Asian Games Marathon

Dates/Venues (13 runnings)

Men	Women	Venue
10 Dec 2006	09 Dec 2006	Doha QAT
14 Oct 2002	13 Oct 2002	Pusan KOR
20 Dec 1998	06 Dec 1998	Bangkok THA
09 Oct 1994	09 Oct 1994	Hiroshima JPN
30 Sep 1990	30 Sep 1990	Beijing CHN
05 Oct 1986	01 Oct 1986	Seoul KOR
02 Dec 1982		New Delhi IND
17 Dec 1978		Bangkok THA
1974		Teheran IRI
15 Dec 1970		Bangkok THA
15 Dec 1966		Bangkok THA
29 Aug 1962		Jakarta INA
29 May 1958		Tokyo JPN
1954		Manila PHI
11 Mar 1951		New Delhi IND

Medalists

2006

G	2:12:44	Hassan Mubarek Shami (QAT)	2:27:03	Chun-xiu Zhou (CHN)
S	2:15:36	Khalid Yaseen (BRN)	2:30:34	Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)
B	2:15:36	Satoshi Osaki (JPN)	2:30:38	Kayoko Obata (JPN)

2002

G	2:14:04	Bong-Ju Lee (KOR)	2:33:35	Bong-Sil Ham (PRK)
S	2:17:47	Koji Shimizu (JPN)	2:34:44	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)
B	2:18:38	Ryuji Takei (JPN)	2:37:48	Hiromi Ominami (JPN)

1998

G	2:12:32	Bong-Ju Lee (KOR)	2:21:47	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)
S	2:13:25	Akira Manai (JPN)	2:34:55	Chung-Ok Kim (PRK)
B	2:16:30	Jung-Won Kim (PRK)	2:35:01	Tomoko Kai (JPN)

1994

G	2:11:13	Yeong-Jo Hwang (KOR)	2:29:32	Huan-di Zhong (CHN)
S	2:11:57	Toshiyuki Hayata (JPN)	2:36:27	Li-rong Zhang (CHN)
B	2:13:12	Jae-Ryong Kim (KOR)	2:37:03	Nobuko Fujimura (JPN)

1990

G	2:12:56	Won-Tak Kim (KOR)	2:35:19	You-feng Zhao (CHN)
S	2:14:46	Satoru Shimizu (JPN)	2:35:34	Kumi Araki (JPN)
B	2:18:18	Hyong-Choi Cho (PRK)	2:36:31	Mi-Ok Lee (KOR)

1986

G	2:08:21	Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:41:03	Eriko Asai (JPN)
S	2:10:08	Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)	2:41:36	Misako Miyahara (JPN)
B	2:16:55	Jae-Sung Yu (KOR)	2:42:21	Yan-min Wen (CHN)

1982

G	2:22:21	Yang-Kon Kim (KOR)
S	2:24:09	Fumiaki Abe (JPN)
B	2:25:07	Seetharama Kukkappa (IND)

1978

G	2:15:30	Mineteru Sakamoto (JPN)
S	2:15:58	Chang-Sop Cho (PRK)
B	2:16:11	Chun-Son Go (PRK)

1970

G	2:21:03	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)
S	2:24:21	Yoshiro Mifune (JPN)
B	2:26:48	Myung-Kwang Kang (KOR)

1966

G	2:33:23	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)
S	2:35:05	Morio Shigematsu (JPN)
B	2:40:56	Sang-Hoon Lee (KOR)

1962

G	2:34:55	Masayuki Nagata (JPN)
S	2:43:02	Mohamed Yusaf (PAK)
B	2:49:38	Myitung Naw (MYA)

1958

G	2:32:55	Chang-Hoon Lee (KOR)
S	2:42:46	Myitung Naw (MYA)
B	2:43:44	Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)

1951

G	2:42:58.6	Chhota Singh (IND)
S	2:49:03	Katsuo Nishida (JPN)
B	2:53:50	Surat Singh Mathur (IND)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
JPN    5   9   3     55
KOR    6   0   4     34
IND    1   0   2      7
PRK    0   1   3      6
QAT    1   0   0      5
MYA    0   1   1      4
BRN    0   1   0      3
PAK    0   1   0      3

Women
       G   S   B   Score
JPN    2   4   4     26
CHN    3   1   1     19
PRK    1   1   0      8
KOR    0   0   1      1

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

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
10  Kenji Kimihara (JPN)        G (1966) G (1970)
10  Bong-Ju Lee (KOR)           G (1998) G (2002)
 4  Myitung Naw (MYA)             S (1958) B (1952)

Women 
    none 

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

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2006     407     451
2002     361     553
1998     590     203
1994     594     n/c

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men    Women
2006    +4.0      n/c
2002    +9.5    +11.6

Quality Performances

Men
<2:09       1
<2:10       1
<2:11       2
<2:12       4
<2:13       7
<2:14       9
<2:15      11
<2:16      15
<2:17      19
<2:18      23
<2:19      28
<2:20      33

Women
<2:22       1
<2:24       1
<2:26       1
<2:28       2
<2:30       3
<2:32       5
<2:34       6
<2:36      11
<2:38      18
<2:40      21
<2:42      23
<2:44      29
<2:46      33
<2:48      33
<2:50      35

Last Updated on 11 Dec 2006

Contributors: Malcolm Heyworth, Paul Michiels (4)