List of marathon races in Asia

The following is a list of marathon races located in Asia and the Middle East.

Legend

Symbol/Column	Description
Bold	Bold faced races are included in the World Marathon Majors
	Platinum
	Gold
	Elite
	Label
(year)	Defunct

Race list

Name	City / Race Location	Country	Month* _{*Last race was held}	Inception	Ref
Abu Dhabi Marathon	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	December	2018	^[1]
Almaty Marathon	Almaty	Kazakhstan	April	2012
Angkor Wat Marathons	Angkor	Cambodia
Astana Marathon	Astana	Kazakhstan	September	2015	^[2]
Bali Marathon	Bali	Indonesia	August or September	2012	^[3]
Bangalore Marathon	Bangalore	India
Bangkok Marathon	Bangkok	Thailand	December
Bangsaen42 Marathon	Bang Saen Beach	Thailand	November
Beijing Marathon	Beijing	China	October	1981
Beirut Marathon	Beirut	Lebanon	November	2003
Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu and Ōita	Japan	February	1952
Borneo International Marathon	Sabah	Malaysia	May	2008
Buriram Marathon	Buriram	Thailand	January	2017
Changsha Marathon	Changsha	China	October
Chennai Marathon	Chennai	India
Changan Automo Chongqing Marathon	Chongqing	China	March
Chengdu Marathon	Chengdu	China	September
China Asean International Marathon	Fangchenggang	China	November
Chizhou Marathon	Chizhou	China	October
Chuncheon Marathon	Chuncheon	South Korea
Colombo Marathon	Colombo	Sri Lanka
Cool City Liupanshui Marathon	Liupanshui	China	July
Daegu Marathon	Daegu	South Korea	April	2009
Dalian International Marathon	Dalian	China	May	1987
Doha Marathon	Doha	Qatar	January	2013	^[4]
Dubai Marathon	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	January	1998
Everest Marathon	Solukhumbu	Nepal
Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka	Japan	December	1947
Gaza Marathon	Gaza	Palestine		2011
Great Wall Marathon	Huangyaguan	China
Guangzhou Marathon	Guangzhou	China	December
Guangzhou Huangpu Marathon	Guangzhou	China	December
Gunsan Saemangeum International Marathon	Gunsan	South Korea	April
Gyeongju International Marathon	Gyeongju	South Korea
Hangzhou International Marathon	Hangzhou	China	November	1987
Hanoi Marathon	Hanoi	Vietnam
Harbin Marathon	Harbin	China	August
Hofu Marathon	Hōfu	Japan	December	1970	^[5]
Hokkaido Marathon	Hokkaido	Japan	August
Hong Kong Marathon	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	February	1997
Indira Marathon	Prayagraj	India
International Mersin Marathon	Mersin	Turkey	December
Issyk-Kul Marathon	Cholpon-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	May	2012	^[6]
Izmir Marathon	İzmir	Turkey	April	2020	^[7]
Jakarta Marathon	Jakarta	Indonesia	October	2013
Jerusalem Marathon	Jerusalem	Israel			^[8]
Jilin City International Marathon	Jilin	China	May
Kaohsiung International Marathon	Kaohsiung	Republic of China
Kobe Marathon	Kobe	Japan	November
Kolkata Marathon	Kolkata	India	February	2008
Korat Marathon	Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	November
Kuala Lumpur Marathon	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	October
Kunming Marathon	Kunming	China	December
Kuwait Marathon	Kuwait	Kuwait	November
Kyoto Marathon	Kyoto	Japan
Ladakh Marathon	Ladakh	India
Lahore Marathon	Lahore	Pakistan
Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu	Japan
Lanzhou Marathon	Lanzhou	China	May	2011	^[9]^[10]
Macau Marathon	Macau	Macau
Mizuno Ekiden	Singapore	Singapore
Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai	India	January	2004
Nagoya Women's Marathon	Nagoya	Japan	March	1980
Nanchang Marathon	Nanchang	China	November
Nanning Marathon	Nanning	China	December
New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon	New Taipei City	Republic of China	March	1979
Osaka International Ladies Marathon	Osaka	Japan	January	1982
Palestine Marathon	Bethlehem	Palestine	March	2013
Pattaya Marathon	Pattaya	Thailand
Penang Bridge International Marathon	Penang	Malaysia
Pune International Marathon	Pune	India
Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang	North Korea
Qingdao Marathon	Qingdao	China	April
Riyadh Marathon	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	February	2022	^[11]
Ahmedabad Marathon	Ahmedabad	India	November	2017	^[12]
Seoul International Marathon	Seoul	South Korea	March	1931
Seoul Marathon	Seoul	South Korea	November	1999
Shanghai Marathon	Shanghai	China	March
Shenyang Marathon	Shenyang	China	September
Shenzhen Marathon	Shenzhen	China	December
Shijiazhuang Marathon	Shijiazhuang	China	April
Singapore Marathon	Singapore	Singapore	December	1982
Sleemon Shaoxing Marathon	Shaoxing	China	November
Songkhla International Marathon	Songkhla	Thailand	August
Sundown Marathon	Singapore	Singapore
Suzhou Taihu Marathon	Suzhou	China	March
Taipei Marathon	Taipei	Republic of China	December	1986
Taiyuan Marathon	Taiyuan	China	September
Taj Mahal Marathon	Agra	India
Taroko Gorge International Marathon	Hualien	Republic of China
Tashkent Marathon	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	March		^[13]
Tel Aviv Marathon	Tel Aviv	Israel
Three Gorges Marathon	Chongqing	China	December
Tiberias Marathon	Sea of Galilee	Israel
Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo	Japan	March
Wuhan Marathon	Wuhan	China	April
Wuxi Marathon	Wuxi	China	March
Xiamen International Marathon	Xiamen	China	January	2003
Xi'an Marathon	Xi'an	China	October
Xichang Qionghai Lake Wetland International Marathon	Xichang	China	November
Yellow River Estuary Marathon	Dongying	China	October
Yinchuan Marathon	Yinchuan	China	May	2017	^[14]

Some of these marathons can be run in conjunction with shorter races.

References

[abudhabi-1] 
https://archive.today/20230514212422/https://www.adnocabudhabimarathon.com/
https://archive.today/20230514234105/https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/theres-speculation-that-the-abu-dhabi-marathon-course-was-short/
https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[2] ttps://archive.today/20230514212422/https://www.adnocabudhabimarathon.com/

[3] ttps://archive.today/20230514234105/https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/theres-speculation-that-the-abu-dhabi-marathon-course-was-short/

[4] ttps://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[astana-2] 
https://web.archive.org/web/20160718064857if_/http://www.astana42k.com/
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240212020556/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results?season=2024
https://web.archive.org/web/20240211120537if_/https://aims-worldrunning.org/races/10211.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20230606004810if_/https://astanatimes.com/2015/09/british-kazakh-society-air-astana-marathon-brings-together-more-than-500-runners/

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160718064857if_/http://www.astana42k.com/

[7] ttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240212020556/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results?season=2024

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240211120537if_/https://aims-worldrunning.org/races/10211.html

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230606004810if_/https://astanatimes.com/2015/09/british-kazakh-society-air-astana-marathon-brings-together-more-than-500-runners/

[bali-3] 
https://archive.today/20220626205905/https://www.maybank.co.id/maybank-marathon
https://archive.today/20220602194922/https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2022

[11] ttps://archive.today/20220626205905/https://www.maybank.co.id/maybank-marathon

[12] ttps://archive.today/20220602194922/https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2022

[doha-4] 
https://archive.today/20230108233209/https://www.ooredoo.qa/web/en/marathon/
https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[14] ttps://archive.today/20230108233209/https://www.ooredoo.qa/web/en/marathon/

[15] ttps://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[hōfu-5] 
https://archive.today/20230424011418/https://hofu-yomiuri.jp/
https://archive.today/20230423233452/https://www.arrs.run/HP_HofMa.htm
https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[17] ttps://archive.today/20230424011418/https://hofu-yomiuri.jp/

[18] ttps://archive.today/20230423233452/https://www.arrs.run/HP_HofMa.htm

[19] ttps://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results

[issyk-kul-6] 
https://web.archive.org/web/20240219005258if_/https://runthesilkroad.com/
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240212020556/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results?season=2024
https://web.archive.org/web/20230604043953if_/http://en.kabar.kg/news/sco-international-marathon-kicks-off-in-issyk-kul-2/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130303020903if_/http://runthesilkroad.com/

[21] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240219005258if_/https://runthesilkroad.com/

[22] ttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240212020556/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results?season=2024

[23] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230604043953if_/http://en.kabar.kg/news/sco-international-marathon-kicks-off-in-issyk-kul-2/

[24] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130303020903if_/http://runthesilkroad.com/

[izmir-7] 
https://archive.today/20220502034617/https://www.maratonizmir.org/
https://archive.today/20220720044416/https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?disciplineId=2&endDate=2022-07-31

[26] ttps://archive.today/20220502034617/https://www.maratonizmir.org/

[27] ttps://archive.today/20220720044416/https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results?disciplineId=2&endDate=2022-07-31

[jerusalem-8] ttp://www.jerusalem-marathon.com ^{[bare URL]}

[9] "2024兰州马拉松鸣枪开跑：山水城市的狂欢节_央媒看甘肃_中国甘肃网". gansu.gscn.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

[10] "【"兰马"·回眸】一场"兰马"让我爱上了马拉松". gansu.gansudaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

[riyadh-11] 
https://archive.today/20221219001155/https://www.riyadhmarathon.org/
https://archive.today/20220602194922/https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2022

[32] ttps://archive.today/20221219001155/https://www.riyadhmarathon.org/

[33] ttps://archive.today/20220602194922/https://www.worldathletics.org/Competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2022

[12] "Adani Ahmedabad Marathon to be Held on 24 November". News18. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

[tashkent-13] 
"International Tashkent Marathon". tashkentmarathon.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
"World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[36] "International Tashkent Marathon". tashkentmarathon.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[37] "World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[14] "2024宁夏银川马拉松赛圆满落幕-新华网". www.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

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