Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon The Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon is an annual road running competition which takes place in early February in Marugame, Japan . It currently holds IAAF Silver Label Road Race status and the professional races attract over 1000 entries each year, and hosted by the Sankei Shimbun , Sankei Sports , Okayama Broadcasting , BS Fuji . The race in Marugame was first held in 1947 as a full-length marathon , known as the Kagawa Marathon . A companion 20 km race began in 1949 in addition to the scheduled marathon. The course lengths were gradually reduced over time: the main race lasted as a full marathon until 1961 when a 35 km race was held and the shorter race became a 10 km competition. The main race was again shortened in 1971, being reduced to a 20 km race. The competitions were known as the Kagawa Road Races until 1997, when the main race was slightly extended to the half marathon distance and the competition received its current moniker. Competitors in the professional races are largely Japanese athletes, supplemented by African athletes based in the country . In addition, a small number of foreign athletes are invited to compete each year. The level of competition is strong: Kenyan runner Mekubo Mogusu recorded a sub-60 minute time in 2007 for the men's course record, while the women's course record of 1:07:26, set by Kayoko Fukushi in 2006, is the Asian record for the half marathon . The course is AIMS-certified making performances at the course eligible for national and world records . The course of the half marathon is largely linear , beginning at the Marugame Stadium and heading eastwards before abruptly looping back to follow the same path back towards the finish point within the stadium.Past winners Early distances Key: Edition Year Men's winner Time 1st 1947 2:47:30 2nd 1948 2:39:54 3rd 1949 2:40:08 4th 1950 2:39:21 5th 1951 2:39:41 6th 1952 2:37:27 7th 1953 2:49:16 8th 1954 2:35:08 — 1955 Not held — 9th 1956 2:54:56 10th 1957 3:15:20 11th 1958 3:00:54 12th 1959 2:44:02 13th 1960 2:45:43 14th 1961 2:12:18 15th 1962 2:09:13 16th 1963 2:09:53 17th 1964 2:03:43 18th 1965 2:01:47 19th 1966 2:02:02 20th 1967 2:01:57 — 1968 Not held — 21st 1969 1:55:15 22nd 1970 1:56:55 23rd 1971 1:05:59 24th 1972 1:07:06 25th 1973 1:08:50 26th 1974 1:08:03 27th 1975 1:08:44 28th 1976 1:07:42 29th 1977 1:06:23 30th 1978 1:04:26 31st 1979 1:04:43 32nd 1980 1:03:53 33rd 1981 1:03:45 34th 1982 1:04:09 35th 1983 1:08:33 36th 1984 1:04:57 37th 1985 1:05:33 38th 1986 1:05:11 39th 1987 1:04:45 40th 1988 1:08:19 41st 1989 1:06:34 42nd 1990 1:06:16 43rd 1991 1:02:21 44th 1992 1:08:30 45th 1993 1:04:09 46th 1994 1:08:11 47th 1995 1:05:36 48th 1996 1:04:20
Half marathon Key: Edition Year Men's winner Time Women's winner Time 49th 1997 1:09:01 Not held — 50th 1998 1:09:00 Not held — 51st 1999 1:08:02 Not held — 52nd 2000 1:02:59 1:09:57 53rd 2001 1:02:28 1:09:28 54th 2002 1:01:43 1:09:33 55th 2003 1:00:21 1:09:32 56th 2004 1:01:55 1:10:46 57th 2005 1:01:36 1:09:34 58th 2006 1:02:13 1:07:26 AR 59th 2007 59:48 1:08:00 60th 2008 1:01:35 1:07:57 61st 2009 1:00:37 1:08:29 62nd 2010 1:01:08 1:08:37 63rd 2011 1:00:55 1:09:00 64th 2012 1:00:02 1:08:48 65th 2013 1:00:56 1:08:53 66th 2014 1:00:11 1:10:27 67th 2015 59:47 1:10:41 68th 2016 1:00:49 1:08:06 69th 2017 1:00:00 1:08:07 70th 2018 1:00:31 1:09:17 71st 2019 1:00:24 1:07:49 72nd 2020 59:57 1:08:10
Statistics Note: All statistics apply to international half marathon only Winners by country Multiple winners
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