Saitama International Marathon

The Saitama International Marathon is a women's marathon held in Saitama, Japan, and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Saitama Prefecture, Saitama City, Nippon Television Network and the Yomiuri Shimbun.[1] The event is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.[2]

Saitama International Marathon
DateDecember
LocationSaitama, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorResona
Established2015
Course records2:23:18 (2016)
Kenya Flomena Cheyech
Official siteSaitama Marathon
Participants163 (2019)

The competition took the place of the Yokohama Women's Marathon which was held in Yokohama from 2009 until 2014 and itself a successor event to the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, which was held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008. Following the creation of the annual Tokyo Marathon in 2007, which featured its own annual women's marathon, the sponsors decided to move the women's marathon to Yokohama in 2009 and then on to Saitama in 2015.[3]

The first Saitama International Marathon held on 15 November 2015 also served as the selection race for Japan women's marathon representatives for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Year Winner Country Time (m:s) Runner-up Country Time (m:s) Third place Country Time (m:s)
1st 2015 Atsede Baysa   Ethiopia 2:25:44 Kaori Yoshida   Japan 2:28:43 Rebecca Chesire   Kenya 2:29:11
2nd 2016 Flomena Cheyech   Kenya 2:23:18 Amane Gobena   Ethiopia 2:25:58 Monica Jepkoech   Kenya 2:28:56
3rd 2017 Flomena Cheyech   Kenya 2:28:39 Shitaye Eshete   Bahrain 2:28:42 Bekelech Daba   Ethiopia 2:30:06
4th 2018 Dalila Gosa   Bahrain 2:25:35 Shitaye Eshete   Bahrain 2:25:39 Sylvia Kibet   Kenya 2:28:38
5th 2019 Peres Jepchirchir   Kenya 2:23:50 Fatuma Sado   Ethiopia 2:26:45 Belaynesh Oljira   Ethiopia 2:27:11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1st Saitama International Marathon". saitama-international-marathon.jp (in Japanese). Saitama. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ Baysa wins the inaugural Saitama International Marathon
  3. ^ Abitova takes inaugural Yokohama Women’s Marathon, IAAF, Nakamura, Ken & Onishi, Akihiro (2009-11-15). Retrieved on 2009-11-15.
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