Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon

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Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon is an annual road race which takes place in mid-April in Nagano, Japan. It is an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race competition. The Nagano Marathon has races for both elite and amateur runners. It is named in honour of the 1998 Winter Olympics which were held in Nagano. The event aims to promote marathons by providing an occasion for amateurs and the world’s top athletes to run together, expanding the number of aficionados of running.

Website: Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon | Apr 15, 2012

Events

Marathon

Registration

The entry fees is 8,500 Japanese Yen. To participate in Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon you can register in the official website. The race is limited to 10,000 runners in order of receipt applications.

Course / Route Map

This course is called “Nagano Olympic Memorial Course”. Participants run along some excellent facilities that were used during the Nagano Olympics in 1998. The course has a point-to-point style and it has received accreditation from the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and AIMS. The route begins at the Nagano City Athletic Park and heads in a generally southern direction, passing the Zenkō-ji temple before finishing at the Nagano Olympic Stadium. The route incorporates four of the former Olympic venues into the race.