Osaka Marathon
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 finishs at the Osaka Castle Park. [2]
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Date | late October or November |
Location | Osaka, Japan ![]() |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Primary sponsor | K-Opticom Corporation |
Established | 2011 |
Course records | Men: Old course - 2:11:43 (2014) ![]() New course - 2:07:47 (2019) ![]() Women: Old course - 2:31:19 (2018) ![]() New course - 2:26:29 (2019) ![]() |
Official site | Osaka Marathon |
Participants | 31,594 (2019) 53,363 (2018) |
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]
Past winners
Key: Course record
Edition | Date | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
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1st | October 30, 2011 | ![]() |
2:12:43 | ![]() |
2:32:48 |
2nd | November 25, 2012 | ![]() |
2:11:54 | ![]() |
2:33:14 |
3rd[4] | October 27, 2013 | ![]() |
2:12:06 | ![]() |
2:39:23 |
4th | October 26, 2014 | ![]() |
2:11:43 | ![]() |
2:33:04 |
5th | October 25, 2015 | ![]() |
2:13:46 | ![]() |
2:32:28 |
6th | October 30, 2016 | ![]() |
2:12:47 | ![]() |
2:36:02 |
7th | November 26, 2017 | ![]() |
2:12:03 | ![]() |
2:34:38 |
8th | November 25, 2018 | ![]() |
2:14:11 | ![]() |
2:31:19 |
9th | December 1, 2019 | ![]() | 2:07:47 | ![]() | 2:26:29 |
References
- Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
- New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
- October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
- October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
External links
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