Hokkaido Marathon
Tomonori Watanabe winning the men's 2005 edition
DateAugust
LocationSapporo, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1987
Course recordsMen's: 2:10:13 (1998)
Ethiopia Ambesse Tolosa
Women's: 2:25:10 (2009)
Japan Kiyoko Shimahara
Official siteHokkaido Marathon

The Hokkaido Marathon held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, is one of the prominent marathon races of the year.

The staging area as well as both the start and finish lines are in Odori Park starting between Nishi 3-chome and Nishi 4-chome and the finishing at Nishi 8-chome. The course is sanctioned by both the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) and AIMS, meaning it is eligible for world record performances.[1]

History

The Hokkaido Marathon was first held in 1987 with 439 entrants and 380 starters.[2]

In 2009, the time limit was increased to 5 hours.[3]

For the 2012 edition of the race, the start was moved from Nakajima Park to Odori Park.[4]

In 2013, the number of finishers of the full marathon exceeded 10,000 for the first time.[4]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled because the marathon usually took place in August, while the marathon event of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics was scheduled to take place in Sapporo that August as well.[lower-alpha 1][7] Logistical issues, such as a likely shortage of staff to organize the marathon due to the Paralympics taking place around the same time, and the short timeframe in which the areas used by the Olympic marathon would have to be reset for the Hokkaido Marathon, led to the decision to cancel the marathon.[lower-alpha 2][7]

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's Winner Time
(h:m:s)		 Women's Winner Time
(h:m:s)
1st6 September 1987 Fedor Ryzhov (URS)2:24:28 Lutsia Belyayeva (URS)2:42:17
2nd4 September 1988 Masayuki Nishi (JPN)2:17:11 Jane Welzel (USA)2:40:53
3rd27 August 1989 Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)2:13:16 Lorraine Moller (NZL)2:36:39
4th26 August 1990 Futoshi Shinohara (JPN)2:15:32 Lisa Rainsberger (USA)2:31:29
5th4 August 1991 Koichi Fujita (JPN)2:17:05 Lorraine Moller (NZL)2:33:20
6th30 August 1992 Michael Scout (RSA)2:16:38 Olga Appell (MEX)2:30:22
7th29 August 1993 Tadesse Gebre (ETH)2:15:34 Nobuko Fujimura (JPN)2:33:10
8th28 August 1994 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:15:03 Olga Appell (USA)2:36:31
9th27 August 1995 Tadesse Gebre (ETH)2:15:07 Yuko Arimori (JPN)2:29:17
10th25 August 1996 Biruk Bekele (ETH)2:14:26 Tomoe Abe (JPN)2:31:21
11th31 August 1997 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:13:45 Chihiro Ogura (JPN)2:33:30
12th30 August 1998 Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)2:10:13 Eri Yamaguchi (JPN)2:27:36
13th29 August 1999 Masahiro Matsumoto (JPN)2:12:08 Kazumi Matsuo (JPN)2:32:14
14th27 August 2000 Dionicio Cerón (MEX)2:17:14 Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN)2:32:30
15th26 August 2001 Tsutomu Sassa (JPN)2:13:45 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:30:39
16th25 August 2002 Samson Kandie (KEN)2:15:12 Chika Horie (JPN)2:26:11
17th31 August 2003 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:13:13 Chihiro Tanaka (JPN)2:34:11
18th29 August 2004 Laban Kagika (KEN)2:12:20 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:26:50
19th28 August 2005 Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)2:14:49 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:25:46
20th27 August 2006 Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)2:17:51 Kaori Yoshida (JPN)2:32:53
21st9 September 2007 Julius Gitahi (KEN)2:17:26 Yuri Kanō (JPN)2:30:43
22nd31 August 2008 Masaru Takamizawa (JPN)2:12:10 Yukari Sahaku (JPN)2:31:50
23rd30 August 2009 Daniel Njenga (KEN)2:12:03 Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)2:25:10
24th29 August 2010 Cyrus Njui (KEN)2:11:22 Yumiko Hara (JPN)2:34:12
25th28 August 2011 Harun Mbugua (KEN)2:14:10 Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:33:45
26th26 August 2012 Yuki Kawauchi (JPN)2:18:38 Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN)2:39:07
27th25 August 2013 Koji Gokaya (JPN)2:14:26 Yuko Watanabe (JPN)2:29:13
28th31 August 2014 Shigeki Tsuji (JPN)2:15:24 Azusa Nojiri (JPN)2:30:26
29th30 August 2015 Arata Fujiwara (JPN)2:16:49 Yui Okada (JPN)2:32:10
30th28 August 2016 Ryo Kiname (JPN)2:13:16 Kaori Yoshida (JPN)2:32:33
31st27 August 2017 Akinobu Murasawa (JPN)2:14:48 Honami Maeda (JPN)2:28:48
32nd26 August 2018 Okamoto Naomi (JPN)2:11:29 Ayuko Suzuki (JPN)2:28:32
33rd25 August 2019 Ryo Matsumoto (JPN)2:12:57 Mirai Waku (JPN)2:33:44
2020cancelled due to conflict with Olympic and Paralympic Games [7]
2021 Not held
34th28 August 2022 Luka Musembi (KEN)2:10:49 Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN)2:29:52[9]
35 27 August 2023  Patrick Mazenge Wambui (KEN) 2:20:54  Tomomi Sawabata (JPN) 2:38:18

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Olympic marathon event was moved from Tokyo to Sapporo due to concerns about heat.[5] The Paralympic marathon events, however, were to remain in Tokyo.[6]
  2. ↑ The Olympic and Paralympic Games were later postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
  2. ↑ "大会の歴史". 【公式】北海道マラソン2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "大会の歴史（第21回～第25回）".
  4. 1 2 "大会の歴史（第26回～第30回）".
  5. ↑ "2020 Olympic organizers unveil course for Sapporo marathons". 19 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Paralympic Marathon to remain in Tokyo".
  7. 1 2 3 "北海道マラソン2020 休止のお知らせ／Notice of Cancellation of Hokkaido Marathon 2020 | 【公式】北海道マラソン2021".
  8. ↑ "The 2020 Olympic Marathon in Sapporo - Japan Rail Pass".
  9. ↑ Larner, B., 2022. Musembi and Yamaguchi Win Hokkaido Marathon, Five Qualify for Olympic Marathon Trials. [online] Japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Available at: <http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2022/08/musembi-and-yamaguchi-win-hokkaido.html> [Accessed 29 August 2022].
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