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10th Tokyo Marathon
Tokyo Marathon 2016
Venue Tokyo, Japan
Dates28 February
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The 2016 Tokyo Marathon ( Japanese: 東京マラソン 2016) was the tenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 28 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year.

Results

Men

[1]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Feyisa Lilesa   Ethiopia 2:06:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernard Kipyego   Kenya 2:07:33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dickson Chumba   Kenya 2:07:34
4 Stephen Kiprotich   Uganda 2:07:46
5 Abel Kirui   Kenya 2:08:06
6 Eliud Kiptanui   Kenya 2:08:55
7 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai   Kenya 2:10:23
8 Yuki Takamiya   Japan 2:10:57
9 Javier Guerra   Spain 2:11:01
10 Yuta Shimoda   Japan 2:11:34

Women

[ citation needed]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helah Kiprop   Kenya 2:21:27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amane Gobena   Ethiopia 2:21:51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edna Kiplagat   Kenya 2:22:36
4 Aberu Kebede   Ethiopia 2:23:01
5 Birhane Dibaba   Ethiopia 2:23:16
6 Shure Demise   Ethiopia 2:25:04
7 Ashete Bekere   Ethiopia 2:25:50
8 Maja Neuenschwander   Switzerland 2:27:36
9 Isabellah Andersson   Sweden 2:30:02
10 Yukiko Okuno   Japan 2:31:17

Wheelchair

The Elite Wheelchair race acted as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. A top three finish or a qualifying time of 1:28:30 (men) or 1:46:00 (women) gave competitors a berth for the Rio Games. [2]

Men
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Kurt Fearnley   Australia 1:26:00
2 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:26:01
3 Kota Hokinoue   Japan 1:26:01
Women
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:41:04
2 Tatyana McFadden   United States 1:41:14

References

  1. ^ "Athletics-World Marathon Majors Tokyo Marathon men results". Reuters. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2016 Wheelchair race review". www.marathon.tokyo. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

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