Barcelona International Women's Ekiden

The Barcelona International Women's Ekiden (Japanese: 年バルセロナ国際女子駅伝, Spanish: Ekiden de la Barcelona), also known as the Kagome International Women's Ekiden or the Barcelona Ekiden, was an international women's ekiden (marathon relay race) held on New Year's Eve in Barcelona in 1989, 1990, and 1991.

The competition was initiated in 1989. It was viewed by some as a way to prepare for the 1992 Summer Olympics also held in Barcelona – it ended at the Montjuic Stadium which was also the venue for athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The travel for international teams was paid for by the Japanese organizers.^[1]

The course record of 2:13:59 hours was set by the Soviet Union in 1991.^[2]

Winners

Barcelona International Women's Ekiden winning teams
Ed.	Date	Athletes	Split	Team	Time	Ref
1st	31 December 1989	Trina Painter Leopold	16:11	United States	2:19:22	^[3]
		Elaine Van Blunk	32:05
		Linda Begley McLennan	19:42
		Jody Hawkins Dunston	18:41
		Leann Warren	30:00
		Annette Peters Hand	22:43
2nd	31 December 1990	Fatuma Roba	22:28	Ethiopia	2:22:40	^[4]
		Derartu Tulu	33:14
		Tigist Moreda	35:09
		Gennet Gebregeorgis	15:17
		Ejigayehu Worku	18:49
		Luchia Yishak	17:43
3rd	31 December 1991	Elena Romanova	17:57	Soviet Union	2:13:59	^[5]
		Natalya Artyemova	13:12
		Natalya Sorokivaskaya	22:49
		Nadezhda Wijenberg Ilyina	32:23
		Tatyana Pozdniakova	28:55
		Olga Bondarenko Krentser	18:43

Stage bests

Best stage times per year
Year	Stage 1			Stage 2			Stage 3			Stage 4			Stage 5			Stage 6
Year	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete	Distance	Best time	Athlete
1989	5.2 km	16:02	Iva Jurkova (CZE)	9.7 km	30:41	Akemi Matsuno (JPN)	5.8 km	19:01	Lucille Smith (CAN)	5.4 km	18:26	Lesley Morton (NZL)	9.4 km	30:00	Leann Warren (USA)	6.695 km	22:29	Odile Ohier (FRA)
1990	6.5 km	21:58	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	10 km	32:57	Maria-Conceiçao Ferreira (POR)	10.2 km	34:00	Viorica Ghican (ROM)	4.5 km	14:50	Elena Fitadov (ROM)	5.3 km	18:40	Lucille Smith (CAN)	5.695 km	17:43	Luchia Yishak (ETH)
1991	5.7 km	21:58	Hayley Haining (SCO)	4.3 km	13:12	Natalya Artyemova (RUS)	7.2 km	22:30	Midori Shimizu (JPN)	10.4 km	32:15	Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN)	8.5 km	28:02	Miki Igarashi (JPN)	6.095 km	18:43	Olga Bondarenko (RUS)

References

External links

Team results archive

[1] "Vikes runners get early look at Barcelona layout". Times Colonist. 15 Dec 1991. p. 29. Retrieved 9 Oct 2024.

[2] "INTERNATIONAL EKIDEN (MARATHON) RELAYS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

[3] "ARRS recap for race #6576". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #6577". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #6578". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #6579". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #6580". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #6581". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.

[4] "ARRS recap for race #5863". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5864". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5865". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5866". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5867". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5868". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.

[5] "ARRS recap for race #5828". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5829". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5830". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5831". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5832". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "ARRS recap for race #5833". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.

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