The Shanghai International Marathon is an annual marathon in late autumn hosted by

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China, since 1996. The marathon is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by

World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ...

. The marathon starts at the ''

Bund Bull The ''Shanghai Bull'', the ''Bund Financial Bull'' or the ''Bund Bull'' are monikers associated with a derivative of Arturo Di Modica's ''Charging Bull'' installed in late April 2010 and unveiled on The Bund in Shanghai on May 15, 2010. The wor ...

'' and finishes at

Shanghai Stadium The Shanghai Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG. History The stadium opened on 14 March 1999 when the eighth National Games o ...

History

The inaugural race was held in 1996 as the "Shanghai International Citizen Marathon". For the 2020 edition of the race, due to the

coronavirus pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identifie ...

, only the full marathon was run, the field was limited to 9,000 runners, and the finish was moved to the West Bund Art Center.

Course

The marathon starts at the ''

'' and finishes at

Other races

In addition to the marathon, the event offers a

10K run 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

and a

mini marathon A mini marathon is a long-distance road race of a distance which is less than a marathon. The term is sometimes used in place of "Half Marathon" (OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis), but can also be applied to races of other d ...

of in length. All three races begin at the ''Bund Bull'', but the mini marathon ends at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre while the 10K ends at Fuxing Park.

Winners

The men's course record was set in 2015 as Kenya's

Paul Lonyangata Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata (born 12 December 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is a marathon runner with a personal best of 2:06:10 and has won marathons in Lisbon, Shanghai, Taipei and Paris. He was ...

of 2:07:14 hours and the Ethiopian

Yebrgual Melese Yebrgual Melese Arage (born Yebrgual Melese 18 April 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She placed second at the 2015 Chicago Marathon. Career At the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon The Houston Marathon is an annual marathon usua ...

broke the women's record in 2018 with 2:20:36 hours. Key: Course record (in bold)

Notes

References

External links

Official website
Marathons in China Sports competitions in Shanghai Recurring sporting events established in 2000 Autumn events in China 2000 establishments in China {{marathon-stub