The Beijing International Women's Ekiden was an annual, international ekiden (marathon relay) road running competition held in Beijing, China. Formed in 1991 as the Great Wall International Ekiden Relay, the competition featured a six-stage relay race for women from 1991 to 2005, and included a men's race once, at its final edition. The race format had first, third and fifth legs at five kilometres in distance, second and fourth legs over ten kilometres, and a sixth and final leg covering the remaining 7.195 km of the classic marathon distance.International Ekiden Marathon Relays. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
The host nation China was the most successful team, winning nine of the fifteen runnings of the women's race. The women's course record of 2:11:41 was set by the Chinese team in 1998. Kenya was the sole men's winner, in 2:04:17 hours in 2005.
Editions
EditionYearLocationDateMen's teamsWomen's teamsAthletes1st1991Beijing, China17 MarchNewsletter. Washington Running Club (April 1994). Retrieved 2019-11-16.02nd1992Beijing, China15 March15 Mar 1992 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.03rd1993Beijing, China14 March14 Mar 1993 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.04th1994Beijing, China20 February20 Feb 1994 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.05th1995Beijing, China4 March04 Mar 1995 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.06th1996Beijing, China2 March02 Mar 1996 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.07th1997Beijing, China08th1998Beijing, China28 February28 Feb 1998 Beijing International Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.09th1999Beijing, China6 March06 Mar 1999 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.010th2000Beijing, China20 February Ma's army romps home to dominate Beijing road race . World Athletics (2000-02-20). Retrieved 2019-11-16.011th2001Beijing, China18 FebruaryNakamura, Ken (2001-02-19). Beijing International Women’s Ekiden. World Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-16.012th2002Beijing, China17 February17 Feb 2002 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.013th2003Beijing, China014th2004Beijing, China11 AprilChina takes comfortable Beijing ekiden relay win . World Athletics (2004-04-11). Retrieved 2019-11-16.015th2005Beijing, China10 AprilJalava, Mirko (2005-04-11). Ethiopia beats China in Beijing Ekiden . World Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
Medallists Men 2005Elisha BirgenDavid KeterHillary KipchumbaOnesmus NyerereJoseph KeinoEnock Mitei 2:04:17 Juan Carlos HigueroCarles CastillejoJosé Luis BlancoIván GalánRoberto GarcíaJosé Ríos 2:04:47Oleg KulkovDmitriy MaksimovOleg MarusinMikhail KhobotovPavel ShapovalovSergey Yemelyanov 2:05:57
Women 1991 2:19:59 2:20:16 2:20:351992 2:17:01 2:17:24 2:21:551993 2:14:16 "B" 2:16:31 2:17:201994 2:16:03 2:20:00 2:21:331995 2:16:32 2:17:10 2:19:161996 2:15:48 ? 2:18:271997 2:15:10 2:17:17 2:17:231998 2:11:41 2:16:13 2:17:261999 2:17:52 2:18:07 2:19:132000 2:15:49 2:18:31 2:18:572001Makiko KawashimaTakako KotoridaYamamotoSuzukiYokotaAkiko Kawashima 2:16:43 2:18:12 2:18:352002 2:14:27 2:18:05 2:20:192003 2:17:46 2:20:51 2:56:552004 2:19:52 2:22:31 2:29:572005Sentayehu EjiguEyerusalem KumaMestawet TufaAheza KirosAmane GobenaWorkitu Ayanu 2:18:08Zhang ChongSun YingjieBai XueZhu YanmeiWang ShijuanXing Huina 2:19:36Noriko MatsuokaYuko MachidaIkumi WatanabeMarina HagaMayumi FujitaKanako Hori 2:24:32
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