Fukuoka Marathon
Past winners
Columns: Edition | Date | Winner | Country | Time ( h : m : s )
66th | December 2, 2012 | Joseph Gitau | Kenya | 2:06:58 | 65th | December 4, 2011 | Josphat Ndambiri | Kenya | 2:07:36 | 64th | December 5, 2010 | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:08:24 | 63rd | December 6, 2009 | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:05:18 | 62nd | December 7, 2008 | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:06:10 | 61st | December 2, 2007 | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 2:06:39 | 60th | December 3, 2006 | Haile Gebreselassie | Ethiopia | 2:06:52 | 59th | December 4, 2005 | Dmytro Baranovskyy | Ukraine | 2:08:29 | 58th | December 5, 2004 | Tsuyoshi Ogata | Japan | 2:09:10 | 57th | December 7, 2003 | Tomoaki Kunichika | Japan | 2:07:52 | 56th | December 1, 2002 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:09:13 | 55th | December 2, 2001 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:09:25 | 54th | December 3, 2000 | Atsushi Fujita | Japan | 2:06:51 NR | 53rd | December 5, 1999 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia | 2:07:54 | 52nd | December 6, 1998 | Jackson Kabiga | Kenya | 2:08:42 | 51st | December 7, 1997 | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | 2:07:28 | 50th | December 1, 1996 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea | 2:10:48 | 49th | December 3, 1995 | Luiz Antonio dos Santos | Brazil | 2:09:30 | 48th | December 4, 1994 | Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 2:09:45 | 47th | December 5, 1993 | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | 2:08:51 | 46th | December 6, 1992 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 2:09:04 | 45th | December 1, 1991 | Shuichi Morita | Japan | 2:10:58 | 44th | December 2, 1990 | Belayneh Densamo | Ethiopia | 2:11:35 | 43rd | December 3, 1989 | Manuel Matias | Portugal | 2:12:54 | 42nd | December 4, 1988 | Toshihiro Shibutani | Japan | 2:11:04 | 41st | December 6, 1987 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | 2:08:18 | 40th | December 7, 1986 | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:10:06 | 39th | December 1, 1985 | Hisatoshi Shintaku | Japan | 2:09:51 | 38th | December 2, 1984 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | 2:10:00 | 37th | December 4, 1983 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:08:52 | 36th | December 5, 1982 | Paul Ballinger | New Zealand | 2:10:15 | 35th | December 6, 1981 | Robert de Castella | Australia | 2:08:18 WR | 34th | December 7, 1980 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:09:45 | 33rd | December 2, 1979 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:10:35 | 32nd | December 3, 1978 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:10:21 | 31st | December 4, 1977 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:10:56 | 30th | December 5, 1976 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:12:35 | 29th | December 7, 1975 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:10:09 | 28th | December 8, 1974 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:11:32 | 27th | December 2, 1973 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:11:45 | 26th | December 3, 1972 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:10:30 | 25th | December 5, 1971 | Frank Shorter | United States | 2:12:51 | 24th | December 6, 1970 | Akio Usami | Japan | 2:10:38 | 23rd | December 7, 1969 | Jerome Drayton | Canada | 2:11:13 | 22nd | December 8, 1968 | Bill Adcocks | England | 2:10:48 | 21st | December 3, 1967 | Derek Clayton | Australia | 2:09:37 WR | 20th | November 27, 1966 | Mike Ryan | New Zealand | 2:14:05 | 19th | October 10, 1965 | Hidekuni Hiroshima | Japan | 2:18:36 | 18th | December 6, 1964 | Toru Terasawa | Japan | 2:14:49 | 17th | October 15, 1963 | Jeff Julian | New Zealand | 2:18:01 | 16th | December 2, 1962 | Toru Terasawa | Japan | 2:16:19 | 15th | December 3, 1961 | Pavel Kantorek | Czech Republic | 2:22:05 | 14th | December 4, 1960 | Barry Magee | New Zealand | 2:19:04 | 13th | November 8, 1959 | Kurao Hiroshima | Japan | 2:29:34 | 12th | December 7, 1958 | Nobuyoshi Sadanaga | Japan | 2:24:01 | 11th | December 1, 1957 | Kurao Hiroshima | Japan | 2:21:40 | 10th | December 9, 1956 | Keizo Yamada | Japan | 2:25:15 | 9th | December 11, 1955 | Veikko Karvonen | Finland | 2:23:16 | 8th | December 5, 1954 | Reinaldo Gorno | Argentina | 2:24:55 | 7th | December 6, 1953 | Hideo Hamamura | Japan | 2:27:26 | 6th | December 7, 1952 | Katsuo Nishida | Japan | 2:27:59 | 5th | December 9, 1951 | Hiromi Haigo | Japan | 2:30:13 | 4th | December 10, 1950 | Shunji Koyanagi | Japan | 2:30:47 | 3rd | December 4, 1949 | Shinzo Koga | Japan | 2:40:26 | 2nd | December 5, 1948 | Saburo Yamada | Japan | 2:37:25 | 1st | December 7, 1947 | Toshikazu Wada | Japan | 2:45:45