Tokyo International Marathon

The Tokyo International Marathon was a marathon for male elite runners held in Tokyo, Japan, from 1980 until 2006.

It actually consisted of two marathons - the Tokyo International Marathon which took place on even years, and Tokyo-New York Friendship International Marathon which took place on odd years. In the inaugural year, 1981, both marathons took place. However, because it was not possible to support two marathons a month apart in the same city, from 1982, the alternating format went into effect. The events were replaced in 2007 by the Tokyo Marathon, a race which is open to general runners of both sexes.

Between 1979 and 2008 there was also a Tokyo International Women's Marathon for female elite runners in November.

Winners

Key:   Course record

YearAthleteCountryTime
1981 FebHideki Kita Japan2:12:04
1981 MarRodolfo Gomez Mexico2:11:00
1982Vadim Sidorov Soviet Union2:10:33
1983Toshihiko Seko Japan2:08:38
1984Juma Ikangaa Tanzania2:10:49
1985Shigeru So Japan2:10:32
1986Juma Ikangaa Tanzania2:08:10
1987Hiromi Taniguchi Japan2:10:06
1988Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia2:08:33
1989Hiromi Taniguchi Japan2:09:34
1990Takeyuki Nakayama Japan2:10:57
1991Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia2:10:26
1992Koichi Morishita Japan2:10:19
1993Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia2:12:00
1994Steve Moneghetti Australia2:08:55
1995Erick Wainaina Kenya2:10:31
1996Vanderlei de Lima Brazil2:08:38
1997Koji Shimizu Japan2:10:09
1998Alberto Juzdado Spain2:08:01
1999Gert Thys South Africa2:06:33
2000Japhet Kosgei Kenya2:07:15
2001Kenichi Takahashi Japan2:10:51
2002Erick Wainaina Kenya2:08:43
2003Zebedayo Bayo Tanzania2:09:07
2004Daniel Njenga Kenya2:08:43
2005Toshinari Takaoka Japan2:07:41
2006Ambesse Tolosa Ethiopia2:08:58
gollark: Wizards.
gollark: Apparently in ye olden times they didn't ship with the wall plug actually connected.
gollark: Electrons are a government LIE!
gollark: Perhaps. Weird that they stopped, though, it's not like electronics became significantly less useful.
gollark: The closest thing is that we had to learn about UK plugs and how to wire them in Physics for some reason.

See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.