2015 Tokyo Marathon
# 2015 Tokyo Marathon

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.

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.

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

### Elite men

| 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**

* Ryo Yamamoto: 17th, 2:12:46
* Yuki Sato: 20th, 2:14:15
* Arata Fujiwara: 37th, 2:19:40

### Elite women

| 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

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - |
| Kota Hokinoue | Japan | 1:30:23 |
| Tomoki Suzuki | Japan | 1:30:36 |
| Yoshida Ryuta | Japan | 1:30:36 |

### Women's wheelchair

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | 1:46:30 |
