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Kuala Lumpur Half Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [36] Marathon: 2:49:28 Yuan Yufang: 30 April 2000 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24 years, 89 days 100 m hurdles: 13.27 (+1.3 m/s) Moh Siew Wei: 11 June 2004 Kassel, Germany 26 years, 42 days [37] 400 m hurdles: 56.02 Noraseela Mohd Khalid: 17 June 2006 Regensburg ...
8–24 August – Malaysia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. On August 17, Malaysian badminton player, Lee Chong Wei , won a silver medal at these Games. This was the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that Malaysia won a medal at an Olympic Games.
The Borneo International Marathon was started by Andrew Voon (from 2008 to 2011 [3] [4]), Christopher Nielsen (from 2008 to 2010), Urs Weisskop (from 2008 to 2010) and Simon Amos (from 2008 to 2010). Marathon was first held on October 12, 2008, launched by Championship Sport Events Sdn. Bhd. The late Andrew Voon served as the Race Director.
The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium. [1] It was (as of today) the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. [2]
On four occasions the Kuala Lumpur Marathon was either postponed or cancelled, which occurred in 2013, 2015, 2020 and 2021, due to situations rendering the impracticability of holding the marathon. Since 2019, the marathon has switched to a two-day format due to the growing number of runners, spread out over a race weekend period.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T46; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54