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Beppu-Ōita Marathon

Not to be confused with Lake Biwa Marathon.

The Beppu-Ōita Mainichi Marathon (別府大分毎日マラソン, Beppu Ōita Mainichi Marason) is an annual men's marathon race that takes place every February between the cities of Beppu and Ōita on the island of Kyushu in Japan. The race has IAAF Silver Label Road Race status[1] and is a listed course of AIMS (Association of International Marathons).

Beppu-Ōita Marathon
Beppu Bay, near the turning point of the race between Beppu and Ōita
DateEarly February
LocationBeppu and Ōita, Japan Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1952
Course recordsMen : 2:06:43
Djibouti Ibrahim Hassan (2023)
Women : 2:33:00
Japan Hiroko Yoshitomi (2018)
Official siteBeppu-Ōita Mainichi Marathon
Participants355 finishers (2022)
3,130 (2020)

Course History

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First held in 1952 as a 35 km race, the looped marathon course begins at the bottom of Takasaki Mountain and reaches Beppu's Kankoko International Port before turning back towards the finishing point in the Ōita Municipal Athletic Stadium.[2] The event is sponsored by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. and is formally known as the Beppu-Ōita Mainichi Marathon.[3] It hosted the Asian Marathon Championship in 1994.[4]

The course is AIMS-certified which means that performances on the course are eligible for national and world records.[5] The course has historically provided fast times: in 1963 Tōru Terasawa's time of 2:15:15.8 was recognised as the marathon world best and fifteen years later Shigeru Sō brought the course its second world best with his winning time of 2:09:05.6 in 1978.[nb 1] Furthermore, Koichi Morishita's win in 1991 was the fastest time recorded that year.[8] Gert Thys of South Africa won the race in 1996 with a time of 2:08:30 and his mark stood for seventeen years until Yuki Kawauchi completed the course in 2:08:15 in 2013.[9]

The marathon race attracts approximately 500 entrants each year, of whom around two-thirds finish the course.[10] The large majority of the runners are Japanese, or Japanese-based. A small number of international athletes are invited to compete each year, although other foreign athletes also appear in the race for pace setting purposes.[11] An additional road race, the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Half Marathon, was held in conjunction with the main race between 1976 and 2001.[10]

Past winners

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Key:   Course record   35 km course   Asian Marathon Championship race

Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
2024   Derese Workneh (ETH) 2:07:58   Aoi Makara (JPN) 2:40:31
2023   Ibrahim Hassan (DJI) 2:06:43   Zeyituba Husan (ETH) 2:31:40
2022   Yusuke Nishiyama (JPN) 2:07:47   Misato Michishita (JPN) 2:57:20
2020   Hamza Sahli (MAR) 2:08:01   Rochelle Rodgers (AUS) 2:40:02
2019   Hicham Laqouahi (MAR) 2:08:35   Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:36:51
2018   Desmond Mokgobu (RSA) 2:09:31   Hiroko Yoshitomi (JPN) 2:33:00
2017   Kentaro Nakamoto (JPN) 2:09:32   Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:40:31
2016   Melaku Abera (ETH) 2:09:27   Hiroko Yoshitomi (JPN) 2:45:07
2015   Tewelde Estifanos (ERI) 2:10:18   Chiyuki Mochizuki (JPN) 2:41:28
2014   Abraham Kiplimo (UGA) 2:09:23   Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:41:56
2013   Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:08:15   Chiyuki Mochizuki (JPN) 2:40:11
2012   Harun Mbugua (KEN) 2:09:38   Chiyuki Mochizuki (JPN) 2:43:12
2011   Ahmed Baday (MAR) 2:10:14   Chiyuki Mochizuki (JPN) 2:39:57
2010   Jonathan Kipkorir (KEN) 2:10:50
2009   Adil Annani (MAR) 2:10:15
2008   Tomoya Adachi (JPN) 2:11:59
2007   Atsushi Fujita (JPN) 2:10:23
2006   Gert Thys (RSA) 2:09:45
2005   Satoshi Irifune (JPN) 2:09:58
2004   Hiroaki Takeda (JPN) 2:12:02
2003   Samson Ramadhani (TAN) 2:09:24
2002   Sammy Korir (KEN) 2:11:45
2001   Takayuki Nishida (JPN) 2:08:45
2000   Kazutaka Enoki (JPN) 2:10:44
1999   Éder Fialho (BRA) 2:09:54
1998   Akira Shimizu (JPN) 2:09:11
1997   Rolando Vera (ECU) 2:12:00
1996   Gert Thys (RSA) 2:08:30
1995   Patrick Carroll (AUS) 2:09:39
1994   Hajime Nakatomi (JPN) 2:11:28
1993   Maurilio Castillo (MEX) 2:13:04
1992   Dionicio Cerón (MEX) 2:08:36
1991   Kōichi Morishita (JPN) 2:08:53
1990   Bogusław Psujek (POL) 2:11:56
1989   Satoru Shimizu (JPN) 2:12:26
1988   Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) 2:11:58
1987   Yoshihiro Nishimura (JPN) 2:12:03
1986   Taisuke Kodama (JPN) 2:10:34
1985   Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 2:13:16
1984   Cor Vriend (NED) 2:12:05
1983   Yoshihiro Nishimura (JPN) 2:13:55
1982   Bob Hodge (USA) 2:15:43
1981   Shigeru So (JPN) 2:11:30
1980   Yutaka Taketomi (JPN) 2:13:29
1979   Hideki Kita (JPN) 2:13:30
1978   Shigeru So (JPN) 2:09:06
1977   Yasunori Hamada (JPN) 2:13:57
1976   Yukio Shigetake (JPN) 2:14:23
1975   Ken’ichi Ozawa (JPN) 2:13:11
1974   Yasunori Hamada (JPN) 2:13:05
1973   Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:14:56
1972   Yoshiro Mifune (JPN) 2:19:11
1971   Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:16:52
1970   Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:17:12
1969   Tadaaki Ueoka (JPN) 2:14:04
1968   Seiichiro Sasaki (JPN) 2:13:24
1967   Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:13:34
1966   Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:14:35
1965   Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:14:38
1964   Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:17:49
1963   Toru Terasawa (JPN) 2:15:16
1962   Hideaki Shishido (JPN) 2:23:54
1961   Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) 2:23:45
1960   Kazumi Watanabe (JPN) 2:23:30
1959   Yoshitaka Tsukiji (JPN) 2:23:40
1958   Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) 2:25:16
1957   Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN) 2:26:40
1956   Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) 2:26:24
1955   Katsuo Nishida (JPN) 2:29:19
1954   Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN) 2:34:48
1953   Keizō Yamada (JPN) 2:29:05
1952   Hideo Hamamura (JPN) 2:01:50

Statistics

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Notes

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  1. ^ The International Association of Athletics Federations has published a progression of road racing world bests and records that were widely recognized prior to ratification and official acceptance by the IAAF. According to that progression, Derek Clayton's 2:08:34 performance in Antwerp on May 30, 1969 was a world best at the time.[6] Other road racing authorities, including the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, consider Clayton's performance to have occurred on a short course and recognize other athletes in the progression for world best in the marathon.[7]

References

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General
Specific
  1. ^ IAAF Road Race Label Events Archived 2010-02-16 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
  2. ^ Event Information Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Meet Ōita Net Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
  3. ^ Nakamura, Ken & Onishi, Akihiro Kipkorir prevails at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon. IAAF (2010-02-07). Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
  4. ^ Asian Championships Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2013-03-02). Retrieved on 2013-09-28.
  5. ^ AIMS Race Directory Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
  6. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  7. ^ Association of Road Racing Statisticians, World Best Progressions- Road. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  8. ^ Yearly Rankings- Marathon. ARRS (2009-12-31). Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  9. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-03). Kawauchi clocks course record in Beppu-Oita Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-24.
  10. ^ a b Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon. ARRS (2009-12-24). Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  11. ^ Nakamura, Ken Invited Runners For February's Beppu-Oita Marathon Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
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