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 the only race in Australia to hold World Athletics Label status.[2] The marathon is held on the first Sunday of July each year, with other races held the day before.

Gold Coast Marathon
DateJuly
LocationGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, half marathon
Primary sponsorVillage Roadshow Theme Parks
Established1979 (1979)
Course recordsMen's: 2:07:50 (2019)
Yuta Shitara
Women's: 2:24:49 (2018)
Ruth Chebitok
Official siteGold Coast Marathon
Participants5,769 (2019)

The men's course record of 2:07:50 hours was set by Yuta Shitara in 2019, while Ruth Chebitok is the women's course record holder with her run of 2:24:49 hours in 2018.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants receiving refunds.[lower-alpha 1][8][7] 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.[9][10][11][lower-alpha 2] The lockdown would have ended hours before the start of the event, which would have made attempting to hold the event impractical.[12]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[lower-alpha 3] Women's winner Time[lower-alpha 3] Rf.
1 1979 Eric Sigmont 2:28:44 Mary Murison 2:58:17
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 Tanagawa 2:35:45
15 1993 Sean Quilty 2:15:31 Erico 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 [13]
38 2016 Kenneth Mungara 2:09:00 Misato Horie 2:26:40 [13]
39 2017 Takuya Noguchi 2:08:59 Abebech Bekele 2:25:34 [13]
40 2018 Kenneth Mungara 2:09:49 Ruth Chebitok 2:24:49 [13]
41 2019 Yuta Shitara 2:07:50 Rodah Tanui 2:27:56 [13]
— — cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic[8][10]

See also

Notes
  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.[7]
  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.[11]
  3. h:m:s

References
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  2. "World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events | World Athle…". Archived from the original on 17 March 2021.
  3. "IAAF: Mungara takes third Gold Coast Marathon victory while Chebitok sets race record- News - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. "Yuta Shitara sets race record in Gold Coast Marathon victory". Japan Times. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. History of the Gold Coast Marathon: 1979 Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. https://archive.today/20210629200123/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/about/history/1979-1988/
  7. "FAQ". Archived from the original on 20 May 2020.
  8. "Event Update - Gold Coast Marathon". Archived from the original on 19 May 2020.
  9. "Gold Coast Marathon cancelled and shelves stripped bare as south-east…". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  10. https://archive.today/20210629054137/https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/
  11. "Queensland Covid update: Hospital worker who sparked Covid lockdown c…". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  12. "Archived copy". www.mygc.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Previous Winners - Gold Coast Marathon". Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
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