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2019 Tokyo Marathon

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13th Tokyo Marathon
VenueTokyo, Japan
Dates3 March
Champions
MenBirhanu Legese (2:04:48)
WomenRuti Aga (2:20:40)
Wheelchair menMarcel Hug (01:30:44)
Wheelchair womenManuela Schär (01:46:57)
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The 2019 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2019) was the thirteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo and was held on Sunday, 3 March. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year. The men's race was won by Birhanu Legese in 2:04:48 hours (the second fastest time recorded in Japan) while the women's race was won by Ruti Aga in 2:20:40.

Birhanu Legese (right) behind Bedan Karoki and a pacemaker
Women's leading group with Ababel Yeshaneh, Ruti Aga, Bedatu Hirpa and Florence Kiplagat

The marathon race had a total of 37,604 starters. Male entrants outnumbered women by more than 3 to 1 (28,664 against 8,905), which was similarly reflected in the wheelchair division with its 26 men and 9 women.[1] In terms of competitive standard, a total of 906 men and 555 women entered with a semi-elite personal best.[2] Of the 35,460 finishers for the marathon that year, the largest contingent was from Tokyo Prefecture (10,387). Around 8500 entrants came from the prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, which were the only other regions in excess of 1000 entrants. Overseas athletes numbered 7431 – around one fifth of the total.[3] The estimated number of spectators on the course was 690,000.[4]

In terms of the 12th World Marathon Majors rankings, the result brought Birhanu Legese to joint first in the men's side with 25 points while Ruti Aga's win brought her into first place outright with 41 points (building upon her runner-up finish at the 2018 Berlin Marathon). In the wheelchair division, Daniel Romanchuk kept a two-point lead over Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär extended her lead to 76 points, ahead of Tatyana McFadden.[5]

It was a cold and wet edition of the race, with temperatures holding steady around 5 to 6 degrees celsius.[6] This resulted in several high profile mid-race dropouts, including Japan's national record holder Suguru Osako and elite Africans El Hassan El-Abbassi and Gideon Kipketer.[7]

For the Japanese elite runners, the marathon formed part of qualification into the Japanese team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kensuke Horio was the top male national finisher and, along with Masato Imai and Takuya Fujikawa, gained a place for the Marathon Grand Championship race scheduled for September. None of the women in the race gained qualification in Tokyo, leaving the Nagoya Women's Marathon and Lake Biwa Marathon as the final venues to do so.[7]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Birhanu Legese  Ethiopia 2:04:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bedan Karoki  Kenya 2:06:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dickson Chumba  Kenya 2:08:44
4 Simon Kariuki  Kenya 2:09:41
5 Kensuke Horio  Japan 2:10:21
6 Masato Imai  Japan 2:10:30
7 Takuya Fujikawa  Japan 2:10:35
8 Daichi Kamino  Japan 2:11:05
9 Ryu Takaku  Japan 2:11:49
10 Tadashi Isshiki  Japan 2:12:21
11 Shohei Otsuka  Japan 2:12:36
12 Ryo Kuchimachi  Japan 2:13:30
13 Yuki Munakata  Japan 2:13:47
14 Keita Shitara  Japan 2:14:41
15 Shogo Nakamura  Japan 2:14:52
16 Yuki Sato  Japan 2:15:07
17 Hiroto Kanamuri  Japan 2:15:37
18 Toshiki Sadakata  Japan 2:15:53
19 Hiroto Kunishi  Japan 2:15:59
20 Hidenori Nagai  Japan 2:16:08

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ruti Aga  Ethiopia 2:20:40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helen Tola  Ethiopia 2:21:01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shure Demise  Ethiopia 2:21:05
4 Florence Kiplagat  Kenya 2:21:50
5 Bedatu Hirpa  Ethiopia 2:23:43
6 Ababel Yeshaneh  Ethiopia 2:24:02
7 Mao Ichiyama  Japan 2:24:33
8 Joan Chelimo  Kenya 2:26:24
9 Rose Chelimo  Bahrain 2:30:35
10 Ruth Chebitok  Kenya 2:31:19
11 Yebrgual Melese  Ethiopia 2:31:40
12 Honami Maeda  Japan 2:31:42
13 Hiroko Yoshitomi  Japan 2:32:30
14 Mao Kiyota  Japan 2:33:04
15 Haruka Yamaguchi  Japan 2:33:41
16 Mimi Belete  Bahrain 2:35:04
17 Tsao Chunyu  Chinese Taipei 2:36:14 NR
18 Yoshiko Sakamoto  Japan 2:36:16
19 Shiho Satonaka  Japan 2:36:37
20 Keiko Nogami  Japan 2:38:23

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:30:44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Romanchuk  United States 1:34:26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ernst van Dyk  South Africa 1:34:41
4 Kota Hikonoue  Japan 1:35:39
5 Josh Cassidy  Canada 1:36:22
6 Tomoki Suzuki  Japan 1:36:50
7 Ryota Yoshida  Japan 1:40:40
8 Masazumi Soejima  Japan 1:41:04
9 Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan 1:43:08
10 Takashi Yoshida  Japan 1:43:16

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland 1:46:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:48:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States 1:54:32
4 Margriet van den Broek  Netherlands 1:57:52
5 Kazumi Nakayama  Japan 2:03:40

References

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  1. ^ Starters / Finishers / Finisher Rate. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  2. ^ Semi-Elite Starters / Finishers / Finisher Rate. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  3. ^ Entrants by prefecture of residence. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  4. ^ Spectators. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  5. ^ AbbottWMMリーダーボードAbbottWMMLeaderboard. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  6. ^ Weather Report. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  7. ^ a b Legese and Aga On Top, El Abbassi and Osako on the Sidelines at 2019 Tokyo Marathon . Japan Running News (2019-03-03). Retrieved 2019-04-22.

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