Kobe Marathon

Kobe Marathon
Sannomiya start point
Date November
Location Kobe, Japan
Event type road
Distance Marathon
Established 2011
Official site Kobe Marathon

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.

Race 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.

Results

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2011  Takuya Nakayama (JPN) 2:24:13  Satoko Uetani (JPN) 2:40:45
2nd 2012  Kensuke Takahashi (JPN) 2:21:13  Yui Ouchi (JPN) 2:39:52
3rd 2013  Hironori Arai (JPN) 2:17:01  Chihiro Tanaka (JPN) 2:36:53
4th 2014  Harun Malel (KEN) 2:13:45  Hiromi Saitô (JPN) 2:38:24
5th 2015  Tadashi Suzuki (JPN) 2:18:01  Yuri Sugiyama (JPN) 2:42:01
6th 2016  Morris Mwangi (KEN) 2:22:31  Jacqueline Kiplimo (KEN) 2:40:07
7th 2017  Khalil Lemciyeh (MAR) 2:12:42  Maegan Krifchin (USA) 2:33:14

References

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