Naoko Takahashi

Olympic medal record
Women's Athletics
	2000 Sydney	Marathon

Naoko Takahashi (born May 6, 1972 in Gifu) is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in marathon. Best known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2 hour 20 minute barrier while setting a world record. That record was broken just one week later by Catherine Ndereba. In the women's marathon event (and not counting multiple records set by the same athlete), she still holds the 7th place world record and the 2nd place Japanese record as of July 2006.

Achievements

• 2001 Berlin Marathon - world record
• 2000 Olympic Games - gold medal

Date	Event	Time	Note
Jan, 1997	Osaka International Women's Marathon	2:31:32	7th place
Mar, 1998	Nagoya International Women's Marathon	2:25:48	1st place, Japanese record at the time
Dec, 1998	Bangkok Asian Games	2:21:47	gold medal, Japanese record at the time
Mar, 2000	Nagoya International Women's Marathon	2:22:19	1st place
Sep, 2000	Sydney Olympics	2:23:14	gold medal
Feb, 2001	OHME Marathon (30km)	1:41:57	Japanese record
Sep, 2001	Berlin Marathon	2:19:46	1st place, World Record at the time
Sep, 2002	Berlin Marathon	2:21:49	1st
Nov, 2003	Tokyo Marathon	2:27:21	2nd
Nov, 2005	Tokyo Marathon	2:24:39	1st