:Beppu-Ōita Marathon

First held in 1952 as a 35 km race, the looped marathon course begins at the bottom of Takasaki Mountain and reaches Beppu's Kankoko International Port before turning back towards the finishing point in the Ōita Municipal Athletic Stadium.[http://www.pref.oita.jp/10400/o_net/back_no/vol_07/english/event.html Event Information Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720122953/http://www.pref.oita.jp/10400/o_net/back_no/vol_07/english/event.html |date=2011-07-20 }}. Meet Ōita Net Magazine. Retrieved on 2010-02-07. The event is sponsored by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. and is formally known as the Beppu-Ōita Mainichi Marathon.Nakamura, Ken & Onishi, Akihiro [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=55493.html Kipkorir prevails at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon]. IAAF (2010-02-07). Retrieved on 2010-02-07. It hosted the Asian Marathon Championship in 1994.[https://www.arrs.run/HP_AsChMa.htm Asian Championships Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2013-03-02). Retrieved on 2013-09-28.

The course is AIMS-certified which means that performances on the course are eligible for national and world records.[http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/Directory.htm AIMS Race Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927121040/http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/Directory.htm |date=2016-09-27 }}. AIMS. Retrieved on 2010-02-07. The course has historically provided fast times: in 1963 Tōru Terasawa's time of 2:15:15.8 was recognised as the marathon world best and fifteen years later Shigeru Sō brought the course its second world best with his winning time of 2:09:05.6 in 1978.{{#tag:ref|The International Association of Athletics Federations has published a progression of road racing world bests and records that were widely recognized prior to ratification and official acceptance by the IAAF. According to that progression, Derek Clayton's 2:08:34 performance in Antwerp on May 30, 1969 was a world best at the time.{{cite web

|title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.

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}} Other road racing authorities, including the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, consider Clayton's performance to have occurred on a short course and recognize other athletes in the progression for world best in the marathon.Association of Road Racing Statisticians, [https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm World Best Progressions- Road]. Retrieved May 15, 2010.|group="nb"}} Furthermore, Koichi Morishita's win in 1991 was the fastest time recorded that year.[https://www.arrs.run/YR_Mara.htm Yearly Rankings- Marathon]. ARRS (2009-12-31). Retrieved on 2010-02-08. Gert Thys of South Africa won the race in 1996 with a time of 2:08:30 and his mark stood for seventeen years until Yuki Kawauchi completed the course in 2:08:15 in 2013.Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-03). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kawauchi-clocks-course-record-in-beppu-oita-m Kawauchi clocks course record in Beppu-Oita Marathon]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-24.

The marathon race attracts approximately 500 entrants each year, of whom around two-thirds finish the course.[https://www.arrs.run/HP_BpOMa.htm Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon]. ARRS (2009-12-24). Retrieved on 2010-02-08. The large majority of the runners are Japanese, or Japanese-based. A small number of international athletes are invited to compete each year, although other foreign athletes also appear in the race for pace setting purposes.Nakamura, Ken [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=39517 Invited Runners For February's Beppu-Oita Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227073644/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=39517 |date=2012-02-27 }}. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2010-02-08. An additional road race, the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Half Marathon, was held in conjunction with the main race between 1976 and 2001.

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• [https://www.arrs.run/HP_BpOMa.htm Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon]. ARRS (2009-12-24). Retrieved on 2010-02-08.

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