Registration Notice of 2023 Guangzhou Marathon

1. RACE INFORMATION

1.1 Race Date and Location

a. Race date: December 10th, 2023 (Sunday)

b. Location: Guangzhou

1.2 Event and Field Size

a. Event: Marathon (42.195KM), Half Marathon (21.0975KM)

b. Field Size: 30,000 in total, with Marathon 20,000 and Half Marathon  10,000.

1.3 Start Time

Marathon: 7:30 a.m.

Half Marathon: 8:00 a.m.

1.4 Race Course

a. Start: Tianhe Sports Center

b. Finish:

Marathon Finish: Huacheng Square

Half Marathon Finish: Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center

c. Course goes through Tianhe District, Haizhu District, Liwan District, and Yuexiu District.

2. REGISTRATION SITE

Guangzhou Marathon Official Website: www.guangzhou-marathon.com

3. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Age Requirements

a. For Marathon, participants shall be at least 20 years old, born before December 31^st, 2003 (include).

b. For Half Marathon, participants shall be at least 16 years old, born before December 31^st, 2007 (include).

*Notes:

(a) For participants who aged under 18 years old, he/she and his/her guardian, custodian or legal representative shall fully understand, consent with and co-sign the Declaration of Participation and Commitment to Health and Safety Responsibilities.

(b) For participants who aged over 70 years old, he/she and his/her relatives (including the spouse, parents, adult offspring and other adult relatives) shall fully understand, consent with and co-sign the Declaration of Participation and Commitment to Health and Safety Responsibilities.

3.2 Experiences Requirements

Must have completed Marathon or Half Marathon between January 1, 2019 (include) and September 4, 2023 (include). Proof documents shall be submitted while online registration. Experiences of virtual marathon will not be accepted.

3.3 Health Requirements

a. Participants must sign and submit the Health and Safety Responsibility Commitment Letter before the race bag pick-up.

b. Marathon is an athletic sport with high load and great intensity over long distances. It is also a high risk athletic sport which has high physical demands on participants. Participants shall be in healthy condition, have experience in running and have completed training with distance over half-marathon. Anyone who has any of the following conditions is not recommended to participate:

• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (including hypertension), congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, chronic liver, kidney disease, tumor and other basic diseases.

• Maintenance dialysis patients.

• Deficiency of immune function.

• Coronary artery disease and serious arrhythmia.

• Diabetes with too high or too low blood sugar.

• Obesity (body mass index, BMI≥30).

• Caught a cold in two weeks prior to the race.

• Heavy drinking or insufficient sleep the night before the race.

• Pregnancy.

• Heavy smokers.

• Other diseases that are not suitable for doing sports.

All participants shall be liable for personal injury and property loss caused by personal health condition or other personal reasons during the event. Before the entry, participants are advised to have physical check-up (including electrocardiographic examination) in qualified medical institutions, and make a self-evaluation to confirm if the physical condition is suitable for the event of their choice.

*Notes: The setting of the courses, water/sponge station and mobile toilets are not specially set for users with wheelchair, baby carriage, roller skate etc. The organizing committee reserves the right to disqualify these participants. In addition, racing wheelchair event is not set in this race and racing wheelchair is not allowed in safety purpose. Thus, results obtained by using racing wheelchair will not be acknowledged for ranking prizes.

4. REGISTRATION AND LOTTERY

4.1 The registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on September 5th, 2023 and closes at 5:00 p.m. on September 25th, 2023.

4.2 The lottery result will be announced in mid-to-late October.

5. REGISTRATION PROCESS

Log in the Official Website → Read the Statement of the LOC and answer questions → For new users, register and fill in registration information / For existing users, update registration information → Wait for the lottery result (be announced in mid October) → Lottery winners pay the entry fee → Registration completed

6. ENTRY FEE

General Entry: 40 USD/person

*Once the entry is confirmed, entry fee is not refundable. 

7. DIRECT ENTRY

7.1 Loyal Runners

Runners who have participated in any race events of Guangzhou Marathon for nine consecutive years (from 2012-2020) will be accepted directly to the 2023 Guangzhou Marathon.

7.2 Elite Runners

Runners who have participated in the last five Guangzhou Marathon races (any edition of Guangzhou Marathon from 2016-2020) and reaching the qualifying times below (equivalent to current Elite-Level  standard defined by CAA) will be accepted directly to the 2023 Guangzhou Marathon.

Qualifying times:

7.3 Loyal Runners and Elite Runners must complete the registration on the official website in time, otherwise it shall be deemed as voluntarily given up.

8. DIRECT ENTRY FROM/TO BEIJING MARATHON

8.1 200 Marathon entry places of 2023 Beijing Marathon will be decided by lottery from Marathon registration pool of the 2023 Guangzhou Marathon (100 from eligible participants pool, and 100 from other participants pool). Selected participants shall meet the qualification of 2023 Beijing Marathon and have already successfully submitted registration form to 2023 Beijing Marathon. Selected participants need to access to Beijing Marathon official website and complete the payment of entry fee. Participants who fail to complete the payment by the designated date will have their entries cancelled automatically.

8.2 200 Marathon entry places of 2023 Guangzhou Marathon will be decided by lottery from the 2023 Beijing Marathon (100 from eligible participants pool, and 100 from other participants pool). Selected participants shall meet the qualification of 2023 Guangzhou Marathon and have already successfully submitted registration form to 2023 Guangzhou Marathon. Selected participants need to access to Guangzhou Marathon official website and complete the payment of entry fee. Participants who fail to complete the payment by the designated date will have their entries cancelled automatically.

9. PUBLIC WELFARE AND CHARITY ENTRY

9.1 Quota

Marathon: 100 places for Public Welfare Entry and 50 places for Charity Entry.

Half Marathon: 100 places for Public Welfare Entry and 50 places for Charity Entry.

9.2 Time

Entry opens in early November (after the lottery result is announced). Please refer to Guangzhou Marathon official website for more information.

9.3 Requirements

Entry only opens to applicants who registered and fail in lottery. Applicants shall meet all registration requirements above (see 3.1-3.3). 

9.4 Applicants may log on the Guangzhou Marathon official website for the Public Welfare and Charity Entry. Entry will be designated by a first-come, first-serve basis.

10. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

10.1 The entry fee will not be refunded. Entry quotas are not transferable for any reason and race bibs cannot be counterfeited, transferred, sold to other parties. Transferring the bibs, running without the bibs, running with counterfeited bibs, and running with other’s bibs etc., are all deem as violations.

10.2 All entrants shall provide valid and real information for the registration, otherwise one would be failed and disqualified for the race;

10.3 The lottery results will be informed by e-mails and text messages. The organizer will not be liable to any detriments caused by undelivered e-mails/texts, due to false e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Please log on the official website timely to check for lottery result. 

10.4 Applicants who fail to complete the entry fee payment within the designated time will have the entry canceled automatically.

10.5 In case there are any vacancies left, secondary lottery may be held. Applicants who fail in lottery, may log on the Guangzhou Marathon official website for the Public Welfare and Charity Entry. Entry will open after the lottery result is announced. Entry will be designated by a first-come, first-serve basis.

10.6 Any promotional material (except for official sponsors’ goods), including but not limited to flags, scrolls, balloons, models, etc., are strictly prohibited throughout the event. Anyone who disregards this rule will be disqualified and removed from the event.

10.7 The 2023 Guangzhou Marathon has officially become a qualifying race for the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships. Participants in the marathon events who meet the age group requirements (Age ≥ 40) can choose to join the system when registering for the Guangzhou Marathon, and with the results of the race, participants will have the opportunity to earn a place in the 2024 AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships. Specific information can be found at www.worldmarathonmajors.com or www.abbottwmmglobalrunclub.com. Participants joining the system should note that they should complete the registration on the official website of AbbottWMM at the same time of registering for the Guangzhou Marathon, so as to obtain the valid ranking and information about the qualifying races of the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships.

10.8 For Inquiries

E-mail: oc@guangzhou-marathon.com

Tel: 020-38797839, 020-38797810, 13522350781 

Office hours: 09:00-11:30 & 13:00-17:30 (Monday - Friday)

Issues not covered herein are subject to further notices and updates. The final interpretation of this notice is up to the Guangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee.