Tokyo marathon
 Tokyo marathon
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| venue | Tokyo Japan
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| First run | 2007 |
| Records | |
| distance | 42.195 kilometers |
| track record | Men: 2:03:58 h, 2017 Wilson Kipsang Women: 2:17:45 h, 2020 Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter 
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| Website | Official website |
The Tokyo Marathon ( Japanese 東京 マ ラ ソ ン , Tōkyō Marason ) is a marathon in Tokyo that has usually taken place in February since 2007. The program also includes a 10 km run.
history
The Tokyo Marathon replaced the Tokyo International Men's Marathon , which was held as the men's elite race from 1981 to 2006.
Male elite runners will also be invited to the new event, but the run is also open to hobby runners of both sexes and is now one of the most popular marathons in the world.
After the Tokyo International Women's Marathon was held for the last time in November 2008 , the follow-up event being the Yokohama Marathon , which has been taking place since November 2009, elite runners were invited for the first time in 2009.
In 2020, only around 200 elite athletes were allowed to take part in the run due to the dangers posed by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 . 38,000 runners were originally expected, but amateurs were not allowed in due to concerns about the virus epidemic that had broken out in China .
route
The course, which has been flatter since 2017, begins at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and leads along the Iidabashi to Nihombashi , where the finish line of the 10 km run is located. For the marathon runners , the route leads past Ginza south to Shinagawa via Hibya Park to the end point, the Tokyo station.
statistics
Course records
- Men: 2:03:58 h, Wilson Kipsang ( KEN ), 2017
- Women: 2:17:45 h, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter ( ISR ), 2020
Winners list
| date | Men | Time (hours) | Women | Time (hours) |
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| 1st Mar 2020 |
 Birhanu Legese -2-
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2:04:15 |
Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter
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2:17:45 |
| 3rd Mar 2019 |
Birhanu Legese
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2:04:48 |
Ruti Aga
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2:20:40 |
| Feb 25, 2018 |
Dickson Kiptolo Chumba -2-
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2:05:30 |
Birhane Dibaba -2-
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2:19:51 |
| Feb. 26, 2017 |
Wilson Kipsang
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2:03:58 |
Sarah Chepchirchir
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2:19:47 |
| Feb 28, 2016 |
Feyisa Lilesa
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2:06:56 |
Helah Kiprop
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2:21:27 |
| Feb 22, 2015 |
Endeshaw Negesse
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2:06:00 |
Birhane Dibaba Adugna
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2:23:15 |
| 23 Feb 2014 |
Dickson Kiptolo Chumba
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2:05:42 |
Tirfi Tsegaye
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2:22:23 |
| Feb. 24, 2013 |
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto
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2:06:50 |
Aberu Kebede
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2:25:28 |
| Feb. 26, 2012 |
Michael Kipkorir Kipyego
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2:07:37 |
Atsede Habtamu
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2:25:28 |
| Feb. 27, 2011 |
Hailu Mekonnen
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2:07:35 |
Noriko Higuchi
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2:28:49 |
| Feb 28, 2010 |
Masakazu Fujiwara
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2:12:19 |
 Alevtina Biktimirova
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2:34:39 |
| 22 Mar 2009 |
Salim Kipsang
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2:10:27 |
Mizuho Nasukawa
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2:25:38 |
| Feb 17, 2008 |
 Viktor Röthlin
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2:07:23 |
 Claudia Dreher
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2:35:35 |
| Feb. 18, 2007 |
Daniel Njenga
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2:09:45 |
Hitomi Niiya
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2:31:02 |
See also
Web links
- Official website (Japanese and English)
- Tokyo International Men's Marathon on arrs.run (Eng.)
- Tokyo International Men's Marathon on marathoninfo.free.fr (French)
- Report from the Tokyo Marathon 2007 ( Memento of 20 February 2007 at the Internet Archive ) on the website of the IAAF (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Svenja Sapper: Flash News of the Day - Because of Coronavirus: Cancellation for amateur runners of the Tokyo Marathon , notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, February 17, 2020, accessed February 18, 2020
- ↑ Course record of the previous event: 2:06:33, Gert Thys ( RSA ), 1999
- ↑ Tatiana Arjasowa ( RUS ) crossed the finish line first in 2:27:29 h in 2011, but was disqualified after hydroxyethyl starch was found in her doping test .
- ↑ Njenga won the previous event in 2004 in 2:08:43