The 2015 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2015) 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.

9th Tokyo Marathon
The leading men with pacemakers during the race
VenueTokyo, Japan
Dates22 February
Medalists
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A fun runner during the race, wearing a Donald Duck costume

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 (2014 winner of the Seoul International Marathon) 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.[1]

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

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The leading pack of elite men during the race (Tsegaye Kebede is centre wearing number 2)

Elite men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Endeshaw Negesse   Ethiopia 2:06:00
  Stephen Kiprotich   Uganda 2:06:33
  Dickson Chumba   Kenya 2:06:34
4 Shumi Dechasa   Bahrain 2:07:20
5 Peter Some   Kenya 2:07:22
6 Markos Geneti   Ethiopia 2:07:25
7 Masato Imai   Japan 2:07:39
8 Tsegaye Kebede   Ethiopia 2:07:58
9 Hiroaki Sano   Japan 2:09:12
10 Benjamin Ngandu   Kenya 2:09:19
11 Koji Gokaya   Japan 2:09:21
12 Yared Asmerom   Eritrea 2:09:41
Other notable performers

Elite women

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The leading women in the marathon race (Tiki Gelana is left of centre, wearing number 31)
 
Elite Japanese women during the race
Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Birhane Dibaba   Ethiopia 2:23:15
  Helah Kiprop   Kenya 2:24:03
  Tiki Gelana   Ethiopia 2:24:26
4 Sally Chepyego Kaptich   Kenya 2:26:43
5 Flomena Cheyech Daniel   Kenya 2:26:54
6 Yeshi Esayias   Ethiopia 2:30:15
7 Madoka Ogi   Japan 2:30:25
8 Albina Mayorova   Russia 2:34:21
9 Yukari Abe   Japan 2:34:43
10 Yumiko Kinoshita   Japan 2:35:49
11 Lauren Kleppin   United States 2:37:13
12 Ayano Kondo   Japan 2:38:06

Men's wheelchair

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The leading men in the wheelchair race
Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Kota Hokinoue   Japan 1:30:23
  Tomoki Suzuki   Japan 1:30:36
  Yoshida Ryuta   Japan 1:30:36

Women's wheelchair

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Defending champion Wakako Tsuchida was the sole elite women's wheelchair entrant
Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:46:30

References

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  1. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2015-02-22). Ethiopian duo Negesse and Dibaba win at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon . IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-23.
Race results
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