Kobe Women's Half Marathon

Kobe JPN

Race Winners (31 runnings)
21 Nov 2010 1:11:35 Mari Ozaki (JPN)
22 Nov 2009 1:13:09 Misato Horie (JPN)
24 Nov 2008 1:09:45 Julia Mombi-2

25 Nov 2007

1:09:45 Julia Mombi (KEN)

19 Nov 2006

1:08:41 Everline Kimwei (KEN)

27 Nov 2005

1:12:27 Minori Hayakari (JPN)

07 Nov 2004

1:12:10 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)

09 Nov 2003

1:09:52 Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)

16 Feb 2003

1:11:59 Risa Hagiwara (JPN)

16 Dec 2001

1:08:54 Miwako Yamanaka (JPN)

17 Dec 2000

1:04:01 Esther Wanjiru (KEN)

14 Nov 1999

1:06:31 Kazue Ogoshi (JPN)

13 Dec 1998

1:07:16 Anne Wamuchi (KEN)

16 Nov 1997

1:08:52 Kaori Kanda (JPN)

10 Nov 1996

1:08:07 Tami Yada (JPN)

12 Nov 1995

1:07:54 Junko Kataoka (JPN)

13 Nov 1994

1:08:24 Mitsuyo Yoshida (JPN)

14 Nov 1993

1:09:26 Yoshiko Yamamoto (JPN)

08 Nov 1992

1:07:46 Christine McNamara (OR/USA)

10 Nov 1991

1:07:03 Junko Asari-2

04 Nov 1990

1:09:33 Miyoko Takahashi (JPN)

05 Nov 1989

1:09:13 Junko Asari (JPN)

30 Oct 1988

1:09:46 Hiromi Satoyama (JPN)

01 Nov 1987

1:09:40 Kumi Araki-2

02 Nov 1986

1:12:02 Chie Matsuda (JPN)

03 Nov 1985

1:10:18 Kumi Araki (JPN)

03 Nov 1984

1:11:02 Mika Kawai JPN)

30 Oct 1983

1:11:26 Kazuko Shimizu-2

13 Ocr 1982

1:14:03 Rumiko Kaneko-2

18 Oct 1981

1:16:01 Rumiko Kaneko (JPN)

11 Jan 1981

1:18:40 Kazuko Shimizu (JPN)
Notes: 1981 was the inaugural year. The race distance for 1978-1997 was 20 km.  The 2000 course was very probably short.

Most Wins (1978-date)

Women

 2

 Rumiko Kaneko (JPN) 1981b-82
  Kazuko Shimizu (JPN) 1981a,1983
  Kumi Araki (JPN) 1985,1987
  Junko Asari (JPN) 1989,1991
  Julia Mombi (KEN) 2007-08


Prize Money
Prize money cannot be awarded in Japanese road races due to legal restrictions.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year    Women  
2007     +3.2    
....        
2008     +1.2    
2007     +0.5    
....        
2004     +0.7   
2003     -0.9   
....        
2001     -2.9   
2000     -8.5   
1999     -1.5    
1999     -3.6    
Avgs     -0.4

Note: 2000 is not included in the average.

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year    Women  
2010      479    
2009      325    
2008      570    
2007      544    
....      
2005      345    
2004      574    
2003      591    
....      
2001      718    
....      
1999      655    
1998      688

Quality Performances

Women- Half Marathon
<1:09       3
<1:10      10
<1:11      13
<1:12      22
<1:13      39
<1:14      60
<1:15      76
<1:16      85
<1:17      97

Women- 20 km
<1:07       1
<1:08      17
<1:09      24
<1:10      36
<1:11      41
<1:12      46
<1:13      47


Last Updated on 21 Nov 2010

Contributors: Brett Larner (36), Ken Nakamura (3)