| Kyoto Marathon | |
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| Date | Third Sunday in February |
| Location | Kyoto, Japan |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2012 |
| Course records | Men: 2:14:15 Yuma Morii (2024)Women: 2:45:15 Yuria Ikuno (2017) |
| Official site | Kyoto Marathon |
| Participants | 13,894 (2020) |
The Kyoto Marathon (京都マラソン, Kyōto Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid February in Kyoto, Japan. The course starts at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium and pass through Kyoto Botanical Gardens and the right bank of Kamo river and finishes near Heian Jingu. It was one of the top ten most expensive of the world's biggest marathons by entry cost in 2015.[1]
An event with the same name was held from 1969 to 1982.[2]
- ^ "Running costs: what are the world's most expensive marathons?". The Guardian. 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Sakamoto Wins Marathon". The New York Times. February 10, 1975.