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The Tokyo Marathon (東京マラソン, Tōkyō Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, Japan. It is a World Athletics Platinum Label [ 3] marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors. [ 4] The latest edition of the race took place on 3 March 2024. It is sponsored by Tokyo Metro .
The qualifying window for the marathon and 35km race walk is 5 November 2023 until 4 May 2025. For the 10,000m, 20km race walk, combined events and relays, the window runs from 25 February 2024 to 24 August 2025. For all other events, entry standards can be achieved from 1 August 2024 to 24 August 2025.
The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, the series comprises annual races for the cities of ...
The Tokyo Marathon is adding a non-binary category for runners from 2025, making it last of the six World Major Marathons to do so. The marathon with a planned field of about 38,000 runners will ...
When is the 2024 Tokyo Marathon? The fist World Marathon Major of the year will be held on 3 March in Tokyo. The marathon will start at 9.10am local time (12.10am GMT), five minutes after the ...
Joan Benoit. Scott Samuelson (m. September 29, 1984) [ 1] Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [ 2] She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years ...
The 2023 Tokyo Marathon was the 16th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, held on Sunday, 5 March 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A Platinum Label marathon, it was the first of six annual World Marathon Majors events to be held in 2023, and the only one of the six that has not announced the inclusion of a non-binary division for the year.
The 2021 Tokyo Marathon ( Japanese: 東京マラソン2021) was the fifteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo. The competition was held on Sunday 6 March 2022, having been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The elite events were won by Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei respectively, whilst the wheelchair races ...