Beijing International Women's Ekiden

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.[1]

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
  Edition in gold was held as the Great Wall International Ekiden Relay
Edition Year Location Date Men's teams Women's teams Athletes
1st 1991 Beijing, China 17 March[2] 0
2nd 1992 Beijing, China 15 March[3] 0
3rd 1993 Beijing, China 14 March[4] 0
4th 1994 Beijing, China 20 February[5] 0
5th 1995 Beijing, China 4 March[6] 0
6th 1996 Beijing, China 2 March[7] 0
7th 1997 Beijing, China 0
8th 1998 Beijing, China 28 February[8] 0
9th 1999 Beijing, China 6 March[9] 0
10th 2000 Beijing, China 20 February[10] 0
11th 2001 Beijing, China 18 February[11] 0
12th 2002 Beijing, China 17 February[12] 0
13th 2003 Beijing, China 0
14th 2004 Beijing, China 11 April[13] 0
15th 2005 Beijing, China 10 April[14]

Medallists

Men
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Kenya
Elisha Birgen
David Keter
Hillary Kipchumba
Onesmus Nyerere
Joseph Keino
Enock Mitei		2:04:17  Spain
Juan Carlos Higuero
Carles Castillejo
José Luis Blanco
Iván Galán
Roberto García
José Ríos		2:04:47  Russia
Oleg Kulkov
Dmitriy Maksimov
Oleg Marusin
Mikhail Khobotov
Pavel Shapovalov
Sergey Yemelyanov		2:05:57

Women
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1991  Soviet Union2:19:59  United States2:20:16  China2:20:35
1992  Unified Team2:17:01  China2:17:24  United States2:21:55
1993  China2:14:16  China "B"2:16:31  Kenya2:17:20
1994  China2:16:03  Romania2:20:00  Russia2:21:33
1995  Japan2:16:32  Romania2:17:10  Russia2:19:16
1996  China2:15:48  Romania ?  Japan2:18:27
1997  Ethiopia2:15:10  China2:17:17  Japan2:17:23
1998  China2:11:41  Japan2:16:13  Russia2:17:26
1999  China2:17:52  Japan2:18:07  North Korea2:19:13
2000  China2:15:49  Mexico2:18:31  Ethiopia2:18:57
2001  Japan
Makiko Kawashima
Takako Kotorida
Yamamoto
Suzuki
Yokota
Akiko Kawashima		2:16:43  Ethiopia2:18:12  China2:18:35
2002  China2:14:27  Japan2:18:05  Ethiopia2:20:19
2003  China2:17:46  Ethiopia2:20:51  Mongolia2:56:55
2004  China2:19:52  Japan2:22:31  United States2:29:57
2005  Ethiopia
Sentayehu Ejigu
Eyerusalem Kuma
Mestawet Tufa
Aheza Kiros
Amane Gobena
Workitu Ayanu		2:18:08  China
Zhang Chong
Sun Yingjie
Bai Xue
Zhu Yanmei
Wang Shijuan
Xing Huina		2:19:36  Japan
Noriko Matsuoka
Yuko Machida
Ikumi Watanabe
Marina Haga
Mayumi Fujita
Kanako Hori		2:24:32

References
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  2. Newsletter. Washington Running Club (April 1994). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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  5. 20 Feb 1994 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. 04 Mar 1995 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. 02 Mar 1996 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  8. 28 Feb 1998 Beijing International Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  9. 06 Mar 1999 Beijing International Women's Ekiden- Leg 6. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  10. Ma's army romps home to dominate Beijing road race . World Athletics (2000-02-20). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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