• Thumbnail for Ekiden
    Ekiden (駅伝) is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on roads.: 812  The original Japanese term had nothing to do with a sport or...
    58 KB (7,861 words) - 13:56, 7 May 2024
  • Hakone Ekiden (箱根駅伝), officially called the Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走, Tōkyō Hakone kan Ōfuku Daigaku Ekiden Kyōsō), is...
    29 KB (2,510 words) - 14:40, 30 April 2024
  • The Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden (九州一周駅伝 Kyūshū isshū ekiden) was a running race in Japan that was held annually from 1951 to 2013...
    2 KB (202 words) - 07:56, 16 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shizo Kanakuri
    customs form." Kanakuri is also known for his role in establishing the Hakone Ekiden relay marathon in 1920. Since 2004, the top prize in the race has been named...
    12 KB (1,129 words) - 18:30, 27 April 2024
  • The Beijing International Women's Ekiden was an annual, international ekiden (marathon relay) road running competition held in Beijing, China. Formed in...
    9 KB (348 words) - 13:38, 30 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Marathon
    champions (men) List of non-professional marathon runners Related races Ekiden (marathon relays) Half marathon Ultramarathon Other endurance races Ironman...
    138 KB (12,247 words) - 05:51, 30 April 2024
  • Mizuno Ekiden is an annual marathon race in Singapore that incorporates the ekiden concept, a Japanese long-distance relay race concept. Organised by...
    4 KB (450 words) - 11:27, 10 February 2022
  • The Yokohama International Women's Ekiden held in Yokohama, Japan, was one of the prominent ekiden races of the year. It was held annually from 1983 to...
    9 KB (1,000 words) - 00:15, 17 August 2023
  • The New Year Ekiden, (officially the 全日本実業団対抗駅伝競走大会 (All-Japan Men's Corporate Team Ekiden Championships)), is an annual men's ekiden (road running relay)...
    14 KB (682 words) - 02:10, 1 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for International Chiba Ekiden
    International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November. The marathon relay race, or ekiden as it is known...
    12 KB (390 words) - 06:25, 16 October 2022
  • The collegiate ekiden championships in Japan are held for women and for men. The women's championship is in late October and the men's championship is...
    11 KB (458 words) - 00:35, 20 May 2023
  • state transfer. Kitsune is derived from Ekiden's codebase, and can be considered a later version of Ekiden. Ekiden and Kitsune are also notable in that they...
    30 KB (3,570 words) - 09:32, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden
    Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden (全国都道府県対抗女子駅伝競走大会 (All-Japan Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden Championships)) is an annual women's ekiden (road running relay...
    7 KB (538 words) - 12:40, 22 December 2023
  • The All-Japan Interprefectural Ekiden Championships are two annual ekiden (road running relay) competitions between the 47 Prefectures of Japan. The championships...
    12 KB (741 words) - 06:32, 28 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for All-Japan High School Ekiden Championship
    The All-Japan National Ekiden Championships are held for junior high and high school teams in late December, as main track and field outdoor competitions...
    15 KB (1,497 words) - 01:28, 7 May 2024
  • 1918, when the race was changed from a marathon to a military relay race (ekiden) because of World War I. On October 28, 2020, the B.A.A. announced that...
    83 KB (7,488 words) - 06:17, 29 April 2024
  • time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). It also marked the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing...
    10 KB (218 words) - 15:06, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sport of athletics
    a common pastime and also increased its popularity at the elite level. Ekiden contests – which originated in Japan and remain very popular there – are...
    76 KB (8,155 words) - 19:50, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Komazawa University
    Komazawa Univ. ekiden team won the "Hakone Ekiden" in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2021, and 2023. " Big Three collegiate ekiden competitions "...
    22 KB (1,857 words) - 19:27, 18 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fukuoka
    All Japan Judo Category Championships are held in early April. The Kyushu ekiden, beginning in Nagasaki and ending in Fukuoka, the world's longest relay...
    70 KB (6,122 words) - 22:07, 8 May 2024
  • The corporate ekiden competition is a series of races contested between Japan's corporate (business) running teams. The championships are officially the...
    8 KB (509 words) - 22:35, 23 September 2019
  • (Jitsugyodan) Ekiden Championship, also known as Queen´s Ekiden (クイーンズ駅伝) is held in mid December. The 6 stage 42.195 kilometer ekiden race had been held...
    9 KB (567 words) - 09:49, 8 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Relay race
    longest relay race was Japan's Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden, which begins in Nagasaki and continues for 1,064 kilometres (661 mi). For...
    15 KB (2,177 words) - 12:34, 9 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Takebishi Stadium Kyoto
    Main Line. Kyoto Marathon All-Japan High School Ekiden Championship Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nishikyogoku...
    4 KB (201 words) - 02:06, 15 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nagasaki
    white snake is worshipped The Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden, the world's longest relay race, begins in Nagasaki each November. Kunchi...
    48 KB (4,391 words) - 21:31, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ōgata, Akita
    Ōgata (大潟村, Ōgata-mura) is a village located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2023[update], the village had an estimated population of 2,991 in...
    17 KB (1,145 words) - 19:09, 23 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kanagawa Prefecture
    facilities Enoshima Yacht Course—used for 1964 Summer Olympics. Hakone Ekiden Course—from Tokyo to Hakone, 108.0 km, mostly on Japan National Route 1...
    31 KB (2,777 words) - 20:49, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of world records in athletics
    434 21.620 Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki  KEN 23 Nov 2005 Chiba Ekiden Chiba  JPN...
    248 KB (9,012 words) - 00:43, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Faky
    Format: Digital download Campaign song of road relay 36th East Japan Women's Ekiden "Futakoito (ふたこ糸)" February 2, 2022 Format: Digital download A campaign...
    40 KB (1,214 words) - 00:07, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for College sports
    (National_High_School_Rugby_Tournament) for rugby, Ekiden's Miyakoōji (All-Japan_High_School_Ekiden_Championship) in Ekiden (played in winter), are held by high school...
    27 KB (2,983 words) - 00:37, 18 March 2024