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Gold Coast Marathon

Annual race in Australia held since 1979

Summary

Annual race in Australia held since 1979

FieldValue
imageFile:Gold Coast Marathon, 1986 (51762442017).jpg
captionStarting line of the 1986 race
bgcolourlightblue
dateJuly
locationGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
typeRoad
distanceMarathon, half marathon
est
recordMen's: 2:07:50 (2019)
JPN Yuta Shitara
Women's: 2:24:22 (2024)
JPN Yuki Nakamura
participants5,769 (2019)
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JPN Yuta Shitara Women's: 2:24:22 (2024) JPN Yuki Nakamura 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",{{cite web

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.

History

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.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants receiving refunds. 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. The lockdown would have ended hours before the start of the event, which would have made attempting to hold the event impractical.

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

Ed.YearMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTimeRf.
11979AUS Eric Sigmont2:28:44NZL Lindsey Simmons2:50:17
21980AUS Andrew Lloyd2:23:02AUS Mary Murison2:58:33
31981AUS Rod Lyons2:24:04AUS Margaret Reddan2:58:33
41982New Caledonia Alain Lazare2:19:21AUS Jill Colwell2:43:25
51983AUS Laurie Adams2:16:22AUS Rhonda Bushby2:49:17
61984AUS Pat Carroll2:23:16AUS Margaret Reddan2:57:13
71985AUS Pat Carroll2:17:10AUS Margaret Reddan2:54:55
81986AUS Peter Mitchell2:14:59AUS Margaret Reddan2:47:09
91987AUS Laurie Adams2:18:24AUS Janet McAfee2:54:22
101988AUS Pat Carroll2:10:44New Zealand Ngaire Drake2:39:25
111989AUS Brad Camp2:10:11AUS Jan Fedrick2:51:30
121990AUS Allan Carman2:15:15JPN Hiromi Satoyama2:40:57
131991JPN Shinji Kawashima2:14:01AUS Jackie Hallam2:36:23
141992JPN Katsumi Kitajima2:14:14JPN Mari Tanigawa2:35:45
151993AUS Sean Quilty2:15:31JPN Eriko Asai2:29:29
161994JPN Hajime Nakatomi2:15:05JPN Yuko Yamazoe2:43:20
171995AUS Roderic De Highden2:13:59AUS Julie Rose2:38:42
181996AUS Magnus Michelsson2:20:20AUS Sylvia Rose2:40:17
191997AUS Pat Carroll2:11:21AUS Susan Hobson2:32:43
201998KEN Fred Kiprop2:11:15EST Jane Salumäe2:33:34
211999KEN Fred Kiprop2:14:02JPN Hiromi Igarishi2:35:19
222000KEN Joseph Kahugu2:16:39AUS Samantha Hughes2:44:04
232001NZL Phil Costley2:13:36JPN Yuko Arimori2:35:40
242002AUS Rod de Highden2:15:22JPN Saori Kawai2:37:48
252003TAN Dickson Marwa2:12:53NZL Shireen Crumpton2:40:10
262004AUS Gemechu Woyecha2:15:47AUS Anna Thompson2:40:53
272005TAN Dickson Marwa2:16:10AUS Jackie Fairweather2:34:42
282006AUS Lee Troop2:14:13AUS Jennifer Gillard2:41:06
292007JPN Toyokazu Yoshimura2:20:07JPN Ayumi Hayashi2:33:22
302008JPN Kazuo Ietani2:14:17NZL Shireen Crumpton2:38:16
312009KEN William Chebor2:11:58AUS Lauren Shelley2:42:22
322010KEN James Mbugua2:13:53JPN Kaori Yoshida2:31:33
332011KEN Nicholas Kamakya2:10:01ETH Goitetom Haftu2:30:08
342012ETH Alemayehu Shumye2:10:35JPN Kaori Yoshida2:30:36
352013JPN Yuki Kawauchi2:10:01JPN Yukiko Akaba2:27:17
362014KEN Silah Limo2:09:14JPN Asami Kato2:28:51
372015KEN Kenneth Mungara2:08:42JPN Risa Takenaka2:28:25
382016KEN Kenneth Mungara2:09:00JPN2:26:40
392017JPN2:08:59ETH Abebech Bekele2:25:34
402018KEN Kenneth Mungara2:09:49KEN Ruth Chebitok2:24:49
412019JPN Yuta Shitara2:07:50KEN Rodah Tanui2:27:56url=https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/winners/title=Previous Winners - Gold Coast Marathonarchive-url=https://archive.today/20210629191654/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/winners/archive-date=29 June 2021url-status=dead}}
cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
422022JPN Jo Fukuda2:10:55USA Lindsay Flanagan2:24:43
432023JPN Naoki Koyama2:07:40KEN Rodah Tanui2:27:10
442024KEN Timothy Kipkorir2:08:52JPN Yuki Nakamura2:24:22

Notes

References

References

  1. "World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events | World Athle…".
  2. Payten, Iain. (2023-01-06). "Sydney chasing Kipchoge in race to join world's 'major' marathons".
  3. "Results for the Gold Coast Marathon 2023".
  4. "Fukuda and Flanagan win Gold Coast Marathon".
  5. [http://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/1979-2/ History of the Gold Coast Marathon: 1979] {{webarchive. link. (14 September 2016)
  6. https://archive.today/20210629200123/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/about/history/1979-1988/
  7. "Event Update - Gold Coast Marathon".
  8. "FAQ".
  9. "Gold Coast Marathon cancelled and shelves stripped bare as south-east…".
  10. https://archive.today/20210629054137/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/
  11. "Queensland Covid update: Hospital worker who sparked Covid lockdown c…".
  12. "BREAKING: Gold Coast Marathon cancelled due to lockdown – myGC.com.au".
  13. "Previous Winners - Gold Coast Marathon".
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