Hokkaido Marathon

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

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

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)
1st06-09-1987 Fedor Ryzhov (URS)2:24:28 Lutsia Belyayeva (URS)2:42:17
2nd04-09-1988 Masayuki Nishi (JPN)2:17:11 Jane Welzel (USA)2:40:53
3rd27-08-1989 Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)2:13:16 Lorraine Moller (NZL)2:36:39
4th26-08-1990 Futoshi Shinohara (JPN)2:15:32 Lisa Rainsberger (USA)2:31:29
5th04-08-1991 Koichi Fujita (JPN)2:17:05 Lorraine Moller (NZL)2:33:20
6th30-08-1992 Michael Scout (RSA)2:16:38 Olga Appell (MEX)2:30:22
7th29-08-1993 Tadesse Gebre (ETH)2:15:34 Nobuko Fujimura (JPN)2:33:10
8th28-08-1994 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:15:03 Olga Appell (USA)2:36:31
9th27-08-1995 Tadesse Gebre (ETH)2:15:07 Yuko Arimori (JPN)2:29:17
10th25-08-1996 Biruk Bekele (ETH)2:14:26 Tomoe Abe (JPN)2:31:21
11th31-08-1997 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:13:45 Chihiro Ogura (JPN)2:33:30
12th30-08-1998 Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)2:10:13 Eri Yamaguchi (JPN)2:27:36
13th29-08-1999 Masahiro Matsumoto (JPN)2:12:08 Kazumi Matsuo (JPN)2:32:14
14th27-08-2000 Dionicio Cerón (MEX)2:17:14 Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN)2:32:30
15th26-08-2001 Tsutomu Sassa (JPN)2:13:45 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:30:39
16th25-08-2002 Samson Kandie (KEN)2:15:12 Chika Horie (JPN)2:26:11
17th31-08-2003 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:13:13 Chihiro Tanaka (JPN)2:34:11
18th29-08-2004 Laban Kagika (KEN)2:12:20 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:26:50
19th28-08-2005 Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)2:14:49 Masako Chiba (JPN)2:25:46
20th27-08-2006 Tomonori Watanabe (JPN)2:17:51 Kaori Yoshida (JPN)2:32:53
21st09-09-2007 Julius Gitahi (KEN)2:17:26 Yuri Kanō (JPN)2:30:43
22nd31-08-2008 Masaru Takamizawa (JPN)2:12:10 Yukari Sahaku (JPN)2:31:50
23rd30-08-2009 Daniel Njenga (KEN)2:12:03 Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)2:25:10
24th29-08-2010 Cyrus Njui (KEN)2:11:22 Yumiko Hara (JPN)2:34:12
25th28-08-2011 Harun Mbugua (KEN)2:14:10 Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:33:45
26th26-08-2012 Yuki Kawauchi (JPN)2:18:38 Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN)2:39:07
27th25-08-2013 Koji Gokaya (JPN)2:14:26 Yuko Watanabe (JPN)2:29:13
28th31-08-2014 Shigeki Tsuji (JPN)2:15:24 Azusa Nojiri (JPN)2:30:26
29th30-08-2015 Arata Fujiwara (JPN)2:16:49 Yui Okada (JPN)2:32:10
30th28-08-2016 Ryo Kiname (JPN)2:13:16 Kaori Yoshida (JPN)2:32:33
31st27-08-2017 Akinobu Murasawa (JPN)2:14:48 Honami Maeda (JPN)2:28:48
32nd26-08-2018 Okamoto Naomi (JPN)2:11:29 Ayuko Suzuki (JPN)2:28:32
33rd25-08-2019 Ryo Matsumoto (JPN)2:12:57 Mirai Waku (JPN)2:33:44
2020cancelled due to conflict with Olympic and Paralympic Games [7]

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][9]

References
  1. Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
  2. https://www.hokkaido-marathon.com/history/
  3. https://www.hokkaido-marathon.com/history05/
  4. https://www.hokkaido-marathon.com/history06/
  5. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/12/19/olympics/2020-olympic-organizers-unveil-course-sapporo-marathons/
  6. https://www.paralympic.org/news/paralympic-marathon-remain-tokyo
  7. https://www.hokkaido-marathon.com/info/北海道マラソン2020%e3%80%80休止のお知らせ/
  8. https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee
  9. https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/tokyo-2020-olympics/marathon-sapporo
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