Doha Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Doha Marathon by Ooredoo is a January road race along the Corniche in Doha, Qatar, presented by the telecommunications company Ooredoo. The first edition, on 26 January 2013, was a half marathon with just over 300 runners, and a marathon was added in 2014. The race is held on a Friday morning in mid-January, with a half marathon, a 10 km, a 5 km, a family run and, from 2027, a 42 km relay for teams of three or four runners. The 15th edition on 15 January 2027 has a redesigned full-marathon course that starts at Hotel Park in West Bay and follows the Corniche past the Amiri Diwan, the Old Doha Port and Souq Waqif, and the organisers say it has no loops. A new Arab category is added to the full marathon. Reigning Olympic champion Tamirat Tola set the men's course record of 2:05:40 in 2026, and Meseret Belete's 2:20:46 from 2023 is the women's record. More than 20,000 runners from 160 nationalities took part in 2026, and the race holds World Athletics Label status.