Gold Coast Marathon

Gold Coast Airport Marathon
venue	Gold Coast Australia
First run	1979
Records
distance	42.195 kilometers
track record	Men: 2:07:50 h, 2019 Yūta Shitara   Women: 2:24:49 h, 2018 Ruth Chebitok
distance	21.095 kilometers
track record	Men: 1:01:16 h, 1992 Benson Masya   Women: 1:09:00 h, 2010 Lisa Jane Weightman
Website	Official website

The Gold Coast Marathon is a marathon that has been running in Gold Coast since 1979 . Alongside the Melbourne Marathon, it is the largest in Australia . In addition to a half marathon, the program has included a 10 km run since 1996 and a 5 km run since 2009.

route

All routes start and finish in Southport . The marathon consists of two turning points: the first runs south through Surfers Paradise to Burleigh Heads and back; the second is identical to the 10k run and heads north to Runaway Bay.

The half marathon is a turning point route that is identical to the 10 km route in the first part and then reverses further north in Paradise Point .

statistics

Course records

marathon

• Men: 2:07:50 h, Yūta Shitara ( JPN ), 2019
• Women: 2:24:49 h, Ruth Chebitok ( KEN ), 2018

half marathon

• Men: 1:01:16 h, Benson Masya ( KEN ), 1992
• Women: 1:09:00 h, Lisa Jane Weightman ( AUS ), 2010

10 km

• Men: 28:42 min, Jordan Gusman ( AUS ), 2018
• Women: 32:17 min, Lisa Jane Weightman ( AUS ), 2012

Winners lists

Sources: Organizer website, ARRS

marathon

Numbers after the name indicate the number of wins to date.

date	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
07th July 2019	Yūta Shitara ( JPN )	2:07:50	Rodah Tanui ( KEN )	2:27:56
01st July 2018	Kenneth Mburu Mungara -3- ( KEN )	2:09:49	Ruth Chebitok ( KEN )	2:24:49
02nd July 2017	Takuya Noguchi ( JPN )	2:08:59	Abebech Afework ( ETH )	2:25:34
03rd July, 2016	Kenneth Mburu Mungara -2- ( KEN )	2:09:00	Misato Horie ( JPN )	2:26:40
05th July 2015	Kenneth Mburu Mungara ( KEN )	2:08:42	Risa Takenaka ( JPN )	2:28:25
0July 6, 2014	Silah Kipkemboi Limo ( KEN )	2:09:14	Asami Katō ( JPN )	2:28:51
0July 7, 2013	Yūki Kawauchi ( JPN )	2:10:01	Yukiko Akaba ( JPN )	2:27:17
0July 1, 2012	Alemayehu Shumye ( ETH )	2:10:35	Kaori Yoshida ( JPN )	2:30:36
0July 3, 2011	Nicholas Manza Kamakya ( KEN )	2:10:01	Goitetom Haftu ( ETH )	2:30:08
04th July 2010	James Kariuki Mbugua ( KEN )	2:13:53	Kaori Yoshida ( JPN )	2:31:31
0July 5, 2009	William Chebon Chebor ( KEN )	2:11:58	Lauren Shelley ( AUS )	2:42:22
0July 6, 2008	Kazuo Ietani ( JPN )	2:14:17	Shireen Crumpton -2-	2:38:16
0July 1, 2007	Toyokazu Yoshimura ( JPN )	2:20:07	Ayumi Hayashi ( JPN )	2:33:22
0July 2, 2006	Lee Troop ( AUS )	2:14:13	Jennifer Hindmarsh-Gillard ( AUS )	2:41:06
0July 3, 2005	Dickson Marwa -2-	2:16:14	Jackie Fairweather ( AUS )	2:34:45
04th July 2004	Gemechu Woyecha ( ETH )	2:15:47	Anna Thompson ( AUS )	2:40:53
0July 6, 2003	Dickson Marwa ( TAN )	2:12:53	Shireen Crumpton ( NZL )	2:40:10
0July 7, 2002	Roderic de Highden -2-	2:15:22	Saori Kawai ( JPN )	2:37:48
June 24, 2001	Philip Costley ( NZL )	2:13:36	Yūko Arimori ( JPN )	2:35:40
June 25, 2000	Joseph Kahugu ( KEN )	2:16:39	Samantha Hughes ( AUS )	2:44:04
July 11, 1999	Fred Kiprop Kiptum -2-	2:14:02	Hiromi Igarishi ( JPN )	2:35:19
July 12, 1998	Fred Kiprop Kiptum ( KEN )	2:11:15	Jane Salumäe ( EST )	2:33:34
July 13, 1997	Patrick Carroll -4-	2:11:21	Susan Hobson ( AUS )	2:32:43
July 21, 1996	Magnus Michelsson ( AUS )	2:20:20	Sylvia Rose ( AUS )	2:40:17
July 16, 1995	Roderic de Highden ( AUS )	2:13:58	Julie Rose ( AUS )	2:38:42
17th July 1994	Hajime Nakatomi ( JPN )	2:15:05	Yuko Yamazoe ( JPN )	2:43:20
July 18, 1993	Sean Quilty ( AUS )	2:15:31	Eriko Asai ( JPN )	2:29:29
July 12, 1992	Katsumi Kitajima ( JPN )	2:14:15	Mari Tanigawa ( JPN )	2:35:45
July 21, 1991	Shinji Kawashima ( JPN )	2:14:01	Jackie Hallam ( AUS )	2:36:23
July 22, 1990	Allan Carman ( AUS )	2:15:15	Hiromi Satoyama ( JPN )	2:40:57
July 23, 1989	Brad Camp ( AUS )	2:10:11	Jan Fedrick ( AUS )	2:51:30
July 24, 1988	Patrick Carroll -3-	2:10:45	Ngaire Drake ( NZL )	2:39:25
July 26, 1987	Laurie Adams -2-	2:18:24	Janet McAfee ( AUS )	2:54:22
July 20, 1986	Peter Mitchell ( AUS )	2:14:59	Margaret Reddan -4-	2:47:09
July 21, 1985	Patrick Carroll -2-	2:17:10	Margaret Reddan -3-	2:54:55
0Aug 5, 1984	Patrick Carroll ( AUS )	2:23:16	Margaret Reddan -2-	2:57:13
July 23, 1983	Laurie Adams ( AUS )	2:16:21	Rhonda Bushby ( AUS )	2:49:17
29 Aug 1982	Alain Lazare ( FRA )	2:19:21	Jill Colwell ( AUS )	2:43:25
Aug 30, 1981	Rod Lyons ( AUS )	2:24:04	Margaret Reddan ( AUS )	2:58:33
Aug 31, 1980	Andrew Lloyd ( AUS )	2:23:02	Mary Murison -2-	2:55:36
0Sep 2 1979	Eric Sigmont ( AUS )	2:28:44	Mary Murison ( AUS )	2:58:17

half marathon

year	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
2019	Jack Rayner -2-	1:02:30	Sinead Diver ( AUS )	1:09:45
2018	Jack Rayner ( AUS )	1:03:12	Sara Hall -2-	1:09:27
2017	Hiroki Yamagishi ( JPN )	1:03:14	Sara Hall ( USA )	1:10:32
2016	Duer Yoa ( AUS )	1:03:50	Cassie Fien ( AUS )	1:11:21
2015	Takehiro Deki ( JPN )	1:02:11	Eloise Wellings ( AUS )	1:10:10
2014	Reuben Kosgei ( KEN )	1:04:56	Milly Clark ( AUS )	1:14:04
2013	Martin Dent -2-	1:03:56	Nikki Chapple ( AUS )	1:11:00
2012	Liam Adams ( AUS )	1:03:28	Alex Watson ( AUS )	1:13:07
2011	Jeff Hunt -2-	1:04:04	Lara Tamsett ( AUS )	1:12:19
2010	Jeff Hunt ( AUS )	1:03:18	Lisa Jane Weightman -3-	1:09:00
2009	Dickson Marwa ( TAN )	1:02:09	Lisa Jane Weightman -2-	1:10:42
2008	Michael Shelley ( AUS )	1:02:41	Yoko Nishimi ( JPN )	1:12:58
2007	Patrick Nyangero -2-	1:03:00	Lisa Jane Weightman ( AUS )	1:12:02
2006	Martin Dent ( AUS )	1:02:57	Kaoru Nishi ( JPN )	1:11:56
2005	Patrick Nyangero ( TAN )	1:03:35	Yūko Satō ( JPN )	1:12:49
2004	Lee Troop ( AUS )	1:02:54	Kerryn McCann ( AUS )	1:11:08
2003	Tomonori Watanabe ( JPN )	1:03:25	Hiromi Fujii ( JPN )	1:10:26
2002	Shigeru Aburaya ( JPN )	1:02:56	Takako Kotorida -3-	1:10:03
2001	Jonathan Wyatt ( NZL )	1:03:14	Takako Kotorida -2-	1:12:11
2000	Cosmas Ndeti ( KEN )	1:03:29	Takako Kotorida ( JPN )	1:11:16
1999	Sisay Bezabeh ( ETH )	1:03:24	Nuța Olaru ( ROU )	1:11:46
1998	Toshiaki Tezuka ( JPN )	1:03:24	Shiki Terasaki ( JPN )	1:12:12
1997	David Evans ( AUS )	1:03:16	Ikumi Nagayama ( JPN )	1:10:37
1996	Darren Wilson ( AUS )	1:02:25	Shizuka Oka ( JPN )	1:11:05
1995	Daizo Honda ( JPN )	1:03:03	Midori Fumoto -2-	1:11:02
1994	Stephen Mayaka ( KEN )	1:01:58	Izumi Maki ( JPN )	1:10:21
1993	Tadesse Gebre ( ETH ) & Steve Moneghetti ( AUS )	1:01:48	Kaori Kumura -2-	1:10:40
1992	Benson Masya ( KEN )	1:01:16	Midori Fumoto ( JPN )	1:09:38
1991	Andrew Lloyd ( AUS )	1:03:06	Kaori Kumura ( JPN )	1:11:13
1990	Malcolm Norwood ( AUS )	1:02:39	Jenny Lund -3-	1:13:30
1989	Dave Buzza ( GBR )	1:03:13	Satomi Iwashita ( JPN )	1:13:40
1988	Adam Hoyle ( AUS )	1:03:40	Lisa Martin ( AUS )	1:09:43
1987	Patrick Carroll ( AUS )	1:02:51	Mandy Dovey ( AUS )	1:18:15
1986	Keith Clark ( AUS )	1:07:54	Jenny Lund -2-	1:18:15
1985	Tony Gillam ( AUS )	1:08:04	Elizabeth Patmore ( AUS )	1:17:26
1984	Warwick Horsey ( AUS )	1:09:00	Jenny Lund ( AUS )	1:22:09
1983	Michael Pullinger ( AUS )	1:07:19	Adrienne Beames ( AUS )	1:22:15

Development of the number of finishers

year	marathon	including women	half marathon	including women	10 km	including women	5 km	including women
2015	5282		8949		4968		3318
2014	4929		8532		5418		3395
2013	4829	1592	9223	4945	5694	3534	3587	2413
2012	5119	1692	9049	4647	6135	3683	3587	2365
2011	4554	1507	8010	3998	5365	3170	3251	2205
2010	4531	1456	7850	3915	4874	2924	3209	2170
2009	3716	1152	6957	3188	5273	3017	4031	2914
2008	3658	1235	6283	2957	4733	2603	---	---
2007	2628	0796	4925	2199	3954	2081	---	---
2006	2237	0664	4273	1883	3060	1572	---	---

See also

• List of marathons

Web links

• Official website
• Gold Coast Marathon at marathoninfo.free.fr
• Gold Coast Marathon on marathonguide.com (with runner comments)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Previous Winners. In: goldcoastmarathon.com.au. Retrieved May 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ arrs.run: Gold Coast Marathon
3. ↑ ^{a b} Distance too short by 300 m
4. ↑ The first-placed Yasushi Hashimoto ( JPN ) was disqualified for using a bike attendant
5. ↑ ARRS names Trudy Fenton (2:49:51). There may have been a disqualification.