Buriram Marathon Explained

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Date:	later January
Location:	Buriram, Thailand
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon, Half marathon, 10 km
Est:	2017
Sponsor:	Chang
Record:	Men: 2:10:23 David Barmasai (2020) Women: 2:37:52 Sharon Cherop (2020)
Participants:	3,390 finishers (2022) 4,291 (2021) 5,218 (2020) 6,548 (2019) 3,581 (2018) 1,220 (2017)

The Buriram Marathon is held every February at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, northeastern Thailand. Its title sponsor is Chang Beer. The marathon events are regularly attended by elite runners from Thailand, Laos, Ethiopia, Kenya, and other countries.

History

The Buriram Marathon was founded by Newin Chidchob, the President of Buriram United and Executive of Chang International Circuit.^[1]

The inaugural event was launched in 2017. More than 24,000 runners participated in the 3rd Buriram Marathon in 2019, which was marked by much higher than usual humidity and temperatures.^[2]

Past winners

Key:

Marathon

class=unsortable	Edition	Year	class=unsortable	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	class=unsortable	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2017^[3]		2:17:00		2:40:57
2nd	2018^[4]		2:21:03		2:48:49
3rd	2019^[5]		2:17:50		2:38:38
4th	2020^[6]		2:11:46		2:32:41
5th	2021^[7]		2:35:02		3:14:57
6th	2022^[8]		2:28:22		2:52:13
7th	2023^[9]		2:08:57		2:28:08
8th	2024^[10]		2:09:54		2:27:59

Half marathon

class=unsortable	Edition	Year	class=unsortable	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	class=unsortable	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2017		1:04:07		1:15:09
2nd	2018		1:03:14		1:21:02
3rd	2019		1:07:26		1:28:22
4th	2020		1:03:46		1:16:26
5th	2021		1:11:48		1:26:55
6th	2022		1:08:35		1:26:06
7th	2023		1:05:02		1:21:27
8th	2024		1:04:07		1:16:04

10 km

class=unsortable	Edition	Year	class=unsortable	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	class=unsortable	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2017		31:09		36:46
2nd	2018		28:59.5		37:23.2
3rd	2019		32:55		38:20
4th	2020		30:13		38:29
5th	2021		32:02		38:00
6th	2022		32:13		37:28
7th	2023		32:10		39:20
8th	2024		32:18		34:52

External links

• Buriram Marathon official site

Notes and References

1. http://www.buriramtimes.com/second-buriram-marathon-february-11-2018/ Second Buriram Marathon On February 11 2018
2. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/sports/30364017 Kenyans dominate Buriram Marathon
3. Web site: 2017 Buriram Marathon results. 12 February 2017. my.raceresult.com.
4. Web site: 2018 Buriram Marathon results. 11 February 2018. sportstats.asia.
5. Web site: 2019 Buriram Marathon results. 10 February 2019. my.raceresult.com.
6. Web site: 2020 Buriram Marathon results. 9 February 2020. my.raceresult.com.
7. Web site: 2021 Buriram Marathon results. 2 April 2021. my.raceresult.com.
8. Web site: 2022 Buriram Marathon results. 24 January 2022. my.raceresult.com.
9. Web site: 2023 Buriram Marathon results. 29 January 2024. my.raceresult.com.
10. Web site: 2024 Buriram Marathon results. 29 January 2024. my.raceresult.com.