Hokkaido Marathon

Hokkaido Marathon

Tomonori Watanabe winning the men's 2005 edition
Status active
Genre sports event
Date(s) August
Frequency annual
Location(s) Sapporo
Country Japan
Inaugurated 6 September 1987 (1987-09-06)

The Hokkaido Marathon held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, is one of the prominent marathon races of the year.

The staging area as well as both the start and finish lines are in Odori Park starting between Nishi 3-chome and Nishi 4-chome and the finishing at Nishi 8-chome. The course is sanctioned by both the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) and AIMS, meaning it is eligible for world record performances.[1]

Past winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's Winner Time
(h:m:s)		 Women's Winner Time
(h:m:s)
1st 06-09-1987  Fedor Ryzhov (URS) 2:24:28  Lutsia Belyayeva (URS) 2:42:17
2nd 04-09-1988  Masayuki Nishi (JPN) 2:17:11  Jane Welzel (USA) 2:40:53
3rd 27-08-1989  Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 2:13:16  Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:36:39
4th 26-08-1990  Futoshi Shinohara (JPN) 2:15:32 Lisa Rainsberger (USA)2:31:29
5th 04-08-1991  Koichi Fujita (JPN) 2:17:05 Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:33:20
6th 30-08-1992  Michael Scout (RSA) 2:16:38 Olga Appell (MEX) 2:30:22
7th 29-08-1993  Tadesse Gebre (ETH) 2:15:34  Nobuko Fujimura (JPN) 2:33:10
8th 28-08-1994  Erick Wainaina (KEN) 2:15:03  Olga Appell (USA) 2:36:31
9th 27-08-1995  Tadesse Gebre (ETH) 2:15:07  Yuko Arimori (JPN) 2:29:17
10th 25-08-1996  Biruk Bekele (ETH) 2:14:26  Tomoe Abe (JPN) 2:31:21
11th 31-08-1997  Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:13:45  Chihiro Ogura (JPN) 2:33:30
12th 30-08-1998  Ambesse Tolosa (ETH) 2:10:13  Eri Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:27:36
13th 29-08-1999  Masahiro Matsumoto (JPN) 2:12:08  Kazumi Matsuo (JPN) 2:32:14
14th 27-08-2000  Dionicio Cerón (MEX) 2:17:14  Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN) 2:32:30
15th 26-08-2001  Tsutomu Sassa (JPN) 2:13:45  Masako Chiba (JPN) 2:30:39
16th 25-08-2002  Samson Kandie (KEN) 2:15:12  Chika Horie (JPN) 2:26:11
17th 31-08-2003  Erick Wainaina (KEN) 2:13:13  Chihiro Tanaka (JPN) 2:34:11
18th 29-08-2004  Laban Kagika (KEN) 2:12:20  Masako Chiba (JPN) 2:26:50
19th 28-08-2005  Tomonori Watanabe (JPN) 2:14:49  Masako Chiba (JPN) 2:25:46
20th 27-08-2006  Tomonori Watanabe (JPN) 2:17:51  Kaori Yoshida (JPN) 2:32:53
21st 09-09-2007  Julius Gitahi (KEN) 2:17:26  Yuri Kanō (JPN) 2:30:43
22nd 31-08-2008  Masaru Takamizawa (JPN) 2:12:10  Yukari Sahaku (JPN) 2:31:50
23rd 30-08-2009  Daniel Njenga (KEN) 2:12:03  Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN) 2:25:10
24th 29-08-2010  Cyrus Njui (KEN) 2:11:22  Yumiko Hara (JPN) 2:34:12
25th 28-08-2011  Harun Mbugua (KEN) 2:14:10  Tomo Morimoto (JPN) 2:33:45
26th 26-08-2012  Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:18:38  Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN) 2:39:07
27th 25-08-2013  Koji Gokaya (JPN) 2:14:26  Yuko Watanabe (JPN) 2:29:13
28th 31-08-2014  Shigeki Tsuji (JPN) 2:15:24  Azusa Nojiri (JPN) 2:30:26
29th 30-08-2015  Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:16:49  Yui Okada (JPN) 2:32:10

See also

References

  1. ↑ Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
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