Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon

The Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon (Chinese: 臺南古都國際半程馬拉松), which began in 2007, is an annual half marathon held in Tainan, Taiwan. The race, which is being organized by the Chinese Taipei Athletics Association and the Tainan City Government, is currently preparing to apply for World Athletics Label Road Races status.

Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon
The Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon logo
LocationAnping District, Tainan, Taiwan
Event typeRoad running
DistanceHalf marathon, Quarter marathon, 5K run
EstablishedApril 15, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-15)
Official sitewww.tainanhalfmarathon.com
2024 Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon
Start point of 2023 race

Background

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Records

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Marathon (The division was dissolved following the 2019 event)
  • Men:
  • Women:
Half Marathon
  • Men:
  • Women:
Quarter Marathon (The division was added to the 2019 event)
  • Men:
  • Women:

Past winners

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    Course record (in bold)

Marathon

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Year Male athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Female athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Rf.
2007   Bernard Mutai (KEN) 2:21:11   Okasna Khokhlova (RUS) 3:03:09
2008   Bernard Mutai (KEN) 2:18:01   Li Shiao-yu (TWN) 3:06:49 [citation needed]
2009   Bernard Mutai (KEN) 2:22:01   Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:55:41
2010   Karanja Elijah Muturi (KEN) 2:16:39   Carolyne Chemutai Komen (KEN) 2:49:06 [1]
2011   Karanja Elijah Muturi (KEN) 2:31:37   Carolyne Chemutai Komen (KEN) 2:50:36 [2]
2012   Richard Mutua Mutisya (KEN) 2:35:08   Li Shiao-yu (TWN) 3:00:25 [3]
2013
2014   Chirchir Jackson Kiprotich (KEN) 2:25:49   Hsieh Chien-ho (TWN) 2:48:27 [4]
2015   John Kiprop Samoei (KEN)   Immaculate Chemutai (UGA) [5]
2016   Bernard Mwendia Muthoni (KEN) 2:22:42   Cecilia Wayua Michael (KEN) 2:48:16 [6]
2017   Mbuni Edward Omwoyo (KEN) 2:26:32   Gathingi Hannah Wadera (KEN) 2:50:22 [7]
2018   Bernard Mwendia Muthoni (KEN)
2019   David Kipkoech Kisang (KEN) 2:26:45   Monica Watetu Ndiritu (KEN) 2:43:49 [8]

Half marathon

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Year Male athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Female athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Rf.
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012   Wang Chiu-chun (TWN) 1:13:43   Chen Shu-hua (TWN) 1:22:57
2013
2014
2015
2016   You Ya-jyun (TWN)
2017
2018
2019   Wu Jui-en (TWN) 1:12:58   Su Feng-ting (TWN) 1:20:40
2020   Tan Huong-leong (MAS) 1:09:53   Hsieh Chien-ho (TWN) 1:18:05 [9]
2021
Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Chou Ting-yin (TWN) 1:09:01   Su Feng-ting (TWN) 1:19:46 [10]
2023   Stephen Kimemia Njogu (KEN) 1:07:04   Chang Chih-hsuan (TWN) 1:19:35 [11]

Quarter marathon

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Year Male athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Female athlete Time
(h:m:s)
Rf.
2019
2020   Gu Chien-hung (TWN) 00:32:49   You Ya-jyun (TWN) 00:36:25
2021
Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Li Lee-chun (TWN) 00:30:46   You Ya-jyun (TWN) 00:35:55 [10]
2023   Tsai Yung-hsu (TWN)   Tung Chia-chi (TWN)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 孟慶慈 (2010-02-01). "台南古都馬拉松 萬人競跑". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ^ "2011臺南古都國際馬拉松,賴市長希望用運動搭起國際友誼橋樑". Department of Information & International Relations, Tainan City Government (in Chinese). 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ 黃文鍠 (2012-02-13). "古都馬拉松 逾1萬1千人 熱情參與". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. ^ "臺南馬拉松》肯亞選手旋風奪冠 台灣女將謝千鶴封后". 麗台運動 (in Chinese). 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. ^ 曹婷婷 (2015-03-16). "古都馬開跑 1.5萬人追風訪古蹟". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  6. ^ 蔡文居; 王俊忠 (2016-03-21). "古都馬拉松 1.5萬人黎明開跑". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  7. ^ "古都馬拉松 肯亞選手包辦男女組冠軍". China Times (in Chinese). 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  8. ^ 莊漢昌 (2019-03-03). "台南古都馬拉松1.6萬人齊跑 肯亞包辦全馬男女組冠軍". 台灣好新聞 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  9. ^ "臺南古都半馬 萬名跑者齊聚臺南熱鬧開跑". don1don (in Chinese). 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  10. ^ a b "2022臺南古都國際半程馬拉松 周庭印奪冠、蘇鳳婷封后". Tainan City Government (in Chinese). 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  11. ^ 莊漢昌 (2023-03-05). "2023台南古都馬 肯亞選手奪冠、張芷瑄封后". 台灣好新聞 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-07.