2014 Tokyo Marathon

The 2014 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2014) was the eighth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 23 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the second occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series.

8th Tokyo Marathon
Runners in the 2014 Tokyo Marathon mass race
VenueTokyo, Japan
Dates23 February
Medalists
 Dickson Chumba (2:05:42 CR)
Tirfi Tsegaye (2:22:23 CR)

Both elite race winners set new course records: Dickson Chumba ran a men's record of 2:05:42 and Tirfi Tsegaye's run of 2:22:23 was a women's record.

Pre-race build up

Following on from the Tokyo Marathon's induction into the World Marathon Majors circuit, high calibre and international fields were invited for the men's and women's elite races. In the men's race, invitees included Tadese Tola (2013 world medallist), Abel Kirui (a two-time world champion), Peter Some (2013 Paris Marathon winner), Dickson Chumba (2013 Eindhoven Marathon winner), and former Tokyo champion Michael Kipyego. In total, seven of the invited men's field had personal bests faster than two hours and six minutes.[1] Arata Fujiwara was the most prominent domestic starter.[2]

In the women's division, Lucy Wangui Kabuu was the fastest entrant with her best of 2:19:34 hours. Second fastest was Japan's Yoko Shibui (2:19:41) although the 35-year-old was not expected to reach her past performance. A group of Ethiopian women were among the other prominent entrants, including Tirfi Tsegaye, Atsede Baysa, Birhane Dibaba and Merima Mohammed.[1][2]

Results

Dickson Chumba of Kenya won the men's race in a course record time of 2:05:42 hours. This also made it the fastest time ever recorded in the city, bettering Gert Thys's record of 2:06:33 set at the defunct Tokyo International Marathon. In the women's race, Ethiopia's Tirfi Tsegaye topped the podium with a course record of 2:22:23 hours – an improvement of over three minutes on the previous record.[3][4] The wheelchair races had mainly domestic entrants and Hiroyuki Yamamoto and Wakako Tsuchida were the best of the men's and women's divisions, respectively.

Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Dickson Chumba Kenya2:05:42 CR PB
Tadese Tola Ethiopia2:05:57
Sammy Kitwara Kenya2:06:30
4Michael Kipyego Kenya2:06:58
5Peter Kimeli Some Kenya2:07:05
6Geoffrey Kipsang Kenya2:07:37
7Deressa Chimsa Ethiopia2:07:40
8Kohei Matsumura Japan2:08:09 PB
9Koji Kobayashi Japan2:08:51 PB
10Abel Kirui Kenya2:09:04
11Hirokatsu Kurosaki Japan2:09:07 PB
12Masanori Sakai Japan2:09:10 PB
Other notable performers

Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Tirfi Tsegaye Ethiopia2:22:23 CR
Birhane Dibaba Ethiopia2:22:30 PB
Lucy Wangui Kabuu Kenya2:24:16
4Caroline Rotich Kenya2:24:35
5Janet Rono Kenya2:26:03 PB
6Albina Mayorova Russia2:28:18
7Mai Ito Japan2:28:36
8Rika Shintaku Japan2:31:15 PB
9Manami Kamitanida Japan2:31:34 PB
10Hiroko Yoshitomi Japan2:32:38
11Azusa Nojiri Japan2:33:39
12Atsede Baysa Ethiopia2:35:03
Other notable performers

Wheelchair men
Competitors in the women's wheelchair marathon race
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Hiroyuki Yamamoto Japan1:30:43
Soejima Masazumi Japan1:30:44
Horano-jo Kota Japan1:34:45

Wheelchair women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Wakako Tsuchida Japan1:48:08
Kazumi Nakayama Japan2:04:05
Koki Mizuki Japan2:07:35

References
  1. Minshull, Phil (2014-01-23). 2014 Tokyo Marathon releases elite fields, course records under threat. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  2. Nakamura, Ken (2014-02-21). Course records expected at Tokyo Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  3. Nakamura, Ken (2014-02-23). Chumba and Tsegaye break course records at Tokyo Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
  4. Larner, Brett (2014-02-23). Chumba and Tsegaye Set Tokyo Marathon CRs as Five Japanese Men Break 2:10. Japanese Running News. Retrieved on 2014-03-24.
Race results
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