Fukuoka Marathon
{{Short description|Annual race in Japan held since 1947}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox athletics race
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| image = Fukuoka Marathon Monument.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| caption = The Fukuoka Marathon monument at Hakata Station with footprints of past winners
| date = Early December
| location = Fukuoka, Japan {{flagicon|JPN}}
| type = Road
| distance = Marathon
| est = {{start date and age|1947|p=y}}
| record = 2:05:18 (2009)
{{flagicon|ETH}} Tsegaye Kebede
| sponsor =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/|Fukuoka Marathon}}
| participants = 80 finishers (2021){{r|2021.results}}
67 (2020)
370 (2019)
291 (2018)
}}
The {{nihongo|Fukuoka International Marathon|福岡国際マラソン|Fukuoka Kokusai Marason}} is an IAAF Gold Label international men's marathon race held in Fukuoka, Japan. It was previously known as the Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship between 1947 and 2021, when it was announced the race would be discontinued on its 75th edition.{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Len |date=2021-12-06 |title=Farewell to Fukuoka |url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/farewell-to-fukuoka-by-len-johnson/}} However, due to popular support, a successor race, inheriting the tradition and course of the original marathon, was established the next year.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Successor to Fukuoka International Marathon set for December |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/03/15/more-sports/track-field/successor-fukuoka-international-marathon-set-december/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}
The course record is held by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, running 2:05:18 in 2009 to best his own record from the previous year.Nakamura, Ken (2009-12-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=55060.html 2:05:18 course record and personal best for Kebede in Fukuoka]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-06. Toshihiko Seko (1978–80, '83) and Frank Shorter (1971–74) tie for most victories at the race with four each.{{Cite web |title=Githae wins final edition of Fukuoka Marathon {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/fukuoka-marathon-2021-final-edition-githae |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.worldathletics.org}}
History
In its early years, the race had a rotating venue format, but these races are contained within the Fukuoka history as they all shared a common organiser and sponsor (the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese national newspaper). The inaugural edition was launched in 1947 as the {{nihongo|"Kanaguri Prize Asahi Marathon"|金栗賞朝日マラソン|Kanaguri-Shō Asahi Marason}} and was held in Kumamoto. The 1951 was the first of the race series to be held in Fukuoka. Foreign runners were invited for the first time in 1954 and Reinaldo Gorno of Argentina subsequently became the first non-Japanese winner. The competition was renamed as the {{nihongo|"Asahi International Marathon"|朝日国際マラソン|Asahi Kokusai Marason}} the following year and Finland's Veikko Karvonen became the first European victor. In 1956 the race reverted to a national race between Japanese men, but foreign runners were reintroduced for later editions.Nakamura, Ken (2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9476.html Marathon - A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships by K. Ken Nakamura - Part 1 1947-1966]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
The 1959 edition saw Fukuoka instated was the permanent host city for the marathon race and Japanese runner Kurao Hiroshima became the first two-time winner that year. Water stations for runners were introduced along the course for the first time in 1961. The last race to be held outside of Fukuoka came in 1963, when a special pre-Olympic edition was held in Tokyo as a way of testing the marathon course for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Recognising the Fukuoka Marathon's increasingly international nature, the event was renamed in 1966 to the {{nihongo|"International Marathon Championship"|国際マラソン選手権|Kokusai Marason Senshuken}}. A year later, the course saw its first world record performance as Australian Derek Clayton knocked over two minutes off the previous record to win the race in 2:09:36.4 hours.Butler, Mark (2011). [http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818100742/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf |date=2012-08-18 }} (pgs. 595, 612, 614–615, 705, 707). Daegu 2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-04. Frank Shorter had three straight wins in 1971 to 1973 and a fourth win came in 1974, the same year that the race took on its current title of the {{nihongo|"Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship"|福岡国際マラソン選手権|Fukuoka Kokusai Marason Senshuken}}.Heyworth, Malcolm et al (2010-12-05). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_FukMa.htm Fukuoka Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
In 1980, Toshihiko Seko won in a time of 2:09:45 hours, just four seconds ahead of Takeshi So. This represented the first time that two men had completed the marathon distance under two hours and ten minutes at the same competition.[https://arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1980.htm World Marathon Rankings for 1980]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04. The second world record of the competition's history came in 1981 and it was again an Australian runner, this time Robert de Castella, whose time of 2:08:18 hours became the new world standard.
In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers restricted the number of participants to about 100 runners.{{cite web |url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/info.html |title=Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship | Information |website=www.fukuoka-marathon.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914025201/http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/info.html |archive-date=14 September 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/fukuoka-international-marathon-set-to-be-held-with-limited-field/ | title=Fukuoka International Marathon set to be held with limited field | date=13 September 2020 }}{{efn|The size of the field is normally around 400 runners.{{r|2020.running}}}}
On March 26, 2021, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, newspaper Asahi Shimbun, and broadcast partners Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and TV Asahi announced that the 75th Fukuoka International Marathon would be its last edition citing difficulties in continuing the event such as increasing operating costs and the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-26|title=福岡国際マラソン、今年で終了へ 継続開催は困難と判断：朝日新聞デジタル|trans-title=Fukuoka International Marathon to end this year, judging it will be difficult to continue|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP3V5V23P3SUTTO001.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904032204/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP3V5V23P3SUTTO001.html|archive-date=2021-09-04|access-date=2021-09-04|website=The Asahi Shimbun|language=ja}}
However, on March 15, 2021, the JAAF and the Fukuoka Prefectural Government announced that a successor race would be held in December of that year "maintaining [the] history and tradition" of the original championship.
The Fukuoka Marathon is the third-longest running competition of its type in Japan, being established two years after the Lake Biwa Marathon and one year after the Kochi Marathon. This makes it the tenth longest running annual marathon race in recorded history.[https://arrs.run/LongRunM.htm Longest Running Marathons]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04. The competition has hosted the men's marathon championship race numerous times: it first held the event in 1955 and then hosted the race on a biennial basis from 1963 to 1997. It later hosted the national championship race once every three years, on a rotational basis alongside the Lake Biwa and Tokyo Marathons.Ota, Shigenobu et al (2010-03-27). [https://arrs.run/NC_MaraJPN.htm National Marathon Champions for Japan]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
Qualification
Male runners who achieved the following times in an official event of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) or a race for members of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) in a certain period, and who were aged 19 years or older on the day of the race could apply for the race.{{cite web | url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/entry.html | title=Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship | Entry List [Invited Athletes (Local)] }}
Group A:
- Marathon: under 2 hours 27 minutes
- 30 km road race: under 1 hour 35 minutes
- Half-marathon: under 1 hour 05 minutes
Group B:
- Marathon: under 2 hours 35 minutes
- 30 km road race: under 1 hour 45 minutes
- Half-marathon: under 1 hour 10 minutes
Winners
File:Kebede2007.jpg is the current course record holder.]]
File:SamuelWanjiru.jpg won in 2007 and went on to take the 2008 Olympic marathon title.]]
File:GezahegneAberaInFrontOfMyCar.jpg is a three-time race winner]]
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0814-017, Helsinki, 1. Leichtathletik-WM, Cierpinski, De Castella.jpg (right) of Australia set a world record at the 1981 edition.]]
File:Frank Shorter at Boston 2002.jpg had a record four straight wins in Fukuoka from 1971 to 1974.]]
Key:
: {{legend2|#A9F5A9||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Course record
: {{legend2|#FFEEDD||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Japanese championship race
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! Date ! Winner ! Country ! Time{{efn|h:m:s|name="hms"}} ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Rf. |
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| 78
| 2024.12.01 | align="left" | Yūya Yoshida | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:05:16 | |
| 77
| 2023.12.03 | align="left" | Michael Githae | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:07:08 | |{{Cite web |title=Fukuoka International Marathon {{!}} Results {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7191908 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=worldathletics.org}}{{Cite news |date=2023-12-03 |title=Athletics: Kenya's Machael Githae wins Fukuoka International Marathon; Kyohei Hosoya 4th |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231203/p2g/00m/0sp/045000c |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=Mainichi Daily News |language=en}} |
| 76
| 2022.12.04 | align="left" | Maru Teferi | align="left" | {{ISR}} | 2:06:43 | |
| 75
| 2021.12.05 | align="left" | Michael Githae | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:07:51 | | {{cite web |url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en |title=Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship | Past Results |website=www.fukuoka-marathon.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205071742/http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en |archive-date=5 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}[https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/michel-githae-14644141 Michel Githae] worldathletics.org |
| 74
| 2020.12.06 | align="left" | Yūya Yoshida | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:07:05 | |
| 73
| 2019.12.01 | align="left" | Taku Fujimoto{{efn|El Mahjoub Dazza crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for using a prohibited substance.{{r|2019.amendment}}{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/08/01/more-sports/track-field/el-mahjoub-dazza-2019-fukuoka-international-marathon-winner-gets-4-year-doping-ban/ |title=El Mahjoub Dazza, 2019 Fukuoka International Marathon winner, gets 4-year doping ban | the Japan Times |website=www.japantimes.co.jp |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211206081428/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/08/01/more-sports/track-field/el-mahjoub-dazza-2019-fukuoka-international-marathon-winner-gets-4-year-doping-ban/ |archive-date=6 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}}} | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:09:36 | | [https://web.archive.org/web/20211124051503if_/http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/pdf/20210511en.pdf Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship]{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/taku-fujimoto-14385056 |title=Taku FUJIMOTO | Profile | World Athletics |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211205082021/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/taku-fujimoto-14385056 |archive-date=5 December 2021 |url-status=dead}} |
| 72
| 2018.12.02 | align="left" | Yuma Hattori | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:07:27 | |
| 71
| 2017.12.03 | align="left" | Sondre Nordstad Moen | align="left" | {{NOR}} | 2:05:48 | |
| 70
| 2016.12.04 | align="left" | Yemane Tsegay | align="left" | {{ETH}} | 2:08:48 | |
| 69
| 2015.12.06 | align="left" | Patrick Makau | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:08:18 | |
| 68
| 2014.12.07 | align="left" | Patrick Makau | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:08:22 | |
| 67
| 2013.12.01 | align="left" | Martin Mathathi | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:07:16 | |
| 66
| 2012.12.02 | align="left" | Joseph Gitau | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:06:58 | |
| 65
| 2011.12.04 | align="left" | Josephat Ndambiri | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:07:36 | |
| 64
| 2010.12.05 | align="left" | Jaouad Gharib | align="left" | {{MAR}} | 2:08:24 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 63 | 2009.12.06 | align="left" | Tsegaye Kebede | align="left" | {{ETH}} | bgcolor=#A9F5A9|2:05:18 | |
| 62
| 2008.12.07 | align="left" | Tsegaye Kebede | align="left" | {{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} | 2:06:10 | |
| 61
| 2007.12.02 | align="left" | Samuel Wanjiru | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:06:39 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 60 | 2006.12.03 | align="left" | Haile Gebrselassie | align="left" | {{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} | 2:06:52 | |
| 59
| 2005.12.04 | align="left" | Dmytro Baranovskyy | align="left" | {{UKR}} | 2:08:29 | |
| 58
| 2004.12.05 | align="left" | Tsuyoshi Ogata | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:09:10 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 57 | 2003.12.07 | align="left" | Tomoaki Kunichika | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:07:52 | |
| 56
| 2002.12.01 | align="left" | Gezahegne Abera | align="left" | {{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} | 2:09:13 | |
| 55
| 2001.12.02 | align="left" | Gezahegne Abera | align="left" | {{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} | 2:09:25 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 54 | 2000.12.03 | align="left" | Atsushi Fujita | align="left" | {{JPN}} | 2:06:51 NR | |
| 53
| 1999.12.05 | align="left" | Gezahegne Abera | align="left" | {{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}} | 2:07:54 | |
| 52
| 1998.12.06 | align="left" | Jackson Kabiga | align="left" | {{KEN}} | 2:08:42 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 51 | 1997.12.07 | align="left" | Josia Thugwane | align="left" | {{RSA}} | 2:07:28 | |
| 50
| 1996.12.01 | align="left" | Lee Bong-ju | align="left" | {{flagcountry|KOR|1984}} | 2:10:48 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 49 | 1995.12.03 | align="left" | Luíz Antônio | align="left" | {{BRA}} | 2:09:30 | |
| 48
| 1994.12.04 | align="left" | Boay Akonay | align="left" | {{TAN}} | 2:09:45 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 47 | 1993.12.05 | align="left" | Dionicio Cerón | align="left" | {{MEX}} | 2:08:51 | |
| 46
| 1992.12.06 | align="left" | Tena Negere | align="left" | {{flagcountry|ETH|1991}} | 2:09:04 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 45 | 1991.12.01 | align="left" | Shuichi Morita | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:10:58 | Current course layout introduced |
| 44
| 1990.12.02 | align="left" | Belayneh Dinsamo | align="left" | {{flagcountry|ETH|1987}} | 2:11:35 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 43 | 1989.12.03 | align="left" | Manuel Matias | align="left" | {{POR}} | 2:12:54 | |
| 42
| 1988.12.04 | align="left" | Toshihiro Shibutani | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:11:04 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 41 | 1987.12.06 | align="left" | Takeyuki Nakayama | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:08:18 | |
| 40
| 1986.12.07 | align="left" | Juma Ikangaa | align="left" | {{TAN}} | 2:10:06 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 39 | 1985.12.01 | align="left" | Hisatoshi Shintaku | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:09:51 | Course layout changed |
| 38
| 1984.12.02 | align="left" | Takeyuki Nakayama | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:10:00 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 37 | 1983.12.04 | align="left" | Toshihiko Seko | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:08:52 | |
| 36
| 1982.12.05 | align="left" | Paul Ballinger | align="left" | {{NZL}} | 2:10:15 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 35 | 1981.12.06 | align="left" | Robert de Castella | align="left" | {{AUS}} | 2:08:18 WR | |
| 34
| 1980.12.07 | align="left" | Toshihiko Seko | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:09:45 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 33 | 1979.12.02 | align="left" | Toshihiko Seko | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:10:35 | |
| 32
| 1978.12.03 | align="left" | Toshihiko Seko | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:10:21 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 31 | 1977.12.04 | align="left" | Bill Rodgers | align="left" | {{USA}} | 2:10:56 | |
| 30
| 1976.12.05 | align="left" | Jerome Drayton | align="left" | {{CAN}} | 2:12:35 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 29 | 1975.12.07 | align="left" | Jerome Drayton | align="left" | {{CAN}} | 2:10:09 | |
| 28
| 1974.12.08 | align="left" | Frank Shorter | align="left" | {{USA}} | 2:11:32 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 27 | 1973.12.02 | align="left" | Frank Shorter | align="left" | {{USA}} | 2:11:45 | |
| 26
| 1972.12.03 | align="left" | Frank Shorter | align="left" | {{USA}} | 2:10:30 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 25 | 1971.12.05 | align="left" | Frank Shorter | align="left" | {{USA}} | 2:12:51 | |
| 24
| 1970.12.06 | align="left" | Akio Usami | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:10:38 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 23 | 1969.12.07 | align="left" | Jerome Drayton | align="left" | {{CAN}} | 2:11:13 | |
| 22
| 1968.12.08 | align="left" | Bill Adcocks | align="left" | {{GBR}} | 2:10:48 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 21 | 1967.12.03 | align="left" | Derek Clayton | align="left" | {{AUS}} | 2:09:37 WR | |
| 20
| 1966.11.27 | align="left" | Mike Ryan | align="left" | {{NZL}} | 2:14:05 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 19 | 1965.10.10 | align="left" | Hidekuni Hiroshima | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:18:36 | |
| 18
| 1964.12.06 | align="left" | Toru Terasawa | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:14:49 | |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 17 | 1963.10.15 | align="left" | Jeff Julian | align="left" | {{NZL}} | 2:18:01 | Held in Tokyo |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 16 | 1962.12.02 | align="left" | Toru Terasawa | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:16:19 | |
| 15
| 1961.12.03 | align="left" | Pavel Kantorek | align="left" | {{TCH}} | 2:22:05 | |
| 14
| 1960.12.04 | align="left" | Barry Magee | align="left" | {{NZL}} | 2:19:04 | |
| 13
| 1959.11.08 | align="left" | Kurao Hiroshima | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:29:34 | Fukuoka becomes permanent host |
| 12
| 1958.12.07 | align="left" | Nobuyoshi Sadanaga | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:24:01 | Held in Utsunomiya |
| 11
| 1957.12.01 | align="left" | Kurao Hiroshima | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:21:40 | Held in Fukuoka City |
| 10
| 1956.12.09 | align="left" | Keizo Yamada | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:25:15 | Held in Nagoya | {{r|arrs}} |
| style="background-color: #FFEEDD"
| 9 | 1955.12.11 | align="left" | Veikko Karvonen | align="left" | {{FIN}} | 2:23:16 | Held in Fukuoka/Koga | {{r|arrs}}{{cite web | url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/playback/1955.html | title=福岡国際マラソン プレーバック｜第9回（1955） }} |
| 8
| 1954.12.05 | align="left" | Reinaldo Gorno | align="left" | {{ARG}} | 2:24:55 | {{r|arrs}}{{cite web | url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/playback/1954.html | title=福岡国際マラソン プレーバック｜第8回（1954） }} |
| 7
| 1953.12.06 | align="left" | Hideo Hamamura | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:27:26 | Held in Nagoya | {{r|arrs}} |
| 6
| 1952.12.07 | align="left" | Katsuo Nishida | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:27:59 | Held in Ube | {{r|arrs}} |
| 5
| 1951.12.09 | align="left" | Hiromi Haigo | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:30:13 | Held in Fukuoka/Maebaru | {{r|arrs}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/playback/1951.html|title = 福岡国際マラソン プレーバック｜第5回（1951）}} |
| 4
| 1950.12.10 | align="left" | Shunji Koyanagi | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:30:47 | Held in Hiroshima | {{r|arrs}} |
| 3
| 1949.12.04 | align="left" | Shinzo Koga | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:40:26 | Held in Shizuoka | {{r|arrs}} |
| 2
| 1948.12.05 | align="left" | Saburo Yamada | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:37:25 | Held in Takamatsu | {{r|arrs}} |
| 1
| 1947.12.07 | align="left" | Toshikazu Wada | align="left" | {{flagcountry|JPN|1947}} | 2:45:45 | Held in Kumamoto | {{r|arrs}} |
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
;List of winners
- Heyworth, Malcolm et al. (2010-12-05). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_FukMa.htm Fukuoka Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
External links
- [http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/index.html Fukuoka-Marathon.com] - Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship (official site, English language portal)
- [http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9476.html 'A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships'] by K. Ken Nakamura (IAAF)
- [http://www.asahi.com/fukuoka-marathon/fukuoka_e/index.html Asahi.com] - Fukuoka Marathon sponsor page
- [http://marathoninfo.free.fr/historique/fukuoka.htm MarathonInfo profile]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztewDludcpM Inside the Outside - When the World Came to Fukuoka - Trailer] 75 prominent marathoners from around the world reminisce about their Fukuoka Marathon experiences
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