Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Marathon

The 2009 Tokyo Marathon
Date February
Location Tokyo, Japan
Event type road
Distance Marathon
Established 2007
Official site www.marathon.tokyo

The Tokyo Marathon (東京マラソン Tokyo Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is an IAAF Gold Label marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors.[1] The latest edition of the race took place on Sunday February 28, 2016. It is sponsored by Tokyo Metro.

History

The first Tokyo Marathon was held on 18 February 2007. However, years prior to 2007, Tokyo Marathon actually consisted of two marathons - the Tokyo International Marathon which took place on even years, and Tokyo - New York Friendship International Marathon which took place on odd years. In the inaugural year, 1981, both marathons took place. However, because it was not possible to support two marathons a month apart in the same city, from 1982, the alternating format went into effect.

The 2007 marathon was also a representative selection race of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka. The total number of participants was set at 30,000. Of that, 25,000 people signed up for the marathon, and 5,000 signed up for the 10K run.

Masakazu Fujiwara became the race's first Japanese male winner at the fourth edition.[2]

The 2011 Tokyo Marathon was held on Sunday, 27 February 2011. It was the first Tokyo Marathon in which the weather was not rainy.

On February 2014, Dickson Chumba won in a record time of 2:05:42. This was only the second time a runner ran below 2h06 in Japan, after Tsegaye Kebede in Fukuoka Marathon (December 6, 2009). His runner-up, Tadese Tola did also run below 2:06, in a time of 2:05:57.[3]

Numbers of applicants and runners

Runners taking part in the 2008 Tokyo Marathon

When registrations closed for the 2015 Tokyo marathon 308,810 people had applied for the full marathon, and 1,014 had applied for the 10km race. This gave a total number of 309,824 applicants and an oversubscription rate of 11.3 for the marathon.[4]

Elite runners

Apart from the invited athletes, runners registered with JAAF who satisfy the following requirement can register in the Elite field.[5]
In 2014, the requirements were:
Men: Full Marathon 2:23, Half Marathon 1:01:30, 10K (Road) 28:10
Women: Full Marathon 2:54:00, Half Marathon 1:11:00, 10K (Road) 32:10

Course

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -> Tokyo Imperial Palace -> Hibiya Park (10km Finish) -> Shinagawa -> Ginza -> Nihonbashi -> Asakusa -> Tsukiji -> Tokyo Big Sight (Full Marathon Finish)

Winners

Fun runners finishing the 2012 race

Key:   Course record

Year Men's winner Country Time (m:s) Women's winner Country Time (m:s)
2016 Feyisa Lilesa  Ethiopia 2:06:56 Helah Kiprop  Kenya 2:21:27
2015 Endeshaw Negesse  Ethiopia 2:06:00 Birhane Dibaba  Ethiopia 2:23:15
2014 Dickson Chumba  Kenya 2:05:42 Tirfi Tsegaye  Ethiopia 2:22:23
2013 Dennis Kimetto  Kenya 2:06:50 Aberu Kebede  Ethiopia 2:25:34
2012 Michael Kipyego  Kenya 2:07:37 Atsede Habtamu  Ethiopia 2:25:28
2011 Hailu Mekonnen  Ethiopia 2:07:35 Noriko Higuchi [6]  Japan 2:28:49
2010 Masakazu Fujiwara  Japan 2:12:19 Alevtina Biktimirova  Russia 2:34:39
2009 Salim Kipsang  Kenya 2:10:27 Mizuho Nasukawa  Japan 2:25:38
2008 Viktor Röthlin   Switzerland 2:07:23 Claudia Dreher  Germany 2:35:35
2007 Daniel Njenga  Kenya 2:09:45 Hitomi Niiya  Japan 2:31:02

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo Marathon joins World Marathon Majors series - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  2. ↑ "News". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  3. ↑ Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Guideline for applicants ď˝œ TOKYO MARATHON 2014 : The Day We Unite". Tokyo42195.org. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  6. ↑ "Tokyo Marathon 2011 : Rectifies the result of the ranking of Marathon / Woman | Tokyo Marathon 2012". Tokyo42195.org. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
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