Table 1

Races and athletes characteristics

Marathon20KRW50KRW
WomenMenWomenMenWomenMen
Environmental conditions
Start time (hh:mm)23:5923:5923:5923:3023:3023:30
Temperature (°C)32.0±0.729.3±0.531.6±0.832.7±0.231.1±0.531.1±0.5
RH (%)77.9±2.346.3±1.076.6±3.280.6±1.175.7±3.075.7±3.0
Wind speed (m/s)0.1±0.20.4±0.50.3±0.41.7±0.40.4±0.70.4±0.7
WBGT (°C)29.6±0.323.5±0.428.9±0.530.6±0.328.2±0.928.2±0.9
Starters
n687345522344
Age (years)30.6±5.131.0±4.026.9±5.928.1±4.329.4±5.131.5±5.9
Height (cm)162±5176±7163±7179±7166±6179±7
Body mass (kg)48.3±4.361.6±5.050.4±4.364.6±5.952.4±6.867.6±6.4
Finishers
n (%)40 (59)55 (75)39 (84)40 (77)17 (40)28 (64)
Age (years)31.0±5.731.3±4.027.6±5.928.3±4.430.0±4.631.8±5.9
Height (cm)161±6176±7162±7178±8166±5182±6
Body mass (kg)47.9±5.361.6±5.049.9±4.564.9±6.252.7±7.370.0±6.2
n (%)28 (41)18 (25)3 (7)7 (13)6 (26)13 (30)
Age (years)30.0±4.230.1±3.823.5±5.928.6±3.327.8±6.331.3±5.8
Height (cm)163±5N/A165±9184±2166±11174±6
Body mass (kg)48.8±2.6N/A53.3±1.563.9±7.351.5±7.864.4±5.8
Medical events
n (%)32 (47)12 (16)6 (13)3 (6)6 (26)11 (25)
Age (years)29.5±5.330.8±3.928.0±7.732.8±4.229.2±5.831.1±7.8
Height (cm)162±6N/A164±6185±N/A168±7181±6
Body mass (kg)49.1±3.3N/A47.4±4.070±N/A55.3±6.767.1±6.5
Results
Time (%PB)115±5106±4112±4119±6111±4115±5
  • Values in mean±SD.

  • DNF, did not finish; KRW, km race-walk; N/A, not available; %PB, percentage of personal best; RH, relative humidity; WBGT, wet-bulb globe temperature.