A year after her Olympic triumph, Naoko Takahashi became the first woman to run a marathon in less than 2 hours, 20 minutes and lowered the world best by nearly a minute in the Berlin Marathon. Takahashi finished in a world-best time of 19.46.

• 在奥运会夺冠的一年后，高桥尚予在柏林马拉松赛中成为以不到2小时20分的时间跑完马拉松比赛的第一位女性，将世界纪录减少了近一分钟，创立了2小时19分46秒的世界最好的成绩。