| Guadalajara Marathon | |
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| Date | October or November[1] |
| Location | Guadalajara,Jalisco,Mexico |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 1984 (41 years ago) (1984)[1][a] |
| Official site | https://www.maratonguadalajara.org |
TheGuadalajara Marathon[b] (also known as theGuadalajara International Marathon[c] orMaratón GDL[3]) is an annualroad-basedmarathon hosted byGuadalajara,Mexico, since 1984.[3][4][1][5][a] The marathon is aWorld Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of theAssociation of International Marathons and Distance Races.[2][6]
The event is organized by the Guadalajara Municipal Sports Council, which also organizes theGuadalajara Half Marathon, a separate half marathon event held in February.[4]
The inaugural race was held on26 February 1984 as ahalf marathon.[1] It was won by Mexican runnerAudón Hernández with a finish time of 1:06:16.[1][5]
The second edition, held on10 February 1985, was the first to feature a race with the standardmarathon distance of 42.195 km (26.2 mi).[1][5] The marathon was won by Mexican runnersEduardo Blake andEsmeralda Gutiérrez, with finish times of 2:22:22 and 3:00:59, respectively.[1][5]
The event was not held in 2011 due to the2011 Pan American Games being held in the city that October.[1][7]
The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to thecoronavirus pandemic.[8][9]
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 Course map of full marathon in 2022[3] |
The marathon begins at theHospicio Cabañas and ends at thePalacio Municipal [es].[3] The course consists of roughly a clockwise loop in the central and southern areas of the city, with an additional out-and-back leg along Lázaro Cárdenas Avenue making up about a third of the course.[3]
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