Kobe Marathon

The Kobe Marathon (神戸マラソン, Kōbe Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid November in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Kobe Marathon
Sannomiya start point
DateNovember
LocationKobe, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorSysmex
Established2011
Course recordsMen: 2:08:46 (2019)
Geofrey Kusuro
Women: 2:27:39 (2019)
Haruka Yamaguchi
Official siteKobe Marathon
Participants19,448 (2019)
19,569 (2018)

Before of race start of first edition 2011, a stone monument was unveiled to commemorate the first ever marathon held in Japan, the Marathon Great Race held in Kobe on March 21, 1909.

History

The race was first held in 2011.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants automatically receiving full refunds.[1]

Course

The race begins in front of Kobe City Hall, passes through Takatori district, and after crossing and turning around in the West side of Akashi Kaikyo Bridge heads for to Komagayashi / Wada Cape area, where the finish line is located near the citizen's square of Port Island.

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2011  Takuya Nakayama (JPN) 2:24:13  Satoko Uetani (JPN) 2:40:45
2nd 2012  Kensuke Takahashi (JPN) 2:21:13  Yui Ouchi (JPN) 2:39:52
3rd 2013  Hironori Arai (JPN) 2:17:01  Chihiro Tanaka (JPN) 2:36:53
4th 2014  Harun Malel (KEN) 2:13:45  Hiromi Saitô (JPN) 2:38:24
5th 2015  Tadashi Suzuki (JPN) 2:18:01  Yuri Sugiyama (JPN) 2:42:01
6th 2016  Morris Mwangi (KEN) 2:22:31  Jacqueline Kiplimo (KEN) 2:40:07
7th 2017  Khalil Lemciyeh (MAR) 2:12:42  Maegan Krifchin (USA) 2:33:14
8th 2018  Khalil Lemciyeh (MAR) 2:13:54  Susan Jerotich (KEN) 2:31:38
9th 2019  Geofrey Kusuro (UGA) 2:08:46  Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:27:39
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[1]

Multiple wins

By country
Country Total Men's Women's
 Japan1046
 Kenya422
 Morocco220
 United States101
 Uganda110

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720030734/http://kobe-marathon.net/2020/english/news/2020060501.html/
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