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This was the 10th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 1984. Eighty-eight athletes competed. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three athletes in the women's marathon if all athletes met the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period (the qualification period for "Entry Standard" (2:29:30) was from 1 January 2019 to 31 May ...
The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
[7] [8] On 16 October 2019, the IOC announced that there were plans to re-locate the marathon and racewalking events to Sapporo due to heat concerns. [9] The plans were made official on 1 November 2019 after Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike accepted the IOC's decision, despite her belief that the events should have remained in Tokyo. [10]
Gemechu also placed fourth over 5,000 meters at the 2019 world championships in Doha, Qatar, and ran in the 10,000 at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. Tokyo Marathon runner-up Tsehay Gemechu gets ...
Kenyan runner Peres Jepchirchir took home gold in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a time of 2:27:20. ... Only 21% of women finish the marathon in under four hours. Just 1% of ...
The 2024 Tokyo Marathon was the 17th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, held on Sunday, 3 March 2024. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the first of six annual World Marathon Majors events to be held in 2024. [1] With over 37,000 competitors, new course records were set in both the men's and women's races. [2]
The fist World Marathon Major of the year will be held on 3 March in Tokyo. The marathon will start at 9.10am local time (12.10am GMT), five minutes after the wheelchair athletes get underway.
The favourite for the elite women's race was Brigid Kosgei, who came second in the marathon event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Other competitors with a personal best under 2:20 were Angela Tanui , Ashete Bekere and Hiwot Gebrekidan .