Gold Coast Marathon

The Gold Coast Marathon (branded Gold Coast Airport Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon race on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is "Australia's premier road race",^[1] and is one of only two marathons in Australia to hold a IAAF Gold Label status (the other being Sydney). The event is held on the first Sunday of July each year with races also being held the day before. The event was first held on 2 September 1979 as part of a health awareness campaign for the Gold Coast. The 39th edition took place on 2 July 2017.

The men's course record of 2:08:42 hours is held by Kenneth Mungara (2015), while Abebech Bekele is the women's course record holder with her run of 2:25:34 hours in 2017.^[2]

History

The inaugural Gold Coast Marathon was held on 2 September 1979 in the suburb of Evandale. It started and ended at the Evandale Civic Centre and consisted of 6 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. ^[3]

Results

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2017	Takuya Noguchi	02:08:59	Abebech Bekele	02:25:34
2016	Kenneth Mungara	02:09:00	Misato Horie	02:26:40
2015	Kenneth Mungara	02:08:42	Risa Takenaka	02:28:25
2014	Silah Limo	02:09:14	Asami Kato	02:28:51
2013	Yuki Kawauchi	02:10:01	Yukiko Akaba	02:27:17
2012	Alemayehu Shumye	02:10:35	Kaori Yoshida	02:30:36
2011	Nicholas Kamakya	02:10:01	Goitetom Haftu	02:30:08
2010	James Mbugua	02:13:53	Kaori Yoshida	02:31:33
2009	William Chebor	02:11:58	Lauren Shelley	02:42:22
2008	Kazuo Ietani	02:14:17	Shireen Crumpton	02:38:16
2007	Toyokazu Yoshimura	02:20:07	Ayumi Hayashi	02:33:22
2006	Lee Troop	02:14:13	Jennifer Gillard	02:41:06
2005	Dickson Marwa	02:16:10	Jackie Fairweather	02:34:42
2004	Gemechu Woyecha	02:15:47	Anna Thompson	02:40:53
2003	Dickson Marwa	02:12:53	Shireen Crumpton	02:40:10
2002	Rod de Highden	02:15:22	Saori Kawai	02:37:48
2001	Phil Costley	02:13:36	Yuko Arimori	02:35:40
2000	Joseph Kahugu	02:16:39	Samantha Hughes	02:44:04
1999	Fred Kiprop	02:14:02	Hiromi Igarishi	02:35:19
1998	Fred Kiprop	02:11:15	Jane Salumäe	02:33:34
1997	Pat Carroll	02:11:21	Susan Hobson	02:32:43
1996	Magnus Michelsson	02:20:20	Sylvia Rose	02:40:17
1995	Roderic De Highden	02:13:59	Julie Rose	02:38:42
1994	Hajime Nakatomi	02:15:05	Yuko Yamazoe	02:43:20
1993	Sean Quilty	02:15:31	Erico Asai	02:29:29
1992	Katsumi Kitajima	02:14:14	Mari Tanagawa	02:35:45
1991	Shinji Kawashima	02:14:01	Jackie Hallam	02:36:23
1990	Allan Carman	02:15:15	Hiromi Satoyama	02:40:57
1989	Brad Camp	02:10:11	Jan Fedrick	02:51:30
1988	Pat Carroll	02:10:44	Ngairie Drake	02:39:25
1987	Laurie Adams	02:18:24	Janet McAfee	02:54:22
1986	Peter Mitchell	02:14:59	Margaret Reddan	02:47:09
1985	Pat Carroll	02:17:10	Margaret Reddan	02:54:55
1984	Pat Carroll	02:23:16	Margaret Reddan	02:57:13
1983	Laurie Adams	02:16:22	Rhonda Bushby	02:49:17
1982	Alain Lazare	02:19:21	Jill Colwell	02:43:25
1981	Rod Lyons	02:24:04	Margaret Reddan	02:58:33
1980	Andrew Lloyd	02:23:02	Mary Murison	02:58:33
1979	Eric Sigmont	02:28:44	Mary Murison	02:58:17

References

External links

• Gold Coast Marathon