Kumanichi Road Race

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Kumanichi Road Race
DateFebruary
LocationKumamoto, Japan
Event typeRoad
Distance30 kilometres
Established1957
Official siteKumamoto 30K

The Kumanichi Road Race (Japanese: 熊本30K) is an annual road running competition over which is typically held in February in Kumamoto, Japan. It was first held in 1957 as a men-only competition. A women's race was introduced in 2006. The race is one of the world's most prominent over the uncommon 30K distance. A total of eight Association of Road Racing Statisticians-recognised men's world records have been set at the competition, including the current world record.[1][2]

The course records are held by Takayuki Matsumiya (1:28:00) and (1:43:26). It is mostly contested by Japanese athletes, with Kenya's becoming the event's sole non-national winner in 2007.[3]

Past winners[]

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1957  Kaneyuki (JPN) 1:40:20 Not held
2nd 1958   (JPN) 1:42:25
3rd 1959   (JPN) 1:38:40
4th 1960   (JPN) 1:44:02
5th 1961  Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1:36:29
6th 1962   (JPN) 1:40:09
7th 1963   (JPN) 1:35:05.4
8th 1964  Kazumi Watanabe (JPN) 1:33:52.8
9th 1965  Toru Terasawa (JPN) 1:31:51.6
10th 1966   (JPN) 1:36:08.0
11th 1967   (JPN) 1:32:51.6
12th 1968  Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1:32:49.2
13th 1969  Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 1:33:02.6
14th 1970   (JPN) 1:34:36
15th 1971  Akio Usami (JPN) 1:31:26.8
16th 1972   (JPN) 1:33:55
17th 1973   (JPN) 1:33:18
18th 1974   (JPN) 1:32:48.8
19th 1975  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:31:22.0
20th 1976  Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) 1:30:20.8
21st 1977  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:31:11.2
22nd 1978   (JPN) 1:31:45.9
23rd 1979   (JPN) 1:32:45.8
24th 1980  Kunimitsu Itō (JPN) 1:29:12
25th 1981   (JPN) 1:31:00
26th 1982   (JPN) 1:31:52
27th 1983   (JPN) 1:32:51
28th 1984  Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN) 1:33:09
29th 1985   (JPN) 1:28:46
30th 1986   (JPN) 1:31:20
31st 1987  Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) 1:29:51
32nd 1988  Shuichi Morita (JPN) 1:31:45
33rd 1989   (JPN) 1:29:46
34th 1990  Kōichi Morishita (JPN) 1:30:47
35th 1991   (JPN) 1:30:17
36th 1992   (JPN) 1:30:25
37th 1993   (JPN) 1:30:37
38th 1994  Takayuki Inubushi (JPN) 1:30:29
39th 1995  Sakae Osaki (JPN) 1:30:01
40th 1996  Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) 1:29:46
41st 1997   (JPN) 1:30:26
42nd 1998   (JPN) 1:29:47
43rd 1999   (JPN) 1:29:46
44th 2000  Kenichi Takahashi (JPN) 1:29:55
45th 2001  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 1:29:23
46th 2002   (JPN) 1:30:04
47th 2003  Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 1:28:36
48th 2004   (JPN) 1:29:50
49th 2005  Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 1:28:00
50th 2006   (JPN) 1:31:09   (JPN) 1:44:13
51st 2007   (KEN) 1:29:59   (JPN) 1:45:46
52nd 2008   (JPN) 1:30:33   (JPN) 1:44:00
53rd 2009   (JPN) 1:29:55   (JPN) 1:48:22
54th 2010  Atsushi Fujita (JPN) 1:29:46   (JPN) 1:50:18
55th 2011   (JPN) 1:32:14 Not held
56th 2012   (JPN) 1:30:01   (JPN) 1:43:26
57th 2013  Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 1:29:31   (JPN) 1:43:46
58th 2014  Yuma Hattori (JPN) 1:28:52  Yuka Takashima (JPN) 1:44:19
59th 2015   (JPN) 1:31:27   (JPN) 1:45:00
60th 2016   (JPN) 1:30:45   (JPN) 1:45:59
61st 2017  Yuichiro Ueno (JPN) 1:30:17   (JPN) 1:46:29
62nd 2018   (JPN) 1:29:47  Yuko Watanabe (JPN) 1:47:17
63rd 2019   (JPN) 1:29:34   (JPN) 1:45:48

References[]

  1. ^ World Best Progressions- Road. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2003-02-17). Ribas and Johnson win in Chiba - Matsumiya sets world 30km road best in Kumamoto . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ Kumanichi 30 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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