Hainan Danzhou Marathon 2026

The Hainan Danzhou Marathon returns to western Hainan on Sunday 20 December 2026 with an 11,000-runner field and a coastal course based at Yangpu Coastal Culture Square. The programme has 3,000 places in the marathon and 8,000 in the half marathon. Current competition regulations list China Athletics Association certification as pending, so the 2026 event should be treated as applying for that status rather than already certified.

Both distances use a single 07:30 start and the same start and finish precinct on East Binhai Road. The marathon heads through Binhai Road, Jinyang Road and Xinyingwan Avenue, crosses Yangpu Bridge, continues into the wider Xinying Bay road network and returns to the square. The half marathon shares the bridge and inner coastal corridor before turning back earlier. The organiser presents the route around Danzhou's Yangpu coast, combining bridge running, bayside roads and urban waterfront sections. Current organiser guidance gives the marathon a six-hour limit and the half marathon a three-hour limit.

Electronic timing is built into the race bib, with timing mats at the start, every 5 km, the half-marathon point, turnarounds and finish. Baggage can be deposited from 06:00 to 07:10, with half-marathon collection closing at 11:30 and marathon collection at 14:30. Fixed medical points are planned every 2.5 km, supported by mobile AED teams and course volunteers. Mobile toilets and weather-dependent cooling sprays are also part of race operations.

Entry is first come, first served. Marathon applicants must show one marathon or two half-marathon results from the previous 24 months; half-marathon applicants need one half-marathon or two races of at least 10 km. Race packs must be collected in person on 18 or 19 December using original identification, with no proxy collection. The pickup venue is still to be announced. Finishers inside the official cut-off receive a finisher medal and other finish items and can download a result certificate after race day. The awards programme includes overall, Chinese age-group and running-club prizes, plus a CNY 20,000 course-record bonus for the first man or woman to break the respective event record.