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Winners of AIMS events in 1997
| Date | Event | Distance | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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