Osaka Marathon
DateFebruary
LocationOsaka, Japan Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2011
Course recordsMen:
Old course - 2:11:43 (2014)
Kenya Jackson Limo
New course - 2:07:31 (2022)
Japan Gaku Hoshi
Women:
Old course - 2:31:19 (2018)
Morocco Soud Kanbouchia
New course - 2:26:29 (2019)
Ethiopia Aberu Mekuria
Official siteOsaka Marathon
Participants207 elite finishers (2022)
31,594 (2019)
53,363 (2018)

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]

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

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) 2:12:43  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:32:48
2nd November 25, 2012  Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:11:54  Lidia Șimon (ROM) (2) 2:33:14
3rd[6] October 27, 2013  Jackson Limo (KEN) 2:12:06  Monica Jepkoech (KEN) 2:39:23
4th October 26, 2014  Jackson Limo (KEN) (2) 2:11:43  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:33:04
5th October 25, 2015  Daniel Kosgei (KEN) 2:13:46  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) (2) 2:32:28
6th October 30, 2016  Benjamin Ngandu (KEN) 2:12:47  Yoshiko Sakamoto (JPN) 2:36:02
7th November 26, 2017  Kaleab Selomon (ERI) 2:12:03  Yumiko Kinoshita (JPN) 2:34:38
8th November 25, 2018  Charles Munyeki (KEN) 2:14:11  Soud Kanbouchia (MAR) 2:31:19
9th December 1, 2019  Asefa Tefera (ETH) 2:07:47  Aberu Mekuria (ETH) 2:26:29
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[4]
2021
10th February 27, 2022  Gaku Hoshi (JPN) 2:07:31  Misato Horie (JPN) 2:32:10
11th February 26, 2023  Hailemaryam Kiros (ETH) 2:06:01  Helen Bekele Tola (ETH) 2:22:16

In 2022 the elite men's race of the 10th Osaka Marathon was combined with the 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon[7]

References

  1. ↑ Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
  2. ↑ New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
  3. ↑ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. 1 2 "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
  5. ↑ Race information
  6. ↑ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
  7. ↑ "The Combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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