Taipei International Marathon
The Fubon Taipei International Marathon is a series of road races sponsored by Fubon (formerly sponsored by ING from 2004-08 until Fubon acquired ING's Taiwan division) in Taipei, Taiwan. This marathon competition made great impacts on recruiting local volunteers from financial, academical, and governmental people, importing "ChampionChip" timer system for elite marathon runners, and setting up "Kids Running Group" and "Polices & Firefighters Group" from 2005.
Due to the bad traffic issues in Taiwan, many academic, foreigners, and media criticized this issue at 2004. ING Antai even attempted to quit the sponsoring, but finally canceled this idea with a coordination between Chinese Taipei Road Running Association and Taipei City Government, who promised for good traffic quality to participants on December 15, 2006, and the marathon has been sponsored by ING, and later Fubon, since then. After the success in 2006, this competition was finally nominated to "Taiwan Sports Elite Awards".
Past winners
Key: Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2002 |  Mluleki Nobanda (RSA) |
2:14:38 |  Anfisa Kosacheva (RUS) |
2:36:25 |
| 2nd | 2003 |  Wu Wen-chien (ROC) |
2:22:41 |  Hu Xiuying (CHN) |
2:41:41 |
| 3rd | 2004 |  Wilson Cheruiyot (KEN) |
2:14:52 | Jennifer Chesinon (KEN) |
2:34:14 |
| 4th | 2005 | Luke Kibet (KEN) |
2:11:54 | Jane Ekimat (KEN) |
2:33:39 |
| 5th | 2006 | Luke Kibet (KEN) |
2:11:05 | Jane Ekimat (KEN) |
2:30:56 |
| 6th | 2007 | Hillary Kiplagat (KEN) |
2:17:09 |  Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) |
2:33:01 |
| 7th | 2008 | Sammy Chumba (KEN) |
2:15:37 | Caroline Kilel (KEN) |
2:30:44 |
| 8th | 2009 |  Gebreselassie Tsegay (ETH) |
2:15:57 | Yeshi Esayias (ETH) |
2:30:05 |
| 9th | 2010 | Yusuf Songoka (KEN) |
2:14:04 | Yeshi Esayias (ETH) |
2:30:37 |
| 10th | 2011[1] | Yemane Tsegay (ETH) |
2:10:24 | Helena Kirop (KEN) |
2:27:36 |
| 11th | 2012 | Josphat Kamzee (KEN) |
2:15:27 | Caroline Kilel (KEN) |
2:30:19 |
| 12th | 2013 | Josphat Too (KEN) |
2:19:13 | Mercy Too (KEN) |
2:38:18 |
| 13th | 2014 | Moses Kurgat (KEN) |
2:16:21 | Mercy Too (KEN) |
2:34:54 |
| 14th | 2015 | William Chebor (KEN) |
2:16:15 | Nancy Rotich (KEN) |
2:36:42 |
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- ↑ African runners win Taipei marathon. The China Post (2011-12-19). Retrieved on 2011-12-23.