List of marathon races in Asia

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

## Legend

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Symbol/Column | Description

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Bold | Bold faced races are included in the World Marathon Majors
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(year) | Defunct

## Race list

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Name  | City / Race Location  | Country  | Month*
*Last race was held | Inception  | Ref

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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

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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. ^

* 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/

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

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

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

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/

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

8. ^ http://www.jerusalem-marathon.com [bare URL]
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* https://archive.today/20221219001155/https://www.riyadhmarathon.org/
* https://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.
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.

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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