Japanese National Games

(various)

Race Winners (34 runnings)

2006	---	---	---	not held	---	not held
27 Oct 2005	hf mar	Okayama	1:02:53	Tomoyuki Sato (JPN)	1:11:42	Kei Terada (JPN)
28 Oct 2004	hf mar	Kumagaya	1:02:38	Shinichi Watanabe (JPN)	1:10:26	Yasuyo Iwamoto (JPN)
30 Oct 2003	hf mar	Fukuroi	1:03:52	Nobuhiko Chiba (JPN)	1:11:08	Aki Fujikawa (JPN)
1984-2002	---	---	---	not held	---	not held
19 Oct 1983	30 km	Maebashi	1:34:12	Takao Nakamura-3
1982	---	---	---	not held
17 Oct 1981	30 km	Otsu	1:33:38	Takao Nakamura-2
15 Oct 1980	20,000m	Utsunomiya	59:07.5	Takao Nakamura (JPN)
1975-1979	---	---	---	not held
24 Oct 1974	35 km	Mito	1:53:21.4	Kenichi Otsuki (JPN)
18 Oct 1973	35 km	Chiba	1:54:06.4	Noriyasu Mizukami (JPN)
26 Oct 1972	35 km	Kagoshima	1:52:27.8	Yasunori Hamada-2
28 Oct 1971	35 km	Wakayama	1:51:39.2	Yasunori Hamada (JPN)
14 Oct 1970	35 km	Morioka	1:55:21.4	Ichiro Mihara (JPN)
30 Oct 1969	35 km	Nagasaki	1:52:53.0	Yoshiaki Morita (JPN)
05 Oct 1968	35 km	Fukui	1:54:54.0	Morio Shigematsu-2
26 Oct 1967	35 km	n/a	1:50:30.6	Hirokazu Okabe (JPN)
27 Oct 1966	35 km	Oita	1:56:10.0	Hidekuni Hiroshima-2
28 Oct 1965	35 km	Gifu	1:53:18.6	Toru Terasawa-3
10 Jun 1964	35 km	Niigata	1:51:38.4	Toru Terasawa-2
31 Oct 1963	35 km	Yamaguchi	1:57:03.2	Toru Terasawa (JPN)
25 Oct 1962	35 km	Okayama	1:53:37.6	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)
12 Oct 1961	35 km	Akita	1:58:34.4	Hidekuni Hiroshima (JPN)
26 Oct 1960	20 km	Kumamoto	1:04:22	Morio Shigematsu (JPN)
30 Oct 1959	20 km	Tokyo	1:04:58	Mitsuru Sawada (JPN)
23 Oct 1958	20 km	Toyama	1:04:55.6	Yoshitaka Uchikawa-2
30 Oct 1957	20 km	Shizuoka	1:05:09	Hiroshi Uwa (JPN)
01 Nov 1956	20 km	Kobe	1:04:46	Toyoshichi Nakata-2
03 Nov 1955	20 km	Yokohama	1:05:35.0	Toyoshichi Nakata (JPN)
1954	---	---	---	not held
26 Oct 1953	20 km	Matsuyama	1:06:15.4	Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)
22 Oct 1952	20 km	Sendai	1:06:43	Keizo Yamada (JPN)
30 Oct 1951	20 km	Hiroshima	1:07:13	Shigeki Tanaka-2
01 Nov 1950	20 km	Nagoya	1:08:16	Shigeki Tanaka (JPN)
03 Nov 1949	mara	Tokyo	2:35:31	Fumio Babasaki (JPN)
02 Nov 1948	mara	Fukuoka	2:42:41	Shinzo Koga-3
02 Nov 1947	mara	Kanazawa	2:36:33	Shinzo Koga-2
03 Nov 1946	20 km	Kyoto	1:10:08	Shinzo Koga (JPN)

Notes: 1949 was the inaugural year.

Most Wins (1949/date)

Men

3	Shinzo Koga (JPN)	1946-48
.	Toru Terasawa (JPN)	1963-65
.	Takao Nakamura (JPN)	1980-81,1983

Women
No woman has won more than once.

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
Prize money is not awarded in Japanese road races due to legal restrictions.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2005    -3.1     n/c
2004    -3.5     n/c
2003    -0.1    -1.3
Avgs    -2.2    -1.3

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2005     395     n/c
2004     499     547

Quality Performances

Men- Half Marathon
<1:03:00      11
<1:03:30      16
<1:04:00      26
<1:04:30      36
<1:05:00      38
<1:05:30      39
<1:06:00      39

Women- Half Marathon
<1:11:00       1
<1:12:00       5
<1:13:00      10
<1:14:00      19
<1:15:00      29
<1:16:00      30
<1:17:00      30

Last Updated on 16 Aug 2007

Contributor: Shigenobu Ota (50)