Taipei Marathon

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Taipei Marathon
2007INGTaipeiMarathon-18.jpg
Mass start in front of Taipei City Hall in 2007
DateDecember
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorFubon Financial
Established1986 (35 years ago) (1986)
Course recordsMen: 2:09:18 (2020)
Kenya Paul Lonyangata
Women: 2:27:36 (2011)
Kenya Helena Kirop
Official siteTaipei Marathon
Participants7,373 finishers (2020)[1]
6,990 (2019)
7,190 (2018)

The Taipei Marathon is an annual marathon held in Taipei, Taiwan every December. The event offers both the full marathon and half marathon distances. The marathon is one of two World Athletics Label Road Races in Taiwan, being categorized as a Bronze Label Road Race.[2][3][4][a]

History[]

On 9 March 1986, a marathon was held in Taipei as the "Taipei Marathon" (Chinese: 台北馬拉松).[5][6][b]

Due to construction of the Taipei MRT system, the marathon was not held on Taipei's urban roads for a number of years.[5] It eventually returned in 2001.[5]

Course[]

External images
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2020[8]
image icon Course map of half marathon in 2020[8]
Former course of marathon, 2012
Elite start in 2006
Lions, mascot of sponsor ING, 2006
2007 winners Kenyan and Zimbabwean Tabitha Tsatsa

The marathon starts in front of Taipei City Hall and ends inside Taipei Stadium.[8]

The course first heads west along Renai Road into the Zhongzheng District and wanders around the area for about 5 km (3 mi).[8] Runners then head north along Zhongshan Road, and cross the Keelung River.[8] The marathon then roughly follows the river east until making a turnaround near the Nangang Exhibition Center, and then roughly follows the south side of the river back west to Yingfeng Dog Park.[8] Afterward, the course heads south and then west, eventually joining up with Nanjing Road before finishing inside Taipei Stadium.[8]

The half marathon also starts in front of City Hall, but ends on Nanjing Road before reaching the stadium.[8] It uses much of the marathon course, but only spends about half the time in Zhongzheng District and does not follow the Keelung River east as far as the marathon does, electing instead to cross west over the Keelung River via the  [zh] to head to the finish.[8]

Winners[]

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Year Men's winner Time[c] Women's winner Time[c] Rf.
2001  Vladimir Kotov (BLR) 2:21:37   [de] (RUS) 2:46:07 [9][10]
2002  Mluleki Nobanda (RSA) 2:14:38   (RUS) 2:36:25
2003  Wu Wen-chien (ROC) 2:22:41   (CHN) 2:41:41
2004   (KEN) 2:14:52   (KEN) 2:34:14
2005  Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:11:54   (KEN) 2:33:39
2006  Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:11:05   (KEN) 2:30:56
2007   (KEN) 2:17:09  Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) 2:33:01 [11]
2008   (KEN) 2:15:37  Caroline Kilel (KEN) 2:30:44
2009   (ETH) 2:15:57  Yeshi Esayias (ETH) 2:30:05
2010   (KEN) 2:14:04  Yeshi Esayias (ETH) 2:30:37
2011  Yemane Tsegay (ETH) 2:10:24  Helena Kirop (KEN) 2:27:36 [12]
2012   (KEN) 2:15:27  Caroline Kilel (KEN) 2:30:19
2013   (KEN) 2:14:10   (KEN) 2:33:20
2014   (KEN) 2:14:04  Alice Timbilili (KEN) 2:34:55 [13]
2015   (KEN) 2:16:15   (KEN) 2:36:42
2016  Sammy Kitwara (KEN) 2:09:59   (KEN) 2:36:33
2017  Abraham Kiprotich (FRA) 2:17:50   (KEN) 2:45:52
2018   (ETH) 2:16:59  Jo Un-ok (PRK) 2:29:48
2019  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) 2:14:54   (KEN) 2:31:27
2020  Paul Lonyangata (KEN) 2:09:18   (ETH) 2:28:31 [14][15]
2021   (ETH) 2:11:42   (ETH) 2:30:44 [16]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The other race is the New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon, categorized as a Silver Label Road Race.[4]
  2. ^ The race organizers consider the inaugural race to have happened in 1986, while the Association of Road Racing Statisticians noted that a marathon in Taipei that happened on this date was the 8th edition of a series.[5][7]
  3. ^ a b h:m:s

References[]

  1. ^ https://archive.today/20201220124109/https://www.championchiptw.com/report/report_w.php?EventCode=20201220&Race=MA&sn=234&pagenum=15
  2. ^ "起點 時代步履中奮力前行". 台北馬拉松 Taipei Marathon. Taipei Marathon. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Route Map". www.taipeicitymarathon.com/en/ROUTEMAP.php. Taipei Marathon. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020
  5. ^ a b c d "臺北馬拉松 / Taipei Marathon".
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20190605100415if_/http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/pdf/00/00/9d/47.pdf
  7. ^ "Ml_1986". Archived from the original on 2020-12-20.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "臺北馬拉松 / Taipei Marathon". Archived from the original on 2020-12-20.
  9. ^ "Китайская Республика: события ноября–декабря 2001 г. - Тайваньская па…".
  10. ^ https://archive.today/20201220140208/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/larisa-zyuzko-14299948
  11. ^ "Taiwan Today".
  12. ^ African runners win Taipei marathon. The China Post (2011-12-19). Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
  13. ^ "Ml_2014". Archived from the original on 2020-12-19.
  14. ^ "Events Calendar | World Athletics".
  15. ^ https://archive.today/20201220015252/https://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/3386638
  16. ^ World Athletics. (2021c, December 19). Worldathletics.Org. Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7160238


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