The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2025 will take place on February 9 and maintain its quota of 74,000 runners. The city’s largest marathon will accept registration in phases for various categories. Public ballot registration will start on August 21.
The upcoming edition will include the full-length marathon, half-marathon, 10km race, and wheelchair race. To further enhance the competitiveness of the race, the 2025 edition will also increase the number of age groups from eight to 20 (10 each for the men’s and women’s divisions). Keep reading to find out more details about the mega sporting event.
Hong Kong Marathon 2025: All the details about the sporting event
Both the marathon and half-marathon categories will start from Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui while the 10km race will begin from Island Eastern Corridor. Finally, the wheelchair race will commence from the Wan Chai Sports Centre. All races will finish at Victoria Park.
The top three runners competing in the races in each age group will receive the awards. This year, organisers will continue to offer the Marathon Special Incentive Award. A prize money of HKD 1,000 will be given to each male and female Hong Kong permanent resident runner in the marathon challenge. They will need to complete the race within three hours and 3.5 hours respectively.
Visit the website for more details about the registration schedule.
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A mega sporting event that gives back
The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon is one of the city’s largest sporting events. For years, it has attracted local and international runners to compete at the highest level. To ramp up the excitement, organisers will rally close to a thousand local shops in the race districts to participate in the event in various ways.
In addition, the event will continue its mission to spread positive energy to the community through its Marathon Charity Programme. They have raised nearly HKD 8 million for 28 charitable organisations in previous editions. So, in 2025, organisers will take a step further by doubling the number of beneficiaries to about 50 charitable organisations.
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