Guadalajara Marathon

The Guadalajara Marathon[lower-alpha 2] (also known as the Guadalajara International Marathon[lower-alpha 3] or Maratón GDL[3]) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Guadalajara, Mexico, since 1984.[3][4][1][5][lower-alpha 1] The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.[2][6]

Guadalajara Marathon
The Palacio Municipal, at the finish area
DateOctober or November[1]
LocationGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1984 (1984)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Official sitehttps://www.maratonguadalajara.org

The event is organized by the Guadalajara Municipal Sports Council, which also organizes the Guadalajara Half Marathon, a separate half marathon event held in February.[4]

History

The inaugural race was held on 26 February 1984 as a half marathon.[1] It was won by Mexican runner Audón Hernández with a finish time of 1:06:16.[1][5]

The second edition, held on 10 February 1985, was the first to feature a race with the standard marathon distance of 42.195 km (26.2 mi).[1][5] The marathon was won by Mexican runners Eduardo Blake and Esmeralda Gutiérrez, with finish times of 2:22:22 and 3:00:59, respectively.[1][5]

The event was not held in 2011 due to the 2011 Pan American Games being held in the city that October.[1][7]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[8][9]

Course
External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2022[3]

The marathon begins at the Hospicio Cabañas and ends at the Palacio Municipal.[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]

Notes
  1. The inaugural race in 1984 was a half marathon.[1] The second edition, in 1985, was the first to feature a race with the standard marathon distance of 42.195 km (26.2 mi).[1]
  2. Spanish: Maratón Guadalajara[2]
  3. Spanish: Maratón Internacional Guadalajara[2]

References
  1. https://archive.today/20230430235727/https://www.arrs.run/HP_GuadMa.htm
  2. https://archive.today/20230430230058/https://aims-worldrunning.org/races/1128.html
  3. https://archive.today/20221102194506/https://www.maratonguadalajara.org/
  4. https://archive.today/20230430230049/https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/953-spectacular-stage-with-the-joy-of-music.html
  5. https://archive.today/20230430233109/https://www.informador.mx/deportes/Esfuerzos-que-emocionan-20171107-0012.html
  6. https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results
  7. https://archive.today/20230501015204/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/2011-pan-american-games/100179/
  8. https://archive.today/20230430230102/https://www.elsoldelcentro.com.mx/deportes/por-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemia-cancelan-maraton-internacional-de-guadalajara-2020-5528269.html
  9. https://archive.today/20230430230126/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/10/19/list-of-sports-events-affected-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic/114443012/
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