Chuncheon marathon

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The Chuncheon Marathon is a marathon in the South Korean city ​​of Chuncheon organized by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper .

history

The first event took place in 1946 with 45 participants on a shortened course (approx. 25 km) with start and finish at the headquarters of Chosun Ilbo in Seoul . The winner in 1:29:24 h was Suh Yun-bok , who won the Boston Marathon the following year . On August 9, 1947, the full distance of 42.195 km was run; Hong Jong-oh came first in 2:57:20.

Between 1950 and 1953 the race was canceled due to the Korean War ; since then it has been held continuously. In 1957, Lee Chang-hoon won the shortened 20 km route , who won the Asian Games marathon in Tokyo the following year . The 1985 winner, Kim Won-tak , also subsequently won gold at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, and the 1987 winner, Kim Jae-ryong , came fourth at the 1993 World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart.

In 1991 Kim Wan-ki set a South Korean record with 2:11:02 in the race now taking place in Chuncheon . In 1995 international elite athletes took part for the first time.

route

The circuit leads around the lakes Uiam-ho and Chuncheon-ho in the west and north of the city.

statistics

Course records

Winners list

Source for results before 2003: ARRS, sportschosun.com

date Men Time (hours) Women Time (hours)
  1990 Song Jae-pil ( KOR ) 2:15:39 To Seung-mi 2:42:20
0Nov 3, 1991 Kim Wan-ki ( KOR ) 2:11:02 Lee Hyun-sook ( KOR ) 2:41:40
0Nov 6, 1992 Chang Ki-shik ( KOR ) 2:11:24 Kim Kyung-hee ( KOR ) 2:41:40
Oct 29, 1993 Yoo Young-hoon ( KOR ) 2:13:03 Jung Young-im ( KOR ) 2:40:48
Sep 24 1994 Lee Bong-ju ( KOR ) 2:09:59 Yun Sun-suk ( KOR ) 2:37:16
Oct 28, 1995 Rolando Vera ( ECU ) 2:11:30 Kang Soon-duk ( KOR ) 2:35:37
Oct 26, 1996 Norihiro Otoshi ( JPN ) 2:14:02 Yukari Komatsu ( JPN ) 2:37:54
Oct 26, 1997 Moses Tanui ( KEN ) 2:09:01 Kwon Eun-ju ( KOR ) 2:26:12
Oct 11, 1998 Oh Sung-keun ( KOR ) 2:18:21 Oh Jung-hee ( KOR ) 2:38:03
Oct 24, 1999 Per In-mo ( KOR ) 2:14:52 Yun Sun-suk ( KOR ) 2:35:31
Oct 22, 2000 Kim Je-kyong ( KOR ) 2:13:57 Yun Sun-suk -2- 2:37:02
Oct 21, 2001 Ji Young-jun ( KOR ) 2:15:32 Kwon Eun-ju -2- 2:31:33
Oct. 20, 2002 Per In-mo -2- 2:16:49 Yun Sun-suk -3- 2:34:05
Oct 19, 2003 Elijah Chemwolo Mutai ( KEN ) 2:13:54 Yun Sun-suk -4- 2:34:27
Oct 24, 2004 Elijah Chemwolo Mutai -2- 2:14:31 Oh Jung-hee -2- 2:35:59
Oct 23, 2005 Elijah Chemwolo Mutai -3- 2:09:27 Yun Sun-suk -5- 2:37:25
Oct 29, 2006 Elijah Chemwolo Mutai -4- 2:13:46 Yun Sun-suk -6- 2:36:04
Oct 28, 2007 Victor Mangusho Robert ( KEN ) 2:14:01 Choi Kyung-hee ( KOR ) 2:35:25
Oct 26, 2008 Michael Njuroge Kimani ( KEN ) 2:19:01 Choi Kyung-hee -2- 2:44:35
Oct 25, 2009 Mulugeta Wami ( ETH ) 2:09:50 Kim Seon-jeong ( KOR ) 2:49:35
Oct 24, 2010 Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo ( KEN ) 2:07:54 Kim Seon-jeong -2- 2:43:39
Oct 23, 2011 Stanley Kipleting Biwott ( KEN ) 2:07:03 Oh Jung-hee -3- 2:41:23
Oct 28, 2012 David Kemboi Kiyeng ( KEN ) 2:10:05 Park Yu-jin ( KOR ) 2:41:55
Oct 27, 2013 Nixson Kurgat ( KEN ) 2:08:29 Park Yu-jin -2- 2:41:30
Oct 26, 2014 Nixson Kurgat -2- 2:07:11 Young Ko-eun ( KOR ) 2:43:33
Oct 25, 2015 Adugna Tekele Bekele ( KEN ) 2:09:40 Lee Yeon-jin ( KOR ) 2:41:53
Oct 23, 2016 Luka Lokobe Kanda ( KEN ) 2:07:21 Kim Ji-eun ( KOR ) 2:34:39

Development of the number of finishers

year total including
women
2009 12,665 1126
2010 11,990 1049

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chosunilbo Chunchon Marathon . arrs.run
  2. ↑ Results from 1990 ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Korean) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / foto.sportschosun.com