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. 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.
After the 30th edition the organisers 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:
EditionDateAthleteCountryTime
1stNovember 18, 1979Joyce Smith2:37:48
2ndNovember 16, 1980Joyce Smith2:30:27
3rdNovember 15, 1981Linda Staudt2:34:28
4thNovember 14, 1982Zoya Ivanova2:34:26
5thNovember 20, 1983Nanae Sasaki2:37:09
6thNovember 18, 1984Katrin Dörre2:33:23
7thNovember 17, 1985Katrin Dörre2:34:21
8thNovember 16, 1986Rosa Mota2:27:15
9thNovember 15, 1987Katrin Dörre2:25:24
10thNovember 20, 1988Aurora Cunha2:31:26
11thNovember 19, 1989Lyubov Klochko2:31:33
12thDecember 9, 1990Xie Lihua2:33:04
13thNovember 17, 1991Mari Tanigawa2:31:27
14thNovember 15, 1992Liz McColgan2:27:38
15thNovember 21, 1993Valentina Yegorova2:26:40
16thNovember 20, 1994Valentina Egorova2:30:09
17thNovember 19, 1995Junko Asari2:28:46
18thNovember 17, 1996Nobuko Fujimura2:28:58
19thNovember 30, 1997Makiko Ito2:27:45
20thNovember 15, 1998Junko Asari2:28:29
21stNovember 21, 1999Eri Yamaguchi2:22:12
22ndNovember 19, 2000Joyce Chepchumba2:24:02
23rdNovember 18, 2001Derartu Tulu2:25:08
24thNovember 17, 2002Banuelia Mrashani2:24:59
25thNovember 16, 2003Elfenesh Alemu2:24:47
26thNovember 21, 2004Bruna Genovese2:26:34
27thNovember 20, 2005Naoko Takahashi2:24:39
28thNovember 19, 2006Reiko Tosa2:26:15
29thNovember 18, 2007Mizuki Noguchi2:21:37
30thNovember 16, 2008Yoshimi Ozaki2:23:30