title: Nara Marathon
text: # Nara Marathon
  
  The Nara Marathon (奈良マラソン, Nara Marason) is an annual marathon sporting event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held on the 2nd sunday of December in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
  
  The race starts at Konoike Athletic Stadium, and after the course passes through Nara and Tenri cities, came back and finishes at Konoike Athletic Stadium.
  
  ## Results
  
  Key: Course record
  
  | Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | 2010 | Nobuyuki Matsumoto (JPN) | 2:23:16 | Kaoru Tabata (JPN) | 2:49:52 |
  | 2nd | 2011 | Osamu Hirata (JPN) | 2:20:23 | Yoshimi Hoshino (JPN) | 2:47:50 |
  | 3rd | 2012 | Tomoya Nagasawa (JPN) | 2:28:58 | Ikue Tabata (JPN) | 2:43:16 |
  | 4th | 2013 | Osamu Hirata (JPN) | 2:23:46 | Yuri Yoshizumi (JPN) | 2:46:21 |
  | 5th | 2014 | Yoshinori Sugimoto (JPN) | 2:24:14 | Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:45:55 |
  | 6th | 2015 | Osamu Hirata (JPN) | 2:24:41 | Ikue Tabata (JPN) | 2:53:57 |
  | 7th | 2016 | Osamu Hirata (JPN) | 2:27:50 | Saki Tokoro (JPN) | 2:44:05 |
  | 8th | 2017 | Yoshiyuki Hara (JPN) | 2:23:53 | Sanae Taketsu (JPN) | 2:46:59 |
  | 9th | 2018 | Yūya Tsukamoto (JPN) | 2:18:56 | Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:40:50 |
  | 10th | 2019 | Yoshihiro Yamamoto (JPN) | 2:21:22 | Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:33:22 |
  | — | 2020 | Did not held | Did not held | Did not held | Did not held |
  | 11th | 2021 | Yoshihiro Yamamoto (JPN) | 2:21:55 | Haruka Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2:34:36 |
  