Beijing marathon 2022 starts registration on Tuesday and 30,000 runners will compete on November 6, marking the 41-year-old event’s long-awaited return after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 epidemic. It will be another important sports event the capital city will hold after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Runners will start from the Tiananmen Square and ran all the 40 kilometers to the main avenue of the Olympic Park.
According to the event organizer, only people aged 20 and above who have a Beijing hukou (household registered in Beijing) or residential certificate can apply. In addition, they must have completed a marathon in six hours or a half-marathon in three hours after 2019 to be qualified for registration.
People from Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan island, and foreigners are required relevant ID documents and corresponding residential certificates.
The event organizer asks registrants to provide records of COVID-19 vaccine inoculation and booster shots if the first two shots were completed by April 20 and stay in Beijing seven days before claiming event materials until completing the marathon. Valid 24-hour nucleic acid test is required to claim the materials and to compete.
