2017 IAAF Road Race Label Events

The 2017 IAAF Road Race Label Events was the tenth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status of Gold, Silver or Bronze by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series included 103 road races in total, 50 Gold, 20 Silver and 33 Bronze. In terms of distance, 68 races were marathons, 23 were half marathons, 9 were 10K runs, and three were held over other distances. The series included all six World Marathon Majors in the Gold category.

Joyciline Jepkosgei was the most successful athlete in the series that year, with four wins. Three-time winners Eunice Chumba and Rahma Tusa were the only others to achieve more than two victories in the series. Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes were dominant on the circuit with a Kenyan topping the podium 92 times and an Ethiopian on 65 occasions. Bahrain (9 winners) was the only nation to produce more than five winners, though all of its winners were also Kenyan- or Ethiopian-born. China hosted the highest number of races, at thirteen.

Races

DateLabelDistanceCompetitionVenueCountryMen's winnerWomen's winnerGoldMarathonXiamen International MarathonXiamenChinaGoldMarathonDubai MarathonDubaiUnited Arab EmiratesGoldMarathonHong Kong MarathonHong KongChinaGoldMarathon2017 Tokyo MarathonTokyoJapanGold10K runWorld's Best 10KSan JuanPuerto RicoGoldMarathonLake Biwa MarathonŌtsuJapan—GoldHalf marathonRoma-Ostia Half MarathonRomeItalyGoldMarathonNagoya Women's MarathonNagoyaJapan—GoldMarathonSeoul International MarathonSeoulSouth KoreaGoldHalf marathonLisbon Half MarathonLisbonPortugalGoldHalf marathonPrague Half MarathonPragueCzech RepublicGoldMarathonRotterdam MarathonRotterdamNetherlandsGoldMarathonParis MarathonParisFranceGoldMarathon2017 Boston MarathonBostonUnited StatesGoldMarathonMadrid MarathonMadridSpainGoldMarathonVienna City MarathonViennaAustriaGoldHalf marathonGifu Seiryu Half MarathonGifuJapanGoldHalf marathonYangzhou Jianzhen International Half MarathonYangzhouChinaGoldMarathon2017 London MarathonLondonUnited KingdomGoldHalf marathonIstanbul Half MarathonIstanbulTurkeyGoldMarathonPrague MarathonPragueCzech RepublicGoldMarathonYellow River Estuary MarathonDongyingChinaGoldHalf marathonKarlovy Vary Half MarathonKarlovy VaryCzech RepublicGold10K runOttawa 10K Road RaceOttawaCanadaGoldMarathonOttawa MarathonOttawaCanadaGoldHalf marathonČeské Budějovice Half MarathonČeské BudějoviceCzech RepublicGoldHalf marathonOlomouc Half MarathonOlomoucCzech RepublicGoldMarathonGold Coast MarathonGold CoastAustraliaGoldHalf marathonBogotá Half MarathonBogotáColombiaGold10K runPrague Grand PrixPragueCzech RepublicGoldHalf marathonÚstí nad Labem Half MarathonÚstí nad LabemCzech RepublicGoldMarathonBeijing MarathonBeijingChinaGoldMarathonCape Town MarathonCape TownSouth AfricaGoldHalf marathonCopenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagenDenmarkGoldMarathonSydney MarathonSydneyAustraliaGoldMarathon2017 Berlin MarathonBerlinGermanyGoldMarathon2017 Chicago MarathonChicagoUnited StatesGoldMarathonLisbon MarathonLisbonPortugalGoldHalf marathonLisbon Half MarathonLisbonPortugalGoldMarathonAmsterdam MarathonAmsterdamNetherlandsGoldHalf marathonValencia Half MarathonValenciaSpainGoldMarathonToronto MarathonTorontoCanadaGoldMarathonFrankfurt MarathonFrankfurtGermanyGoldMarathon2017 New York City MarathonNew York CityUnited StatesGoldMarathonIstanbul MarathonIstanbulTurkeyGoldMarathonShanghai MarathonShanghaiChinaGoldMarathonValencia MarathonValenciaSpainGoldHalf marathonDelhi Half MarathonNew DelhiIndiaGoldMarathonFukuoka MarathonFukuokaJapan—GoldMarathonSingapore MarathonSingaporeSingaporeSilverMarathonHouston MarathonHoustonUnited StatesSilverMarathonOsaka MarathonOsakaJapan—SilverHalf marathonKagawa Marugame Half MarathonMarugameJapanSilverHalf marathonBarcelona Half MarathonBarcelonaSpainSilverMarathonSeville MarathonSevilleSpainSilverMarathonChongqing MarathonChongqingChinaSilverMarathonRome MarathonRomeItalySilverMarathonDaegu MarathonDaeguSouth KoreaSilverMarathonHannover MarathonHannoverGermanySilverMarathonŁódź MarathonŁódźPolandSilverMarathonWarsaw MarathonWarsawPolandSilverMarathonLanzhou MarathonLanzhouChinaSilver10 milesDam tot DamloopAmsterdamNetherlandsSilverHalf marathonCardiff Half MarathonCardiffUnited KingdomSilver20K runMarseille-Cassis Classique InternationaleMarseilleFranceSilverMarathonSaitama MarathonSaitamaJapan—SilverMarathonBeirut MarathonBeirutLebanonSilverMarathonGuangzhou MarathonGuangzhouChinaSilver10K runSan Silvestre VallecanaMadridSpainSilver10K runCorrida de HouillesHouillesFranceBronzeHalf marathonHouston Half MarathonHoustonUnited StatesBronzeHalf marathonSanta Pola Half MarathonSevilleSpainBronzeMarathonBarcelona MarathonBarcelonaSpainBronzeMarathonNew Taipei City Wan Jin Shi MarathonNew Taipei CityTaiwanBronzeHalf marathonGdynia Half MarathonGdyniaPolandBronzeHalf marathonWarsaw Half MarathonWarsawPolandBronzeMarathonMilano City MarathonMilanItalyBronzeMarathonSantiago MarathonSantiagoChileBronzeMarathonPyongyang MarathonPyongyangNorth KoreaBronzeMarathonNagano Olympic Commemorative MarathonNaganoJapanBronzeMarathonGeneva MarathonGenevaSwitzerlandBronze10K runOkpekpe Road RaceOkpekpeNigeriaBronzeMarathonRiga MarathonRigaLatviaBronze10K runWorld 10K BangaloreBangaloreIndiaBronzeMarathonEdinburgh MarathonEdinburghUnited KingdomBronze10K runCorrida de LangueuxLangueuxFranceBronze10K runVidovdan Road RaceBrčkoBosnia and HerzegovinaBronzeMarathonMexico City MarathonMexico CityMexicoBronzeMarathonMinsk MarathonMinskBelarusBronzeMarathonTaiyuan MarathonTaiyuanChinaBronzeMarathonWarsaw MarathonWarsawPolandBronzeMarathonHengshui Lake International MarathonHengshuiChinaBronzeMarathonKošice Peace MarathonKošiceSlovakiaBronze20K run20 Kilomètres de ParisParisFranceBronzeMarathonBournemouth MarathonBournemouthUnited KingdomBronzeMarathonVenice MarathonVeniceItalyBronzeMarathonLjubljana MarathonLjubljanaSloveniaBronzeMarathonFrench Riviera MarathonNiceFranceBronzeMarathonHangzhou International MarathonHangzhouChinaBronzeHalf marathonBoulogne-Billancourt Half MarathonBoulogne-BillancourtFranceBronzeMarathonFlorence MarathonFlorenceItalyBronzeMarathonMarathon du GabonLibrevilleGabonBronzeMarathonShenzhen MarathonShenzhenChina

Series summary By label LabelRacesMarathonHalf marathon10KOtherGold 50 32 15 3 0Silver 20 13 3 2 2Bronze 33 23 5 4 1Totals 103 68 23 9 3

By country CountryRacesWinnersAlgeria 0 1Australia 2 1Austria 1 0Bahrain 0 9Belarus 1 2Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0Canada 3 0Chile 1 0China 13 0Colombia 1 0Czech Republic 7 0Denmark 1 0Eritrea 0 1Ethiopia 0 65France 7 1Gabon 1 0Germany 3 1India 2 0Italy 5 1Kenya 0 92Kyrgyzstan 0 1Japan 9 4Latvia 1 0Lebanon 1 0Mexico 1 0Mongolia 0 1Morocco 0 2Netherlands 3 0New Zealand 0 1Nigeria 1 0North Korea 1 2Norway 0 1Peru 0 2Poland 5 1Portugal 3 0Puerto Rico 1 0Singapore 1 0Slovakia 1 0Slovenia 1 0South Africa 1 1South Korea 2 0Spain 8 1Switzerland 1 1Taiwan 1 0Tanzania 0 1Turkey 2 0Uganda 0 1United Arab Emirates 1 0United Kingdom 4 3United States 5 4

Multiple winners AthleteCountrySexWinsJoyciline Jepkosgei Female 4Eunice Chumba Female 3Rahma Tusa Female 3Abraham Cheroben Male 2Azmeraw Bekele Male 2Birhanu Legese Male 2Hillary Kiptum Maiyo Kimaiyo Male 2John Kipsang Lotiang Male 2Marius Kimutai Male 2Shura Kitata Tola Male 2Tamirat Tola Male 2Edith Chelimo Female 2Eunice Kirwa Female 2Gladys Cherono Kiprono Female 2Meskerem Assefa Female 2Pamela Jepkosgei Rotich Female 2Ruth Chepngetich Female 2Sarah Chepchirchir Female 2Worknesh Degefa Female 2

References

Race calendar Calendar 2017 IAAF Label Road Races. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.