Lake Biwa marathon

Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon
venue	Ōtsu Japan
First run	1946
Records
distance	42.195 kilometers
track record	Men: 2:06:13 h, 2011 Wilson Kipsang
Website	Official website

Runner 2015

The Lake Biwa Marathon ( Japanese び わ 湖 毎 日 マ ラ ソ ン Biwa-ko Mainichi Marason; English name Lake Biwa Marathon ) is a marathon for the male running elite that has been taking place since 1946. The organizers are the Japanese Athletics Federation JAAF, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper , Shiga Prefecture and the city of Ōtsu . The running route runs along Lake Biwa and the Seta River.

From 1946 to 1962, what was then known as the Mainichi Marathon took place in Osaka , from 1963 to 1965 in Tokyo and in 1994 in Hiroshima as the Mainichi International Marathon.

statistics

track record

• 2:06:13 h, Wilson Kipsang Kenya , 2011 

Winners list

Sources: Organizer website, ARRS

Numbers after the name indicate the number of wins to date.

date	winner	Time (h)
0March 8 2020	Evans Chebet Kenya	2:07:29
10 Mar 2019	Salah Eddine Bounasr Morocco	2:07:52
04th Mar 2018	Joseph Ndirangu Kenya	2:07:53
05th Mar 2017	Ezekiel Kiptoo Chebii Kenya	2:09:06
06th Mar 2016	Lucas Kimeli Rotich Kenya	2:09:11
01st Mar 2015	Samuel Ndungu Wanjiku -2- Kenya	2:09:08
02nd Mar 2014	Bazu Worku Ethiopia	2:09:10
03rd Mar 2013	Vincent Kipruto Kenya	2:08:34
04th Mar 2012	Samuel Ndungu Wanjiku Kenya	2:07:04
06th Mar 2011	Wilson Kipsang Kenya	2:06:13
07th Mar 2010	Yemane Tsegay Ethiopia	2:09:34
01st Mar 2009	Paul Tergat Kenya	2:10:22
02nd Mar 2008	Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar	2:08:23
04th Mar 2007	Samson Ramadhani Tanzania	2:10:43
05th Mar 2006	José Ríos -2- Spain	2:09:15
06th Mar 2005	Joseph Muriithi Riri Kenya	2:09:00
07th Mar 2004	José Ríos Spain	2:07:42
02nd Mar 2003	Japhet Kosgei Kipkorir Kenya	2:07:39
03rd Mar 2002	Ryūji Takei Japan	2:08:35
04th Mar 2001	Antoni Peña Spain	2:07:34
05th Mar 2000	Martín Fiz -3- Spain	2:08:14
07th Mar 1999	Martín Fiz -2- Spain	2:08:50
01st Mar 1998	Muneyuki Ojima Japan	2:08:43
02nd Mar 1997	Martín Fiz Spain	2:08:05
03rd Mar 1996	Joaquim Pinheiro Portugal	2:09:32
19 Mar 1995	Yūji Nakamura Japan	2:10:49
06th Mar 1994	Ken'ichi Suzuki Japan	2:11:05
14 Mar 1993	Mike O'Reilly -2- United Kingdom	2:11:01
15th Mar 1992	Mike O'Reilly Ireland	2:13:15
10 Mar 1991	Simon Mrashani Tanzania	2:11:34
11th Mar 1990	Eddy Hellebuyck Belgium	2:13:03
March 12 1989	Tōru Kozasu Japan	2:14:31
13 Mar 1988	Toshihiko Seko Japan	2:12:41
0March 8 1987	Fumiaki Abe -2- Japan	2:11:08
09 Mar 1986	Toshihiro Shibutani Japan	2:14:55
10 Mar 1985	Fumiaki Abe Japan	2:11:04
11th Mar 1984	Tetsuji Iwase Japan	2:14:24
13 Mar 1983	Kōshirō Kawaguchi Japan	2:13:22
14 Mar 1982	Michio Mizukubo Japan	2:15:23
15th Mar 1981	Masao Matsuo Japan	2:14:38
23 Mar 1980	Hiroshi Yuge Japan	2:14:33
Apr 15, 1979	Shigeru Sō Japan	2:13:26
Apr 23, 1978	Takeshi Sō Japan	2:15:15
Apr 17, 1977	Karel Lismont Belgium	2:14:08
Apr 18, 1976	Akio Usami -5- Japan	2:15:22
Apr 20, 1975	Akio Usami -4- Japan	2:12:40
Apr 21, 1974	Akio Usami -3- Japan	2:13:24
18 Mar 1973	Frank Shorter United States	2:12:03
19 Mar 1972	Akio Usami -2- Japan	2:20:24
21 Mar 1971	Yoshiaki Unetani Japan	2: 16: 45.4
Apr 12, 1970	Bill Adcocks United Kingdom	2:13:46
May 11, 1969	Kazuo Matsubara Japan	2:22:44
Apr 14, 1968	Akio Usami Japan	2:13:49
May 14, 1967	Yoshirō Mifune -2- Japan	2:25:53
05th June 1966	Yoshirō Mifune Japan	2: 26: 01.6
0May 9, 1965	Abebe Bikila -2- Ethiopia	2: 22: 55.8
Apr 12, 1964	Kenji Kimihara -2- Japan	2: 17: 11.4
May 12, 1963	Kenji Kimihara Japan	2: 20: 24.8
May 13, 1962	Masayuki Nagata Japan	2:27:37
June 25, 1961	Abebe Bikila Ethiopia	2:29:27
May 15, 1960	Nobuyoshi Sadanaga Japan	2:34:57
May 10, 1959	Kurao Hiroshima -3- Japan	2:30:06
May 11, 1958	Takayuki Nakao Japan	2:25:51
0May 3, 1957	Kurao Hiroshima -2- Japan	2:31:20
0May 6, 1956	Yoshiaki Kawashima Japan	2:27:45
0May 8, 1955	Kurao Hiroshima Japan	2:26:32
May 16, 1954	Hideo Hamamura Japan	2:27:56
May 10, 1953	Hiroshi Uwa Japan	2:41:28
0May 4th 1952	Yoshitaka Uchikawa Japan	2: 29: 54.4
0May 6, 1951	Tadashi Asai Japan	2:32:41
0May 7, 1950	Giichi Noda Japan	2:37:25
0May 4, 1949	Saburō Yamada Japan	2:40:32
0May 9, 1948	Shinzō Koga -3- Japan	2:40:05
May 18, 1947	Shinzō Koga -2- Japan	2:43:17
Feb 10, 1946	Shinzō Koga Japan	2:44:57

See also

• Fukuoka marathon
• Tokyo International Men's Marathon
• List of marathons

Web links

Commons : Lake Biwa Marathon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (with English version)
• Lake Biwa Marathon on marathoninfo.free.fr

Footnotes

1. ↑ List of winners (Japanese)
2. ↑ Lake Biwa Marathon on arrs.run