Fukuoka marathon
Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship | |
venue | Fukuoka Japan |
First run | 1947 |
Records | |
distance | 42.195 kilometers |
track record | Men: 2:05:18 h, 2009 Tsegay Kebede |
Website | Official website |
The Fukuoka Marathon ( Japanese 福岡 国際 マ ラ ソ ン , Fukuoka Kokusai Marason, "International Marathon Fukuoka"; official English name Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship ) is a marathon in Fukuoka for the male running elite that has been taking place since 1947, usually the beginning December. It is organized by the Japanese Athletics Federation , the newspaper Asahi Shimbun , the television network TV Asahi and the local station Kyūshū Asahi Hōsō (English Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting )
history
In 1947 the run was launched as the Asahi Marathon . The first event took place in Kumamoto , the home of Shisō Kanaguri , who is revered as the "father of the Japanese marathon" . The venue changed annually until 1958.
In 1954, athletes from abroad took part for the first time. Accordingly, the name of the run was changed to Asahi International Marathon .
1957 had the race for the first time, as today, the Heiwadai Stadium of Fukuoka as start and finish point. With the exception of 1963, when the competition in Tokyo took place on the marathon route of the Olympic Games in 1964 , it was always held in Fukuoka from 1959 onwards.
In 1966, the event has been in consultation with the IAAF in International Marathon Championships renamed. The idea behind the run was to determine the world's best marathon runner of the year at the end of the year. This concept worked, because from 1966 to 1968 the world best time was run three times in a row in Fukuoka (after that a total of five times: 1972, 1977, 1981, 1987 and 1993). In 1967, Derek Clayton became the first ever runner to break the 2:10 barrier, and Robert De Castella set the second world record in Fukuoka in 1981.
statistics
track record
- 2:05:18 h, Tsegay Kebede ( ETH ), 2009
Winners list
date | winner | Time (h) |
---|---|---|
Dec. 1, 2019 | El Mahjoub Dazza ( MAR ) | 2:07:10 |
Dec 2, 2018 | Yuma Hattori ( JPN ) | 2:07:27 |
3rd Dec 2017 | Sondre Nordstad Moen ( NOR ) | 2:05:48 |
4th Dec 2016 | Yemane Tsegay ( ETH ) | 2:08:48 |
Dec 6, 2015 | Patrick Makau Musyoki -2- | 2:08:18 |
7th Dec 2014 | Patrick Makau Musyoki ( KEN ) | 2:08:22 |
Dec. 1, 2013 | Martin Irungu Mathathi ( KEN ) | 2:07:16 |
Dec 2, 2012 | Joseph Kariuki Gitau ( KEN ) | 2:06:58 |
Dec 4, 2011 | Josphat Muchiri Ndambiri ( KEN ) | 2:07:36 |
Dec 5, 2010 | Jaouad Gharib ( MAR ) | 2:08:24 |
Dec 6, 2009 | Tsegay Kebede -2- | 2:05:18 |
Dec 7, 2008 | Tsegay Kebede ( ETH ) | 2:06:10 |
Dec 2, 2007 | Samuel Kamau Wanjiru ( KEN ) | 2:06:39 |
Dec 3, 2006 | Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) | 2:06:52 |
Dec 4, 2005 | Dmytro Baranowskyj ( UKR ) | 2:08:29 |
Dec 5, 2004 | Tsuyoshi Ogata ( JPN ) | 2:09:10 |
Dec 7, 2003 | Tomoaki Kunichika ( JPN ) | 2:07:52 |
Dec. 1, 2002 | Haunted Abera -3- | 2:09:13 |
Dec 2, 2001 | Haunted Abera -2- | 2:09:25 |
Dec 3, 2000 | Atsushi Fujita ( JPN ) | 2:06:51 |
Dec 5, 1999 | Gezahegne Abera ( ETH ) | 2:07:54 |
Dec 6, 1998 | Jackson Kabiga ( KEN ) | 2:08:42 |
Dec 7, 1997 | Josia Thugwane ( RSA ) | 2:07:28 |
Dec. 1, 1996 | Lee Bong-ju ( KOR ) | 2:10:48 |
Dec 3, 1995 | Luíz Antônio dos Santos ( BRA ) | 2:09:30 |
Dec. 4, 1994 | Boay Akonay ( TAN ) | 2:09:45 |
Dec 5, 1993 | Dionicio Cerón ( MEX ) | 2:08:51 |
Dec 6, 1992 | Tena Negere ( ETH ) | 2:09:04 |
Dec 1, 1991 | Shūichi Morita ( JPN ) | 2:10:58 |
Dec 2, 1990 | Belayneh Dinsamo ( ETH ) | 2:11:35 |
3 Dec 1989 | Manuel Matias ( POR ) | 2:12:54 |
Dec. 4, 1988 | Toshihiro Shibutani ( JPN ) | 2:11:04 |
Dec 6, 1987 | Takeyuki Nakayama -2- | 2:08:18 |
Dec. 7, 1986 | Juma Ikangaa ( TAN ) | 2:10:06 |
Dec 1, 1985 | Hisatoshi Shintaku ( JPN ) | 2:09:51 |
Dec 2, 1984 | Takeyuki Nakayama ( JPN ) | 2:10:00 |
Dec. 4, 1983 | Toshihiko Seko -4- | 2:08:52 |
Dec 5, 1982 | Paul Ballinger ( NZL ) | 2:10:15 |
Dec 6, 1981 | Robert De Castella ( AUS ) | 2:08:18 |
Dec. 7, 1980 | Toshihiko Seko -3- | 2:09:45 |
Dec. 2, 1979 | Toshihiko Seko -2- | 2:10:35 |
December 3, 1978 | Toshihiko Seko ( JPN ) | 2: 10: 21.0 |
Dec. 4, 1977 | Bill Rodgers ( USA ) | 2: 10: 55.3 |
Dec 5, 1976 | Jerome Drayton -3- | 2: 12: 35.0 |
7th Dec 1975 | Jerome Drayton -2- | 2: 10: 08.4 |
Dec 8, 1974 | Frank Shorter -4- | 2: 11: 31.2 |
Dec. 2, 1973 | Frank Shorter -3- | 2: 11: 45.0 |
December 3, 1972 | Frank Shorter -2- | 2: 10: 30.0 |
Dec 5, 1971 | Frank Shorter ( USA ) | 2: 12: 50.4 |
Dec 6, 1970 | Akio Usami ( JPN ) | 2: 10: 37.8 |
7th Dec 1969 | Jerome Drayton ( CAN ) | 2: 11: 12.8 |
Dec 8, 1968 | Bill Adcocks ( GBR ) | 2: 10: 47.8 |
3 Dec 1967 | Derek Clayton ( AUS ) | 2: 09: 36.4 |
Nov 27, 1966 | Mike Ryan ( NZL ) | 2: 14: 04.6 |
Oct 10, 1965 | Hidekuni Hiroshima ( JPN ) | 2: 18: 35.8 |
Dec 6, 1964 | Tōru Terasawa -2- | 2: 14: 48.2 |
Oct 15, 1963 | Jeff Julian ( NZL ) | 2: 18: 00.6 |
Dec 2, 1962 | Tōru Terasawa ( JPN ) | 2: 16: 18.4 |
December 3, 1961 | Pavel Kantorek ( TCH ) | 2:22:05 |
Dec. 4, 1960 | Barry Magee ( NZL ) | 2:19:04 |
Nov 8, 1959 | Kurao Hiroshima -2- | 2:29:34 |
Dec. 7, 1958 | JPN ) | Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (2:24:01 |
Dec. 1, 1957 | JPN ) | Kurao Hiroshima (2:21:40 |
Dec 9, 1956 | JPN ) | Keizō Yamada (2:25:15 |
Dec 11, 1955 | Veikko Karvonen ( FIN ) | 2:23:16 |
Dec 5, 1954 | Reinaldo Gorno ( ARG ) | 2:24:55 |
Dec 6, 1953 | JPN ) | Hideo Hamamura (2:27:26 |
Dec 7, 1952 | JPN ) | Katsuo Nishida (2:27:59 |
Dec 9, 1951 | JPN ) | Hiromi Haigō (2:30:13 |
Dec 10, 1950 | JPN ) | Shunji Koyanagi (2:30:47 |
Dec. 4, 1949 | JPN ) | Shinzō Koga (2:40:26 |
Dec 5, 1948 | JPN ) | Saburō Yamada (2:37:25 |
December 7, 1947 | JPN ) | Toshikazu Wada (2:45:45 |
Venues
In the following years the race took place in a different location than Fukuoka:
- 1947: Kumamoto
- 1948: Takamatsu
- 1949: Shizuoka
- 1950: Hiroshima
- 1952: Ube
- 1953 and 1956: Nagoya
- 1954: Kamakura
- 1958: Utsunomiya
- 1963: Tokyo
See also
- Tokyo International Men's Marathon , another run in Japan for the male running elite
- List of marathons
Web links
- Official website (Japanese, English)
- Fukuoka marathon on arrs.run
- Fukuoka Marathon on marathoninfo.free.fr
- A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships ( Memento from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) by Ken Nakamura on the IAAF website(1947–1970, 5 parts)