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Tokyo International Women's Marathon

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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 marathon 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

Key:   Course record

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

External links

References

  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.