page_title: Sapporo Half Marathon
section_title: Past winners
hierarchical_section_title: Sapporo Half Marathon / Past winners
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: ベルリンでの加納由理（2009年8月23日）Deutsch: Yuri Kanō in Berlin, 23.08.2009
context_page_description: The Sapporo International Half Marathon was an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance 21.0975 kilometres which took place each July in Sapporo, Japan.
  First held in 1958, the race began as a full marathon competition for men under the moniker of the Hokkai Times Marathon. This lasted until 1973, as it was replaced with a shorter race of 30 km in 1974 and became known as the Times 30K. A women's programme was introduced in 1981, at which point the men's 30 km race was complemented with a women's 20 km. The women's race was slightly extend to the half marathon distance in 1986 and the men's race followed suit the following year. The road racing competition was known as the Sapporo Half Marathon from 1990 onwards.
  The race had a strictly looped course in the city of Sapporo which doubled back on itself, having Maruyama Stadium as the start and end point. The competition was broadcast live on national television each year via Nihon TV. The course was certified by AIMS and the Japanese Association of Athletics Federations. The competition doubled up to act as the national selection race for the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
context_section_description: Key: Course record
  Distances: Marathon 30 km 20 km
caption: Yuri Kanō won the women's race in 2008 and 2010.
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