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Gold Coast Marathon

The Gold Coast Marathon is an annual road marathon on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, first held in 1979. Marketed as "Australia's premier road race",[1] the marathon is one of two races in Australia to hold World Athletics Label status, the other being Sydney Marathon.[2][3] The marathon is held on the first Sunday of July each year, with other races held the day before.

Gold Coast Marathon
Starting line of the 1986 race
DateJuly
LocationGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, half marathon
Primary sponsorAsics
Established1979 (45 years ago) (1979)
Course recordsMen's: 2:07:50 (2019)
Japan Yuta Shitara
Women's: 2:24:43 (2022)
United States Lindsay Flanagan
Official siteGold Coast Marathon
Participants5,769 (2019)

The men's course record of 2:07:40 was achieved by Naoki Koyama in 2023. Lindsay Flanagan is the women's course record holder with her run of 2:24:43 in 2022.[4][5]

History edit

The inaugural Gold Coast Marathon was held on 2 September 1979 in the suburb of Evandale as part of a health awareness campaign for the Gold Coast. It started and ended at the Evandale Civic Centre and consisted of six laps over Chevron Island Bridge, through Surfers Paradise and over the Isle of Capri Bridge. There were 124 competitors in the marathon, 144 competitors in the half marathon and 423 competitors in an additional fun run. The winning male and female were Eric Sigmont from Victoria and Mary Murison from Lismore.[6][7]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants receiving refunds.[a][9][8] Four days before the scheduled event, the 2021 edition of the race was cancelled due to a three-day snap lockdown in parts of Queensland, including the Gold Coast, that was announced earlier that day.[10][11][12][b] The lockdown would have ended hours before the start of the event, which would have made attempting to hold the event impractical.[13]

Winners edit

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[c] Women's winner Time[c] Rf.
1 1979   Eric Sigmont 2:28:44   Lindsey Simmons 2:50:17
2 1980   Andrew Lloyd 2:23:02   Mary Murison 2:58:33
3 1981   Rod Lyons 2:24:04   Margaret Reddan 2:58:33
4 1982   Alain Lazare 2:19:21   Jill Colwell 2:43:25
5 1983   Laurie Adams 2:16:22   Rhonda Bushby 2:49:17
6 1984   Pat Carroll 2:23:16   Margaret Reddan 2:57:13
7 1985   Pat Carroll 2:17:10   Margaret Reddan 2:54:55
8 1986   Peter Mitchell 2:14:59   Margaret Reddan 2:47:09
9 1987   Laurie Adams 2:18:24   Janet McAfee 2:54:22
10 1988   Pat Carroll 2:10:44   Ngaire Drake 2:39:25
11 1989   Brad Camp 2:10:11   Jan Fedrick 2:51:30
12 1990   Allan Carman 2:15:15   Hiromi Satoyama 2:40:57
13 1991   Shinji Kawashima 2:14:01   Jackie Hallam 2:36:23
14 1992   Katsumi Kitajima 2:14:14   Mari Tanigawa 2:35:45
15 1993   Sean Quilty 2:15:31   Eriko Asai 2:29:29
16 1994   Hajime Nakatomi 2:15:05   Yuko Yamazoe 2:43:20
17 1995   Roderic De Highden 2:13:59   Julie Rose 2:38:42
18 1996   Magnus Michelsson 2:20:20   Sylvia Rose 2:40:17
19 1997   Pat Carroll 2:11:21   Susan Hobson 2:32:43
20 1998   Fred Kiprop 2:11:15   Jane Salumäe 2:33:34
21 1999   Fred Kiprop 2:14:02   Hiromi Igarishi 2:35:19
22 2000   Joseph Kahugu 2:16:39   Samantha Hughes 2:44:04
23 2001   Phil Costley 2:13:36   Yuko Arimori 2:35:40
24 2002   Rod de Highden 2:15:22   Saori Kawai 2:37:48
25 2003   Dickson Marwa 2:12:53   Shireen Crumpton 2:40:10
26 2004   Gemechu Woyecha 2:15:47   Anna Thompson 2:40:53
27 2005   Dickson Marwa 2:16:10   Jackie Fairweather 2:34:42
28 2006   Lee Troop 2:14:13   Jennifer Gillard 2:41:06
29 2007   Toyokazu Yoshimura 2:20:07   Ayumi Hayashi 2:33:22
30 2008   Kazuo Ietani 2:14:17   Shireen Crumpton 2:38:16
31 2009   William Chebor 2:11:58   Lauren Shelley 2:42:22
32 2010   James Mbugua 2:13:53   Kaori Yoshida 2:31:33
33 2011   Nicholas Kamakya 2:10:01   Goitetom Haftu 2:30:08
34 2012   Alemayehu Shumye 2:10:35   Kaori Yoshida 2:30:36
35 2013   Yuki Kawauchi 2:10:01   Yukiko Akaba 2:27:17
36 2014   Silah Limo 2:09:14   Asami Kato 2:28:51
37 2015   Kenneth Mungara 2:08:42   Risa Takenaka 2:28:25 [14]
38 2016   Kenneth Mungara 2:09:00   Misato Horie [jp; de] 2:26:40 [14]
39 2017   Takuya Noguchi [jp] 2:08:59   Abebech Bekele 2:25:34 [14]
40 2018   Kenneth Mungara 2:09:49   Ruth Chebitok 2:24:49 [14]
41 2019   Yuta Shitara 2:07:50   Rodah Tanui 2:27:56 [14]
— — cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic [9][11]
42 2022   Jo Fukuda 2:10:55   Lindsay Flanagan 2:24:43 [5]
43 2023   Naoki Koyama 2:07:40   Rodah Jepkorir Tanui 2:27:10 [4]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Registrants who paid by credit card would receive refunds automatically (minus credit card fees), while other registrants would receive a full refund via direct deposit after supplying bank details.[8]
  2. ^ The lockdown was announced in response to an unvaccinated hospital worker who had been travelling throughout Queensland while she was potentially infectious for over a week.[12]
  3. ^ a b h:m:s

References edit

  1. ^ "About the Gold Coast Airport Marathon". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events | World Athle…". Archived from the original on 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ Payten, Iain (6 January 2023). "Sydney chasing Kipchoge in race to join world's 'major' marathons". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Results for the Gold Coast Marathon 2023". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Fukuda and Flanagan win Gold Coast Marathon". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  6. ^ History of the Gold Coast Marathon: 1979 Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ https://archive.today/20210629200123/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/about/history/1979-1988/
  8. ^ a b "FAQ". Archived from the original on 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Event Update - Gold Coast Marathon". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Gold Coast Marathon cancelled and shelves stripped bare as south-east…". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b https://archive.today/20210629054137/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/
  12. ^ a b "Queensland Covid update: Hospital worker who sparked Covid lockdown c…". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  13. ^ "BREAKING: Gold Coast Marathon cancelled due to lockdown – myGC.com.au". www.mygc.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Previous Winners - Gold Coast Marathon". Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.

External links edit

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