The 2007 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン 2007) was the inaugural edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 18 February. The competition replaced the Tokyo International Marathon, an elite men-only competition held since 1981. The new competition included a mass race open to the public.
| 1st Tokyo Marathon | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Tokyo, Japan |
| Dates | 18 February |
| Champions | |
| Men | Daniel Njenga (2:09:45) |
| Women | Hitomi Niiya (2:31:02) |
The men's race was won by Kenyan Daniel Njenga in a time of 2:09:45, while the women's race was won by home athlete Hitomi Niiya in 2:31:02. The organisers did not invite any elite level women runners to compete at the marathon, but Niiya (a national representative at under-20 level) started the race alongside members of the public for her marathon debut and finished nearly 19 minutes ahead of the opposition.[1] Several older professional female runners in their 40s finished behind Niiya, with Mari Tanigawa (1991 winner of the Tokyo International Women's Marathon) finishing as runner-up, 1990s Olympic medalist Yuko Arimori in fifth, and ultradistance runner Mami Kudo in ninth.
Results
editMen
edit| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Njenga |  Kenya |
2:09:45 |
| 2 | Tomoyuki Sato |  Japan |
2:11:22 |
| 3 | Satoshi Irifune | Japan |
2:12:44 |
| 4 | Masashi Hayashi | Japan |
2:15:28 |
| 5 | Kazuyoshi Tokumoto | Japan |
2:15:55 |
| 6 | Vanderlei de Lima |  Brazil |
2:16:08 |
| 7 | Seiji Kobayashi | Japan |
2:17:13 |
| 8 | Manabu Itayama | Japan |
2:17:29 |
| 9 | Koji Konan | Japan |
2:18:03 |
| 10 | Taye Moges |  Ethiopia |
2:18:20 |
Women
edit| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitomi Niiya | Japan |
2:31:02 |
| 2 | Mari Tanigawa | Japan |
2:49:54 |
| 3 | Tanaka Hikaru | Japan |
2:50:02 |
| 4 | Myanna Lennon |  United Kingdom |
2:52:05 |
| 5 | Yuko Arimori | Japan |
2:52:45 |
| 6 | Yumiko Suda | Japan |
2:55:31 |
| 7 | Abe Michiyo | Japan |
2:56:14 |
| 8 | Junko Kataoka | Japan |
2:56:20 |
| 9 | Mami Kudo | Japan |
2:57:03 |
| 10 | Mitsuko Hirose | Japan |
2:57:21 |
References
edit- ^ 18 FEBRUARY 2007: TOKYO CITY INT'L MARATHON, JAPAN Archived 30 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS World Running. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- Results
- Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
External links
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