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Winners of AIMS events in 1997

DateEventDistanceWinners
05 Jan Lake Buena Vista (USA) Marathon Men: Richard Hooper (IRL)  2:21:31
Women: Larisa Zyusko (RUS)  2:41:13
26 Jan Osaka (JPN) Marathon Women: Katrin Doerre-Heinig (GER)  2:25:57
02 Feb Oita (JPN) Marathon Men: Rolando Vera (ECU)  2:12:00
02 Feb Valencia (ESP) Marathon Men: Eduardo Alcaina (ESP)  2:18:07
Women: Faustina Maria Ramos (ESP)  2:53:35
09 Feb Las Vegas (USA) Marathon Men: Zoltan Holba (HUN)  2:14:23
Women: Marzena Helbik (POL)  2:32:22
09 Feb Tokyo (JPN) Marathon Men: Koji Shimizu (JPN)  2:10:09
14 Jan Luxor (EGY) Marathon Men: Mohamed el Moursy (EGY)  2:29:36
Women: Anna Trave (NOR)  3:00:34
16 Feb Kingston (JAM) Marathon Men: Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)  2:24:11
Women: Tammy Slusser (USA)  2:49:17
16 Jan Ohme (JPN) 30km Men: Toshiyuki Hayata (JPN)  1:30:57
Women: Mitsuko Sugihara (JPN)  1:46:35
23 Feb Kaapstad (RSA) Marathon Men: Thabiso Moqhali (LES)  2:15:31
Women: Helene Joubert (FRA)  2:52:32
23 Feb Moorea (TAH**) Marathon Men: Patrick Muturi (KEN)  2:21:31
Women: Linda Milo (BEL)  2:52:32
23 Feb Sevilla (ESP) Marathon Men: Agustin Molina (ESP)  2:17:43
Women: Anfisa Kosacheva (RUS)  2:41:18
02 Mar Los Angeles (USA) Marathon Men: El Maati Chaham (MAR)  2:14:16
Women: Lornah Kiplagat (KEN)  2:33:50
02 Mar Otsu (JPN) Marathon Men: Martin Fiz (ESP)  2:08:05
02 Mar Vigarano (ITA) Marathon Men: Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)  2:14:12
Women: Irina Khramova (RUS)  2:45:50
09 Mar Hong Kong (HKG) Marathon Men: Markus Engeler (SUI)  2:47:58
Women: Reiko Hirosawa (JPN)  3:14:47
09 Mar Kyoto (JPN) Half marathon Men: Moses Tanui (KEN)  62:20
Women: Elana Meyer (RSA)  67:36
09 Mar Lisboa (POR) Half marathon# Men: Mohamed Mourhit (MAR)  61:17
Women: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)  69:01
09 Mar Nagoya (JPN) Marathon Women: Madina Biktagirova (BLR)  2:29:30
16 Mar Barcelona (ESP) Marathon Men: Abdesalem Serrokh (MAR)  2:12:53
Women: Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)  2:30:06
16 Mar Kyongju (KOR) Marathon Men: Abel Anton (ESP)  2:12:37
Women: Sun-Hee Bang (KOR)  2:43:40
16 Mar Roma (ITA) Marathon Men: Dube Jillo (ETH)  2:13:03
Women: Jane Salumae (EST)  2:31:41
23 Mar Den Haag (NED) Half marathon Men: Graziano Calvaresi (ITA)  61:08
Women: Esther Kiplagat (KEN)  70:10
23 Mar Kaanapali (USA) Marathon Men: Yoshiharu Tsuchida (JPN)  2:37:12
Women: Eriko Asai (JPN)  2:49:30
29 Mar Kaapstad (RSA) 56km Men: Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)  3:07:16
Women: Angelina Pitso (RSA)  3:45:45
30 Mar Surabaya (INA) Marathon Men: Noor Amin (INA)  2:27:23
Women: Hilda Napitulu (INA)  2:55:20
31 Mar Gualtieri (ITA) Half marathon Men: Shem Kororia (KEN)  60:23
06 Apr Berlin (GER) Half marathon Men: Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)  63:42
Women: Marleen Renders (BEL)  70:37
06 Apr Paris (FRA) Marathon Men: John Kemboi (KEN)  2:10:14
Women: Yelena Razdrogina (RUS)  2:29:10
13 Apr Antwerpen (BEL) Marathon Men: Oleg Otmakhov (RUS)  2:15:40
Women: Flor Venegas (CHI)  2:40:15
13 Apr London (GBR) Marathon Men: Antonio Pinto (POR)  2:07:55
Women: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)  2:26:51
19 Apr Beograd (YUG) Marathon Men: Josphat Ndeti (KEN)  2:13:38
Women: Irina Bogacheva (KGZ)  2:34:57
20 Apr Rotterdam (NED) Marathon Men: Domingos Castro (POR)  2:07:51
Women: Tegla Loroupe KEN)  2:22:07
20 Apr Santiago (CHI) Marathon Men: Omar Aguilar (CHI)  2:17:29
Women: Erika Oliveira (CHI)  2:38:22
21 Apr Boston (USA) Marathon Men: Lameck Aguta (KEN)  2:10:34
Women: Fatuma Roba (ETH)  2:26:23
27 Apr Carmel (USA) Marathon Men: Srba Nikolic (YUG)  2:27:55
Women: Kim Goff (USA)  2:57:12
27 Apr Hamburg (GER) Marathon Men: Stephen Kirwa (KEN)  2:10:37
Women: Renata Sobiesiak (POL)  2:29:27
27 Apr Madrid (ESP) Marathon Men: Ignatio Alberto Cuba (CUB)  2:16:01
Women: Sergia Martinez (CUB)  2:47:18
27 Apr Wroclaw (POL) Marathon Men: Stephen Lagat (KEN)  2:13:59
Women: Aniela Nikiel (POL)  2:40:32
03 May Rotorua (NZL) Marathon Men: Philip Costley (NZL)  2:30:37
Women: Marion Millward (NZL)  2:52:44
04 May Berlin (GER) 25km Men: Kenneth Cheruiyot (KEN)  1:13:58
Women: Lornah Kiplagat (KEN)  1:24:39
04 May Vancouver (CAN) Marathon Men: Juan Salvador (MEX)  2:22:53
Women: Eniko Feher (HUN)  2:49:56
11 May Torino (ITA) Marathon Men: Joseph Chebet (KEN)  2:08:23
Women: Jane Salumae (EST)  2:27:04
17 May Kobenhavn (DEN) Marathon Men: Soren Rasmussen (DEN)  2:21:28
Women: Janina Malska (POL)  2:44:44
24 May Goteborg (SWE) Half marathon Men: Martin Ojuku (KEN)  61:44
Women: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)  69:50
24 May Praha (CZE) Marathon Men: John Kagwe (KEN)  2:09:07
Women: Elena Vinitskaya (BLR)  2:32:58
25 May Wien (AUT) Marathon Men: Ahmed Salah (DJI)  2:12:53
Women: Tatyana Dzhabrailova (UKR)  2:30:49
01 Jun Sao Paolo (BRA) Marathon Men: Kipkemboi Cheruiyot(KEN)  2:17:02
Women: Vivany Anderson de Oliveira(BRA)  2:42:13
07 Jun Stockholm (SWE) Marathon Men: Benson Masya (KEN)  2:17:22
Women: Anita Hakenstad (NOR)  2:33:26
08 Jun Enschede (NED) Marathon Men: Dmitriy Kapitonov (RUS)  2:12:08
Women: Carolina Beurskens (NED)  2:37:20
16 Jun Durban (RSA) 89.9km Men: Charles Mattheus (RSA)  5:28:37
Women: Ann Trason (USA)  5:58:27
21 Jun Tallinn (EST) Marathon Men: Margus Pirksaar (EST)  2:21:19
Women: Galina Bernat (EST)  2:59:13
22 Jun Oporto (POR) 13.13km Men: James Moyben (KEN)  37:36
Women: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)  42:17
22 Jun Saromako (JPN) 100km Men: Yasufumi Miyame (JPN)  6:24:56
Women: Reiko Hirosawa (JPN)  8:19:48
29 Jun Brugge (BEL) 25km Men: Klaus Goldammer (GER)  1:25:23
Women: Francoise Maton (BEL)  1:39:07
05 Jul Tromso (NOR) Marathon Men: Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)  2:30:54
Women: Monica Casiraghi (ITA)  3:04:25
06 Jul Turku (FIN) Marathon Men: Cephas Matafi (ZIM)  2:20:14
Women: Nadezhda Yefremova (RUS)  2:51:19
13 Jul Gold Coast (AUS) Marathon Men: Patrick Carroll (AUS)  2:11:20
Women: Susan Hobson (AUS)  2:32:43
20 Jul Sapporo (JPN) Half marathon Men: Stephen Mayaka (KEN)  63:57
Women: Ari Ichihashi (JPN)  71:03
26 Jul Davos (SUI) 67km Men: Frank Turk (GER)  5:42:17
Women: Birgit Lennartz (GER)  6:29:19
02 Aug Omsk (RUS) Marathon Men: Vladimir Epanov (RUS)  2:14:55
Women: Elvira Kolpakova (RUS)  2:34:22
03 Aug Arusha (TAN) Marathon Men: Onesmo Ludago (TAN)  2;15:20
Women: Maimuna Nargwe (TAN)  2:49:49
16 Aug Helsinki (FIN) Marathon Men: Julius Mtibani (KEN)  2:18:07
Women: Galina Yatchenko (UKR)  2:41:38
24 Aug Ciudad Mexico (MEX) Marathon Men: Benjamin Paredes (MEX)  2:17:24
Women: Maria del Carmen Diaz (MEX)  2:39:09
24 Aug Reykjavik (ISL) Marathon Men: Toby Tanser (GBR)  2:27:08
Women: Ruth Kingsborough (GBR)  2:51:35
31 Aug Moskva (RUS) Marathon Men: Ryuji Munetake (JPN)  2:15:41
Women: Shiki Terasaki (JPN)  2:36:38
31 Aug Sapporo (JPN) Marathon Men: Eric Wainaina (KEN)  2:13:45
Women: Chihiro Ogura (JPN)  2:33:30
06 Sep Interlaken (SUI) Marathon Men: Marco Kaminski (SUI)  2:58:44
Women: Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI)  3:22:50
07 Sep Budapest (HUN**) Half marathon Men: Keita Fujino (JPN)  63:13
Women: Sachie Ozaki (JPN)  71:04
07 Sep Buenos Aires (ARG) Half marathon Men: Luis da Silva (BRA)  64:03
Women: Maria das Gracas Silva (BRA)  76:30
13 Sep Miskolc (HUN) mtn marathon Men: Janos Bogar (HUN)  2:32:11
Women: Eniko Feher (HUN)  3:05:34
13 Sep Pila (POL) 15km Men: Samuel Bitok (KEN)  44:06
Women: Elena Mazovka (BLR)  49:43
14 Sep River Kwai (THA) () Half marathon Men: Pongchanin Koakbua (THA)  71:48
Women: Pritida Somchit (THA)  82:38
14 Sep Tallinn (EST) Half marathon Men: Martin Ojuku (KEN)  63:32
Women: Kulli Kaljus (EST)  80:41
28 Sep Berlin (GER) Marathon Men: Elijah Lagat (KEN)  2:07:41
Women: Catherina McKiernan (IRL)  2:23:44
28 Sep Budapest (HUN) Marathon Men: Marton Lajtos (HUN)  2:22:02
Women: Eva Petrik (HUN)  2:49:06
28 Sep Buenos Aires (ARG) Marathon Men: Jose Castillo (PER)  2:18:35
Women: Griselda Gonzalez (ARG)  2:45:26
28 Sep Grevenmacher (LUX) Half marathon Men: Joseph Chebet (KEN)  60:53
Women: Tegla Loroupe (KEN)  70:41
28 Sep Portland (USA) Marathon Men: Ulrich Steidl (GER)  2:17:21
Women: Hiro Kazama (JPN)  2:41:57
04 Oct Kosice (SVK) Marathon Men: Thar Chaldi (MAR)  2:16:22
Women: Wioletta Uryga (POL)  2:38:56
05 Oct Heraklion (CYP) Marathon Men: Joel Chesilim (KEN)  2:22:11
Women: Melanie Ellis (GBR)  2:49:01
12 Oct Carpi (ITA) Marathon Men: Massimiliano Ingrami (ITA)  2:12:16
Women: Ornella Ferrara (ITA)  2:28:43
12 Oct Graz (AUT) Marathon Men: Haji Adilo Roba (ETH)  2:15:33
Women: Ulrike Puchner (AUT)  2:48:38
12 Oct Istanbul (TUR) Marathon Men: Moges Taye (ETH)  2:13:37
Women: Adriana Barbu (ROM)  2:34:39
12 Oct Victoria (CAN) Marathon Men: Kelvin Broad (CAN)  2:28:56
Women: Stephanie Andrews (CAN)  2:42:43
12 Oct Zagreb (CRO) Marathon Men: Miroslav Vindis (SLO)  2:25:19
Women: Svetlana Tkach (MOL)  2:50:24
19 Oct Chicago (USA) Marathon Men: Khalid Khannouchi (MAR)  2:07:10
Women: Marian Sutton (GBR)  2:29:03
19 Oct Lausanne (SUI) Marathon Men: Tadesse Becho (ETH)  2:16:05
Women: Kore Alemu (ETH)  2:42:40
26 Oct Auckland (NZL) Marathon Men: Philip Costley (NZL)  2:14:03
Women: Bernardine Portenski (NZL)  2:45:57
26 Oct Chunchon (KOR) Marathon Men: Moses Tanui (KEN)  2:09:01
Women: Eun-Joo Kwon (KOR)  2:26:12
26 Oct Echternach (LUX) Marathon Men: Ronny Ligneel (BEL)  2:13:53
Women: Wioletta Kryza (POL)  2:37:29
26 Oct Frankfurt (GER) Marathon Men: Michael Fietz (GER)  2:10:59
Women: Katrin Doerre-Heinig (GER)  2:26:48
26 Oct Venezia (ITA) Marathon Men: Antonio Serrano (ESP)  2:11:59
Women: Irina Kazakova (FRA)  2:33:44
26 Oct Washington (USA) Marathon Men: Darrell General (USA)  2:18:20
Women: Donna Moore (USA)  2:53:42
02 Nov Amsterdam (NED) Marathon Men: Samuel Korir (KEN)  2:08:24
Women: Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)  2:37:36
02 Nov New York (USA) Marathon Men: John Kagwe (KEN)  2:08:12
Women: Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI)  2:28:43
14 Nov Valetta (MLT) 3-day-mar Men: Dale Rixon (GBR)  2:17:53
Women: Catherine Mijovic (GBR)  2:42:52
16 Nov Habana (CUB) Marathon Men: Freddy Lopez (CUB)  2:26:40
Women: Adelina Limonta (CUB)  2:56:06
23 Nov Amagasaki (JPN) Half marathon Men: Hideyo Okumura (JPN)  71:09
Women: Kayo Nishikawa (JPN)  87:01
23 Nov Kawaguchiko (JPN) Marathon Men: Minoru Kishimoto (JPN  2:22:46
Women: Masako Matsumura (JPN)  2:56:14
23 Nov Lisboa (POR) Marathon Men: William Musyoki (KEN)  2:16:32
Women: Claudia Dreher (GER)  2:33:59
23 Nov Tsukuba (JPN) Marathon Men: Hajime Matsubara (JPN)  2:17:49
Women: Reiko Kawamorita (JPN)  2:41:09
29 Nov Seattle (USA) Marathon Men: David Steffens (USA)  2:26:26
Women: Esther Wolsey (CAN)  2:46:11
30 Nov Firenze (ITA) Marathon Men: Ottavio Andriani (ITA)  2:14:27
Women: Matilde Ravizza (ITA)  2:47:00
30 Nov Soweto (RSA) Marathon Men: Abel Mokibe (RSA)  2:18:42
Women: Sarah Mahlangu (RSA)  2:45:48
30 Nov Tokyo (JPN) Marathon Women: Makiko Ito (JPN)  2:27:45
07 Nov Calvia (ESP) Marathon Men: Jan Blaha (CZE)  2:18:13
Women: Astrid Benohr (GER)  3:15:57
07 Dec Fukuoka (JPN) Marathon Men: Josiah Thugwane (RSA)  2:07:28
07 Dec Macau (MAC) Half marathon Men: Hezron Otwori (KEN)  62:55
Women: Beatrice Omwansa (KEN)  75:31
14 Dec Honolulu (USA) Marathon Men: Erick Kimaiyo (KEN)  2:12:17
Women: Svetlana Vasilyeva (RUS)  2:33:14
21 Dec Siem Reap (CAM**) Half marathon Men: Thu Ya (MYA)  67:06
Women: Mar Mar Min (MYA)  75:18
23 Dec Delhi (IND**) 10km Men: Gulab Singh (IND)  30:03
Women: Sunita Rani (IND)  36:16

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