Zhouyi Cup Tanghe Wetland Half Marathon Tangyin 2026

The 2026 Zhouyi Cup Tanghe Wetland Park Half Marathon takes place in Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan, on Sunday 8 November 2026. The Chinese Athletics Association-certified 21.0975 km road race is scheduled to start at 08:00 China Standard Time with a single starting gun. The field is capped at 6,000 entrants, selected by ballot. The organisers are the Henan Athletics Association and Tangyin County People's Government, with the county's culture and sport bureau handling delivery.

Important: applications have closed

Registration and payment ran from 10 to 17 October 2026 and are now closed. Ballot results were scheduled for 10:00 on 23 October 2026. Applicants not selected should receive their entry-fee refund within seven working days of the ballot announcement. The organiser accepted registrations through the official Zhongyuan Sports (中原体育) and Tangyin Culture and Tourism (汤阴文旅) WeChat accounts using their published QR codes, rather than a conventional public website checkout. See the 13 October county-government notice for the original entry instructions.

This is not an open international entry: the regulations explicitly state that foreign nationals are not accepted. No team entries are accepted either. Applicants must be at least 18 years old under the organiser's birth-date eligibility rule and must have uploaded two finish results for events of 10 km or longer within the preceding 24 months before entries closed. Each proof of result must show the event date, name, distance and finish time.

Course and race-day rules

The organisers have confirmed Tangyin County as the host and the 08:00 start, but an exact start-line coordinate and the final turn-by-turn course have not been established from the cited announcements. The map pin on this listing indicates central Tangyin only; it is not a surveyed starting line. Runners will be assembled by their assigned starting zone, with a common gun start. Section-by-section cut-offs and road reopening controls apply; participants who miss a cut-off must withdraw and may use the event's support vehicle.

The official regulations require a recent medical examination: a hospital examination report or designated pre-race examination form covering the specified checks within the previous 12 months. A previous race-result certificate does not replace the medical report. Check the detailed organiser regulations rather than assuming another road race's rules apply.

Heritage and visitor information

The half marathon promotes Tangyin's Tanghe wetlands, the historic Yue Fei Temple and the Youli Zhouyi Museum. The organisers also announced sightseeing incentives for bib-holders, including free first-entry admission to those two Tangyin attractions and discounted initial admission at specified attractions around Anyang. Eligibility and ID checks apply. The runner awards include prizes for leading male and female finishers, with the published cash-award range of CNY 200 to CNY 3,000 for top-50 placings; the top six may also receive additional prizes.

Confirmed: 8 November, 08:00 CST, one half-marathon distance, CNY 150 original entry fee, registration closed 17 October, ballot scheduled 23 October. Not independently confirmed: exact race-pack collection venue/time, final starting-point coordinates and any revised announcement after the original ballot.