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)
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

Key:   Course record

EditionYearWinnerCountryTime (m:s)Runner-upCountryTime (m:s)Third placeCountryTime (m:s)
1st2015Atsede Baysa Ethiopia2:25:44Kaori Yoshida Japan2:28:43Rebecca Chesire Kenya2:29:11
2nd2016Flomena Cheyech Kenya2:23:18Amane Gobena Ethiopia2:25:58Monica Jepkoech Kenya2:28:56
3rd2017Flomena Cheyech Kenya2:28:39Shitaye Eshete Bahrain2:28:42Bekelech Daba Ethiopia2:30:06
4th2018Dalila Gosa Bahrain2:25:35Shitaye Eshete Bahrain2:25:39Sylvia Kibet Kenya2:28:38
5th2019Peres Jepchirchir Kenya2:23:50Fatuma Sado Ethiopia2:26:45Belaynesh Oljira Ethiopia2:27:11

See also

References
  1. http://saitama-international-marathon.jp/en/ Retrieved on 2016-02-28.
  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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