List of marathon races in Asia

The following is a list of marathon races located in Asia and the Middle East.

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Race list

Name City / Race Location Country Month*
*Last race was held 		Inception Ref
Abu Dhabi Marathon Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates December 2018 [1]
Almaty Marathon Almaty  Kazakhstan April 2012
Angkor Wat Marathons Angkor  Cambodia
Astana Marathon Astana  Kazakhstan September 2015 [2]
Bali Marathon Bali  Indonesia August or September 2012 [3]
Bangalore Marathon Bangalore  India
Bangkok Marathon Bangkok  Thailand December
Bangsaen42 Marathon Bang Saen Beach  Thailand November
Beijing Marathon Beijing  China October 1981
Beirut Marathon Beirut  Lebanon November 2003
Beppu-Ōita Marathon Beppu and Ōita  Japan February 1952
Borneo International Marathon Sabah  Malaysia May 2008
Buriram Marathon Buriram  Thailand January 2017
Changsha Marathon Changsha  China October
Chennai Marathon Chennai  India
Changan Automo Chongqing Marathon Chongqing  China March
Chengdu Marathon Chengdu  China September
China Asean International Marathon Fangchenggang  China November
Chizhou Marathon Chizhou  China October
Chuncheon Marathon Chuncheon  South Korea
Colombo Marathon Colombo  Sri Lanka
Cool City Liupanshui Marathon Liupanshui  China July
Daegu Marathon Daegu  South Korea April 2009
Dalian International Marathon Dalian  China May 1987
Doha Marathon Doha  Qatar January 2013 [4]
Dubai Marathon Dubai  United Arab Emirates January 1998
Everest Marathon Solukhumbu  Nepal
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka  Japan December 1947
Gaza Marathon Gaza  Palestine 2011
Great Wall Marathon Huangyaguan  China
Guangzhou Marathon Guangzhou  China December
Guangzhou Huangpu Marathon Guangzhou  China December
Gunsan Saemangeum International Marathon Gunsan  South Korea April
Gyeongju International Marathon Gyeongju  South Korea
Hangzhou International Marathon Hangzhou  China November 1987
Hanoi Marathon Hanoi  Vietnam
Harbin Marathon Harbin  China August
Hofu Marathon Hōfu  Japan December 1970 [5]
Hokkaido Marathon Hokkaido  Japan August
Hong Kong Marathon Hong Kong  Hong Kong February 1997
Indira Marathon Prayagraj  India
International Mersin Marathon Mersin  Turkey December
Issyk-Kul Marathon Cholpon-Ata  Kyrgyzstan May 2012 [6]
Izmir Marathon İzmir  Turkey April 2020 [7]
Jakarta Marathon Jakarta  Indonesia October 2013
Jerusalem Marathon Jerusalem  Israel [8]
Jilin City International Marathon Jilin  China May
Kaohsiung International Marathon Kaohsiung  Republic of China
Kobe Marathon Kobe  Japan November
Kolkata Marathon Kolkata  India February 2008
Korat Marathon Nakhon Ratchasima  Thailand November
Kuala Lumpur Marathon Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia October
Kunming Marathon Kunming  China December
Kuwait Marathon Kuwait  Kuwait November
Kyoto Marathon Kyoto  Japan
Ladakh Marathon Ladakh  India
Lahore Marathon Lahore  Pakistan
Lake Biwa Marathon Ōtsu  Japan
Lanzhou Marathon Lanzhou  China May 2011 [9][10]
Macau Marathon Macau  Macau
Mizuno Ekiden Singapore  Singapore
Mumbai Marathon Mumbai  India January 2004
Nagoya Women's Marathon Nagoya  Japan March 1980
Nanchang Marathon Nanchang  China November
Nanning Marathon Nanning  China December
New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon New Taipei City  Republic of China March 1979
Osaka International Ladies Marathon Osaka  Japan January 1982
Palestine Marathon Bethlehem  Palestine March 2013
Pattaya Marathon Pattaya  Thailand
Penang Bridge International Marathon Penang  Malaysia
Pune International Marathon Pune  India
Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang  North Korea
Qingdao Marathon Qingdao  China April
Riyadh Marathon Riyadh  Saudi Arabia February 2022 [11]
Ahmedabad Marathon Ahmedabad  India November 2017 [12]
Seoul International Marathon Seoul  South Korea March 1931
Seoul Marathon Seoul  South Korea November 1999
Shanghai Marathon Shanghai  China March
Shenyang Marathon Shenyang  China September
Shenzhen Marathon Shenzhen  China December
Shijiazhuang Marathon Shijiazhuang  China April
Singapore Marathon Singapore  Singapore December 1982
Sleemon Shaoxing Marathon Shaoxing  China November
Songkhla International Marathon Songkhla  Thailand August
Sundown Marathon Singapore  Singapore
Suzhou Taihu Marathon Suzhou  China March
Taipei Marathon Taipei  Republic of China December 1986
Taiyuan Marathon Taiyuan  China September
Taj Mahal Marathon Agra  India
Taroko Gorge International Marathon Hualien  Republic of China
Tashkent Marathon Tashkent  Uzbekistan March [13]
Tel Aviv Marathon Tel Aviv  Israel
Three Gorges Marathon Chongqing  China December
Tiberias Marathon Sea of Galilee  Israel
Tokyo Marathon Tokyo  Japan March
Wuhan Marathon Wuhan  China April
Wuxi Marathon Wuxi  China March
Xiamen International Marathon Xiamen  China January 2003
Xi'an Marathon Xi'an  China October
Xichang Qionghai Lake Wetland International Marathon Xichang  China November
Yellow River Estuary Marathon Dongying  China October
Yinchuan Marathon Yinchuan  China May 2017 [14]

Some of these marathons can be run in conjunction with shorter races.

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