Osaka Marathon
| Osaka Marathon | |
|---|---|
| File:Osaka Marathon 2014 004.jpg | |
| Date | February |
| Location | Osaka, Japan Japan |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2011 |
| Course records | Men: 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 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.[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
In 2022 the elite men's race of the 10th Osaka Marathon was combined with the 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon[7]
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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.
