Kyoto Marathon

The Kyoto Marathon (京都マラソン, Kyōto Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid February in Kyoto, Japan. The course starts at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium and pass through Kyoto Botanical Gardens and the right bank of Kamo river and finishes near Heian Jingu. It was one of the top ten most expensive of the world's biggest marathons by entry cost in 2015.[1]

Kyoto Marathon
DateThird Sunday in February
LocationKyoto, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2012
Course recordsMen: 2:16:27
Tatsuya Maruyama (2019)
Women: 2:45:15
Yuria Ikuno (2017)
Official siteKyoto Marathon
Participants13,894 (2020)

An event with the same name was held from 1969 to 1982.[2]

Results

Key:   Course record

Edition Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 11 March 2012  Junichi Ushiyama (JPN) 2:26:21  Reiko Kobayashi (JPN) 2:48:47
2nd 10 March 2013  Shingo Igarashi (JPN) 2:20:30  Reiko Kobayashi (JPN) 2:49:06
3rd 16 February 2014  Hiroki Yokoyama (JPN) 2:25:18  Yukari Nomura (JPN) 2:49:10
4th 15 February 2015  Hiroki Yokoyama (JPN) 2:21:14  Ai Furukubo (JPN) 2:45:30
5th 21 February 2016  Daisuke Uekado (JPN) 2:17:54  Hisayo Matsumoto (JPN) 2:50:41
6th 19 February 2017  Kosuke Murasashi (JPN) 2:20:32  Yuria Ikuno (JPN) 2:45:15
7th 18 February 2018  Shunsuke Hisamoto (JPN) 2:23:44  Izumi Nakajima (JPN) 2:51:57
8th 17 February 2019  Tatsuya Maruyama (JPN) 2:16:27  Risa Shinozaki (JPN) 2:51:40
9th 16 February 2020  Yūji Shibukawa (JPN) 2:21:48  Chiaki Omae (JPN) 2:45:25

Kyoto Marathon (1969–1982)
Winners
EditionDateAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1March 9, 1969Seiji Fukada Japan2:17:43.8
2February 8, 1970Kokichi Uchino Japan2:16:55.8
3February 7, 1971Hayami Tanimura Japan2:13:45.2Course record
4February 6, 1972Susumu Sato Japan2:17:37
5February 5, 1973Jack Foster New Zealand2:14:53.4
6February 3, 1974Matti Vuorenmaa Finland2:15:10.8
7February 9, 1975Mineteru Sakamoto Japan2:17:15.4
8February 8, 1976Hatsuo Okubo Japan2:16:50.2
9February 13, 1977Bill Rodgers United States2:14:26.2
10February 12, 1978David Chettle Australia2:16:00.4
11February 11, 1979Masahiko Furuta Japan2:18:08.2
12February 10, 1980Kazuo Takatori Japan2:15:23
13February 15, 1981Koshiro Kawaguchi Japan2:18:14
14February 11, 1982Masahiko Furuta Japan2:17:582nd victory

References
  1. "Running costs: what are the world's most expensive marathons?". The Guardian. 17 March 2015.
  2. "Sakamoto Wins Marathon". The New York Times. February 10, 1975.
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