Elevator drive belts (5) driving an elevator rope (3) connecting the car (1) of an elevator to a counterweight (2) while applying a frictional force thereto, wherein the rubber hardness of the belts is set to approx. 50 to 90°to suppress a creep slip due to a shearing strain during the operation of the elevator, whereby even if the frictional force applied to the elevator rope (3) is reduced due to a reduction in the weight of the elevator caused by a reduction in the weight of the car (1) and the counterweight (2), the drive force of the elevator can be guaranteed by the frictional force applied from the elevator drive belts (5) to the elevator rope (3).
