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2007 Tokyo Marathon

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1st Tokyo Marathon
VenueTokyo, Japan
Dates18 February
Champions
MenDaniel Njenga (2:09:45)
WomenHitomi Niiya (2:31:02)
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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.

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

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
01 Daniel Njenga  Kenya 2:09:45
02 Tomoyuki Sato  Japan 2:11:22
03 Satoshi Irifune  Japan 2:12:44
04 Masashi Hayashi  Japan 2:15:28
05 Kazuyoshi Tokumoto  Japan 2:15:55
06 Vanderlei de Lima  Brazil 2:16:08
07 Seiji Kobayashi  Japan 2:17:13
08 Manabu Itayama  Japan 2:17:29
09 Koji Konan  Japan 2:18:03
10 Taye Moges  Ethiopia 2:18:20

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
01 Hitomi Niiya  Japan 2:31:02
02 Mari Tanigawa  Japan 2:49:54
03 Tanaka Hikaru  Japan 2:50:02
04 Myanna Lennon  United Kingdom 2:52:05
05 Yuko Arimori  Japan 2:52:45
06 Yumiko Suda  Japan 2:55:31
07 Abe Michiyo  Japan 2:56:14
08 Junko Kataoka  Japan 2:56:20
09 Mami Kudo  Japan 2:57:03
10 Mitsuko Hirose  Japan 2:57:21

References

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  1. ^ 18 FEBRUARY 2007: TOKYO CITY INT'L MARATHON, JAPAN Archived 30 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS World Running. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
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