Osaka Marathon

For the women's marathon, see Osaka International Ladies Marathon.
Osaka Marathon
DateFebruary
LocationOsaka, Japan Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2011
Course recordsMen:
Old course - 2:11:43 (2014)
Kenya Jackson Limo
New course - 2:07:31 (2022)
Japan Gaku Hoshi
Women:
Old course - 2:31:19 (2018)
Morocco Soud Kanbouchia
New course - 2:26:29 (2019)
Ethiopia Aberu Mekuria
Official siteOsaka Marathon
Participants207 elite finishers (2022)
31,594 (2019)
53,363 (2018)

The Osaka-Lake Biwa Marathon (大阪マラソン, Osaka Marathon) is an annual marathon road running event for elite and non-elite men and non-elite women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in late October in the city of Osaka, Japan. There is also a "challenge run" with a distance of 8.8km.[1] In 2019 edition of the race, a new race course was introduced where it starts near to and finishes at the Osaka Castle Park. [2]

The event is jointly hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese national newspaper. The first edition took place on October 30, 2011. In total, 27161 runners started the marathon race and of these 26175 finished the full distance.[3]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

In 2022, an organisational change by JAAF meant the race was merged into the Lake Biwa Marathon.[5] The elite men's race is now the Lake Biwa Marathon.

  1. ^ Osaka Marathon website Outline of the Osaka Marathon
  2. ^ New Course Set for 9th Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons; Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 5
  3. ^ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "Osaka Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ Race information