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Daegu Marathon
DateEarly April
Location Daegu, South Korea
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon, 10K, 5K
Established2009
Course recordsMen's: 2:05:33 (2019)
Kenya Filex Kiprotich
Women's: 2:21:08 (2024)
Ethiopia Ruti Aga
Official site Daegu Marathon
Participants51 (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   Yusuf Songoka ( KEN) 2:08:08   Atsede Habtamu ( ETH) 2:25:52
4th 2012 [4]   David Kiyeng ( KEN) 2:07:57   Alemitu Abera ( ETH) 2:24:57
5th 2013 [5]   Abraham Kiprotich ( KEN) 2:08:33   Margaret Agai ( KEN) 2:23:28
6th 2014   Yemane Tsegay ( ETH) 2:06:51   Mulu Seboka ( ETH) 2:25:23
7th 2015   Girmay Birhanu ( 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   Pamela Rotich ( 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   Pamela Rotich ( KEN) 2:28:10
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [2]
2021 A virtual event was held instead of the cancelled race meeting [6]
12th 2022   Shifera Tamru ( ETH) 2:06:31   Nazret Weldu ( ERI) 2:21:56
13th 2023   Milkesa Mengesha ( ETH) 2:06:49   Ayantu Abera ( ETH) 2:25:44
14th 2024   Stephen Kiprop ( KEN) 2:07:04   Ruti Aga ( ETH) 2:21:08

References

  1. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-04-11). Course records fall at Daegu Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Marathon Daegu". Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  3. ^ "Marathon Daegu 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  4. ^ April 2012 AIMS Results Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-04-19.
  5. ^ Legionnaire Kiprotich leaves his rivals behind in Daegu, course record for Agai. IAAF (2013-04-14). Retrieved on 2013-04-15.
  6. ^ "Association of International Marathons and Distance Races". www.aims-worldrunning.org. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

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