Daegu Marathon

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).

Daegu Marathon
Date	Early April
Location	Daegu, South Korea
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, 10K, 5K
Established	2009
Course records	Men's: 2:05:33 (2019) Filex Kiprotich Women's: 2:21:08 (2024) Ruti Aga
Official site	Daegu Marathon
Participants	51 (2019)

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. "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.

External links

• Official website
• marathoninfo