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: 2:14:15
Japan Yuma Morii (2024)
Women: 2:45:15
Japan Yuria Ikuno (2017)
Official siteKyoto Marathon
Participants13,894 (2020)

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

Results

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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
10th 19 February 2023   Yudai Fukuda (JPN) 2:19:39   Mikiko Ota (JPN) 2:48:57
11th 18 February 2024   Yuma Morii (JPN) 2:14:15   Fuka Hirokawa (JPN) 2:47:22

Kyoto Marathon (1969–1982)

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Winners
Edition Date Athlete Country Time Notes
1 March 9, 1969 Seiji Fukada   Japan 2:17:43.8
2 February 8, 1970 Kokichi Uchino   Japan 2:16:55.8
3 February 7, 1971 Hayami Tanimura   Japan 2:13:45.2 Course record
4 February 6, 1972 Susumu Sato   Japan 2:17:37
5 February 5, 1973 Jack Foster   New Zealand 2:14:53.4
6 February 3, 1974 Matti Vuorenmaa   Finland 2:15:10.8
7 February 9, 1975 Mineteru Sakamoto   Japan 2:17:15.4
8 February 8, 1976 Hatsuo Okubo   Japan 2:16:50.2
9 February 13, 1977 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:14:26.2
10 February 12, 1978 David Chettle   Australia 2:16:00.4
11 February 11, 1979 Masahiko Furuta   Japan 2:18:08.2
12 February 10, 1980 Kazuo Takatori   Japan 2:15:23
13 February 15, 1981 Koshiro Kawaguchi   Japan 2:18:14
14 February 11, 1982 Masahiko Furuta   Japan 2:17:58 2nd victory

References

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  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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