Mount Fuji Marathon

The Mount Fuji Marathon (富士山マラソン, Fujisan Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The first running of the event took place on November 25, 2012.

Mount Fuji Marathon
DateNovember
LocationYamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Event typeroad
DistanceMarathon
Established2012
Course recordsMen: 2:21:36 (2018)
Yusuke Kodama
Women: 2:39:47 (2018)
Tomomi Sawahata
Official siteMount Fuji Marathon
Participants8,591 (2019)

History

Prior to 2012 the race had been run 36 times as the "Kawaguchiko Marathon", or "Lake Kawaguchi Marathon". The course consisted of two laps of Lake Kawaguchi. In 2012, both the name of the race and the course were changed, with the route being changed to a single lap around Lake Kawaguchi and the nearby Lake Saiko.[1]

Over 23,000 participants were registered for the inaugural race vs 13,000 participants the year before and organizers failed to take into account the logistics from the additional runners. Traffic backed up and over 5000 of the registrants were not able to run.

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2012  Norio Kamijo (JPN) 2:21:53  Natsuko Muramatsu (JPN) 2:52:54
2nd 2013  Yuta Koyama (JPN) 2:24:16  Toshiko Yoshikawa (JPN) 2:51:59
3rd 2014  Yuta Koyama (JPN) 2:24:31  Mayumi Uchiyama (JPN) 2:51:51
4th 2015  Yuta Koyama (JPN) 2:25:37  Yuki Ogawa (JPN) 2:57:26
5th 2016  Yusuke Kodama (JPN) 2:27:33  Munkhzaya Bayartsogt (MGL) 2:48:46
6th 2017  Naoki Matsuoka (JPN) 2:28:46  Tomomi Sawahata (JPN) 2:40:31
7th 2018  Yusuke Kodama (JPN) 2:21:36  Tomomi Sawahata (JPN) 2:39:47
8th 2019  Yūsei Yamada (JPN) 2:23:57  Shōkō Shimoda (JPN) 2:40:31

References
  1. Mount Fuji Marathon website Feature of this Event / Course Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
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