2001 in marathon running

June 2010 This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 2001 in the Marathon for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the men's competition was held on August 3, 2001. The women had their race on Sunday August 12, 2001. Men Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Khalid Khannouchi MAR 2:05:42 October 24, 1999 USA Chicago, United States 2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthletePosVenueDateNote 1 2:06:50 Josephat Kiprono KEN 1 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 2 2:07:02 Driss El Himer FRA 1 Amsterdam 21 10 2001 3 2:07:06 Abdelkader El Mouaziz MAR 1 London 22 04 2001 4 2:07:18 Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN 2 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 5 2:07:34 Antoni Peña ESP 1 Otsu 04 03 2001 6 2:07:43 Tesfaye Jifar ETH 1 New York 04 11 2001 7 2:07:45 Simretu Alemayehu ETH 1 Torino 01 04 2001 8 2:07:46 Julio Rey ESP 1 Hamburg 22 04 2001 9 2:07:48 Francisco Javier Cortés ESP 2 Hamburg 22 04 2001 10 2:07:52 Giacomo Leone ITA 2 Otsu 04 03 2001 11 2:07:52 Shigeru Aburaya JPN 3 Otsu 04 03 2001 12 2:07:59 Yoshiteru Morishita JPN 4 Otsu 04 03 2001 13 2:08:14 Sammy Korir KEN 3 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 14 2:08:15 Paul Tergat KEN 2 London 22 04 2001 15 2:08:45 Takayuki Nishida JPN 1 Ōita 04 02 2001 16 2:08:47 Joseph Ngolepus KEN 1 Berlin 30 09 2001 17 2:08:51 Stefano Baldini ITA 2 Torino 01 04 2001 18 2:08:52 Hideyuki Obinata JPN 5 Otsu 04 03 2001 19 2:08:52 Benedict Kimondiou KEN 1 Chicago 07 10 2001 20 2:08:56 John Nada Saya TAN 1 Milan 02 12 2001 21 2:08:58 Willy Cheruiyot KEN 2 Milan 02 12 2001 22 2:09:00 Peter Githuka KEN 3 Chicago 07 10 2001 23 2:09:05 Abdellah Béhar FRA 4 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 24 2:09:07 Ottaviano Andriani ITA 3 Milan 02 12 2001 25 2:09:08 Lee Bong-Ju KOR 4 Milan 02 12 2001 26 2:09:19 Japhet Kosgei KEN 2 New York 04 11 2001 27 2:09:25 Gezahegne Abera ETH 1 Fukuoka 02 12 2001 28 2:09:26 Mohamed Ouaadi FRA 4 Chicago 07 10 2001 29 2:09:27 Simon Bor KEN 6 Otsu 04 03 2001 30 2:09:28 Koji Shimizu JPN 2 Fukuoka 02 12 2001 31 2:09:35 Noriaki Igarashi JPN 5 Chicago 07 10 2001 32 2:09:36 António Pinto POR 3 London 22 04 2001 33 2:09:40 Simon Biwott KEN 1 Paris 08 04 2001 34 2:09:40 David Kirui KEN 2 Paris 08 04 2001 35 2:09:41 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 3 Fukuoka 02 12 2001 36 2:09:43 Fred Kiprop KEN 3 Paris 08 04 2001 37 2:09:51 Rodgers Rop KEN 3 New York 04 11 2001 38 2:09:55 William Kiplagat KEN 3 Berlin 30 09 2001 39 2:09:59 Isaac Kiprono KEN 5 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 40 2:10:02 Vanderlei de Lima BRA 2 Ōita 04 02 2001 41 2:10:04 Lee Troop AUS 6 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 42 2:10:06 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 4 Berlin 30 09 2001 43 2:10:07 Silvio Guerra ECU 2 Boston, Massachusetts 16 04 2001 44 2:10:07 John Kagwe KEN 1 San Diego, California 03 06 2001 45 2:10:08 Fabián Roncero ESP 7 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 46 2:10:08 Moges Taye ETH 1 Venezia 28 10 2001 47 2:10:10 Henry Tarus KEN 2 Venezia 28 10 2001 48 2:10:11 Gong Ke CHN 1 Beijing 14 10 2001 49 2:10:14 Andrew Sambu TAN 1 Prague 20 05 2001 50 2:10:18 Luke Kibet KEN 3 Amsterdam 21 10 2001 51 2:10:19 David Ngetich KEN 2 Prague 20 05 2001 52 2:10:21 Samson Kandie KEN 1 San Sebastián 25 11 2001 53 2:10:24 Laban Kagika KEN 4 Fukuoka 02 12 2001 54 2:10:25 Li Aiguo CHN 2 Beijing 14 10 2001 55 2:10:26 Wang Yonghua CHN 3 Beijing 14 10 2001 56 2:10:26 Daniele Caimmi ITA 3 Venezia 28 10 2001 57 2:10:28 Luís Novo POR 1 Vienna 20 05 2001 58 2:10:29 Joshua Chelanga KEN 3 Boston, Massachusetts 16 04 2001 59 2:10:29 Sergio Chiesa ITA 5 Milan 02 12 2001 60 2:10:32 Nobuyuki Sato JPN 4 Beijing 14 10 2001 61 2:10:32 Hailu Neguse ETH 1 Hofu 16 12 2001 62 2:10:33 Mohamed Ezzher FRA 4 Paris 08 04 2001 63 2:10:33 Tesfaye Eticha ETH 5 Paris 08 04 2001 64 2:10:33 Óscar Fernández ESP 8 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 65 2:10:35 Danilo Goffi ITA 5 Berlin 30 09 2001 66 2:10:36 Shinji Kawashima JPN 3 Ōita 04 02 2001 67 2:10:36 Kamal Ziani ESP 9 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 68 2:10:36 Frederick Chumba KEN 6 Berlin 30 09 2001 69 2:10:36 Salaho Ngadi TAN 4 Venezia 28 10 2001 70 2:10:37 Ambesse Tolosa ETH 5 Beijing 14 10 2001 71 2:10:38 Zhan Donglin CHN 6 Beijing 14 10 2001 72 2:10:38 Daniel Kirwa Too KEN 1 Firenze 25 11 2001 73 2:10:41 Robert Cheruiyot KEN 10 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 74 2:10:41 Mark Saina KEN 5 Venezia 28 10 2001 75 2:10:41 Xavier Caballero ESP 6 Milan 02 12 2001 76 2:10:44 James Moiben KEN 11 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 77 2:10:45 Koen Allaert BEL 12 Rotterdam 22 04 2001 78 2:10:45 Ashebir Demissie ETH 4 Amsterdam 21 10 2001 79 2:10:46 Mark Steinle GBR 6 London 22 04 2001 80 2:10:46 Li Zhuhong CHN 7 Beijing 14 10 2001 81 2:10:47 Makhosonke Fika RSA 7 Berlin 30 09 2001 82 2:10:47 Jonathan Cherono KEN 8 Beijing 14 10 2001 83 2:10:49 José Ramón Rey ESP 1 Sevilla 25 02 2001 84 2:10:51 Kenichi Takahashi JPN 1 Tokyo 18 02 2001 85 2:10:54 Viktor Röthlin SUI 8 Berlin 30 09 2001 86 2:10:57 Andrés Espinosa MEX 1 Torreón 04 03 2001 87 2:10:58 Benjamín Paredes MEX 2 Torreón 04 03 2001 88 2:10:58 Nelson Ndereva Njeru KEN 9 Beijing 14 10 2001 89 2:11:01 Takayuki Shimazaki JPN 10 Beijing 14 10 2001 90 2:11:04 Simon Lopuyet KEN 3 Hamburg 22 04 2001 91 2:11:04 Migidio Bourifa ITA 6 Venezia 28 10 2001 92 2:11:05 Barnabas Rutto KEN 4 Prague 20 05 2001 93 2:11:06 Abdelhakim Bagy FRA 7 Paris 08 04 2001 94 2:11:09 Dmitriy Kapitonov RUS 3 Tokyo 18 02 2001 95 2:11:09 Pavel Loskutov EST 1 Frankfurt 28 10 2001 96 2:11:11 Eliud Keiring KEN 5 Prague 20 05 2001 97 2:11:12 Zebedayo Bayo TAN 4 Tokyo 18 02 2001 98 2:11:14 Shigekatsu Kondo JPN 4 Ōita 04 02 2001 99 2:11:18 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 5 New York 04 11 2001 100 2:11:19 Roberto Barbi ITA 1 Trieste 06 05 2001 Women Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Tegla Loroupe KEN 2:20:43 September 26, 1999 GER Berlin, Germany Broken records during the 2001 season in track and field World Record Naoko Takahashi JPN 2:19:46 September 30, 2001 GER Berlin, Germany World Record Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:18:47 October 7, 2001 USA Chicago, United States 2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueRankDateNote 1 2:18:47 Catherine Ndereba KEN Chicago, United States 1 07-10-2001 WR 2 2:19:46 Naoko Takahashi JPN Berlin, Germany 1 30-09-2001 WR 3 2:23:11 Yoko Shibui JPN Osaka, Japan 1 28-01-2001 4 2:23:37 Min Liu CHN Beijing, PR China 1 14-10-2001 5 2:23:57 Derartu Tulu ETH London, United Kingdom 1 22-04-2001 6 2:24:02 Wei Yanan CHN Beijing, PR China 2 14-10-2001 7 2:24:04 Svetlana Zakharova RUS London, United Kingdom 2 22-04-2001 8 2:24:12 Joyce Chepchumba KEN London, United Kingdom 322-04-2001 9 2:24:15 Lidia Șimon ROM London, United Kingdom 4 22-04-2001 10 2:24:21 Margaret Okayo KEN New York, United States 1 04-11-2001 11 2:24:22 Ren Xiujuan CHN Beijing, PR China 3 14-10-2001 12 2:24:29 Elfenesh Alemu ETH London, United Kingdom 5 22-04-2001 13 2:24:41 Dai Yanyan CHN Beijing, PR China 4 14-10-2001 14 2:24:42 Zhang Shujing CHN Beijing, PR China 5 14-10-2001 15 2:25:12 Susan Chepkemei KEN New York, United States 2 04-11-2001 16 2:25:18 Nuţa Olaru ROM London, United Kingdom 6 22-04-2001 17 2:25:29 Irina Timofeyeva RUS Tokyo, Japan 2 18-11-2001 18 2:25:34 Alina Ivanova RUS London, United Kingdom 7 22-04-2001 19 2:25:35 Bruna Genovese ITA Tokyo, Japan 3 18-11-2001 20 2:25:48 Li Jin CHN Beijing, PR China 6 14-10-2001 21 2:25:56 Zheng Guixia CHN Beijing, PR China 7 14-10-2001 22 2:26:01 Kazumi Matsuo JPN Nagoya, Japan 1 11-03-2001 23 2:26:01 Luminița Zaituc GER Frankfurt, Germany 1 28-10-2001 24 2:26:04 Takami Ominami JPN Nagoya, Japan 2 11-03-2001 25 2:26:04 Kerryn McCann AUS Chicago, United States 3 07-10-2001 26 2:26:06 Reiko Tosa JPN Edmonton, Canada 2 12-08-2001 27 2:26:08 Małgorzata Sobańska POL Chicago, United States 4 07-10-2001 28 2:26:10 Tegla Loroupe KEN London, United Kingdom 8 22-04-2001 29 2:26:13 Sonja Oberem GER Hamburg, Germany 1 22-04-2001 30 2:26:15 Esther Kiplagat KEN New York, United States 5 04-11-2001 31 2:26:18 Lyudmila Petrova RUS New York, United States 6 04-11-2001 32 2:26:21 Yukiko Okamoto JPN Nagoya, Japan 3 11-03-2001 33 2:26:22 Adriana Fernández MEX London, United Kingdom 9 22-04-2001 34 2:26:31 Maura Viceconte ITA Prague, Czech Republic 1 20-05-2001 35 2:26:33 Alice Chelangat KEN Milan, Italy 1 02-12-2001 36 2:26:39 Constantina Tomescu ROM Tokyo, Japan 4 18-11-2001 37 2:26:42 Franca Fiacconi ITA Osaka, Japan 2 28-01-2001 38 2:26:51 Zinaida Semenova RUS St. Paul, United States 1 07-10-2001 22px|Personal Best 39 2:26:58 Deena Drossin USA New York, United States 7 04-11-2001 40 2:27:01 Noriko Geji JPN Nagoya, Japan 4 11-03-2001 41 2:27:01 Tomoe Abe JPN Nagoya, Japan 5 11-03-2001 42 2:27:14 Madina Biktagirova RUS London, United Kingdom 10 22-04-2001 43 2:27:16 Ikuyo Goto JPN Nagoya, Japan 6 11-03-2001 44 2:27:18 Lyubov Morgunova RUS Boston, United States 3 16-04-2001 45 2:27:22 Mayumi Ichikawa JPN Nagoya, Japan 7 11-03-2001 46 2:27:22 Fatuma Roba ETH San Diego, United States 2 03-06-2001 47 2:27:37 Olga Kovpotina RUS St. Paul, United States 2 07-10-2001 48 2:27:44 Ikumi Nagayama JPN Nagoya, Japan 8 11-03-2001 49 2:27:50 Rie Matsuoka JPN Osaka, Japan 3 28-01-2001 50 2:27:53 Florence Barsosio KEN Paris, France 1 08-04-2001 51 2:27:54 Tiziana Alagia ITA Turin, Italy 1 01-04-2001 52 2:27:54 Ruth Kutol KEN Paris, France 2 08-04-2001 53 2:27:56 Lornah Kiplagat KEN Boston, United States 4 16-04-2001 54 2:28:00 Lu Jingbo CHN Beijing, PR China 8 14-10-2001 55 2:28:09 Naomi Sakashita JPN Nagoya, Japan 9 11-03-2001 56 2:28:13 Junko Akagi JPN Tokyo, Japan 6 18-11-2001 57 2:28:17 Jong Yong-Ok PRK Beijing, PR China 9 14-10-2001 58 2:28:22 Silviya Skvortsova RUS St. Paul, United States 3 07-10-2001 59 2:28:27 Aki Fujikawa JPN Nagoya, Japan 10 11-03-2001 60 2:28:27 Kathrin Weßel GER Berlin, Germany 3 30-09-2001 61 2:28:28 Masako Koide JPN Rotterdam, Netherlands 2 22-04-2001 62 2:28:31 Marleen Renders BEL London, United Kingdom 11 22-04-2001 63 2:28:40 Shitaye Gemechu ETH Edmonton, Canada 7 12-08-2001 64 2:28:40 Valentina Yegorova RUS Nagoya, Japan 11 11-03-2001 65 2:28:59 Nives Curti ITA Chicago, United States 5 07-10-2001 66 2:29:01 Harumi Hiroyama JPN London, United Kingdom 12 22-04-2001 67 2:29:03 Zhao Shengzhi CHN Beijing, PR China 10 14-10-2001 68 2:29:16 Alina Gherasim ROM Paris, France 3 08-04-2001 69 2:29:16 Sun Yingjie CHN Beijing, PR China 11 14-10-2001 70 2:29:18 Yoshiko Ichikawa JPN Tokyo, Japan 8 18-11-2001 71 2:29:19 Tomoko Kai JPN Nagoya, Japan 12 11-03-2001 72 2:29:35 Ornella Ferrara ITA San Diego, United States 3 03-06-2001 73 2:29:44 Ham Bong-Sil PRK Pyongyang, North Korea 2 15-04-2001 74 2:29:44 Cristiana Pomacu ROM Belgrade, Serbia 1 21-04-2001 75 2:29:46 Sara Ferrari ITA Turin, Italy 2 01-04-2001 76 2:29:46 María Abel ESP Rotterdam, Netherlands 3 22-04-2001 77 2:29:57 Lidiya Vasilevskaya RUS St. Paul, United States 4 07-10-2001 78 2:29:58 Zahia Dahmani FRA Paris, France 4 08-04-2001 79 2:30:00 Jane Salumäe EST Vienna, Austria 1 20-05-2001 80 2:30:03 Yelena Paramonova RUS New York, United States 8 04-11-2001 81 2:30:11 María Luisa Larraga ESP Valencia, Spain 1 04-02-2001 82 2:30:15 Elżbieta Jarosz POL St. Paul, United States 5 07-10-2001 83 2:30:22 Ju Limei CHN Beijing, PR China 12 14-10-2001 84 2:30:25 Nadezhda Wijenberg NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 22-04-2001 85 2:30:25 Wang Yanrong CHN Beijing, PR China 13 14-10-2001 86 2:30:28 Tatyana Pozdnyakova UKR Providence, USA 1 08-10-2001 87 2:30:30 Yukari Komatsu JPN Nagoya, Japan 13 11-03-2001 88 2:30:35 Tian Mei CHN Beijing, PR China 1414-10-2001 89 2:30:39 Masako Chiba JPN Sapporo, Japan 1 26-08-2001 90 2:30:42 Maria Guida ITA Rome, Italy 1 25-03-2001 91 2:30:46 Jo Bun-Hui PRK Pyongyang, North Korea 3 15-04-2001 92 2:30:50 Ai Sugihara JPN Nagoya, Japan 14 11-03-2001 93 2:30:55 Rosaria Console ITA Padova, Italy 1 29-04-2001 94 2:30:56 Eva Sanz ESP Rotterdam, Netherlands 5 22-04-2001 95 2:30:58 Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova RUS Edmonton, Canada 12 12-08-2001 96 2:31:00 Yuko Arimori JPN Tokyo, Japan 10 18-11-2001 97 2:31:01 Claudia Dreher GER Lisbon, Portugal 1 02-12-2001 98 2:31:02 Irina Bogachova KGZ St. Paul, United States 6 07-10-2001 99 2:31:05 Li Helan CHN Jinan, PR China 2 07-04-2001 100 2:31:05 Griselda González ESP Rotterdam, Netherlands 6 22-04-2001 References 2001 Marathon Ranking by the ARRS IAAF (men) IAAF (women) 2001 Marathon