| Gold Coast Marathon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Starting line of the 1986 race | |
| Date | July |
| Location | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon, half marathon |
| Established | 1979 |
| Course records | Men's: 2:07:50 (2019) Yuta ShitaraWomen's: 2:24:22 (2024) Yuki Nakamura |
| Official site | Official website |
| Participants | 5,769 (2019) |
The Gold Coast Marathon is an annual road marathon on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, first held in 1979. Marketed as "Australia's premier road race",[1] the marathon is one of two races in Australia to hold World Athletics Label status, the other being Sydney Marathon.[2][3] The marathon is held on the first Sunday of July each year, with other races held the day before.
The men's course record of 2:07:40 was achieved by Naoki Koyama in 2023. Lindsay Flanagan is the women's course record holder with her run of 2:24:43 in 2022.[4][5]
- ^ "About the Gold Coast Airport Marathon". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events | World Athle…". Archived from the original on 17 March 2021.
- ^ Payten, Iain (6 January 2023). "Sydney chasing Kipchoge in race to join world's 'major' marathons". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Results for the Gold Coast Marathon 2023". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Fukuda and Flanagan win Gold Coast Marathon". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.