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

Key:   Course record

EditionDateAthleteCountryTime
1stNovember 18, 1979Joyce Smith United Kingdom2:37:48
2ndNovember 16, 1980Joyce Smith United Kingdom2:30:27
3rdNovember 15, 1981Linda Staudt Canada2:34:28
4thNovember 14, 1982Zoya Ivanova Soviet Union2:34:26
5thNovember 20, 1983Nanae Sasaki Japan2:37:09
6thNovember 18, 1984Katrin Dörre East Germany2:33:23
7thNovember 17, 1985Katrin Dörre East Germany2:34:21
8thNovember 16, 1986Rosa Mota Portugal2:27:15
9thNovember 15, 1987Katrin Dörre East Germany2:25:24
10thNovember 20, 1988Aurora Cunha Portugal2:31:26
11thNovember 19, 1989Lyubov Klochko Soviet Union2:31:33
12thDecember 9, 1990Xie Lihua China2:33:04
13thNovember 17, 1991Mari Tanigawa Japan2:31:27
14thNovember 15, 1992Liz McColgan United Kingdom2:27:38
15thNovember 21, 1993Valentina Yegorova Russia2:26:40
16thNovember 20, 1994Valentina Egorova Russia2:30:09
17thNovember 19, 1995Junko Asari Japan2:28:46
18thNovember 17, 1996Nobuko Fujimura Japan2:28:58
19thNovember 30, 1997Makiko Ito Japan2:27:45
20thNovember 15, 1998Junko Asari Japan2:28:29
21stNovember 21, 1999Eri Yamaguchi Japan2:22:12
22ndNovember 19, 2000Joyce Chepchumba Kenya2:24:02
23rdNovember 18, 2001Derartu Tulu Ethiopia2:25:08
24thNovember 17, 2002Banuelia Mrashani Tanzania2:24:59
25thNovember 16, 2003Elfenesh Alemu Ethiopia2:24:47
26thNovember 21, 2004Bruna Genovese Italy2:26:34
27thNovember 20, 2005Naoko Takahashi Japan2:24:39
28thNovember 19, 2006Reiko Tosa Japan2:26:15
29thNovember 18, 2007Mizuki Noguchi Japan2:21:37
30thNovember 16, 2008Yoshimi Ozaki Japan2:23:30

References
  1. 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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