2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Women's Statistical Information, courtesy of K. Ken Nakamura, Notes by Larry Eder

Here is the women’s side of the geek stat wars. I will post my predictions for the 2008 B of A race on Friday evening…

Women
Chicago Marathon All Time list â€“ Women
Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Date
1 2:17:18 1 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 13 Oct 2002
2 2:18:47 2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 7 Oct 2001
3 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba 2 13 Oct 2002
4 2:20:42 3 Berhane Adere ETH 1 22 Oct 2006
5 2:20:47 4 Galina Bogomolova RUS 2 22 Oct 2006
6 2:21:21 5 Joan Benoit USA 1 20 Oct 1985
7 2:21:22 6 Yoko Shibui JPN 3 13 Oct 2002
8 2:21:25 7 Deena Kastor USA 1 9 Oct 2005
9 2:21:30 8 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 2 9 Oct 2005
10 2:21:31 9 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 4 13 Oct 2002
11 2:21:33 Catherine Ndereba 1 22 Oct 2000
12 2:22:36 10 Lornah Kiplagat NED 2 22 Oct 2000
13 2:22:36 11 Benita Johnson AUS 3 22 Oct 2006
14 2:22:59 12 Madai Perez MEX 4 22 Oct 2006
15 2:23:05 13 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 20 Oct 1985
16 2:23:07 Svetlana Zakharova 1 12 Oct 2003
17 2:23:29 14 Rosa Mota POR 3 20 Oct 1985
18 2:23:35 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 2 12 Oct 2003
19 2:23:45 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 1 10 Oct 2004
20 2:23:57 15 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 11 Oct 1998
21 2:24:25 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 5 22 Oct 2006
22 2:24:33 16 Nuta Olaru ROM 2 10 Oct 2004
23 2:24:53 17 Jelena Prokopcuka 3 12 Oct 2003
US All-Comers List
Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Venue Date
1 2:17:18 1 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 Chicago 13 Oct 2002
2 2:18:47 2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Chicago 7 Oct 2001
3 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba 2 Chicago 13 Oct 2002
4 2:20:42 3 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Chicago 22 Oct 2006
5 2:20:43 4 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 Boston 15 Apr 2002
6 2:20:47 5 Galina Bogomalova RUS 2 Chicago 22 Oct 2006
7 2:21:12 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2 Boston 15 Apr 2002
8 2:21:21 6 Joan Benoit-Samuelson USA 1 Chicago 20 Oct 1985
9 2:21:22 7 Yoko Shibui JPN 3 Chicago 13 Oct 2002
10 2:21:25 8 Deena Kastor USA 1 Chicago 9 Oct 2005
11 2:21:30 9 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 2 Chicago 9 Oct 2005
12 2:21:31 10 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 4 Chicago 13 Oct 2002
13 2:21:33 Catherine Ndereba 1 Chicago 22 Oct 2000
14 2:21:45 11 Uta Pippig GER 1 Boston 18 Apr 1994
15 2:22:31 Margaret Okayo 1 New York 2 Nov 2003
16 2:22:36 12 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 2 Chicago 22 Oct 2000
17 2:22:36 13 Benita Johnson AUS 3 Chicago 22 Oct 2006
18 2:22:43 Joan Benoit USA 1 Boston 18 Apr 1983
19 2:22:59 14 Madai Perez MEX 4 Chicago 22 Oct 2006
20 2:23:03 Catherine Ndereba 2 New York 2 Nov 2003
21 2;23:05 15 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2 Chicago 20 Oct 1985
22 2:23:07 Svetlana Zakharova 1 Chicago 12 Oct 2003
23 2:23:09 Paula Radcliffe 1 New York 4 Nov 2007
Best Marks for Places in Chicago Marathon â€“ Women
Place Time Name Nat Date
1 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe GBR 13 Oct 2002
2 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba KEN 13 Oct 2002
3 2:21:22 Yoko Shibui JPN 13 Oct 2002
4 2:21:31 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 13 Oct 2002
5 2:24:25 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 22 Oct 2006
6 2:25:37 Nuta Olaru ROM 22 Oct 2006
7 2:26:04 Hiromi Ominami JPN 22 Oct 2006
8 2:27:08 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 22 Oct 2006
Best Marks for Places â€“ All competitions
Place Time Name Nat Venue Date Note
1 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe GBR London 13 Apr 2003 WR
2 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba KEN Chicago 13 Oct 2002
3 2:21:16 Deena Drossin USA London 13 Apr 2003
4 2:21:31 Svetlana Zakharova RUS Chicago 13 Oct 2002
5 2:21:58 Galina Bogomolova RUS London 23 Apr 2006
6 2:23:43 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM London 13 Apr 2003
7 2:24:01 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT London 13 Apr 2003
8 2:24:56 Elfenesh Alemu ETH London 13 Apr 2003
9 2:25:32 Mihaela Botezan ROM London 13 Apr 2003 Debut
10 2:26:29 Megumi Oshima JPN WC, Helsinki 14 Aug 2005
11 2:26:50 Madai Perez MEX WC, Helsinki 14 Aug 2005
12 2:27:14 Galina Karnatsevich BLR WC, Helsinki 14 Aug 2005
05
13 2:27:46 Dorota Gruca POL WC, Helsinki 14 Aug 2005
14 2:29:43 Jong Yong-Ok PRK WC, Helsinki 14 Aug 2005
Split & lap time for fastest marathons in Chicago
5Km 10Km 15Km 20Km 25Km 30Km 35Km 40Km 42.195K
Paula Radcliffe 16:27 32:47 49:05 65:26 1:21:34 1:37:40 1:53:45 2:10:08 2:17:18
Catherine Ndereba 17:41 34:09 50:40 66:45 1:22:49 1:39:04 1:55:21 2:11:45 2:18:47
Name Year 5Km 10Km 15Km 20Km 25Km 30Km 35Km 40Km 42.195K
Paula Radcliffe 2002 16:27 16:20 16:18 16:21 16:08 16:06 16:05 16:23 7:10
Catherine Ndereba 2000 17:41 16:28 16:31 16:05 16:04 16:15 16:17 16:24 7:02
Average of Top 10 Performances in Major Marathons â€“ Women
London Marathon
Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Date Note
1 2:15:25 1 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 13 Apr 03 WR
2 2:17:42 Paula Radcliffe 1 17 Aprr 05
3 2:18:56 Paula Radcliffe 1 14 Apr 02
4 2:19:36 2 Deena Kastor USA 1 23 Apr 06
5 2:19:55 3 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2 13 Apr 03
6 2:20:38 4 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 22 Apr 07
7 2:21:06 5 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1 21 Apr 85 WB
8 2:21:16 Deena Drossin 3 13 Apr 03
9 2:21:29 6 Lyudmilla Petrova RUS 2 23 Apr 06
10 2:21:45 7 Gete Wami ETH 2 22 Apr 07
Average 2:19:47
Chicago Marathon
Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Date Note
1 2:17:18 1 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 13 Oct 02 WR
2 2:18:47 2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 7 Oct 01 WB
3 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba 2 13 Oct 02
4 2:20:42 3 Berhane Adere ETH 1 22 Oct 06 NR
5 2:20:47 4 Galina Bogomolova RUS 2 22 Oct 06
6 2:21:21 5 Joan Benoit USA 1 20 Oct 85
7 2:21:22 6 Yoko Shibui JPN 3 13 Oct 02
8 2:21:25 7 Deena Kastor USA 1 9 Oct 05
9 2:21:30 16 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 2 9 Oct 05
10 2:21:31 17 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 4 13 Oct 02
Average 2:20:25
Berlin Marathon ã€€
Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Date Note
1 2:19:12 1 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 25 Sept 05
2 2:19:19 2 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 28 Sept 08
3 2:19:41 3 Yoko Shibui JPN 1 26 Sept 04
4 2:19:46 4 Naoko Takahashi JPN 1 30 Sept 01 WB
5 2:20:43 5 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 26 Sept 99 WB
6 2:21:31 6 Askale Margasa Tafa ETH 2 28 Sept 08
7 2:21:34 7 Gete Wami ETH 1 24 Sept 06
8 2:21:49 Naoko Takahashi 1 29 Sept 02
9 2:23:17 Gete Wami 1 30 Sept 07
10 2:23:22 8 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 24 Sept 06
Average 2:21:01
Fastest marathon runners based on the average of top five performances
Paula Radcliffe
Time Race Place Date
1 2:15:25 London 1 13 Apr 2003
2 2:17:18 Chicago 1 13 Oct 2002
3 2:17:42 London 1 17 Apr 2005
4 2:18:56 London 1 14 Apr 2002
5 2:20:57 Helsinki (WC) 1 14 Aug 2005
Average 2:18:04
Catherine Ndereba
Time Race Place Date
1 2:18:47 Chicago 1 7 Oct 2001
2 2:19:26 Chicago 2 13 Oct 2002
3 2:19:55 London 2 13 Apr 2003
4 2:21:12 Boston 2 15 Apr 2002
5 2:21:33 Chicago 1 22 Oct 2000
Average 2:20:11
Zhou Chunxiu
Time Race Place Date
1 2:19:51 Seoul 1 12 Mar 2006
2 2:20:38 London 1 21 Apr 2007
3 2:21:11 Beijing 2 16 Oct 2005
4 2:23:24 Seoul 1 13 Mar 2005
5 2:23:28 Xiamen 1 27 Mar 2004
Average 2:21:42
Naoko Takahashi
Time Race Place Date
1 2:19:46 Berlin 1 30 Sept 2001
2 2:21:47 Bangkok (Asian G) 1 6 Dec 1998
3 2:21:49 Berlin 1 29 Sept 2002
4 2:22:19 Nagoya 1 12 Mar 2000
5 2:23:14 Sydney (OG) 1 24 Sept 2000
Average 2:21:47
Womenâ€™s Marathon trend ã€€ã€€ã€€
2008 (so far) 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
2:20 < 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 2:22< 2 3 7 6 1 7 8 2 1 1 2:24< 7 8 14 10 8 16 18 5 8 6 2:26< 21 16 25 24 17 26 29 22 16 14 2:28< 48 32 41 52 43 40 53 53 42 34 2:30< 87 69 82 76 74 80 85 79 63 56 Main Contenders Berhane Adere (ETH) Personal Bests: Half Marathon 1:07:32 (2003); 10000m 30:04.18 (2003) 2003 World Champion at 10000m; 2001 and 2005 World championships silver medalist at 10000m 2002 World Half Marathon champion Last 6 marathons Time Venue Place Date DNF Olympics Beijing DNF 17 Aug 2008 2:27:42 London 7th 13 April 2008 2:22:42 Dubai 1st 18 Jan 2008 2:33:49 Chicago 1st 7 Oct 2007 2:39:11 London 10th 22 April 2007 Personal Best 2:20:42 Chicago 1st 22 Oct 2006 2008 Results Date Race Distance Place Time Aug 17 Olympic Games in Beijing Marathon DNF DNF May 18 Sunfeast World 10Km Bangalore, IND 10Km 7th 33:38 April 13 London Marathon Marathon 7th 2:27:42 Feb 28 Zayed (half) Marathon Abu Dhabi Half Marathon 2nd 1:11:23 January 18 Dubai Marathon Marathon 1st 2:22:42 Constantina Tomescu Dita (ROU) Personal Best: 10000m: 31:49.47 (2006); Half Marathon: 1:08:07 (2005) 2008 Olympic Marathon gold medalist; 2005 World Champ marathon bronze medalist Last twelve marathons Time Race Place Date 2:26:44 Olympic Games (Beijing) 1st 17 Aug 2008 2:27:45 London 8th 13 Apr 2008 2:28:15 Osaka 9th 27 Jan 2008 2:23:55 London 3rd 22 Apr 2007 2:24:25 Chicago 5th 22 Oct 2006 2:27:51 London 7th 23 Apr 2006 Personal Best 2:21:30 Chicago 2nd 9 Oct 2005 2:23:19 World Champ (Helsinki) 3rd 14 Aug 2005 2:22:50 London 2nd 17 Apr 2005 2:23:45 Chicago 1st 10 Oct 2004 2:37:31 Olympic Games (Athinai) 20th 22 Aug 2004 2:26:52 London 3rd 18 Apr 2004 2008 Results Date Race Distance Place Time 17 Aug Olympic Games in Beijing Marathon 1st 2:26:44 14 June Steamboat Classic 4 Mile 4th 20:39 26 May Bolder Boulder 10Km 10th 34:06 13 Apr London Marathon Marathon 8th 2:27:45 27 Jan Osaka Womenâ€™s Marathon Marathon 9th 2:28:15 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) Personal Bests: 10000m: 31:10.68 (2005); Half Marathon: 1:08:07 (2007) Fourth at 2007 World Half marathon Championships Marathon career Time Race Place Date Personal Best/Debut 2:23:09 Dubai 2nd 18 Jan 2008 2008 Results Date Race Distance Place Time Sept 2 Brabants Dagblad 10Km Tilburg 10Km 2nd 31:56 May 18 BUPA Manchester 10Km 3rd 32:33 Jan 18 Dubai Marathon 2nd 2:23:09 Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS) Personal bests: 10000m: 30:32.72 (2006); Half marathon: 1:09:32 (2003) Fourth at 2003 World Half Marathon Champ; 2006 Euro Champ 10000m bronze medalist Last seven marathons Time Race Place Date 2:35:37 Boston Marathon 9th 21 Apr 2008 2:28:37 New York 4th 4 Nov 2007 2:29:18 Boston 1st 16 Apr 2007 2:27:21 New York 5th 5 Nov 2006 Personal Best 2:25:10 Los Angeles 1st 19 Mar 2006 DNF Osaka Was a pace maker 29 Jan 2006 2:27:48 New York 8th 6 Nov 2005 2:27:01 Paris 1st 10 Apr 2005 DNF Nagoya Was a pace maker 13 Mar 2005 2008 Results Date Race Distance Place Time Apr 21 Boston Marathon Marathon 9th 2:35:37 Feb 24 World Best 10Km San Juan 10Km 22nd 36:03 Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS) Sixth at 2006 European Championships Marathon Last eight marathons Time Race Place Date 2:25:27 Boston 2nd 21 Apr 2008 2:33:07 Honolulu 1st 10 Dec 2007 2:34:54 Toronto 3rd 30 Sept 2007 2:31:02 Rotterdam 3rd 15 Apr 2007 2:29:42 Honolulu 2nd 10 Dec 2006 2:31:23 EC Goteborg 6th 12 Aug 2006 2:26:58 Boston 6th 17 Apr 2006 Personal Best 2:25:12 Frankfurt 1st 30 Oct 2005 2008 Results Date Race Distance Place Time July 28 New York City Half Marathon Half marathon 19th 1:17:17 July 17 National Championships Kazan 10000m 14th 34:22.08 Apr 21 Boston Marathon Marathon 2nd 2:25:27 Current Womenâ€™s Marathon All Time Performance List Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:15:25 1 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 London 13 Apr 03 2 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 Chicago 13 Oct 02 3 2:17:42 Paula Radcliffe 1 London 17 Aprr 05 4 2:18:47 2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 1 Chicago 7 Oct 01 5 2:18:56 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 London 14 Apr 02 6 2:19:12 3 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Berlin 25 Sept 05 7 2:19:19 4 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 Berlin 28 Sept 08 8 2:19:26 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2 Chicago 13 Oct 02 9 2:19:36 5 Deena Kastor USA 1 London 23 Apr 06 10 2:19:39 6 Sun Yingjie CHN 1 Beijing 19 Oct 03 11 2:19:41 7 Yoko Shibui JPN 1 Berlin 26 Sept 04 12 2:19:46 8 Naoko Takahashi JPN 1 Berlin 30 Sept 01 13 2:19:51 9 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Seoul 12 Mar 06 14 2:19:55 Catherine Ndereba 2 London 13 Apr 03 15 2:20:38 Zhou Chunxiu 1 London 22 Apr 07 16 2:20:42 10 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Chicago 22 Oct 06 17 2:20:43 11 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 Berlin 26 Sept 99 18 2:20:43 12 Margaret Okayo KEN 1 Boston 15 Apr 02 19 2:20:47 Tegla Loroupe 1 Rotterdam 19 Apr 98 20 2:20:47 13 Galina Bogomolova RUS 2 Chicago 22 Oct 06 21 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe 1 Helsinki (WC) 14 Aug 05 22 2:21:01 Sun Yingjie 1 Beijing 16 Oct 05 23 2:21:06 14 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 1 London 21 Apr 85 24 2:21:11 Zhou Chunxiu 2 Beijing 16 Oct 05 25 2:21:12 Catherine Ndereba 2 Boston 15 Apr 02 26 2:21:16 Deena Drossin 3 London 13 Apr 03 27 2:21:18 Mizuki Noguchi 1 Osaka 26 Jan 03 28 2:21:21 15 Joan Benoit USA 1 Chicago 20 Oct 85 29 2:21:21 Sun Yingjie 2 Beijing 20 Oct 02 30 2:21:22 Yoko Shibui 3 Chicago 13 Oct 02 31 2:21:25 Deena Kastor 1 Chicago 9 Oct 05 32 2:21:29 16 Lyudmilla Petrova RUS 2 London 23 Apr 06 33 2:21:30 17 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 2 Chicago 9 Oct 05 34 2:21:31 18 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 4 Chicago 13 Oct 02 35 2:21:31 19 Askale Magarsa Tafa ETH 2 Berlin 28 Sept 08 36 2:21:33 Catherine Ndereba 1 Chicago 22 Oct 00 37 2:21:34 20 Gete Wami ETH 1 Berlin 24 Sept 06 38 2:21:37 Mizuki Noguchi 1 Tokyo 18 Nov 07 39 2:21:45 21 Uta Pippig GER 1 Boston 18 Apr 94 40 2:21:45 22 Masako Chiba JPN 2 Osaka 26 Jan 03 41 2:21:45 Gete Wami 2 London 22 Apr 07 42 2:21:46 23 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 London 23 Apr 06 43 2:21:47 Naoko Takahashi 1 Bangkok (Asian G) 6 Dec 98 44 2:21:49 Naoko Takahashi 1 Berlin 29 Sept 02 45 2:21:51 24 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 3 Osaka 26 Jan 03 46 2:21:52 Berhane Adere 4 London 23 Apr 06 47 2:21:58 Galina Bogomolova 5 London 23 Apr 06 48 2:22:01 Catherine Ndereba 2 Helsinki (WC) 14 Aug 05 49 2:22:07 Tegla Loroupe 1 Rotterdam 20 Apr 97 50 2:22:12 25 Eri Yamaguchi JPN 1 Tokyo 21 Nov 99 51 2:22:19 Naoko Takahashi 1 Nagoya 12 Mar 00 52 2:22:20 Gete Wami 1 Amsterdam 20 Oct 02 53 2:22:22 26 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 4 Osaka 26 Jan 03 54 2:22:23 27 Catherina McKiernan IRL 1 Amsterdam 1 Nov 98 55 2:22:31 Svetlana Zakharova 2 London 14 Apr 02 56 2:22:31 Margaret Okayo 1 New York 2 Nov 03 57 2:22:33 Lyudmila Petrova 3 London 14 Apr 02 58 2:22:35 Margaret Okayo 1 London 18 Apr 04 59 2:22:36 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 2 Chicago 22 Oct 00 60 2:22:36 28 Benita Johnson AUS 3 Chicago 22 Oct 06 61 2:22:38 29 Zhang Yingying CHN 1 Xiamen 5 Jan 08 62 2:22:42 Berhane Adere 1 Dubai 18 Jan 08 63 2:22:43 Joan Benoit 1 Boston 18 Apr 83 64 2:22:46 30 Reiko Tosa JPN 4 London 14 Apr 02 65 2:22:48 Ingrid Kristiansen 1 London 10 May 87 66 2:22:48 Tegla Loroupe 1 Rotterdam 18 Apr 99 67 2:22:50 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 2 London 17 Apr 05 68 2:22:53 Galina Bogomolova 1 Roma 16 Mar 08 69 2:22:54 31 Lidia Simon ROM 1 Osaka 30 Jan 00 70 2:22:56 32 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Osaka 30 Jan 00 71 2:22:56 33 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 1 Osaka 30 Jan 05 72 2:22:59 34 Madai Perez MEX 4 Chicago 22 Oct 06 73 2:23:03 Catherine Ndereba 2 New York 2 Nov 03 74 2:23:05 Ingrid Kristiansen 2 Chicago 20 Oct 85 75 2:23:05 35 Marleen Renders BEL 1 Paris 7 Apr 02 76 2:23:07 Svetlana Zakharova 1 Chicago 12 Oct 03 77 2:23:09 Paula Radcliffe 1 New York 5 Nov 07 78 2:23:09 36 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 2 Dubai 18 Jan 08 79 2:23:10 Paula Radcliffe 1 New York 7 Nov 04 80 2:23:11 Yoko Shibui 1 Osaka 28 Jan 01 81 2:23:12 Susan Chepkemei 4 London 13 Apr 03 82 2:23:12 37 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Seoul 18 Mar 07 83 2:23:13 Susan Chepkemei 2 New York 7 Nov 04 84 2:23:14 Naoko Takahashi 1 Sydney (OG) 24 Sep 00 85 2:23:14 Ludmilla Petrova 5 London 13 Apr 03 86 2:23:17 38 Zhang Shujing CHN 3 Beijing 20 Oct 02 87 2:23:17 Gete Wami 1 Berlin 30 Sept 07 88 2:23:18 Zhang Shuijing 1 Seoul (Dong-A) 16 Mar 03 89 2:23:19 Susan Chepkemei 5 London 14 Apr 02 90 2:23:19 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 3 Helsinki (WC) 14 Aug 05 91 2:23:21 39 Fatuma Roba ETH 1 Boston 20 Apr 98 92 2:23:22 40 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 London 18 Apr 99 93 2:23:22 Lidia Simon 2 Sydney (OG) 24 Sep 00 94 2:23:22 41 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Berlin 24 Sept 06 95 2:23:23 Magarsa Askale Tafa 3 Dubai 18Jan 08 96 2:23:24 Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon 1 Osaka 31 Jan 99 97 2:23:24 Zhou Chunxiu 1 Seoul 13 Mr 05 98 2:23:25 Fatuma Roba 1 Boston 19 Apr 99 99 2:23:26 42 Hiromi Ominami JPN 2 Berlin 26 Sept 04 100 2:23:26 Harumi Hiroyama 1 Nagoya 12 Mar 06 Combined Womenâ€™s Marathon Performance List â€“ 2006 to 2008 Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:19:19 1 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 Berlin 28 Sep 08 2 2:19:36 2 Deena Kastor USA 1 London 23 Apr 06 3 2:19:51 3 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 Seoul 12 Mar 06 4 2:20:38 Zhou Chunxiu 1 London 22 Apr 07 5 2:20:42 4 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Chicago 22 Oct 06 6 2:20:47 5 Galina Bogomolova RUS 2 Chicago 22 Oct 06 7 2:21:29 6 Lyudmilla Petrova RUS 2 London 23 Apr 06 8 2:21:31 7 Askale Magarsa Tafa ETH 2 Berlin 28 Sep 08 9 2:21:34 8 Gete Wami ETH 1 Berlin 24 Sept 06 10 2:21:37 9 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Tokyo 18 Nov 07 11 2:21:45 Gete Wami 2 London 22 Apr 07 12 2:21:46 10 Susan Chepkemei KEN 3 London 23 Apr 06 13 2:21:52 Berhane Adere 4 London 23 Apr 06 14 2:21:58 Galina Bogomolova 5 London 23 Apr 06 15 2:22:36 11 Benita Johnson AUS 3 Chicago 22 Oct 06 16 2:22:38 12 Zhang Yingying CHN 1 Xiamen 5 Jan 08 17 2:22:42 Berhane Adere 1 Dubai 18 Jan 08 18 2:22:53 Galina Bogomolova 1 Roma 16 Mar 08 19 2:22:59 13 Madai Perez MEX 4 Chicago 22 Oct 06 20 2:23:09 14 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New York 5 Nov 07 21 2:23:09 15 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 2 Dubai 18 Jan 08 22 2:23:12 16 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Seoul 18 Mar 07 23 2:23:17 Gete Wami 1 Berlin 30 Sept 07 24 2:23:22 17 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Berlin 24 Sept 06 25 2:23:23 Askale Magarsa Tafa 3 Dubai 18 Jan 08 26 2:23:26 18 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 1 Nagoya 12 Mar 06 27 2:23:27 19 Bai Xue CHN 2 Xiamen 5 Jan 08 28 2:23:31 Salina Kosgei 2 Tokyo 18 Nov 07 29 2:23:32 Gete Wami 2 New York 5 Nov 07 30 2:23:38 20 Rita Jeptoo KEN 1 Boston 17 Apr 06 31 2:23:48 21 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2 Boston 17 Apr 06 32 2:23:48 22 Yumiko Hara JPN 1 Osaka 28 Jan 07 33 2:23:55 23 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROU 3 London 22 Apr 07 34 2:23:58 24 Yoko Shibui JPN 2 Nagoya 12 Mar 06 35 2:24:11 25 Reiko Tosa JPN 3 Boston 23 Apr 06 36 2:24:13 Salina Kosgei 4 London 22 Apr 07 37 2:24:14 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 London 13 Apr 08 38 2:24:14 26 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 1 Hamburg 27 Apr 08 39 2:24:25 Constantina Tomescu-Dita 5 Chicago 22 Oct 06 40 2:24:33 27 Tomo Morimoto JPN 1 Wien 7 May 06 41 2:24:35 28 Robe Tola ETH 1 Hamburg 23 Apr 06 42 2:24:39 29 Mari Ozaki JPN 2 Osaka 28 Jan 07 43 2:24:39 30 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 London 13 Apr 08 44 2:24:40 31 Dire Tune ETH 1 Houston 13 Jan 08 45 2:24:43 32 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Osaka 28 Jan 07 46 2:24:46 33 Lornah Kiplagat NED 5 London 22 Apr 07 47 2:24:51 Irina Mikitenko 2 Berlin 30 Sept 07 48 2:25:01 34 Helena Kiprop KEN 3 Berlin 28 Sept 08 2007 Womenâ€™s Marathon Performance List Performance Time Performer Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:20:38 1 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 1 London 22 Apr 2007 2 2:21:37 2 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 1 Tokyo 18 Nov 2007 3 2:21:45 3 Gete Wami ETH 2 London 22 Apr 2007 4 2:23:09 4 Paula Radcliffee GBR 1 New York 4 Nov 2007 5 2:23:12 5 Wei Yanan CHN 1 Seoul 18 Mar 2007 6 2:23:17 Gete Wami ETH 1 Berlin 30 Sept 2007 7 2:23:31 6 Salina Kosgei KEN 2 Tokyo 18 Nov 2007 8 2:23:32 Gete Wami ETH 2 New York 5 Nov 2007 9 2:23:48 7 Yumiko Hara JPN 1 Osaka 28 Jan 2007 10 2:23:55 8 Constantina Tomescu-Dita ROM 3 London 22 Apr 2007 11 2:24:13 Salina Kosgei KEN 4 London 22 Apr 2007 12 2:24:39 9 Mari Ozaki JPN 2 Osaka 28 Jan 2007 13 2:24:43 10 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Osaka 28 Jan 2007 14 2:24:46 11 Lornah Kiplagat NED 5 London 22 Apr 2007 15 2:24:51 12 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 30 Sept 2007 16 2:25:07 13 Magarsa Askale Tafa ETH 1 Paris 15 Apr 2007 17 2:25:08 14 Souad Ait Salem ALG 1 Roma 18 Mar 2007 18 2:25:36 15 Pamela Chepchumba KEN 1 Milano 2 Dec 2007 19 2:25:41 16 Mara Yamauchi GBR 6 London 22 Apr 2007 20 2:26:02 17 Jong Yong Ok PRK 1 Pyongyang 8 Apr 2007 21 2:26:08 18 Zhu Xiaolin CHN 1 Xiamen (NC) 31 Mar 2007 22 2:26:13 19 Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 3 New York 4 Nov 2007 23 2:26:27 20 Helena Kiprop Loshanyang KEN 3 Berlin 30 Sept 2007 24 2:26:37 21 Hiromi Ominami JPN 1 Rotterdam 15 Apr 2007 25 2:26:46 22 Hellen Kimutai KEN 2 Roma 18 Mar 2007 26 2:26:52 23 Dire Tune ETH 1 Houston 14 Jan 2007 27 2:26:54 24 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 4 Berlin 30 Sept 2007 28 2:26:56 25 Kim Gum Ok PRK 2 Pyongyang 8 Apr 2007 29 2:27:02 26 Lenah Cheruiyot KEN 1 Venezia 28 Oct 2007 30 2:27:05 27 Chen Rong CHN 1 Beijing 21 Oct 2007 31 2:27:19 Magarsa Askale Tafa ETH 1 Dubai 12 Jan 2007 32 2:27:20 28 Zhang Yingying CHN 2 Beijing 21 Oct 2007 33 2:27:25 29 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 2 Seoul 18 Mar 2007 34 2:27:35 30 Bruna Genovese ITA 3 Tokyo 18 Nov 2007 35 2:27:46 31 Bai Xue CHN 3 Beijing 21 Oct 2007 36 2:27:49 32 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 15 Apr 2007 37 2:28:03 33 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 1 Treviso 25 Mar 2007 38 2:28:16 34 Magdaline Chemjor KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 Oct 2007 39 2:28:17 35 Aniko Kalovics HUN 1 Maranello-Carpi 21 Oct 2007 40 2:28:22 36 Gulnara Vygovskaya RUS 2 Paris 15 Apr 2007 41 2:28:25 37 Jo Bun Hui PRK 3 Pyongyang 8 Apr 2007 42 2:28:27 38 Anne Kosgei Chepkemboi KEN 2 Venezia 28 Oct 2007 43 2:28:33 39 Naoko Sakamoto JPN 5 Berlin 30 Sept 2007 44 2:28:37 40 Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 4 New York 4 Nov 2007 45 2:28:39 41 Akemi Ozaki JPN 4 Tokyo 18 Nov 2007 46 2:28:47 42 Zhu Yingying CHN 4 Beijing 21 Oct 2007 47 2:28:49 43 Yasuko Hashimoto JPN 1 Nagoya 11 Mar 2007 48 2:28:53 44 Helena Javornik SLO 3 Roma 18 Mar 2007 49 2:28:54 45 Pyo Un Suk PRK 4 Pyongyang 8 Apr 2007 50 2:28:54 46 Christelle Daunay FRA 3 Paris 15 Apr 2007 51 2:28:55 47 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Nagoya 11 Mar 2007 52 2:28:56 48 Melanie Kraus GER 1 Frankfurt 28 Oct 2007 53 2:28:59 Dire Tune ETH 2 Nagano 15 Apr 2007 54 2:29:01 49 Sylvia Skvortsova RUS 1 Las Vegas 2 Dec 2007 55 2:29:08 50 Atsede Bayisa Tesema ETH 1 Istanbul 28 Oct 2007 56 2:29:08 51 Catherine Ndereba KEN 5 New York 4 Nov 2007 57 2:29:11 52 Asha Gigi ETH 4 Paris 15 Apr 2007 58 2:29:12 53 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 Frankfurt 28 Oct 2007 59 2:29:12 54 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 3 Frankfurt 28 Oct 2007 60 2:29:14 55 Ayelech Worku ETH 1 Hamburg 29 Apr 2007 61 2:29:16 Jo Bun Hui PRK 5 Beijing 21 Oct 2007 2008 Womenâ€™s Marathon Performance List Performance Time Performer Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:19:19 1 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 Berlin 28 Sept 2008 2 2:21:31 2 Askale Magarsa Tafa ETH 2 Berlin 28 Sept 2008 3 2:22:38 3 Zhang Yingying CHN 1 Xiamen 5 Jan 2008 4 2:22:42 4 Berhane Adere ETH 1 Dubai 18 Jan 2008 5 2:22:53 5 Galina Bogomolova RUS 1 Roma 16 Mar 2008 6 2:23:09 6 Bezunesh Bekele ETH 2 Dubai 18 Jan 2008 7 2:23:23 Askale Magarsa Tafa ETH 3 Dubai 18 Jan 2008 8 2:23:27 7 Bai Xue CHN 2 Xiamen 5 Jan 2008 9 2:24:14 Irina Mikitenko GER 1 London 13 Apr 2008 10 2:24:14 8 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 1 Hamburg 27 Apr 2008 11 2:24:39 9 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2 London 13 Apr 2008 12 2:24:40 10 Dire Tune ETH 1 Houston 13 Jan 2008 13 2:25:01 11 Helena Kiprop KEN 3 Berlin 28 Sept 2008 14 2:25:10 12 Wei Yanan CHN 3 Xiamen 5 Jan 2008 15 2:25:10 13 Mara Yamauchi GBR 1 Osaka 27 Jan 2008 16 2:25:12 14 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 1 Rotterdam 13 Apr 2008 17 2:25:25 Dire Tune ETH 1 Boston 21 Apr 2008 18 2:25:27 15 Alvetina Biktimirova RUS 2 Boston 21 Apr 2008 19 2:25:33 16 Martha Komu ETH 1 Paris 6 Apr 2008 20 2:25:34 17 Tomo Morimoto JPN 2 Osaka 27 Jan 2008 21 2:25:37 18 Worknesh Tola ETH 2 Paris 6 Apr 2008 22 2:25:37 19 Gete Wami ETH 3 London 13 Apr 2008 23 2:25:48 20 Rose Cheruiyot KEN 4 Dubai 18 Jan 2008 24 2:25:51 21 Yurika Nakamura JPN 1 Nagoya 9 Mar 2008 25 2:26:00 22 Julia Mombi KEN 3 Osaka 27 Jan 2008 26 2:26:00 23 Lenah Cheruiyot KEN 3 Paris 6 Apr 2008 27 2:26:09 24 Miki Ohira JPN 4 Osaka 27 Jan 2008 28 2:26:10 25 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 4 Paris 6 Apr 2008 29 2:26:11 26 Zhang Shujing CHN 1 Seoul 16 Mar 2008 30 2:26:19 27 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 2 Nagoya 9 Mar 2008 31 2:26:25 Rose Cheruiyot 4 Berlin 28 Sept 2008 32 2:26:30 28 Salina Kosgei KEN 4 London 13 Apr 2008 33 2:26:34 29 Wang Jiali CHN 1 Zhengzou 30 Mar 2008 34 2:26:34 30 Rita Jeptoo KEN 3 Boston 21 Apr 2008 35 2:26:38 31 Alevtina Ivanova RUS 1 Nagano 20 Apr 2008 36 2:26:39 32 Yuri Kano JPN 3 Nagoya 9 Mar 2008 37 2:26:43 33 Luminita Talpos ROU 1 Wien 27 Apr 2008 38 2:26:44 34 Constantina Dita Tomescu ROU 1 Beijing (OG) 17 Aug 2008 39 2:26:45 35 Alice Timbilil KEN 5 Paris 6 Apr 2008 40 2:26:45 36 Ludmila Petrova RUS 5 London 13 Apr 2008 41 2:26:55 37 Madoka Ogi JPN 5 Osaka 27 Jan 2008 42 2:27:06 38 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2 Beijing (OG) 17 Aug 2008 43 2:27:07 39 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 3 Beijing (OG) 17 Aug 2008 44 2:27:09 40 Chen Rong CHN 4 Xiamen 5 Jan 2008 45 2:27:14 41 Yumiko Hara JPN 4 Nagoya 9 Mar 2008 46 2:27:16 42 Chika Horie JPN 5 Nagoya 9 Mar 2008 47 2:27:16 43 Zhu Xiaolin CHN 4 Beijing (OG) 17 Aug 2008 These stats were posted courtesy of K. Ken Nakamura, a true friend of the sport of athletics.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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