AFP – Masakazu Fujiwara of Japan pulled away from the pack two kilometres before the finishing line to capture his first victory at the Tokyo marathon on Sunday.
The 28-year-old broke from the front group of nine runners to take the lead and he was never seriously challenged thereafter, crossing the finishing line in two hours 12 minutes 19 seconds.
Fellow Japanese Arata Fujiwara came in second at 2:12:34, followed by Atsushi Sato third at 2:12:35. Pre-race favorite Rashid Kichri of Morocco finished only 7th in 2:12:59. Last years winner Salim Kipsang of Kenya finished 9th.
A total of 35,000 runners took part in the runs, including 32,000 in the marathon and 3,000 in the 10K race. 2,72,000 runners had earlier applied for participation in the race for which running places are decided by a lottery.
Results for all participants available at: p.tokyo42195.org
Results Summary
Marathon (Men):
- Huziwara Masakazu Honda 02:12:19
- Hushiwara Shin JR East 02:12:34
- Masayuki Sato Atsushi Chugoku 02:12:35
- Akira Yutaka Sendai Saitama 02:12:36
- Adati Satoshi Asahi 02:12:46
- Joseph Muwaniki Minolta 02:12:53
- Rashid Kisuri Morocco 02:12:59
- Takaaki Koda Asahi 02:13:04
- Salim Kipsang Kenya 02:13:16
- Hasegawa Kiyokatsu JR East 02:15:15
Marathon (Women):
- Bikutimirowa Arefutina Russia 02:34:39
- Robbe Guta Ethiopia 02:36:29
- Oral, Kazakhstan Nuta Romania 02:34:39
- Yuki Kawano Makoto AC · KITA 02:39:01
- Jin Yang China 02:41:04
- Sato Yumi Shiseido 02:43:01
- Wakana Hanado Southern Kyushu Kogyo Livestock 02:44:03
- Julia Monbi Universal Entertainment 02:45:11
- Kase Sawa Hatano AC Sports Park 02:47:03
- Noriko Hirao AC First Dream 02:47:32
Tokyo Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race event.
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I just had a look at my time for running the Tokyo 2010 Marathon, and I was quite dissappointed to see that no adjustment has been made for the time each individual runner crossed the start line. It appears that all the finishing times are based off a start time of 09.10 (the official race start). But unless you are in the elite group this is ludicrous. What is the point in wearing the chip times if the data is not used properly? Although I have my own time from my watch I still don’t know my official race time.
It’s a bit frustrating, escpecially when everything else was so well organised (water, food stops, marshalling, post race activities etc etc)
Graham your comments need to be voiced in the masses for I feel that the chip time was well off he mark as well. The organization was tremendous and my belongings were dry and easy to obtain at the finish which was a remarkable feat considering the horrible weather.
Graham & Brent. You only have access to the gun-time now. As you can read on the Tokyo Marathon site: ‘Time records are unofficial and for reference purpose only.”
The chip time will be published later, and be on your final certificate that will be mailed to you.
Must admit, that I’m getting impatient about the chip time/certificate though
Happy Running,
B