2020 Tokyo Marathon

The 2020 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン2020) was the 14th edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, and was held on Sunday, 1 March. A World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race,^[1] it was the first World Marathon Majors event held that year. The prior year's men's winner, Ethiopian Birhanu Legese, successfully defended his title by winning with a time of 2:04:15. In the women's marathon Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter set a new course record, breaking the old one by over two minutes, as well as a new Israeli national record by winning with a time of 2:17:45; at the time the sixth-fastest women's marathon in the world of all time.^[2][3][4][5]

14th Tokyo Marathon
The Tokyo Marathon in 2020
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	1 March 2020
Competitors	Elite athletes only
Champions
Men	Birhanu Legese (2:04:15)
Women	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (2:17:45)
Wheelchair men	Tomoki Suzuki (01:21:52)
Wheelchair women	Tsubasa Kina (01:40:00)
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The men's wheelchair race was won by Japanese racer Tomoki Suzuki, and the women's wheelchair race was won by Japanese racer Tsubasa Kina, both setting course records in their victory.^[6][7][8] Women's winner Tsubasa Kina also went on to win the following year's 2021 Tokyo Marathon