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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Osaka Marathon
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. In 2019 edition of the race, a new race course was introduced where it starts near to and finishes at the Osaka Castle Park.

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.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2022, an organisational change by JAAF meant the race was merged into the Lake Biwa Marathon. The elite men's race is now the Lake Biwa Marathon.

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Date Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)  Elijah Sang (KEN) 2:12:43  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:32:48
2nd November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)  Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:11:54  Lidia Șimon (ROM) (2) 2:33:14
3rd October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)  Jackson Limo (KEN) 2:12:06  Monica Jepkoech (KEN) 2:39:23
4th October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)  Jackson Limo (KEN) (2) 2:11:43  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:33:04
5th October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25)  Daniel Kosgei (KEN) 2:13:46  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) (2) 2:32:28
6th October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)  Benjamin Ngandu (KEN) 2:12:47  Yoshiko Sakamoto (JPN) 2:36:02
7th November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)  Kaleab Selomon (ERI) 2:12:03  Yumiko Kinoshita (JPN) 2:34:38
8th November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)  Charles Munyeki (KEN) 2:14:11  Soud Kanbouchia (MAR) 2:31:19
9th December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)  Asefa Tefera (ETH) 2:07:47  Aberu Mekuria (ETH) 2:26:29
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021
10th February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)  Gaku Hoshi (JPN) 2:07:31  Misato Horie (JPN) 2:32:10
11th February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)  Hailemaryam Kiros (ETH) 2:06:01  Helen Bekele (ETH) 2:22:16
11th February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)  Kiyoto Hirabayashi (JPN) 2:06:18  Waganesh Mekasha (ETH) 2:24:20

In 2022 the elite men's race of the 10th Osaka Marathon was combined with the 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon

References

  1. ^ Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
  2. ^ New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
  3. ^ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ Race information
  6. ^ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
  7. ^ "The Combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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