The first competition was held on November 29, starting at 8:30AM. The marathon course runs through Qinhuai River, City Wall of Nanjing and Yangtze River. The course provides full-marathon, half-marathon and mini-marathon(5KM). A total of 16,000 participants entered for the competition this year, 2,000 of full-marathon, 4,000 of half-marathon, 10,000 of mini-marathon. The runners KIPTANUI from Kenya with a win in 2:11:44 of the men's field. The runners TUFA from Ethiopia with a win in 2:24:37 of the women's field.
2016
A total of 21,000 participants entered for the competition this year. Asian runners were on the wrong path in this competition. The runners from Mongolia with a win in 2:31:37 of the full-marathon.
2017
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 15 October 7:30AM. The runners from Kenya with a win in 2:20:27 of the full-marathon.
2018
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 4 November 7:30AM. In order to encourage China's runners to participate this year, the organizer specially added the "China Athlete's Record Breaking Award". Any China's runner who participates in the full-marathon event, as long as it breaks the record from 2014 to 2017 announced by the Chinese Marathon platform, will receive a prize of $20,000.[4]
2019
A total of 28,000 participants entered for the competition this year.
2020
A total of 10,000 participants entered for the competition this year, because of the COVID-19. The marathon started at Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in 29 November 7:30AM.[5][6][7][8][9]
