The Osaka-Lake Biwa Marathon (大阪マラソン, Osaka Marathon) is an annual marathon road running event for elite and non-elite men and non-elite 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 finishes at the Osaka Castle Park. [2]
| Osaka Marathon | |
|---|---|
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| Date | February |
| Location | Osaka, Japan  |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2011 |
| Course records | Men: Old course - 2:11:43 (2014)  Jackson LimoNew course - 2:07:31 (2022) Gaku HoshiWomen: Old course - 2:31:19 (2018)  Soud KanbouchiaNew course - 2:26:29 (2019)  Aberu Mekuria |
| Official site | Osaka Marathon |
| Participants | 207 elite finishers (2022) 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]
The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]
In 2022, an organisational change by JAAF meant the race was merged into the Lake Biwa Marathon.[5] The elite men's race is now the Lake Biwa Marathon.
Winners edit
Key: Course record
| Edition | Date | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | October 30, 2011 | Elijah Sang (KEN)
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2:12:43 |  Lidia Șimon (ROM)
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2:32:48 |
| 2nd | November 25, 2012 |  Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL)
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2:11:54 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) (2)
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2:33:14 |
| 3rd[6] | October 27, 2013 | Jackson Limo (KEN)
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2:12:06 | Monica Jepkoech (KEN)
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2:39:23 |
| 4th | October 26, 2014 | Jackson Limo (KEN) (2)
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2:11:43 |  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR)
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2:33:04 |
| 5th | October 25, 2015 | Daniel Kosgei (KEN)
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2:13:46 | Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) (2)
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2:32:28 |
| 6th | October 30, 2016 | Benjamin Ngandu (KEN)
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2:12:47 | Yoshiko Sakamoto (JPN)
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2:36:02 |
| 7th | November 26, 2017 |  Kaleab Selomon (ERI)
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2:12:03 | Yumiko Kinoshita (JPN)
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2:34:38 |
| 8th | November 25, 2018 | Charles Munyeki (KEN)
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2:14:11 | Soud Kanbouchia (MAR)
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2:31:19 |
| 9th | December 1, 2019 | Asefa Tefera (ETH)
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2:07:47 | Aberu Mekuria (ETH)
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2:26:29 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[4] | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 10th | February 27, 2022 | Gaku Hoshi (JPN)
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2:07:31 | Misato Horie (JPN)
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2:32:10 |
| 11th | February 26, 2023 | Hailemaryam Kiros (ETH)
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2:06:01 | Helen Bekele (ETH)
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2:22:16 |
| 11th | February 25, 2024 | Kiyoto Hirabayashi (JPN)
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2:06:18 | Waganesh Mekasha (ETH)
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2:24:20 |
In 2022 the elite men's race of the 10th Osaka Marathon was combined with the 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon[7]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
- ^ Race information
- ^ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
- ^ "The Combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
External links edit
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