Naoko Takahashi

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Olympic medal record
Women's Athletics
Gold 2000 Sydney Marathon
For the artist, see NaoKo TakaHashi (artist).


Naoko Takahashi (born May 6, 1972 in Gifu) is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. Best known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2 hour 20 minute barrier while setting a world record. That record was broken just one week later by Catherine Ndereba. In the women's marathon event (and not counting multiple records set by the same athlete), she still holds the 7th best time and the 3rd best Japanese marathon performance behind Yoko Shibui (2:19:41) and Mizuki Noguchi (2:19:10). She is related to Morning Musume leader Yoshizawa Hitomi.


Date Event Time Note
Jan, 1997 Osaka International Women's Marathon 2:31:32 7th place
Mar, 1998 Nagoya International Women's Marathon 2:25:48 1st place, Japanese record at the time
Dec, 1998 Bangkok Asian Games 2:21:47 gold medal, Japanese record at the time
Mar, 2000 Nagoya International Women's Marathon 2:22:19 1st place
Sep, 2000 Sydney Olympics 2:23:14 gold medal
Feb, 2001 OHME Marathon (30km) 1:41:57 Japanese record
Sep, 2001 Berlin Marathon 2:19:46 1st place, World Record at the time
Sep, 2002 Berlin Marathon 2:21:49 1st
Nov, 2003 Tokyo Marathon 2:27:21 2nd
Nov, 2005 Tokyo Marathon 2:24:39 1st
Nov, 2006 Tokyo Marathon 2:31:22 3rd
Olympic champions in women's marathon
1984: Joan Benoit | 1988: Rosa Mota | 1992: Valentina Yegorova | 1996: Fatuma Roba | 2000: Naoko Takahashi | 2004: Mizuki Noguchi
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