Nara Marathon

Nara Marathon
Start and finish stadium
DateDecember
LocationNara, Japan
Event typeroad
DistanceMarathon
Established2010
Course recordsMen: 2:18:56 (2018)
Japan Yūya Tsukamoto
Women: 2:33:22 (2019)
Japan Haruka Yamaguchi
Official siteNara Marathon
Participants6,789 finishers (2021)
11,137 (2019)

The Nara Marathon (奈良マラソン, Nara Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held on the 2nd sunday of December in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

The race starts at Konoike Athletic Stadium, and after the course passes through Nara and Tenri cities, came back and finishes at Konoike Athletic Stadium.

Results

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010  Nobuyuki Matsumoto (JPN) 2:23:16  Kaoru Tabata (JPN) 2:49:52
2nd 2011  Osamu Hirata (JPN) 2:20:23  Yoshimi Hoshino (JPN) 2:47:50
3rd 2012  Tomoya Nagasawa (JPN) 2:28:58  Ikue Tabata (JPN) 2:43:16
4th 2013  Osamu Hirata (JPN) 2:23:46  Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN) 2:46:21
5th 2014  Yoshinori Sugimoto (JPN) 2:24:14  Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:45:55
6th 2015  Osamu Hirata (JPN) 2:24:41  Ikue Tabata (JPN) 2:53:57
7th 2016  Osamu Hirata (JPN) 2:27:50  Saki Tokoro (JPN) 2:44:05
8th 2017  Yoshiyuki Hara (JPN) 2:23:53  Sanae Taketsu (JPN) 2:46:59
9th 2018  Yūya Tsukamoto (JPN) 2:18:56  Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:40:50
10th 2019  Yoshihiro Yamamoto (JPN) 2:21:22  Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:33:22
2020 Did not held
11th 2021  Yoshihiro Yamamoto (JPN) 2:21:55  Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:34:36

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