The Macau International Marathon is an annual road running event over the marathon distance which is held the special administrative region of Macau adjacent to the People's Republic of China. The event is sponsored by Galaxy Entertainment Group, a casino and hotel investment company. The event was first held in 1981 under the organisation of the PandaRunning Club and was the first internationalmarathon to be held in the region. The Macau Athletic Association took over organisational duties in 1987 and the race was accepted as a member of the AIMS Racing Group in 1990. The annual marathon race was suspended in 1997 due to the opening of the Macau Olympic Stadium, but a half marathon was held for the first time in its place that year, maintaining the race continuity. The course takes in both Taipa and Coloane and begins and ends at the Macau Olympic Complex stadium. Since 1998, three races have been held at each edition: the full marathon, a half marathon, and a shorter mini-marathon. The marathon race attracts a majority of overseas runners, with average yearly totals of around 500 entrants and 400 finishers. The marathon's participation record was achieved in 1984, with 1121 runners starting the race and 932 of them finishing. The shorter distances are more popular with both Macau and foreign athletes. Since its introduction in 1997, the half marathon has gone from 348 finishers to a record high of 1279 finishers in 2006. The mini-marathon was inaugurated a year after the half marathon and instantly gained high participation. In addition to the large numbers of amateur runners who take part in the event, the marathon features elite level runners from East Asia, Africa and Europe. The men's and women's race records were both set in 2011 by Kenyan athletes: Stephen Kwelio Chemlany won the men's title in a time of 2:12:49 hours, while Rose Jepkemboi Chesire took the women's honours in 2:31:28 hours.
Past winners
Key:
Edition
Year
Men's winner
Time
Women's winner
Time
1st
1981
2:41:42
3:12:42
2nd
1982
2:21:54
3:17:18
3rd
1983
2:25:00
2:58:26
4th
1984
2:24:29
3:00:04
5th
1985
2:20:18
2:48:18
6th
1986
2:26:47
3:41:16
7th
1987
2:16:21
2:58:24
8th
1988
2:19:18
2:57:03
9th
1989
2:18:37
3:07:11
10th
1990
2:17:37
2:58:25
11th
1991
2:17:58
2:52:54
12th
1992
2:18:31
2:51:18
13th
1993
2:19:12
2:39:20
14th
1994
2:15:28
2:38:18
15th
1995
2:15:39
2:40:47
16th
1996
2:16:30
2:40:13
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1997
1:02:55
1:15:31
17th
1998
2:19:44
2:37:55
18th
1999
2:15:21
2:34:57
19th
2000
2:19:25
2:47:15
20th
2001
2:18:58
2:42:11
21st
2002
2:19:09
3:20:49
22nd
2003
2:15:58
3:16:25
23rd
2004
2:16:30
2:37:27
24th
2005
2:19:49
2:40:59
25th
2006
2:18:56
2:38:27
26th
2007
2:17:40
2:38:27
27th
2008
2:15:06
2:36:40
28th
2009
2:17:45
2:37:08
29th
2010
2:16:15
2:37:37
30th
2011
2:12:49
2:31:48
31st
2012
2:23:56+
2:50:10+
32nd
2013
2:12:43
2:36:32
33rd
2014
2:14:45
2:33:24
34th
2015
2:14:44
2:33:24
35th
2016
2:12:52
2:36:16
36th
2017
2:10:01
2:29:12
37th
2018
2:15:18
2:35:16
38th
2019
2:12:53
2:31:17
The course was 3 km too long due to a marshalling error on the course.
