Asian Championships Marathon

Dates/Venues (14 runnings)

Men	Women	Venue(s)
17 Feb 2008	17 Feb 2008	Hong Kong HKG
15 Oct 2006	15 Oct 2006	Beijing CHN
07 Nov 2004	07 Nov 2004	Seoul KOR
24 Feb 2002	24 Feb 2002	Hong Kong HKG
02 Jul 2000	02 Jul 2000	Pattaya THA
08 Feb 1998	08 Feb 1998	Ayutthaya THA
27 Oct 1996	27 Oct 1996	Chunchon KOR
06 Feb 1994	13 Mar 1994	Oita JPN (men), Nagoya JPN (women)
04 Oct 1992	04 Oct 1992	Bandung INA
18 Mar 1990	18 Mar 1990	Seoul KOR
13 Mar 1988	06 Mar 1988	Otsu JPN (men), Nagoya JPN (women)
29 Sep 1985	29 Sep 1985	Jakarta INA
14 Jun 1975		Seoul KOR
23 Nov 1973		Marakina PHI

Notes: 1973 was the inaugural year. For 1988 and later, the marathon championships were held separately from the track & field championships.

Medalists

2008

G	2:16:50	Koichiro Fukuoka (JPN)	2:36:43	Gum-Ok Kim (PRK)
S	2:20:18	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL)	2:36:43	Yong-Ok Jong (PRK)
B	2:21:45	Valeriy Pisarev (KGZ)	2:36:50	Mika Hikchi (JPN)

2006

G	2:15:37	Kenichi Kita (JPN)	2:35:16	Gum-Ok Kim (PRK)
S	2:15:58	Takhir Mamashayev (KAZ)	2:35:24	Shu-jing Zhang (CHN)
B	2:16:39	Yohei Sato (JPN)	2:36:48	Hyong-Sun Oh (PRK)

2004

G	2:11:32	Yi-Yong Kim (KOR)	2:36:22	Shu-jing Zhang (CHN)
S	2:14:34	Masami Soeta (JPN)	2:38:03	Kyung-Hee Choi (KOR)
B	2:15:12	Gang Han (CHN)	2:42:21	Xue Bai (CHN)

2002

G	2:16:46	Satoshi Osaki (JPN)	2:36:27	Shu-jing Zhang (CHN)
S	2:18:03	Kurao Umeki (JPN)	2:38:35	Mio Kiuchi (JPN)
B	2:23:15	Maung Maung Nge (MYA)	2:42:21	Hideko Yoshimura (JPN)

2000

G	2:26:06	Kenichi Kawakubo (JPN)	2:58:14	Sunisa Sailomyen (THA)
S	2:28:25	Sarath Prasanna Gamage (SRI)	3:05:07	Cristabel Martes (PHI)
B	2:30:03	Yukiyasu Ogura (JPN)	3:09:43	Winnie Lai-Chu Ng (HKG)

1998

G	2:20:03	Kenichi Kawakubo (JPN)	2:46:47	Ti-an Mei (CHN)
S	2:24:51	Koji Koyanagi (JPN)	3:06:07	Vally Sathyabhama (IND)
B	2:27:19	Vijay Singhe (IND)	3:19:21	Indiresh Dhiraj (IND)

1996

G	2:14:02	Norihiro Otoshi (JPN)	2:37:54	Yukari Komatsu (JPN)
S	2:14:03	Tatsuya Hoshi (JPN)	2:38:04	Toshiko Mori (JPN)
B	2:14:05	Seung-Do Baek (KOR)	2:39:48	Sun-Hee Bang (KOR)

1994

G	2:19:04	Yukio Suzuki (JPN)	2:30:30	Eriko Asai (JPN)
S	2:21:09	Eduardus Nabunome (INA)	2:43:41	Akiyo Goto (JPN)
B	2:21:38	Kazumi Sakamoto (JPN)	2:36:33	Winnie Lai-Chu Ng (HKG)

1992

G	2:20:23	Eduardus Nabunome (INA)	2:53:12	Sunita Godara (IND)
S	2:21:17	Ryoichi Enaidani (JPN)	2:55:58	Man-yi Lo (HKG)
B	2:23:27	Young-Hoon Yoo (KOR)	2:57:11	Yoshiko Hirohama (JPN)

1990

G	2:11:38	Won-Tak Kim (KOR)	2:37:15	Mi-Ok Lee (KOR)
S	2:14:25	Ryuji Kondo (JPN)	2:37:26	Yen-Ju Kim (KOR)
B	2:15:26	Jin-Soo Seon (KOR)	2:49:53	Eri Nagamine (JPN)

1988

G	2:15:32	Masayuki Nishi (JPN)	2:31:43	Li-hua Xie (CHN)
S	2:26:56	Chang-Keun Kim (KOR)	2:40:29	Yoshiko Hidaka (JPN)
B	2:29:39	nfn Ng (CHN)	2:41:52	Mar-Mar Min (MYA)

1985

G	2:20:29	Jong-Hyong Lee (PRK)	2:48:53	Asha Aggarwal (IND)
S	2:24:26	Tomio Sueyoshi (JPN)	2:54:16	Yuko Gordon (HKG)
B	2:24:52	Il-Sop Choe (PRK)	---	n/a

1975

G	2:32:05.8	Sueki Tanaka (JPN)
S	n/a	Susumu Sato (JPN)
B	n/a	Jit Bahadur Chhetri (NEP)

1973

G	2:27:30.2	Je-Hyung Cho (KOR)
S	n/a	Yul-Park Chang (KOR)
B	n/a	Jit Bahadur Chhetri (NEP)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
JPN    9   8   3     72
KOR    3   2   3     24
INA    1   1   0      8
PRK    1   0   1      6
KAZ    0   1   0      3
MGL    0   1   0      3
SRI    0   1   0      3
NEP    0   0   2      2
CHN    0   0   2      2
IND    0   0   1      1
KGZ    0   0   1      1
MYA    0   0   1      1


Women
       G   S   B   Score
JPN    2   4   4     26
CHN    4   1   1     22
IND    2   1   1     14
PRK    2   1   1     14
KOR    1   2   1     12
HKG    0   2   2      8
THA    1   0   0      5
PHI    0   1   0      3
MYA    0   0   1      1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
10  Kenichi Kawakubo (JPN)      G (1998) G (2000)
 2  Jit Bahadur Chhetri (NEP)   B (1973) B (1975)

Women 
13  Shu-jing Zhang (CHN)        G (2002) G (2004) S (2006)
10  Gum-Ok Kim (PRK)            G (2006) G (2008)
 2  Winnie Lai-Chu Ng (HKG)     B (1994) B (2000)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners only)
Prize money has not been awarded in these championships.

Last Updated on 24 Apr 2008

Contributors: Martin Rix (50), Shigenobu Ota (28), Franco Civai (21), Andy Milroy (1)