Livestream, startlists and results from Gifu Half Marathon which is held on Sunday 26th of April 2026.
Gifu Half Marathon 2026
Date
April 26
Place
Gifu, Nagoya – Japan
Results
9:00 – Half Marathon Start
12:05 – Half Marathon End
Weather
About
The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon (ぎふ清流ハーフマラソン) is an annual half marathon road running competition held in May in Gifu, Japan.
First held in 2011, the race is also called the Naoko Takahashi Cup (高橋尚子杯, Takahashi Naoko Hai), named after Naoko Takahashi, the retired local runner who won the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and broke the marathon world record in 2001, becoming the first woman to complete the distance in under two hours and twenty minutes. The first edition featured top level and popular sections for the half marathon as well as a shorter 3-kilometre fun run. All the funds raised during the event went towards the reconstruction effort following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Some 9000 people took part in the inaugural event including elite Kenyan runners Martin Mathathi and Catherine Ndereba
| Edition | Year | Men’s winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women’s winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2011 |  Martin Mathathi (KEN) |
1:00:47 |  Mao Kuroda (JPN) |
1:13:45 |
| 2nd | 2012 | Martin Mathathi (KEN) |
1:01:29 |  René Kalmer (RSA) |
1:13:02 |
| 3rd | 2013 |  Zersenay Tadese (ERI) |
1:00:31 |  Mestawet Tufa (ETH) |
1:10:03 |
| 4th | 2014 | Bedan Karoki (KEN) |
1:00:02 | Visiline Jepkesho (KEN) |
1:10:53 |
| 5th | 2015 | James Rungaru (KEN) |
1:02:21 |  Eunice Kirwa (BHR) |
1:09:37 |
| 6th | 2016 | Patrick Mwaka (KEN) |
1:01:51 | Eunice Kirwa (BHR) |
1:08:55 |
| 7th | 2017 | Alexander Mutiso (KEN) |
1:00:57 | Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) |
1:07:44 |
| 8th | 2018 | Nicholas Kosimbei (KEN) |
1:01:12 | Degitu Azmeraw (ETH) |
1:09:53 |
| 9th | 2019 | Amos Kurgat (KEN) |
1:00:34 | Ruth Chepng’etich (KEN) |
1:06:06 |
| – | 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan | |||
| – | 2021 | ||||
| 10th | 2022 | Alexander Mutiso (KEN) |
59:56 | Dolphine Omare (KEN) |
1:08:13 |
| 11th | 2023 | Amos Kurgat (KEN) |
1:00:20 | Dolphine Omare (KEN) |
1:08:18 |
| 12th | 2024 | Hillary Kipkoech (KEN) |
1:01:26 |  Stella Chesang (UGA) |
1:07:59 |