2015 Tokyo Marathon


The 2015 Tokyo Marathon was the ninth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 22 February. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that year and represented the third occasion that the Tokyo race was part of the elite-level marathon series.
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The elite race winners were both from Ethiopia – the first such time that athletes from the same nation won the men's and women's division. Endeshaw Negesse was just over twenty seconds off the course record with 2:06:00 hours while Berhane Dibaba took the women's title in 2:23:15. It was the first major marathon win for both athletes, although Berhane Dibaba had been runner-up in Tokyo the previous year. The reigning Olympic and world champion Stephen Kiprotich was runner-up in the men's race and Dickson Chumba was third, failing to defend his title. The women's podium was rounded out by Helah Kiprop and reigning Olympic champion Tiki Gelana. The 2014 women's champion, Tirfi Tsegaye did not return to defend her title. The fastest home athletes both finished in seventh position overall: Masato Imai in the men's and Madoka Ogi in the women's division.
As in the previous year, the wheelchair race was principally a national affair. Wakako Tsuchida defended her title while Kota Hokinoue—winner at the 2014 Berlin Marathon—won the men's wheelchair race for the first time.

Results

Elite men

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PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Birhane Dibaba2:23:15
Helah Kiprop2:24:03
Tiki Gelana2:24:26
4Sally Chepyego Kaptich2:26:43
5Flomena Cheyech Daniel2:26:54
6Yeshi Esayias2:30:15
7Madoka Ogi2:30:25
8Albina Mayorova2:34:21
9Yukari Abe2:34:43
10Yumiko Kinoshita2:35:49
11Lauren Kleppin2:37:13
12Ayano Kondo2:38:06

Men's wheelchair

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Kota Hokinoue1:30:23
Tomoki Suzuki1:30:36
Yoshida Ryuta1:30:36

Women's wheelchair

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Wakako Tsuchida1:46:30