An official presentation was made at the end of race day to mark the occasion.ĪbbottWMM CEO Dawna Stone and Guinness World Records' Fumika Fujibuchi present the award to Tokyo Marathon Foundation Vice President Hideyuki Sasaki
The influx of new members of the Six Star Hall of Fame means the total on record has surpassed 11,000 runners. It resulted in a major spike in Six Star Finisher numbers for the 2023 race and a landmark day in the Japanese capital. Runners continued to wait through 20 before travel restrictions for Japan were relaxed to allow overseas visitors to enter the country. Many of the runners participating in the record had waited for this moment since first earning a place in the 2020 race, which was reduced to an elite only field as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged to curtail international travel and mass participation events all over the world. Among them, 40 runners were completing the journey for a second time five for a third and one runner was going round the series for an incredible fourth time. 3,033 runners completed the race to earn their Six Star Medal, smashing the previous highest total set in Tokyo in 2019 of 732 and establishing the first official world record for the Six Star program.
The 2023 Tokyo Marathon set a new Guinness World Records title for the most people to earn a Six Star medal at a single marathon, on Sunday in Tokyo.
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