Osaka Marathon

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Osaka Marathon
Osaka Marathon 2014 004.jpg
Datelate October or November
LocationOsaka, Japan Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorK-Opticom Corporation
Established2011
Course recordsMen:
Old course - 2:11:43 (2014)
Kenya
New course - 2:07:47 (2019)
Ethiopia
Women:
Old course - 2:31:19 (2018)
Morocco
New course - 2:26:29 (2019)
Ethiopia
Official siteOsaka Marathon
Participants31,594 (2019)
53,363 (2018)

The Osaka Marathon (大阪マラソン, Osaka Marason) is an annual marathon road running event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in late October in the city of Osaka, Japan. There is also a "challenge run" with a distance of 8.8km.[1] In 2019 edition of the race, a new race course was introduced where it starts near to and finishes at the Osaka Castle Park. [2]

The event is jointly hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese national newspaper. The first edition took place on October 30, 2011. In total, 27161 runners started the marathon race and of these 26175 finished the full distance.[3]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

Winners[]

Key:   Course record

Edition Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)   (KEN) 2:12:43  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:32:48
2nd November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)  Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:11:54  Lidia Șimon (ROM) (2) 2:33:14
3rd[5] October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)   (KEN) 2:12:06   (KEN) 2:39:23
4th October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)   (KEN) (2) 2:11:43  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:33:04
5th October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)   (KEN) 2:13:46  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) (2) 2:32:28
6th October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)   (KEN) 2:12:47   (JPN) 2:36:02
7th November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)   (ERI) 2:12:03   (JPN) 2:34:38
8th November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)   (KEN) 2:14:11   (MAR) 2:31:19
9th December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)   (ETH) 2:07:47   (ETH) 2:26:29
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
  2. ^ New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
  3. ^ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°38′17″N 135°25′03″E / 34.6381°N 135.4175°E / 34.6381; 135.4175

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