• Elite Athletes: Tokyo Marathon 2020
» Monday, 24 February 2020
Article source: Watch AthleticsElite Athletes: 2020 Tokyo Marathon (World Athletics Platinum label road race) - Sunday, March 1.
Complete elite athele list MEN | WOMEN
Elite Men
| Name | PB | Remark | |
| 1 | Birhanu Legese (ETH) | 2:02:48 (2019) Berlin | Tokyo Marathon champion in 2019 (2:04:48) |
| 2 | Getaneh Molla (ETH) | 2:03:34 (2019) Dubai | Dubai Marathon champion in 2019 (2:03:34) |
| 3 | Sisay Lemma (ETH) | 2:03:36 (2019) Berlin | In 2019 finsihed 3rd in Berlin and 5th in Dubai (2:04:08) |
| 4 | Asefa Mengstu (ETH) | 2:04:06 (2018) Dubai | In 2019 Finished 3rd in Dubai with 2:04:24 |
| 5 | Dickson Chumba (KEN) | 2:04:32 (2014) Chicago | Finished 3rd in Tokyo in 2019 with 2:08:44 |
| 6 | Hayle Lemi (ETH) | 2:04:33 (2016) Dubai | Dubai Marathon champion in 2015 (2:05:28) |
| 7 | El Hassan El Abbassi (BRN) | 2:04:43 (2018) Valencia | Finish 7th at World Championships in Doha (2:11:44) |
| 8 | Titus Ekiru (KEN) | 2:04:46 (2019) Milano | In 2019 won Miano and Honolulu marathons |
| 9 | Amos Kipruto (KEN) | 2:05:43 (2017) Amsterdam | Was third at 2018 Tokyo marathon |
| 10 | Bedan Karoki (KEN) | 2:05:53 (2019) Chicago | 2nd place at 2019 Tokyo Marathon (2:06:48) |
| 11 | Bashir Abdi (BEL) | 2:06:14 (2019) Chicago | Was 7th at 2019 London Marathon (2:07:03) |
| 12 | Suguru Osaku (JPN) | 2:05:50 (2018) Chicago | 3rd at 2018 Chicago and 3rd at Fuluoka marathon in 2017 |
| 13 | Yuta Shitara (JPN) | 2:06:11 (2018) Tokyo | 2nd at 2018 Tokyo Marathon and Gold Coast Marathon winner in 2019 Gold Coast (2:07:50) |
| 14 | Hiroto Inoune (JPN) | 2:06:54 (2018) Tokyo | Asian Games Marathon Champion in 2018 |
Elite Women
| Name | PB | Remarks | |
| 1 | Ruti Aga (KEN) | 2:18:34 (2018) Berlin | 2019 Tokyo Marathon Champion (2:20:40) |
| 2 | Birhane Dibaba (ETH) | 2:18:46 (2019) Valencia | 2018 Tokhyo Marathon Champion (2:19:51) |
| 3 | Valary Aiyabel (KEN) | 2:19:10 (2019) Frankfurt | 2nd place at Nagoya marathon in 2018 (2:22:48) |
| 4 | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) | 2:19:46 (2019) Prague | In 2019 1st at Prague Marathon 4th in Frankfurt |
| 5 | Tigist Girma (ETH) | 2:19:52 (2019) Amsterdam | In 2019 won Ottawa Marathon (2:26:34) and finished 2nd in Amsterdam |
| 6 | Azmera Gebru (ETH) | 2:20:48 (2019) Amsterdam | In 2019 took 2nd at Paris marathon (2:22:52) and 3rd place in Amsterdam |
| 7 | Shure Demise (ETH) | 2:20:59 (2015) Dubai | Took 3rd in 2019 and 4th in 2018 at Tokyo Marathon |
| 8 | Selly Kaptich Chepyego (KEN) | 2:21:06 (2019) Berlin | 3rd place at 2019 Belin marathon and 4th at 2015 Tokyo Marathon |
| 9 | Shitaye Eshete (BRN) | 2:21:33 (2019) Ljubljana | 2nd at 2018 Saitama marathon in 2:25:39 and 2nd at 2019 Ljubljana marathon |
| 10 | Marta Lema (ETH) | 2:22:35 (2018) Toronto | In 2017 took 5th in Tokyo with 2:27:37 and took 2nd at 2018 Toronto marathon |
| 11 | Sutume Asefa Kebede (ETH) | 2:23:31 (2019) Beijing | Beijing marathon champion in 2019 and4th in Dubai in 2016 |
| 12 | Senbere Teferi | 2:24:11 (2018) Dubai | 6th place at World Athletics Championships in DOHA 10,000m (30:44.23) |
| 13 | Andrea Deelstra (NED) | 2:26:46(2015) Berlin | In 2015 5th place in Belin and 17th place 2017 London marathon |
| 14 | Rachel Cliff | 2:26:56 (2019) Nagoya | In 2018 took 11th at Berlin marathon |
