Maintaining their run

Focusing only on those marathons that took place on a single day (some organisers spread their races over several days – in Richmond, USA, to 15), we find only 12 of them were “saved” after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

97th Košice Peace Marathon
Sunday 4 October, Košice, SVK
Runners at the finish line: 156 men, 23 women

74th Fukuoka International Marathon
Sunday 6 December, Fukuoka, JPN
Runners at the finish line: 67 men, no women
Note: only elite runners who were residents of Japan.

51st Hofu Marathon
Sunday 20 December, Hofu, JPN
Runners at the finish line: 311 men, 38 women

49th Space Coast Marathon
Sunday 29 November, Cocoa, FL, USA
Runners at the finish line: 536

45th Omaha Marathon
Sunday 20 September, Omaha, NE, USA
Runners at the finish line: 299

42nd Istanbul Marathon
Sunday 8 November, Istanbul, TUR
Runners at the finish line: 1475 + 15 elite

40th Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso edp
Sunday 6 December, Valencia, ESP
Runners at the finish line: 87 men, 47 women
Note: 41 men and 20 women met the limit for the coming Tokyo Olympics.

40th Virgin Money London Marathon
Sunday 4 October, London, GBR
Runners at the finish line: 29 elite men,18 women
Note: Organizers further sold 45,000 bib numbers for a virtual marathon.

39th Galaxy Entertainment Macau International Marathon
Sunday 6 December, Macau, MAC
Runners at the finish line: 652 men, 89 women

38th Swiss Alpine Marathon
Sunday 26 July, Davos, SUI
Runners at the finish line: 307 men, 111 women

38th Wizz Air Sofia Marathon
Sunday 11 November, Sofia, BUL
Runners at the finish line: 314 men, 71 women

35th Venicemarathon
Sunday, 1 November, Venice, ITA
Runners at the finish line: 3
Note: Only a symbolic run; Eleonora Corradini, Gabriele Gallo and wheelchair racer Alberto Buccoliero.