How many full marathon runners are there in Singapore?

20,000 have signed up to do the full marathon route above. (Click on image to see larger version. PDFs available for download below.)

Over the last 10 years, runners on this island of ours have been signing up for marathons like it’s a walk in the park. Some of you may have wondered — will the number of full marathoners ever stop growing?

Perhaps the registration numbers for the upcoming 2011 Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore will give us an indication. That’s because for the first time in a long while, the number of 42km runners at the Singapore Marathon has not grown.

20,000 have signed up to do the full marathon on December 4th, 2011, the same number as last year. The organisers had a quota of 24,000 spaces for the full marathon this year.

Based on the historical data set below — which, we must add, is not complete — the number of full marathoners have grown about 10-fold since 2002. This year, it looks like we have reached a plateau as far as the full marathon is concerned.

2011 Singapore Marathon Registration Numbers
42km — 20,000 (2010 — 20,000)
21km — 19,700 (2010 — 15,000)
10km — 16,000 (2010 — 20,000)
5km — 5,000 (2010 — did not exist)

Running Numbers
2011 — 20,000 full marathon registrants (65,000 across all categories)
2010 — 20,000 full marathon registrants (60,000 across all categories)
2009 — 17,500 full marathon registrants (50,000 across all categories)
2008 — 15,252 full marathon registrants (50,000 across all categories)
2007 — 12,000 full marathon registrants (40,000 across all categories)
2006 — unknown number of full marathon registrants (31,000 across all categories)
2005 — unknown number of full marathon registrants (21,000 across all categories)
2004 — 3,585* full marathon finishers (total numbers across all categories unknown)
2003 — 2,489* full marathon finishers (total numbers across all categories unknown)
2002 — unknown number of full marathon registrants (6,000 across all categories)

*source: marathonguide.com

Ed’s note: If you have official data to add to the statistics above, please feel free to share in the comments section below.

2011 Route Map Downloads
Full Marathon route map
Half Marathon route map
10km route map
5km and kids dash routes