Tokyo Marathon

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Tokyo Marathon
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The 2009 Tokyo Marathon
DateFebruary
LocationTokyo, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2007 (14 years ago) (2007)
Official sitewww.marathon.tokyo
Participants165 finishers (elite only) (2020)[1]
35,460 finishers (2019)[2]
2021 Tokyo Marathon

The Tokyo Marathon (東京マラソン, Tokyo Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is an World Athletics Platinum Label[3] marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors.[4] The latest edition of the race took place on 1 March 2020. It is sponsored by Tokyo Metro.

History[]

The first Tokyo Marathon was held on 18 February 2007. However, years prior to 2007, Tokyo Marathon actually consisted of two marathons - the Tokyo International Marathon which took place on even years, and Tokyo - New York Friendship International Marathon which took place on odd years. In the inaugural year, 1981, both marathons took place. However, because it was not possible to support two marathons a month apart in the same city, from 1982, the alternating format went into effect.[citation needed]

The 2007 marathon was also a representative selection race of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka. The total number of participants was set at 30,000. Of that, 25,000 people signed up for the marathon, and 5,000 signed up for the 10K run.

Masakazu Fujiwara became the race's first Japanese male winner at the fourth edition.[5]

The 2011 Tokyo Marathon was held on Sunday, 27 February 2011. It was the first Tokyo Marathon in which the weather was not rainy.

In February 2014, Dickson Chumba won in a record time of 2:05:42. This was only the second time a runner ran below 2h06 in Japan, after Tsegaye Kebede in Fukuoka Marathon (December 6, 2009). His runner-up, Tadese Tola did also run below 2:06, in a time of 2:05:57.[6]

The 2020 Tokyo Marathon was canceled for the general public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those athletes were given a deferral. Elite athletes were still invited to participate.[7] Rock musician Hyde composed an inspirational song titled "Believe in Myself" for the 2020 event.[8]

Similarly, the 2021 edition of the race, originally scheduled for March, was first postponed to 17 October 2021 and then to 6 March 2022 due to the pandemic, with the race originally scheduled on the 2022 date being cancelled.[9][10][11] Additionally, all overseas runners were banned from competing, with their entries automatically transferred to 2023.[12][13]

Numbers of applicants and runners[]

Runners taking part in the 2008 Tokyo Marathon

When registrations closed for the 2015 Tokyo marathon 308,810 people had applied for the full marathon, and 1,014 had applied for the 10 km race. This gave a total number of 309,824 applicants and an oversubscription rate of 11.3 for the marathon.[14]

For the 2019 event, there were 331,211 applicants. 330,271 of the applications were for the full marathon and 940 were for the 10 km race.[15]

Elite runners[]

Apart from the invited athletes, runners registered with JAAF who satisfy the following requirement can register in the Elite field.[16]
In 2014, the requirements were:

Men[]

  • Full Marathon (2:23:00)
  • Half Marathon (1:01:30)
  • 10K (Road) (28:10)

Women[]

  • Full Marathon (2:54:00)
  • Half Marathon (1:11:00)
  • 10K (Road) (32:10)

Course[]

Start line at Shinjuku in 2019

2017–[]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -> Iidabashi -> Nihonbashi (10 km Finish) -> Asakusa -> Koto (Halfway Point) -> Nihonbashi -> Ginza -> Shinagawa -> Hibiya Park -> Tokyo Station (Full Marathon Finish)[17]

2007–2016[]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building -> Tokyo Imperial Palace -> Hibiya Park (10 km Finish) -> Shinagawa -> Ginza -> Nihonbashi -> Asakusa -> Tsukiji -> Tokyo Big Sight (Full Marathon Finish)

Winners[]

Full marathon finish line in 2012

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Year Men's winner Country Time Women's winner Country Time Rf.
2007 Daniel Njenga  Kenya 2:09:45 Hitomi Niiya  Japan 2:31:02
2008 Viktor Röthlin   Switzerland 2:07:23 Claudia Dreher  Germany 2:35:35
2009 Salim Kipsang  Kenya 2:10:27 Mizuho Nasukawa  Japan 2:25:38
2010 Masakazu Fujiwara  Japan 2:12:19 Alevtina Biktimirova  Russia 2:34:39
2011 Hailu Mekonnen  Ethiopia 2:07:35 Noriko Higuchi[a]  Japan 2:28:49 [20]
2012 Michael Kipyego  Kenya 2:07:37 Atsede Habtamu  Ethiopia 2:25:28
2013 Dennis Kimetto  Kenya 2:06:50 Aberu Kebede  Ethiopia 2:25:34
2014 Dickson Chumba  Kenya 2:05:42 Tirfi Tsegaye  Ethiopia 2:22:23
2015 Endeshaw Negesse  Ethiopia 2:06:00 Birhane Dibaba  Ethiopia 2:23:15
2016 Feyisa Lilesa  Ethiopia 2:06:56 Helah Kiprop  Kenya 2:21:27
2017 Wilson Kipsang  Kenya 2:03:58 Sarah Chepchirchir  Kenya 2:19:47 [21]
2018 Dickson Chumba  Kenya 2:05:30 Birhane Dibaba  Ethiopia 2:19:51 [22]
2019 Birhanu Legese  Ethiopia 2:04:48 Ruti Aga  Ethiopia 2:20:40 [23]
2020 Birhanu Legese  Ethiopia 2:04:15 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  Israel 2:17:45 [24]
2021 postponed due to coronavirus pandemic [11]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Russian Tatyana Aryasova had originally been declared the winner, but was disqualified in 2012 for failing a drug test.[18][19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Results and Records from Past Races TOKYO MARATHON 2020 | TOKYO MARATHON 2021". 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  2. ^ "Results and Records from Past Races TOKYO MARATHON 2019 | TOKYO MARATHON 2021". 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  3. ^ World Athletics Platinum Label Road Racing. World Athletics (2020). Retrieved on 2020-01-15.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Marathon joins World Marathon Majors series - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  5. ^ "News". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  6. ^ [1] Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "To the registered runners of the Tokyo Marathon 2020". www.marathon.tokyo/ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  8. ^ "HYDE to Release New Single Inspired by Tokyo Marathon 2020". Jame World. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  9. ^ "Regarding the Tokyo Marathon 2021 | TOKYO MARATHON 2021". 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  10. ^ "Tokyo marathon 2021 postponed until after Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns | Reuters". Reuters. 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b https://archive.is/20210917103539/https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/news/detail/news_002235.html
  12. ^ "2021 Tokyo Marathon closed to international runners".
  13. ^ "＜To Runners Residing Abroad＞Decision on Overseas Runners for the Toky…".
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2015-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2019 General Runner Application Status Update!". Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  16. ^ "Guideline for applicants ď˝œ TOKYO MARATHON 2014 : The Day We Unite". Tokyo42195.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  17. ^ "Course Map（Provisional） | TOKYO MARATHON 2018". Marathon.tokyo. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  18. ^ https://archive.is/20210917154333/https://www.rferl.org/a/russians_aryasova_striped_of_tokyo_marathon_win/24464265.html
  19. ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2011 : Rectifies the result of the ranking of Marathon / Woman | Tokyo Marathon 2012". Tokyo42195.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  20. ^ https://archive.is/20210917153404/https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/about/past/2011/
  21. ^ Ken Nakamura (26 February 2017). "Kipsang and Chepchirchir clock world leads and Japanese all-comers' records at Tokyo Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  22. ^ https://archive.is/20210917153636/https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/about/past/2018/
  23. ^ https://archive.is/20210917153522/https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/about/past/2019/
  24. ^ https://archive.is/20210917154751/https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/about/past/2020/

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