Toshinari Takaoka
Japanese long-distance runner
Toshinari Takaoka (高岡 寿成, Takaoka Toshinari, born 24 September 1970 in Yamashiro, Kyoto) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race. He owned the former men's marathon Asian record.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | 1st | 5,000 m | 13:38.37 |
1st | 10,000 m | 28:15.48 | |||
1997 | East Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 1st | 10,000 m | |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | DNS | 10,000 m | - | |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 5,000 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 12th | 10,000 m | 28:30.73 |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 15th | 5,000 m | 13:46.90 |
7th | 10,000 m | 27:40.44 | |||
2001 | East Asian Games | Osaka, Japan | 1st | 5000 m | |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 15th | 10,000 m | 28:13.99 | |
Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:07:59 | |
2002 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 2:06:16 |
2005 | Tokyo International Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:07:41 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | Marathon | 2:11:53 |
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 7:41.87 min (1999/Japanese record)
- 5000 metres - 13:13.40 min (1998/Japanese record)
- 10,000 metres - 27:35.09 min (2001/Former Japanese record)
- Half marathon - 1:01:07 hrs (2003)
- Marathon - 2:06:16 hrs (2002/Former Asian record)
External links
- Toshinari Takaoka at World Athletics
- Toshinari Takaoka at Olympedia
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Asian Games champions in men's 5000 metres
- 1951: Ali Baghbanbashi (IRI)
- 1954–58: Osamu Inoue (JPN)
- 1962: Mubarak Shah (PAK)
- 1966: Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)
- 1970: Lucien Rosa (CEY)
- 1974: Shivnath Singh (IND)
- 1978: Hari Chand (IND)
- 1982: Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN)
- 1986: Kim Jong-yoon (KOR)
- 1990: Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)
- 1994: Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)
- 1998: Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)
- 2002: Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA)
- 2006: James Kwalia (QAT)
- 2010: Hasan Mahboob (BRN)
- 2014: Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT)
- 2018: Birhanu Balew (BRN)
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