Tokyo International Women's Marathon


The Tokyo International Women's Marathon was a marathon for female elite runners held in Tokyo from 1979 until 2008 in November.

It was first held in November 1979, and this race was the first women's marathon officially sanctioned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).[1] After Adriaan Paulen, the IAAF president, watched this event, he announced his support for the women's Marathon to be included in the Olympic Games.[1]

After the 30th edition the organisers (Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF), Asahi Shimbun and TV Asahi) discontinued the race, because the new Tokyo Marathon held since 2007 is open for general runners of both sexes and Metropolitan Police Department deemed it difficult to care for two different city marathons within one year.

The place of the Tokyo Women's Marathon in the Japanese race calendar was taken by the Yokohama Women's Marathon whose first edition was held on November 15, 2009.

Winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Date Athlete Country Time
1st November 18, 1979 Joyce Smith   United Kingdom 2:37:48
2nd November 16, 1980 Joyce Smith   United Kingdom 2:30:27
3rd November 15, 1981 Linda Staudt   Canada 2:34:28
4th November 14, 1982 Zoya Ivanova   Soviet Union 2:34:26
5th November 20, 1983 Nanae Sasaki   Japan 2:37:09
6th November 18, 1984 Katrin Dörre   East Germany 2:33:23
7th November 17, 1985 Katrin Dörre   East Germany 2:34:21
8th November 16, 1986 Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:27:15
9th November 15, 1987 Katrin Dörre   East Germany 2:25:24
10th November 20, 1988 Aurora Cunha   Portugal 2:31:26
11th November 19, 1989 Lyubov Klochko   Soviet Union 2:31:33
12th December 9, 1990 Xie Lihua   China 2:33:04
13th November 17, 1991 Mari Tanigawa   Japan 2:31:27
14th November 15, 1992 Liz McColgan   United Kingdom 2:27:38
15th November 21, 1993 Valentina Yegorova   Russia 2:26:40
16th November 20, 1994 Valentina Egorova   Russia 2:30:09
17th November 19, 1995 Junko Asari   Japan 2:28:46
18th November 17, 1996 Nobuko Fujimura   Japan 2:28:58
19th November 30, 1997 Makiko Ito   Japan 2:27:45
20th November 15, 1998 Junko Asari   Japan 2:28:29
21st November 21, 1999 Eri Yamaguchi   Japan 2:22:12
22nd November 19, 2000 Joyce Chepchumba   Kenya 2:24:02
23rd November 18, 2001 Derartu Tulu   Ethiopia 2:25:08
24th November 17, 2002 Banuelia Mrashani   Tanzania 2:24:59
25th November 16, 2003 Elfenesh Alemu   Ethiopia 2:24:47
26th November 21, 2004 Bruna Genovese   Italy 2:26:34
27th November 20, 2005 Naoko Takahashi   Japan 2:24:39
28th November 19, 2006 Reiko Tosa   Japan 2:26:15
29th November 18, 2007 Mizuki Noguchi   Japan 2:21:37
30th November 16, 2008 Yoshimi Ozaki   Japan 2:23:30

References

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  1. ^ a b Lovett, Charlie (1997). "The Fight to Establish the Women's Race". Excerpted from Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race. Web Marketing Associates (WMA). Retrieved 2008-11-17.
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