Kyoto Marathon

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)

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]

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
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)

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

  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.