There was the biggest marathon event in Japan today. It is Tokyo Marathon 2009. The fixed number for marathon (42.195km) is 30,000 and for 10km race is 5,000including wheelchair runners. Actually 30,164 people participated in the full marathon and about 97% (29,127) completed the race within the time limit of 7 hours.
When they closed the entry last September, 226,378 people applied for the full marathon, and 35,603 people applied for the 10km race. The applicants were 7.5 times and 7.1 times as many as the fixed number.
This was the first prize race in marathon in Japan. The champion of full marathon got yen 11,000,000, the 2nd runner got yen 4,000,000, and the third runner got yen 2,000,000. Until the 10th runner, there were prizes. There was no bonus for the world record (yen 30,000,000) nor the Japan record (yen 5,000,000) today. For 10km race, the champion got yen 200,000 and until the 3rd runner there were prizes.
Salim Kipsang from Kenya won the men's marathon at the time of 2 hours 10 minutes 27 seconds. The 2nd was Kazuhiro Maeda(前田和浩) at 2 hours 11 minutes 01 seconds. This was his first marathon. He got a ticket to attend the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin this summer. Mizuho Nasukawa (那須川瑞穂) won the women's race at 2 hours 25 minutes 38 seconds.
Next year it will be held on February 28.
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