Gaborone Marathon

Gaborone Marathon
Gaborone Marathon
Date	Mid-May
Location	Gaborone, Botswana
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor	Diacore
Beneficiary	List of beneficiaries Y Care Charitable Trust; Mothers for All; Moremogolo Trust; Seeing is Believing; Lady Khama Charitable Trust;
Established	April 2009
Course records	Men's: 2:15:25 (2013); Luka Chelimo; Women's: 2:39:31 (2013); Peris Kiprono
Official site	Gaborone Marathon
Participants	278 (2019)

The Diacore Gaborone Marathon is a marathon in Gaborone, Botswana. The marathon is governed by the International Association of Athletics Federations and the Botswana Athletics Association. It is open for to ages 19 and up, and the race is a qualifier for the Comrades Marathon in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and the 2012 Olympic Marathon in London. The marathon is the second of its kind in Botswana, after the Bosele Marathon in Selebi-Phikwe.

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