Nagoya Women's Marathon

It began in 1980 as an annual 20-kilometre road race held in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. After its first two years there, the venue changed to Nagoya for the third edition in 1982. It was converted to a marathon race for the 1984 edition, and a 10-kilometre race was also added to the race programme. The race acts as the Japanese women's marathon championships on three-year rotational basis.^[3] Performances at the race are typically taken into consideration when deciding the Japanese women's Olympic or World Championship teams.^[4] Nagoya has also twice hosted the women's Asian Marathon Championship race (1988 and 1994).^[5]

The 2011 race was cancelled due to the Tōhoku earthquake that March.^[6] In 2012 the race was held on a newly designed course and was opened to public, mass participation for the first time, and renamed the Nagoya Women's Marathon. Around 15,000 runners took part that year.^[4]

The 2020 edition of the race was restricted to elite runners only due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[7] No refunds or preferential entries to future editions were offered to general runners, but a virtual marathon was organized with commemorative items to be sent by mail to all finishers.^[7]

Key:   Course record   Japanese championship race   Asian Marathon Championship race

• Bolding indicates course record improvement

Edition	Date	Winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)
43	March 10, 2024	Yuka Ando	Japan	2:21:19
42	March 13, 2022	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	2:17:18[8]
41	March 14, 2021	Mizuki Matsuda	Japan	2:21:51
40[9]	March 8, 2020	Mao Ichiyama	Japan	2:20:29
39	March 10, 2019	Helalia Johannes	Namibia	2:22:25
38	March 11, 2018	Meskerem Assefa	Ethiopia	2:21:45
37	March 12, 2017	Eunice Kirwa	Bahrain	2:21:17
36	March 13, 2016	Eunice Kirwa	Bahrain	2:22:40
35	March 8, 2015	Eunice Kirwa	Bahrain	2:22:08
34	March 9, 2014	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Latvia	2:24:07
33	March 10, 2013	Ryoko Kizaki	Japan	2:23:34
32	March 11, 2012	Albina Mayorova	Russia	2:23:52
31	March 14, 2010	Yuri Kanō	Japan	2:27:11
30	March 8, 2009	Yoshiko Fujinaga	Japan	2:28:13
29	March 9, 2008	Yurika Nakamura	Japan	2:25:51
28	March 11, 2007	Yasuko Hashimoto	Japan	2:28:49
27	March 12, 2006	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	2:23:26
26	March 13, 2005	Yumiko Hara	Japan	2:24:19
25	March 14, 2004	Reiko Tosa	Japan	2:23:57
24	March 9, 2003	Takami Ominami	Japan	2:25:03
23	March 10, 2002	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	2:25:35
22	March 11, 2001	Kazumi Matsuo	Japan	2:26:01
21	March 12, 2000	Naoko Takahashi	Japan	2:22:19
20	March 14, 1999	Lyubov Morgunova	Russia	2:27:43
19	March 8, 1998	Naoko Takahashi	Japan	2:25:48
18	March 12, 1997	Madina Biktagirova	Russia	2:29:30
17	March 10, 1996	Izumi Maki	Japan	2:27:32
16	March 12, 1995	Kamila Gradus	Poland	2:27:29
15	March 13, 1994	Eriko Asai	Japan	2:30:30
14	March 7, 1993	Kamila Gradus	Poland	2:27:38
13	March 1, 1992	Teruko Oe	Japan	2:31:04
12	March 3, 1991	Sachiko Yamashita	Japan	2:31:02
11	March 4, 1990	Wanda Panfil	Poland	2:31:04
10	March 5, 1989	Zhao Youfeng	China	2:28:20
9	March 6, 1988	Zhao Youfeng	China	2:27:56
8	March 1, 1987	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	2:28:27
7	March 2, 1986	Katrin Dörre	East Germany	2:29:33
6	March 3, 1985	Nanae Sasaki	Japan	2:33:57
5	March 4, 1984	Glenys Quick	New Zealand	2:34:25
4	January 27, 1983	Ellen Hart	United States	1:08:58*
3	March 7, 1982	Cathie Twomey	United States	1:06:52*
2	March 8, 1981	Mie Tanaka	Japan	1:17:50*
1	March 9, 1980	Nanae Sasaki	Japan	1:16:10*

• NB: (*) Asterisks indicate results of 20-kilometre road races

Winners

• Past results. Chunichi. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
• Nagoya International Women's Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-03-09). Retrieved on 2010-01-31.

• Official website (English page)
• Marathon Info