- Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon
-
Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon 
The race passes the Zenkō-ji templeDate Mid-April Location Nagano, Japan Event type Road Distance Marathon Established 1958 Official site Nagano Marathon The Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon (Japanese: 長野オリンピック記念 長野マラソン) is an annual marathon road race which takes place in mid-April in Nagano, Japan. It is an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race competition.[1] The Nagano Marathon has races for both elite and amateur runners. It is named in honour of the 1998 Winter Olympics which were held in Nagano.[2]
The course has a point-to-point style and it has received accreditation from the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and AIMS. The route begins at the Nagano City Athletic Park and heads in a generally southern direction, passing the Zenkō-ji temple before finishing at the Nagano Olympic Stadium. The route incorporates four of the former Olympic venues into the race.[3]
Nicholas Chelimo and Alevtina Ivanova are the current men's and women's course record holders. The 1999 route was aided by a downhill net drop of 4.27 m/km (just under the allowable limit), while the editions from 2000–2003 had an excessive drop of over 5 m/km, making them ineligible for record performances.[4] The current route is relatively flat, however, with the race having an overall total incline of 5 m from start to finish.[5]
The historical root of the competition lies with the Shinmai Marathon which was first held in 1958. The marathon came under its current moniker in 1999. The elite race is international in nature, with a number of foreign runners being invited each year, although prominent Japanese athletes also take part.[6] Kenyans have won the majority of the men's races while Russians have dominated the women's race. Nephat Kinyanjui of Kenya won the race a record three times consecutively between 2006 and 2008. Akiyo Onishi remains the only domestic runner to have won the competition after 1999.
Contents
Past winners
Key: Course record Downhill course
Lisa Weightman was the winner of the 2010 women's race.
Nagano Marathon era
Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) — 2011 Not held due to
Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami[7]— — — 12th 2010 
Nicholas Chelimo (KEN)2:10:24 
Lisa Jane Weightman (AUS)2:28:48 11th 2009 Isaac Macharia (KEN)2:11.21 
Irina Timofeyeva (RUS)2:30.07 10th 2008 Nephat Kinyanjui (KEN)2:14.17 Alevtina Ivanova (RUS)2:26.38 9th 2007 Nephat Kinyanjui (KEN)2:13.32 Alevtina Ivanova (RUS)2:27.49 8th 2006 Nephat Kinyanjui (KEN)2:11.18 Albina Ivanova (RUS)2:28.52 7th 2005 Isaac Macharia (KEN)2:10.59 Albina Ivanova (RUS)2:28.21 6th 2004 
Moges Taye (ETH)2:13.09 Fatuma Roba (ETH)2:28.05 5th 2003 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:12.00 Madina Biktagirova (RUS)2:28.23 4th 2002 
Josia Thugwane (RSA)2:13.23 Madina Biktagirova (RUS)2:26.09 3rd 2001 Maxwell Musembi (KEN)2:12.20 
Akiyo Onishi (JPN)2:31.20 2nd 2000 Erick Wainaina (KEN)2:10.17 Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)2:24.55 1st 1999 Jackson Kabiga (KEN)2:13.26 Valentina Yegorova (RUS)2:28.41 Shinmai Marathon era
Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) 41st 1998 Yoshifumi Miyamoto (JPN)2:17.34 40th 1997 Isamu Sennai (JPN)2:17.24 39th 1996 Koichi Haraguchi (JPN)2:19.20 38th 1995 Fumiaki Makino (JPN)2:17.22 Mineko Yamanouchi (JPN)2:36.35 37th 1994 Yukiyasu Ogura (JPN)2:16.10 36th 1993 Takashi Kondo (JPN)2:15.43 35th 1992 Toshinobu Sato (JPN)2:14.05 34th 1991 Takashi Murakami (JPN)2:16.33 33rd 1990 Kazuya Nishimoto (JPN)2:13.52 32nd 1989 Yoshihiro Ohashi (JPN)2:17.25 31st 1988 Hideo Takamura (JPN)2:14.44 Kumiko Fukuzawa (JPN)2:41.39 30th 1987 Yoshizo Morita (JPN)2:17.21 29th 1986 Takashi Sato (JPN)2:25.52 28th 1985 Hiromi Nishi (JPN)2:20.52 Tokiko Fukuhara (JPN)3:30.26 27th 1984 Masaaki Shibusawa (JPN)2:19.13 26th 1983 Shuzo Nakajima (JPN)2:17.47 Hideko Miyashita (JPN)3:28.01 25th 1982 Fumio Inoue (JPN)2:21.21 24th 1981 Tadashi Matsumoto (JPN)2:16.59 Shizue Takayama (JPN)3:35.38 23rd 1980 Atsuhide Maeda (JPN)2:15.23 Chie Matsuda (JPN)2:57.07 22nd 1979 Osamu Kitahara (JPN)2:21.10 Not held 21st 1978 Tomio Ito (JPN)2:22.04.0 20th 1977 Haruki Okubo (JPN)2:25.18 19th 1976 Kaneo Hikima (JPN)2:17.31 18th 1975 Osamu Kitahara (JPN)2:21.43 17th 1974 Kunio Miura (JPN)2:21.28 16th 1973 Seiji Fukada (JPN)2:21.27 15th 1972 Kimio Otsuka (JPN)2:21.03.4 14th 1971 Kimio Otsuka (JPN)2:18.17.6 13th 1970 Kunio Miura (JPN)2:21.29.0 12th 1969 Toru Terasawa (JPN)2:21.02.2 11th 1968 Juichi Sato (JPN)2:20.50.6 10th 1967 Kunio Miura (JPN)2:21.27.8 9th 1966 Tadaaki Ueoka (JPN)2:22.36.6 8th 1965 Kimio Karasawa (JPN)2:22.31.6 7th 1964 Susumu Noro (JPN)2:23.11.6 6th 1963 Tadayoshi Shiozuka (JPN)2:27.05 5th 1962 Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)2:27.43 4th 1961 Katsuyoshi Ito (JPN)2:28.41 3rd 1960 Hidenori Baba (JPN)2:29.11 2nd 1959 Tadaichi Ishibuchi (JPN)2:32.07 1st 1958 Kikuo Ono (JPN)2:30.15 References
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2010-04-18). Chelimo and Weightman take Nagano Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ The Aim of Nagano Marathon. Nagano Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ Course Route. Nagano Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ Ota, Shigenobu (2010-04-19). Nagano Olympic Memorial Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2008-04-18). Can Kinyanjui three-peat? – Nagano Marathon PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2009-04-18). Breakthrough time for Tola and Ozaki? – Nagano Marathon preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-01.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2011-03-22). Nagano Marathon cancelled. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
- List of winners
- Ota, Shigenobu (2010-04-19). Nagano Olympic Memorial Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.
External links
Marathon races in Japan 
Beppu-Ōita Marathon • Fukuoka Marathon • Hokkaido Marathon • Lake Biwa Marathon • Nagano Marathon
Nagoya Marathon • Osaka International Ladies Marathon • Osaka Marathon • Tokyo International Marathon • Tokyo Marathon • Yokohama Women's Marathon
See also: EkidenIAAF Bronze Label Road Races International Marathon Alexander the Great • Mangyongdae Prize Marathon • Great Ireland Run • Düsseldorf Marathon • Corrida de Langueux • Semi-Marathon International Auray-Vannes • Singelloop Utrecht • 20 Kilomètres de Paris • Reims Half Marathon • Zevenheuvelenloop • Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon • Beirut Marathon • Florence Marathon • Marathon de La RochelleCategories:- Marathons in Japan
- Sports festivals in Japan
- Recurring sporting events established in 1958
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
