Katsuta Marathon

Hitachinaka JPN

Race Winners (56 runnings)

27 Jan 2008	2:21:30	Katsuhiko Fukunaga (JPN)	2:49:24	Maki Nakajima (JPN)
28 Jan 2007	2:21:38	Yutaka Watanabe (JPN)	2:42:11	Norimi Sakurai (JPN)
29 Jan 2006	2:17:59	Yuki Sakurai (JPN)	2:48:34	Keiko Tomura (JPN)
30 Jan 2005	2:28:21	Naoki Endo (JPN)	2:52:19	Eri Matsubara (JPN)
11 Feb 2004	2:26:17	Atsuhiro Watabe (JPN)	2:46:31	Mayumi Ota (JPN)
11 Feb 2003	2:19:04	Minoru Isono (JPN)	2:28:17	Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)
11 Feb 2002	2:23:33	Takeshi Kato (JPN)	2:41:00	Mai Tagami (JPN)
11 Feb 2001	2:22:14	Wataru Ito (JPN)	2:33:57	Mineko Yamanouchi (JPN)
11 Feb 2000	2:14:54	Makoto Sasaki (JPN)	2:54:01	Etsuko Chigasaki (JPN)
11 Feb 1999	2:26:49	Nobuyuki Oshikubo (JPN)	2:43:07	Maki Nakagawa (JPN)
11 Feb 1998	2:20:17	Shun Yamanaka (JPN)	2:36:41	Yumiko Furuya (JPN)
11 Feb 1997	2:23:55	Mutsumi Arai (JPN)	2:50:25	Masako Sakaguchi (JPN)
11 Feb 1996	2:18:05	Fumihiro Matsumoto (JPN)	2:43:49	Kaori Honda (JPN)
11 Feb 1995	2:25:43	Masanobu Nishimura (JPN)	2:47:46	Yoko Abe (JPN)
11 Feb 1994	2:23:11	Yuichiro Osuda (JPN)	2:51:54	Jing-bo Lu (CHN)
11 Feb 1993	2:23:34	Eiji Yokota (JPN)	2:55:10	Tokiko Yamada (JPN)
11 Feb 1992	2:18:13	Kiyoshi Hayashi (JPN)	2:45:15	Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN)
11 Feb 1991	2:19:53	Hiroo Shiraiwa (JPN)	2:44:39	Akiko Kawano-2
11 Feb 1990	2:23:56	Yasusi Yoneyama (JPN)	2:50:56	Akiko Kawano (JPN)
11 Feb 1989	2:19:57	Kazuhisa Kato (JPN)	2:47:02	Eri Nagamine (JPN)
11 Feb 1988	2:18:34	Hiroaki Takeda (JPN)	2:47:20	Mitsui Hoshi-2
11 Feb 1987	2:24:24	Yoji Takahashi (JPN)	---	n/a
11 Feb 1986	2:20:41	Yukio Suzuki (JPN)	2:52:53	Masae Kurosawa (JPN)
11 Feb 1985	2:20:40	Hatsuo Okubo-2	2:53:10	Mitsui Hoshi (JPN)
11 Feb 1984	2:19:59	Eiichi Ozono (JPN)	3:05:04	Hitomi Hirayama (JPN)
11 Feb 1983	2:23:12	Tomomasa Inaba (JPN)	3:23:10	Miniko Onodera (JPN)
11 Feb 1982	2:16:03	Masami Otsuka (JPN)	---	n/a
11 Feb 1981	2:24:55	Kazuyuki Ogane (JON)	3:15:00	Taeko Serikawa (JPN)
11 Feb 1980	2:17:45	Kenji Takami (JPN)	2:56:18	Chie Matsuda (JPN)
11 Feb 1979	2:20:12.0	Takehiko Kikuchi (JPN)	3:16:08	Minoru Muramoto (JPN)
11 Feb 1978	2:15:26	Hisaji Sugaya (JPN)	3:11:41	Yumiko Fujii (JPN)
11 Feb 1977	2:17:52	Koji Uchida-2
11 Feb 1976	2:18:54	Koji Uchida (JPN)
16 Mar 1975	2:16:36	Hatsuo Okubo (JPN)
17 Mar 1974	2:16:33	Mitsunori Nonaka (JPN)
25 Mar 1973	2:22:03	Naoyuki Sato (JPN)
26 Mar 1972	2:19:52	Joji Takeuchi (JPN)
28 Mar 1971	2:20:59	Wataru Yasuda (JPN)
22 Mar 1970	2:20:03	Nobuaki Takao (JPN)
23 Mar 1969	2:19:45	Sueki Tanaka (JPN)
24 Mar 1968	2:17:47	Yoshinori Hara (JPN)
19 Mar 1967	2:20:45	Kazumi Ogata (JPN)
20 Mar 1966	2:20:45	Sueo Isaka (JPN)
21 Mar 1965	2:23:50	Tomonari Sakai (JPN)
16 Feb 1964	2:24:45	Teruo Funai (JPN)
24 Mar 1963	2:24:07.8	Yosuke Ozeki-2
25 Mar 1962	2:26:51	Toshihiko Senuma (JPN)
26 Mar 1961	2:26:01	Yosuke Ozeki (JPN)
27 Mar 1960	2:37:09	Hideya Fujimoto (JPN)
15 Mar 1959	2:32:34	Hidenori Baba-2
02 Feb 1958	2:35:05	Teruo Nakano (JPN)
1957	2:30:28	Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)
17 Mar 1956	2:29:45	Keizo Yamada (JPN)
06 Feb 1955	2:29:40	Hidenori Baba (JPN)
14 Feb 1954	2:48:00	Ayao Chiba (JPN)
22 Feb 1953	2:31:13	Kiyoshi Shinozaki (JPN)

Notes: 1953 was the inaugural year. Thru 1960, this race was known as the Yomiuri Zenkoku Marathon. For 1953-1954, the race was held in Tokyo, for 1955-1959 the race was held in Ohme. It was then held in Utsunomiya for 1961 and in Mito for 1962-1971 before moving to Katsuta starting in 1972. In November 1994, the towns of Katsuta and Nakaminato were merged and took on the name Hitachinaka. Before 1984, the first women finisher is listed; the first official women's winner was in 1984.

Most Wins (1953/date)

Men

2	Hidenori Baba (JPN)	1955,1959
.	Yosuke Ozeki (JPN)	1961,1963
.	Koji Uchida (JPN)	1976-77
.	Hatsuo Okubo (JPN)	1976,1985

Women

2	Mitsui Hoshi (JPN)	1985,1988
.	Akiko Kawano (JPN)	1990-91

Prize Money
Prize money is not awarded in Japanese road races due to legal restrictions..

Race Time Bias
Insufficient data to calculate the race time bias.

Competitive Level
Insufficient data to calculate the competitive level.

Quality Performances

Men
<2:15      1
<2:16      3
<2:17      9
<2:18     17
<2:19     26
<2:20     45

Women 
<2:30      1
<2:32      1
<2:34      2
<2:36      2
<2:38      3
<2:40      3
<2:42      5
<2:44      8
<2:46     11
<2:48     18
<2:50     27

Last Updated on 02 Feb 2008

Contributor: Shigenobu Ota (50)