 2:58:25
11 1991   (POR) 2:17:58   (HKG) 2:52:54
12 1992   (RSA) 2:18:31   (HKG) 2:51:18
13 1993   (CHN) 2:19:12   (CHN) 2:39:20
14 1994  Paulo Catarino (POR) 2:15:28   (CHN) 2:38:18
15 1995   (POR) 2:15:39   (CHN) 2:40:47
16 1996   (CHN) 2:16:30   (BLR) 2:40:13
– 1997   (KEN) 1:02:55  Beatrice Omwanza (KEN) 1:15:31
17 1998   (POR) 2:19:44  Lyubov Denisova (RUS) 2:37:55
18 1999  Kim Jung-won (PRK) 2:15:21  Kim Chang-ok (PRK) 2:34:57
19 2000  Willie Mtolo (RSA) 2:19:25   (CHN) 2:47:15
20 2001   (KEN) 2:18:58  Ren Xiujuan (CHN) 2:42:11
21 2002  Zhu Ronghua (CHN) 2:19:09   (GBR) 3:20:49
22 2003  Kasirayi Sita (ZIM) 2:15:58   (GBR) 3:16:25
23 2004   (POL) 2:16:30   (CHN) 2:37:27
24 2005   (ZIM) 2:19:49   (RUS) 2:40:59
25 2006   (KEN) 2:18:56  Phyo Un-suk (PRK) 2:38:27
26 2007  Ri Kum-song (PRK) 2:17:40  Phyo Un-suk (PRK) 2:38:27
27 2008  Yemane Tsegay (ETH) 2:15:06   (CHN) 2:36:40
28 2009   (UKR) 2:17:45   (ETH) 2:37:08
29 2010   (ETH) 2:16:15  Wang Xueqin (CHN) 2:37:37
30 2011  Stephen Chemlany (KEN) 2:12:49   (ETH) 2:31:48
31 2012   (ETH) 2:23:56[b]   (ETH) 2:50:10[b]
32 2013   (KEN) 2:12:43  Kim Mi-gyong (PRK) 2:36:32
33 2014   (KEN) 2:14:45  Flomena Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:33:24
34 2015  Vitaliy Shafar (UKR) 2:14:44  Olena Shurkhno (UKR) 2:33:24
35 2016  Peter Some (KEN) 2:12:52  Kim Ji-hyang (PRK) 2:36:16 [13]
36 2017   (KEN) 2:10:01  Eunice Kirwa (BHR) 2:29:12
37 2018  Elijah Kemboi (KEN) 2:15:18   (KEN) 2:35:16
38 2019   (ETH) 2:12:53   (KEN) 2:31:17
39 2020  Dong Guojian (CHN) 2:12:59  Zhang Deshun (CHN) 2:28:43 [2]
40 2021  Yang Shaohui (CHN) 2:13:04  Zhang Deshun (CHN) 2:29:09 [1]

Wins by country[]

Country Men's race Women's race Total
 China 5 9 14
 Kenya 9 4 13
 Hong Kong 1 11 12
 Ethiopia 4 3 7
 North Korea 2 5 7
 Portugal 6 0 6
 Italy 5 0 5
 Ukraine 2 1 3
 Russia 0 2 2
 South Africa 2 0 2
 Zimbabwe 2 0 2
 Bahrain 0 1 1
 Belarus 0 1 1
 Poland 1 0 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b h:m:s
  2. ^ a b The course was 3 km (1.9 mi) too long due to a marshalling error on the course.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b
  2. ^ a b
  3. ^ Course Map. Macau Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  4. ^ a b Event History. Macau Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  5. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20201027202746/https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20838165/macau-marathon-3k-too-long-race-says-runners-share-blame/
  6. ^ https://archive.is/20201207011814/https://www.macaomarathon.com/en/coursemap
  7. ^ https://archive.today/20211205123439/https://www.macaomarathon.com/en/coursemap
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201207011325if_/https://www.macaomarathon.com/uploads/2020/course_map/macau_marathon_full_track.pdf
  9. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201207013850if_/https://www.macaomarathon.com/uploads/2020/2020_Rules%20Regulation_en.pdf
  10. ^ December 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  11. ^ Statistics. Macau Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  12. ^ 6,000 runners vie in Macau tilt. The Philippine Star (2011-11-12). Retrieved on 2011-12-24.
  13. ^ "Kenyan and North Korean win marathon". Macau Daily Times. 2016-12-05.
List of winners

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