Chicago Marathon - Japanese Results

photo c/o Dr. Helmut Winter

Japanese results in this year's Chicago Marathon were pretty consistent with those seen at the Berlin Marathon and at major international half marathons elsewhere this fall. On average, the five Japanese men in the race ran 4:18 slower than their PBs, with Naoki Okamoto (Team Chugoku Denryoku) the closest at 2:48 off his best. National Team members Koji Kobayashi (Team Subaru) and Satoru Sasaki (Team Asahi Kasei) ran 2:11:43 and 2:15:25.

2014 Chicago Marathon
Chicago, U.S.A., 10/12/14
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Men
1. Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) - 2:04:11
2. Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) - 2:04:28
3. Dickson Chumba (Kenya) - 2:04:32
4. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) - 2:05:51
5. Bernard Koech (Kenya) - 2:08:30
6. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eritrea) - 2:09:08
7. Lani Rutto (Kenya) - 2:10:42
8. Wesley Korir (Kenya) - 2:11:09
9. Bobby Curtis (U.S.A.) - 2:11:20
10. Koji Kobayashi (Japan/Team Subaru) - 2:11:43
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16. Naoki Okamoto (Japan/Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 2:15:19
17. Satoru Sasaki (Japan/Team Asahi Kasei) - 2:15:25
18. Ryosuke Fukuyama (Japan/Team Honda) - 2:15:33
21. Rui Yonezawa (Japan/Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 2:17:30

Women
1. Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) - 2:24:35
2. Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) - 2:25:37
3. Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) - 2:25:57
4. Birhane Dibaba (Ethiopia) - 2:27:02
5. Amy Hastings (U.S.A.) - 2:27:03
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83. Yuri Yoshizumi (Aoyama Care Support) - 2:56:07

photo (c) 2014 Dr. Helmut Winter
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