Hokkaido Marathon
Tomonori Watanabe winning the 2005 edition
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]
Past winners
Key: Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's Winner | Time (h:m:s) |
Women's Winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 06-09-1987 |  Fedor Ryzhov (URS) | 2:24:28 | Lutsia Belyayeva (URS) | 2:42:17 |
| 2nd | 04-09-1988 |  Masayuki Nishi (JPN) | 2:17:11 |  Jane Welzel (USA) | 2:40:53 |
| 3rd | 27-08-1989 | Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) | 2:13:16 |  Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 2:36:39 |
| 4th | 26-08-1990 | Futoshi Shinohara (JPN) | 2:15:32 | Lisa Rainsberger (USA) | 2:31:29 |
| 5th | 04-08-1991 | Koichi Fujita (JPN) | 2:17:05 | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 2:33:20 |
| 6th | 30-08-1992 | .svg.png){kind=small} Michael Scout (RSA) | 2:16:38 |  Olga Appell (MEX) | 2:30:22 |
| 7th | 29-08-1993 |  Tadesse Gebre (ETH) | 2:15:34 | Nobuko Fujimura (JPN) | 2:33:10 |
| 8th | 28-08-1994 |  Erick Wainaina (KEN) | 2:15:03 | Olga Appell (USA) | 2:36:31 |
| 9th | 27-08-1995 | Tadesse Gebre (ETH) | 2:15:07 | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | 2:29:17 |
| 10th | 25-08-1996 | Biruk Bekele (ETH) | 2:14:26 | Tomoe Abe (JPN) | 2:31:21 |
| 11th | 31-08-1997 | Erick Wainaina (KEN) | 2:13:45 | Chihiro Ogura (JPN) | 2:33:30 |
| 12th | 30-08-1998 | Ambesse Tolosa (ETH) | 2:10:13 | Eri Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:27:36 |
| 13th | 29-08-1999 | Masahiro Matsumoto (JPN) | 2:12:08 | Kazumi Matsuo (JPN) | 2:32:14 |
| 14th | 27-08-2000 | Dionicio Cerón (MEX) | 2:17:14 | Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN) | 2:32:30 |
| 15th | 26-08-2001 | Tsutomu Sassa (JPN) | 2:13:45 | Masako Chiba (JPN) | 2:30:39 |
| 16th | 25-08-2002 | Samson Kandie (KEN) | 2:15:12 | Chika Horie (JPN) | 2:26:11 |
| 17th | 31-08-2003 | Erick Wainaina (KEN) | 2:13:13 | Chihiro Tanaka (JPN) | 2:34:11 |
| 18th | 29-08-2004 | Laban Kagika (KEN) | 2:12:20 | Masako Chiba (JPN) | 2:26:50 |
| 19th | 28-08-2005 | Tomonori Watanabe (JPN) | 2:14:49 | Masako Chiba (JPN) | 2:25:46 |
| 20th | 27-08-2006 | Tomonori Watanabe (JPN) | 2:17:51 | Kaori Yoshida (JPN) | 2:32:53 |
| 21st | 09-09-2007 | Julius Gitahi (KEN) | 2:17:26 | Yuri Kanō (JPN) | 2:30:43 |
| 22nd | 31-08-2008 | Masaru Takamizawa (JPN) | 2:12:10 | Yukari Sahaku (JPN) | 2:31:50 |
| 23rd | 30-08-2009 | Daniel Njenga (KEN) | 2:12:03 | Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN) | 2:25:10 |
| 24th | 29-08-2010 | Cyrus Njui (KEN) | 2:11:22 | Yumiko Hara (JPN) | 2:34:12 |
| 25th | 28-08-2011 | Harun Mbugua (KEN) | 2:14:10 | Tomo Morimoto (JPN) | 2:33:45 |
| 26th | 26-08-2012 | Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) | 2:18:38 | Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN) | 2:39:07 |
| 27th | 25-08-2013 | Koji Gokaya (JPN) | 2:14:26 | Yuko Watanabe (JPN) | 2:29:13 |
| 28th | 31-08-2014 | Shigeki Tsuji (JPN) | 2:15:24 | Azusa Nojiri (JPN) | 2:30:26 |
| 29th | 30-08-2015 | Arata Fujiwara (JPN) | 2:16:49 | Yui Okada (JPN) | 2:32:10 |
See also
References
- ↑ Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
- Winners
- Larner, Brett (2010-02-05). Hokkaido Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
External links
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