Kyoto Marathon Explained

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Date:	Third Sunday in February
Location:	Kyoto, Japan
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon
Est:	2012
Record:	Men: 2:14:15 Yuma Morii (2024) Women: 2:45:15 Yuria Ikuno (2017)
Participants:	13,894 (2020)

The is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid February in Kyoto, Japan. The course starts at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium and pass through Kyoto Botanical Gardens and the right bank of Kamo river and finishes near Heian Jingu. It was one of the top ten most expensive of the world's biggest marathons by entry cost in 2015.^[1]

An event with the same name was held from 1969 to 1982.^[2]

Results

Key:

Edition	Date	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	11 March 2012		2:26:21		2:48:47
2nd	10 March 2013		2:20:30		2:49:06
3rd	16 February 2014		2:25:18		2:49:10
4th	15 February 2015		2:21:14		2:45:30
5th	21 February 2016		2:17:54		2:50:41
6th	19 February 2017		2:20:32		2:45:15
7th	18 February 2018		2:23:44		2:51:57
8th	17 February 2019		2:16:27		2:51:40
9th	16 February 2020		2:21:48		2:45:25
10th	19 February 2023		2:19:39		2:48:57
11th	18 February 2024		2:14:15		2:47:22

Kyoto Marathon (1969–1982)

Winners

Edition	Date	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	March 9, 1969	Seiji Fukada		2:17:43.8
2	February 8, 1970	Kokichi Uchino		2:16:55.8
3	February 7, 1971	Hayami Tanimura		2:13:45.2	Course record
4	February 6, 1972	Susumu Sato		2:17:37
5	February 5, 1973			2:14:53.4
6	February 3, 1974	Matti Vuorenmaa		2:15:10.8
7	February 9, 1975	Mineteru Sakamoto		2:17:15.4
8	February 8, 1976	Hatsuo Okubo		2:16:50.2
9	February 13, 1977			2:14:26.2
10	February 12, 1978			2:16:00.4
11	February 11, 1979	Masahiko Furuta		2:18:08.2
12	February 10, 1980	Kazuo Takatori		2:15:23
13	February 15, 1981	Koshiro Kawaguchi		2:18:14
14	February 11, 1982	Masahiko Furuta		2:17:58	2nd victory

External links

• Kyoto Marathon official website
• April 2015 . Do you Kyoto? . Distance Running 2015 Edition 2 . . 18–19 . 2016-08-28.
• List of Certified Marathon Courses in 2016 — International Association of Athletics Federations

Notes and References

1. News: Running costs: what are the world's most expensive marathons?. The Guardian. 17 March 2015.
2. News: Sakamoto Wins Marathon. The New York Times. February 10, 1975.