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Tokyo Marathon 2008

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When?

Sunday, February 17, 2008
9:05 a.m. (Wheelchair Start)
9:10 a.m. (Elite and Mass Race Start)

Marathon – 7 hours (25,000 runners)

Doubled as 92nd National Men's Marathon Championship, doubled as Olympic Trials for Japanese Men's Marathon, Women's, Men's Wheelchair, Women's Wheelchair

The Course: Tokyo Metropolitan Government -- Iidabashi -- Imperial Palace -- Hibiya -- Shinagawa -- Ginza -- Nihombashi -- Asakusa Kaminari-mon Gate -- Tsukiji -- Ariake (Toyosu) – Tokyo Big Sight

10km Race – 1 hour 40 minutes (5,000 runners)

Men's, Women's, Men's Wheelchair, Women's Wheelchair
(Note: Records will not be approved by the IAAF for not complying with the IAAF rules.)

The Course: Tokyo Metropolitan Government -- Iidabashi -- Imperial Palace -- Hibiya Park
(i) The time limit will be set up according to the signal gun.
(ii) The close-gate time will be set up at each checkpoint due to traffic regulations and secure operation of the competition. Those runners, who fail to pass through the checkpoint with in the given time, will be disqualified from the race.

Official Organisers

JAAF (Japan Association of Athletics Federations) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Co-Organisers

Yomiuri Shimbun Co., Ltd., Nippon Television Network Co., Fuji Television Network, Inc., Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Shimbun

Supporting Organisations

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Japan, Metropolitan Tokyo Mayor's Council, Japan Sports Association, Japanese Olympic Committee, Japan Sports Association for the Disabled, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), The Nippon Foundation, The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tokyo Medical Association, Tokyo Nursing Association, Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Tokyo Federation of Neighborhood Associations, Tokyo Federation of Shopping Center Promotion Associations, Tokyo Federation of Shopping Center, Tokyo Sports Association, Tokyo Sports Association for the Disabled, Kanto Athletes Association for the Disabled, Tokyo Sports Coaching Council, The Hochi Simbun, Radio Nippon Co. LTD., Sankei Sports, Yukan Fuji, Sankei Living Shimbun Inc., Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc., Fuji Sankei Business i., SANKEI EXPRESS, Fusosha, Tokyo Chunichi Sports