Nagoya Women's Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Nagoya Women's Marathon is a women-only marathon held on a Sunday in March in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It is open to women aged 19 or older on race day, starts at 9:10 and has a seven-hour time limit measured from the starting gun. The course, certified by JAAF and by World Athletics and AIMS, starts and finishes at Vantelin Dome Nagoya, so every runner finishes where she started. Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City are co-organisers, and the Aichi Association of Athletics manages the event. The marathon distance began in 1984, after a 20 km race had been run from 1980 to 1983, and it was known as the Nagoya International Women's Marathon until 2010. In 2012 the race, previously limited to elite women, was opened to recreational runners. The 2027 edition has about 22,000 places across lottery, challenge, travel-plan, overseas, charity and other entry categories, and also serves as a Japanese selection race for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing and the 2028 Olympics. The course record is 2:17:18, set by Ruth Chepngetich in 2022.