Makiko Ito

Makiko Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 真貴子; born 18 January 1973) is a Japanese female former long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. She represented her country at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1997. Her greatest achievement was a win at the Tokyo Women's Marathon in 1997.^[1] She achieved her career best time that year at the Rotterdam Marathon, recording 2:26:03 hours for third place.^[2]

From Kazuno, Akita, her entire career came in the 1990s. She also had top five finishes at the Nagoya Women's Marathon, Sapporo Half Marathon and Hokkaido Marathon.^[3] She was the 1998 winner of the Otawara Marathon, in a course record of 2:38:20 hours.^[4]