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The , held in Fukuoka, Japan, is an IAAF Gold Label international men's marathon race established in 1947. It is usually held on the first Sunday in December. The course record is held by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, running 2:05:18 in 2009 to best his own record from the previous year.〔Nakamura, Ken (2009-12-06). (2:05:18 course record and personal best for Kebede in Fukuoka ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-06.〕 ==History== In its early years, the race had a rotating venue format, but these races are contained within the Fukuoka history as they all shared a common organiser and sponsor (the ''Asahi Shimbun'', a Japanese national newspaper). The inaugural edition was launched in 1947 as the and was held in Kumamoto. The 1951 was the first of the race series to be held in Fukuoka. Foreign runners were invited for the first time in 1954 and Reinaldo Gorno of Argentina subsequently became the first non-Japanese winner. The competition was renamed as the the following year and Finland's Veikko Karvonen became the first European victor. In 1956 the race reverted to a national race between Japanese men, but foreign runners were reintroduced for later editions.〔Nakamura, Ken (2010). (Marathon - A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships by K. Ken Nakamura - Part 1 1947-1966 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 The 1959 edition saw Fukuoka instated was the permanent host city for the marathon race and Japanese runner Kurao Hiroshima became the first two-time winner that year. Water stations for runners were introduced along the course for the first time in 1961. The last race to be held outside of Fukuoka came in 1963, when a special pre-Olympic edition was held in Tokyo as a way of testing the marathon course for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Recognising the Fukuoka Marathon's increasingly international nature, the event was renamed in 1966 to the .〔 A year later, the course saw its first world record performance as Australian Derek Clayton knocked over two minutes off the previous record to win the race in 2:09:36.4 hours.〔Butler, Mark (2011). (13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook ) (pgs. 595, 612, 614–615, 705, 707). Daegu 2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 Frank Shorter had three straight wins in 1971 to 1973 and a fourth win came in 1974, the same year that the race took on its current title of the .〔Heyworth, Malcolm et al (2010-12-05). (Fukuoka Marathon ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 In 1980, Toshihiko Seko won in a time of 2:09:45 hours, just four seconds ahead of Takeshi So. This represented the first time that two men had completed the marathon distance under two hours and ten minutes at the same competition.〔(World Marathon Rankings for 1980 ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 The second world record of the competition's history came in 1981 and it was again an Australian runner, this time Robert de Castella, whose time of 2:08:18 hours became the new world standard.〔 The Fukuoka Marathon is the third-longest running competition of its type in Japan, being established two years after the Lake Biwa Marathon and one year after the Kochi Marathon. This makes it the tenth longest running annual marathon race in recorded history.〔(Longest Running Marathons ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 The competition has hosted the men's marathon championship race numerous times: it first held the event in 1955 and then hosted the race on a biennial basis from 1963 to 1997. It now hosts the national championship race once every three years, on a rotational basis alongside the Lake Biwa and Tokyo Marathons.〔Ota, Shigenobu et al (2010-03-27). ( National Marathon Champions for Japan ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fukuoka Marathon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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