Kobe Marathon

Kobe Marathon
Sannomiya start point
Date	November
Location	Kobe, Japan
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	Sysmex
Established	2011
Course records	Men: 2:08:46 (2019) Geofrey Kusuro Women: 2:27:39 (2019)
Official site	Kobe Marathon
Participants	19,448 (2019) 19,569 (2018)

The Kobe Marathon (神戸マラソン, Kōbe Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid November in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Before of race start of first edition 2011, a stone monument was unveiled to commemorate the first ever marathon held in Japan, the Marathon Great Race held in Kobe on March 21, 1909.

History[]

The race was first held in 2011.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants automatically receiving full refunds.^[1]

Course[]

The race begins in front of Kobe City Hall, passes through Takatori district, and after crossing and turning around in the West side of Akashi Kaikyo Bridge heads for to Komagayashi / Wada Cape area, where the finish line is located near the citizen's square of Port Island.

Winners[]

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2011	(JPN)	2:24:13	(JPN)	2:40:45
2nd	2012	(JPN)	2:21:13	(JPN)	2:39:52
3rd	2013	(JPN)	2:17:01	(JPN)	2:36:53
4th	2014	(KEN)	2:13:45	(JPN)	2:38:24
5th	2015	(JPN)	2:18:01	(JPN)	2:42:01
6th	2016	(KEN)	2:22:31	(KEN)	2:40:07
7th	2017	(MAR)	2:12:42	Maegan Krifchin (USA)	2:33:14
8th	2018	(MAR)	2:13:54	(KEN)	2:31:38
9th	2019	Geofrey Kusuro (UGA)	2:08:46	(JPN)	2:27:39
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[1]

Multiple wins[]

Men's Athlete Wins Years   (MAR) 2 2017, 2018

By country[]

Country	Total	Men's	Women's
Japan	10	4	6
Kenya	4	2	2
Morocco	2	2	0
United States	1	0	1
Uganda	1	1	0

References[]

External links[]

• Official website