Beppu-Ōita Marathon

Annual marathon between Beppu and Ōita, Japan

Not to be confused with Lake Biwa Marathon.

Beppu-Ōita Marathon

Beppu Bay, near the turning point of the race between Beppu and Ōita

Date| Early February
Location| Beppu and Ōita, Japan
Event type| Road
Distance| Marathon
Established| 1952
Course records| Men : 2:06:43
Ibrahim Hassan (2023)
Women : 2:33:00
Hiroko Yoshitomi (2018)
Official site| Beppu-Ōita Mainichi Marathon
Participants| 355 finishers (2022)
3,130 (2020)

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).

## Course History[edit]

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[edit]

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)

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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[edit]

### Winners by country[edit]

| Country  | Wins

|

Japan | 46
Morocco | 3
South Africa | 3
Kenya | 2
Mexico | 2
Australia | 1
Brazil | 1
Ecuador | 1
Netherlands | 1
Poland | 1
Switzerland | 1
Tanzania | 1
United States | 1
Ethiopia | 1

### Multiple winners[edit]

| Athlete  | Country  | Wins  | Years

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Tōru Terasawa |  Japan | 4  | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Kenji Kimihara |  Japan | 4  | 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973
Kurao Hiroshima |  Japan | 2  | 1956, 1958
Yasunori Hamada |  Japan | 2  | 1974, 1977
Shigeru Sō |  Japan | 2  | 1978, 1981
Yoshihiro Nishimura |  Japan | 2  | 1983, 1987
Gert Thys |  South Africa | 2  | 1996, 2006

## Notes[edit]

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[edit]

General

* Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon. ARRS (2009-12-24). Retrieved on 2010-02-08.

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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