2016 Tokyo Marathon Explained

Competition:	10th Tokyo Marathon
Venue:	Tokyo, Japan
Dates:	28 February
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2016) was the tenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 28 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year.

Results

Men

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Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:06:56
			2:07:33
			2:07:34
4			2:07:46
5			2:08:06
6			2:08:55
7			2:10:23
8			2:10:57
9			2:11:01
10			2:11:34

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:21:27
			2:21:51
			2:22:36
4			2:23:01
5			2:23:16
6			2:25:04
7			2:25:50
8			2:27:36
9			2:30:02
10			2:31:17

Wheelchair

The Elite Wheelchair race acted as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. A top three finish or a qualifying time of 1:28:30 (men) or 1:46:00 (women) gave competitors a berth for the Rio Games.^[2]

Men
Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kurt Fearnley		1:26:00
			1:26:01
			1:26:01

Women
Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:41:04
			1:41:14

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics-World Marathon Majors Tokyo Marathon men results. 28 February 2016. Reuters. 1 March 2016.
Web site: Tokyo Marathon 2016 Wheelchair race review . 1 June 2016 . 10 March 2016 . www.marathon.tokyo . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527003909/http://www.marathon.tokyo/2016/en/news-media/news/news_000014.html . 2016-05-27 . dead .