Hokkaido Marathon

Hokkaido Marathon
Tomonori Watanabe winning the men's 2005 edition
DateAugust
LocationSapporo, Japan
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1987
Course recordsMen's: 2:10:13 (1998)
Ethiopia Ambesse Tolosa
Women's: 2:25:10 (2009)
Japan Kiyoko Shimahara
Official siteOfficial website

The Hokkaido Marathon held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, is one of the prominent marathon races of the year.

The staging area as well as both the start and finish lines are in Odori Park starting between Nishi 3-chome and Nishi 4-chome and the finishing at Nishi 8-chome. The course is sanctioned by both the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) and AIMS, meaning it is eligible for world record performances.[1]

  1. ^ Overview of the 2010 Hokkaido Marathon Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Hokkaido Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.