Sunday December 6th, 2026
Shanghai, China
Distance: Marathon · Half Marathon · 10K · 5K
Offical Race Web Site
Shanghai International Marathon has established itself as the marquee running event on China’s Marathon calendar. Every November, tens of thousand participants run passing the many historical places of this city such as Bund Bull, Customs House, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Exhibition center, Jing’an Temple, Nan Pu Bridge, Lu Pu Bridge, Long Hua Temple, Shanghai Stadium.
The course records were both set in 2012 as Kenya's Sylvester Kimeli Teimet set the men's standard of 2:09:01 hours and Ethiopian Feyse Tadese broke the women's record with 2:24:08 hours. Participation also reached a new high that year, as over 30,000 runners competed in the marathon.
Shanghai East Best and Lansheng Event Management Co., LTD,are the exclusive organizer of Shanghai International Marathon, Shang-ma Series, and Shang-ma Club. The company aims to achieve breakthroughs in the event organizing and enlarge combined event effect through branding operation, to popularize the spirit of the events through leading citizens into healthy and progressive lifestyle, to make the events more influential through creating fashionable and stylish road race culture and to expand the driving force of the events through forming a creative industrial chain.
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| Male | 2:06:25 | Milkesa Mengesha | ETHI | |
| 2nd Male | 2:06:27 | Dawit Wolde | ETHI | |
| 3rd Male | 2:06:36 | Deresa Geleta | ETHI | |
| Female | 2:16:36 | Brigid Kosgei | KEN | |
| 2nd Female | 2:18:51 | Irine Cheptai | KEN | |
| 3rd Female | 2:20:38 | Tiruye Mesfin | ETHI |
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
Awards
Men’s and Women’s Full Marathon
Award for ranking (USD):
| Place | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | 45,000 | 25,000 | 12,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 3,000 | 2,000 |
Notes: The result of Men’s full marathon’s champion must be within 2:09:30; the result of Women’s full marathon’s champion must be within 2:26:00. For those champions who don’t meet the standards, the awards will be reduced 50%. The result of the winning athletes will be post on the official website for 10 days, and then, with the confirmation of negative doping control result, the awards shall be given.
Awards for breaking records:
a. Award for breaking the world record marathon time: USD 100,000
b. Award for breaking the record time of the Shanghai International Marathon: USD 10,000 (only for 1st place)
c. Only the highest dollar award will be provided to any one runner, no combination of awards will be given.
d. Chinese athletes will be awarded equivalent RMB
(3) According to the Chinese tax regulation, 20% personal income tax will be levied on the winnings.
(4) Any runner who completes the marathon within 6 hours 15 minutes will be awarded with a medal. The certificate of result will be available for self-printing on the official Shanghai International Marathon website 5 working days after the race. Please download the certificate within 90 days. Results will be available to check 24 hours after the race.
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