Hokkaido Marathon
Hokkaido Marathon | |
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![]() Tomonori Watanabe winning the men's 2005 edition | |
Date | August |
Location | Sapporo, Japan |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 1987 |
Course records | Men's: 2:10:13 (1998)![]() Women's: 2:25:10 (2009) ![]() |
Official site | Hokkaido Marathon |
The Hokkaido Marathon held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, is one of the prominent marathon races of the year.
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
[edit]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.[a][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.[b][7]
Winners
[edit]Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's Winner | Time (h:m:s) |
Women's Winner | Time (h:m:s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 6 September 1987 | ![]() |
2:24:28 | ![]() |
2:42:17 |
2nd | 4 September 1988 | ![]() |
2:17:11 | ![]() |
2:40:53 |
3rd | 27 August 1989 | ![]() |
2:13:16 | ![]() |
2:36:39 |
4th | 26 August 1990 | ![]() |
2:15:32 | ![]() |
2:31:29 |
5th | 4 August 1991 | ![]() |
2:17:05 | ![]() |
2:33:20 |
6th | 30 August 1992 | ![]() |
2:16:38 | ![]() |
2:30:22 |
7th | 29 August 1993 | ![]() |
2:15:34 | ![]() |
2:33:10 |
8th | 28 August 1994 | ![]() |
2:15:03 | ![]() |
2:36:31 |
9th | 27 August 1995 | ![]() |
2:15:07 | ![]() |
2:29:17 |
10th | 25 August 1996 | ![]() |
2:14:26 | ![]() |
2:31:21 |
11th | 31 August 1997 | ![]() |
2:13:45 | ![]() |
2:33:30 |
12th | 30 August 1998 | ![]() |
2:10:13 | ![]() |
2:27:36 |
13th | 29 August 1999 | ![]() |
2:12:08 | ![]() |
2:32:14 |
14th | 27 August 2000 | ![]() |
2:17:14 | ![]() |
2:32:30 |
15th | 26 August 2001 | ![]() |
2:13:45 | ![]() |
2:30:39 |
16th | 25 August 2002 | ![]() |
2:15:12 | ![]() |
2:26:11 |
17th | 31 August 2003 | ![]() |
2:13:13 | ![]() |
2:34:11 |
18th | 29 August 2004 | ![]() |
2:12:20 | ![]() |
2:26:50 |
19th | 28 August 2005 | ![]() |
2:14:49 | ![]() |
2:25:46 |
20th | 27 August 2006 | ![]() |
2:17:51 | ![]() |
2:32:53 |
21st | 9 September 2007 | ![]() |
2:17:26 | ![]() |
2:30:43 |
22nd | 31 August 2008 | ![]() |
2:12:10 | ![]() |
2:31:50 |
23rd | 30 August 2009 | ![]() |
2:12:03 | ![]() |
2:25:10 |
24th | 29 August 2010 | ![]() |
2:11:22 | ![]() |
2:34:12 |
25th | 28 August 2011 | ![]() |
2:14:10 | ![]() |
2:33:45 |
26th | 26 August 2012 | ![]() |
2:18:38 | ![]() |
2:39:07 |
27th | 25 August 2013 | ![]() |
2:14:26 | ![]() |
2:29:13 |
28th | 31 August 2014 | ![]() |
2:15:24 | ![]() |
2:30:26 |
29th | 30 August 2015 | ![]() |
2:16:49 | ![]() |
2:32:10 |
30th | 28 August 2016 | ![]() |
2:13:16 | ![]() |
2:32:33 |
31st | 27 August 2017 | ![]() |
2:14:48 | ![]() |
2:28:48 |
32nd | 26 August 2018 | ![]() |
2:11:29 | ![]() |
2:28:32 |
33rd | 25 August 2019 | ![]() |
2:12:57 | ![]() |
2:33:44 |
2020 | cancelled due to conflict with Olympic and Paralympic Games [7] | ||||
2021 | Not held | ||||
34th | 28 August 2022 | ![]() |
2:10:49 | ![]() |
2:29:52[9] |
35 | 27 August 2023 | ![]() |
2:20:54 | ![]() |
2:38:18 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
- ^ "大会の歴史". 【公式】北海道マラソン2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "大会の歴史(第21回~第25回)".
- ^ a b "大会の歴史(第26回~第30回)".
- ^ "2020 Olympic organizers unveil course for Sapporo marathons". 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Paralympic Marathon to remain in Tokyo".
- ^ a b c "北海道マラソン2020 休止のお知らせ/Notice of Cancellation of Hokkaido Marathon 2020 | 【公式】北海道マラソン2021".
- ^ "The 2020 Olympic Marathon in Sapporo - Japan Rail Pass".
- ^ Larner, B., 2022. Musembi and Yamaguchi Win Hokkaido Marathon, Five Qualify for Olympic Marathon Trials. [online] Japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Available at: <http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2022/08/musembi-and-yamaguchi-win-hokkaido.html> [Accessed 29 August 2022].
- Winners
- Larner, Brett (2010-02-05). Hokkaido Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.