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:2014 Tokyo Marathon

{{Short description|2014 marathon race}}

{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 8th Tokyo Marathon

|image = 2014 Tokyo marathon mass race.jpg

|caption = Runners in the 2014 Tokyo Marathon mass race

|venue = Tokyo, Japan

|dates = 23 February

|gold = Dickson Chumba (2:05:42 CR)
Tirfi Tsegaye (2:22:23 CR)

|prev = 2013

|next = 2015

}}

The 2014 Tokyo Marathon ({{langx|ja|東京マラソン 2014}}) was the eighth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 23 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the second occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series.

Both elite race winners set new course records: Dickson Chumba ran a men's record of 2:05:42 and Tirfi Tsegaye's run of 2:22:23 was a women's record.

Pre-race build up

Following on from the Tokyo Marathon's induction into the World Marathon Majors circuit, high calibre and international fields were invited for the men's and women's elite races. In the men's race, invitees included Tadese Tola (2013 world medallist), Abel Kirui (a two-time world champion), Peter Some (2013 Paris Marathon winner), Dickson Chumba (2013 Eindhoven Marathon winner), and former Tokyo champion Michael Kipyego. In total, seven of the invited men's field had personal bests faster than two hours and six minutes.Minshull, Phil (2014-01-23). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/tokyo-marathon-iaaf-gold-label-road-race 2014 Tokyo Marathon releases elite fields, course records under threat]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24. Arata Fujiwara was the most prominent domestic starter.Nakamura, Ken (2014-02-21). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/tokyo-marathon-preview-tadese-tola-lucy-kabuu Course records expected at Tokyo Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.

In the women's division, Lucy Wangui Kabuu was the fastest entrant with her best of 2:19:34 hours. Second fastest was Japan's Yoko Shibui (2:19:41) although the 35-year-old was not expected to reach her past performance. A group of Ethiopian women were among the other prominent entrants, including Tirfi Tsegaye, Atsede Baysa, Birhane Dibaba and Merima Mohammed.

Results

Dickson Chumba of Kenya won the men's race in a course record time of 2:05:42 hours. This also made it the fastest time ever recorded in the city, bettering Gert Thys's record of 2:06:33 set at the defunct Tokyo International Marathon. In the women's race, Ethiopia's Tirfi Tsegaye topped the podium with a course record of 2:22:23 hours – an improvement of over three minutes on the previous record.Nakamura, Ken (2014-02-23). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/tokyo-marathon-dickson-chumba-tirfi-tsegaye Chumba and Tsegaye break course records at Tokyo Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.Larner, Brett (2014-02-23). [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/chumba-and-tsegaye-set-tokyo-marathon.html Chumba and Tsegaye Set Tokyo Marathon CRs as Five Japanese Men Break 2:10]. Japanese Running News. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.

The wheelchair races had mainly domestic entrants and Hiroyuki Yamamoto and Wakako Tsuchida were the best of the men's and women's divisions, respectively.

=Men=

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align=center|Image:Gold medal icon.svgDickson Chumba{{KEN}}2:05:42 {{AthAbbr|CR}} {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svgTadese Tola{{ETH}}2:05:57
align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svgSammy Kitwara{{KEN}}2:06:30
align=center|4Michael Kipyego{{KEN}}2:06:58
align=center|5Peter Kimeli Some{{KEN}}2:07:05
align=center|6Geoffrey Kipsang{{KEN}}2:07:37
align=center|7Deressa Chimsa{{ETH}}2:07:40
align=center|8Kohei Matsumura{{JPN}}2:08:09 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|9Koji Kobayashi{{JPN}}2:08:51 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|10Abel Kirui{{KEN}}2:09:04
align=center|11Hirokatsu Kurosaki{{JPN}}2:09:07 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|12Masanori Sakai{{JPN}}2:09:10 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

;Other notable performers

=Women=

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align=center|Image:Gold medal icon.svgTirfi Tsegaye{{ETH}}2:22:23 {{AthAbbr|CR}}
align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svgBirhane Dibaba{{ETH}}2:22:30 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svgLucy Wangui Kabuu{{KEN}}2:24:16
align=center|4Caroline Rotich{{KEN}}2:24:35
align=center|5Janet Rono{{KEN}}2:26:03 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|6Albina Mayorova{{RUS}}2:28:18
align=center|7Mai Ito{{JPN}}2:28:36
align=center|8Rika Shintaku{{JPN}}2:31:15 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|9Manami Kamitanida{{JPN}}2:31:34 {{AthAbbr|PB}}
align=center|10Hiroko Yoshitomi{{JPN}}2:32:38
align=center|11Azusa Nojiri{{JPN}}2:33:39
align=center|12Atsede Baysa{{ETH}}2:35:03

;Other notable performers

=Wheelchair men=

File:2014 Tokyo Marathon wheelchair race.jpg

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align=center|Image:Gold medal icon.svgHiroyuki Yamamoto{{JPN}}1:30:43
align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svgSoejima Masazumi{{JPN}}1:30:44
align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svgHorano-jo Kota{{JPN}}1:34:45

=Wheelchair women=

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align=center|Image:Gold medal icon.svgWakako Tsuchida{{JPN}}1:48:08
align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svgKazumi Nakayama{{JPN}}2:04:05
align=center|Image:Bronze medal icon.svgKoki Mizuki{{JPN}}2:07:35

References

{{reflist}}

;Race results

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325021107/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014/press/files/140223_04_man_top500r.pdf Results 2014 Tokyo Marathon Man] {{in lang|ja}}. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325015356/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014/press/files/140223_05_woman_top500r.pdf Results 2014 Tokyo Marathon Woman] {{in lang|ja}}. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325020039/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014/press/files/140223_06_man_wr.pdf Results マラソン車いす男子／Marathon:Wheelchair(Men)] {{in lang|ja}}. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325021144/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014/press/files/140223_07_woman_wr.pdf Results マラソン車いす女子／Marathon:Wheelchair(Women)] {{in lang|ja}}. Tokyo Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325021334/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014_en/ Official website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325020951/http://www.tokyo42195.org/2014/press/files/140223_num_runners.pdf Participation data] {{in lang|ja}}

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