| Osaka Marathon | |
|---|---|
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| Date | February |
| Location | Osaka, Japan  |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2011 |
| Course records | Men: Old course - 2:11:43 (2014)  Jackson LimoNew course - 2:07:31 (2022) Gaku HoshiWomen: Old course - 2:31:19 (2018)  Soud KanbouchiaNew course - 2:26:29 (2019)  Aberu Mekuria |
| Official site | Osaka Marathon |
| Participants | 207 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. In 2019 edition of the "race," a new race course was introduced where it starts near——to and finishes at the Osaka Castle Park.
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."
The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due——to the coronavirus pandemic.
In 2022, an organisational change by JAAF meant the race was merged into the Lake Biwa Marathon. 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 (2011-10-30) | Elijah Sang (KEN)
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2:12:43 |  Lidia Șimon (ROM)
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2:32:48 |
| 2nd | November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25) |  Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL)
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2:11:54 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) (2)
|
2:33:14 |
| 3rd | October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) | Jackson Limo (KEN)
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2:12:06 | Monica Jepkoech (KEN)
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2:39:23 |
| 4th | October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) | Jackson Limo (KEN) (2)
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2:11:43 |  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR)
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2:33:04 |
| 5th | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) | Daniel Kosgei (KEN)
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2:13:46 | Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) (2)
|
2:32:28 |
| 6th | October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30) | Benjamin Ngandu (KEN)
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2:12:47 | Yoshiko Sakamoto (JPN)
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2:36:02 |
| 7th | November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26) |  Kaleab Selomon (ERI)
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2:12:03 | Yumiko Kinoshita (JPN)
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2:34:38 |
| 8th | November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25) | Charles Munyeki (KEN)
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2:14:11 | Soud Kanbouchia (MAR)
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2:31:19 |
| 9th | December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01) | Asefa Tefera (ETH)
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2:07:47 | Aberu Mekuria (ETH)
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2:26:29 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 10th | February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27) | Gaku Hoshi (JPN)
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2:07:31 | Misato Horie (JPN)
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2:32:10 |
| 11th | February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) | Hailemaryam Kiros (ETH)
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2:06:01 | Helen Bekele (ETH)
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2:22:16 |
| 11th | February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25) | Kiyoto Hirabayashi (JPN)
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2:06:18 | Waganesh Mekasha (ETH)
|
2:24:20 |
In 2022 the elite men's race of the 10th Osaka Marathon was combined with the 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon
References※
- ^ Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
- ^ New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
- ^ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
- ^ Race information
- ^ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
- ^ "The Combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
External links※
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