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The purpose of this study was to compare the difference in marathon time between Korea and Japan in order to improve the performance of marathon for the 17th Incheon Asian Games in 2014. This study compared marathon time between elite levels of Korea and Japan. Using the top 10 best athletes, we compared the marathon's best time, progress of record, record development and the difference between periods. The results indicated that Japanese had faster records korea over the year. The Korea showed a highest rate of best record growth. Japanese was faster than Korean on the average time of the top 10 by year. There was a significant difference in the analysis of records difference by the periods. It was concluded that Korean athletes showed lower levels compared to Japanese; therefore, it is imperative that Korean track & field team needs more organized training methods to improve the performance on the marathon.