Kaohsiung International Marathon

Kaohsiung International Marathon
Date February
Location Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 2010
Course records Men: 2:13:18 (2017)
Kenya Noah Chepngabit
Women: 2:37:15 (2016)
Kenya Monica Ndiritu
Official site www.khm.com.tw

The Kaohsiung International Marathon is a city marathon held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan each February since 2010 by the Kaohsiung City Government and Chinese Taipei Track and Field Association, and is sponsored by the Mizuno Corporation. Events held include the full marathon (42.195 km), ultra half-marathon (23 km) and 3.5 km fun run. The event is officially accredited by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, and attracted over 30,000 participants in 2013.[1] The fifth edition of the marathon will be held on February 16, 2014.

Past winners

Key:   Course record

Marathon

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010  Richard Mutisya (KEN) 2:28:49  Li Hsiao-yu (ROC) 3:07:40
2nd 2011  Alex Melly (KEN) 2:20:48  Susan Chemutai (KEN) 3:08:12
3rd 2012  Francis Kibii (KEN) 2:20:16  Li Hsiao-yu (ROC) 3:01:29
4th 2013  Pius Mutuku (KEN) 2:21:39  Chen Shu-hua (ROC) 2:49:07
5th 2014  Josphat Too (KEN) 2:17:55  Hsu Yu-fang (ROC) 2:42:10
6th 2015  Josphat Too (KEN) 2:15:19  Edinah Kwambai (KEN) 2:40:40
7th 2016  Charles Kigen (KEN) 2:16:21  Monica Ndiritu (KEN) 2:37:15
8th 2017  Noah Chepngabit (KEN) 2:13:18  Jedidah Karungu (KEN) 2:38:41
9th 2018  Charles Kigen (KEN) 2:17:40  He Yinli (CHN) 2:42:24

Ultra Half marathon (23 KM)

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010  Ho Jin-wen (ROC) 1:24:39  Tseng Yi-ching (ROC) 1:47:12
2nd 2011  Wu Wen-chien (ROC) 1:14:45  Hsieh Chien-he (ROC) 1:27:46
3rd 2012  Chan Chun-wei (ROC) 1:19:16  Chen Shu-hua (ROC) 1:30:06
4th 2013  Ho Chin-ping (ROC) 1:13:44  Liao Pei-ling (ROC) 1:33:52

Ultra Half marathon (25 KM)

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
5th 2014  Ho Chin-ping (ROC) 1:19:29  Hsieh Chien-he (ROC) 1:34:11
6th 2015  Zhu Jun-zhe (ROC) 1:27:10  Xie Qian-he (ROC) 1:31:23

References

  1. ↑ Kenyans sweep the Mizuno marathon, winning thousands, Taipei Times, Feb 25 2013, ""
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