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Name City / Race Location Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Barcelona Marathon: Barcelona Spain: March: 1978: Beijing Marathon: Beijing China: October: 1981 [3] Buriram Marathon: Buriram Thailand: January 2017 Daegu Marathon: Daegu South Korea: April: 2009: Doha Marathon: Doha Qatar: January 2013 Guangzhou Marathon: Guangzhou ...
World Athletics Label Road Races are races that World Athletics (until 2019: IAAF) designates as the "leading road races around the world." [1] The classification was first introduced for the 2008 running season, upon the suggestion of the IAAF Road Running Commission. [2] The races are split into three categories: marathons, half marathons and
The 2024 World Athletics Label Road Races are road running competitions scheduled for 2024 that have met the standard for World Athletics to include the race in its Label Road Races program. [1] Like the Diamond League for track and field, the list represents the highest level international road racing circuit. The list contained 303 races ...
World Women's Road Race Championships: 15 kilometres (road) 1985 – 1991: World Women's Road Race Championships: 20 kilometres (road) 2006: 2006: Replaced the half-marathon in 2006 only at the World Road Running Championships: 50 kilometres race walk (road) 1932 – 2020 (except 1976) 1983 – 2019: 2017 – 2019: Marathon relay (road) 1992 ...
The 2023 World Athletics Label Road Races are road running competitions scheduled for 2023 that have met a certain standard for World Athletics to include the race in its Label Road Races program. [1] The list of races so labelled for the 2023 calendar year was released on 4 November 2022. [2] The list contained 238 races, nearly 20 more than ...
List of marathon races may refer to: List of World Athletics Label marathon races; List of marathon races in Africa; List of marathon races in Asia;
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
From 1997 to 2011 it hosted the World Marathon Cup team event. It currently forms part of the World Marathon Majors circuit, which includes the six top annual races. The competition format has separate men's and women's races, which both serve as a straight final. Participation typically numbers between sixty and eighty runners per race.