2008
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CHAMPION | WOMEN'S
CHAMPION
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Patrick IVUTI
| Kiyoko SHIMAHARA |
Ivuti of Kenya won in 2:14:35, beating fellow Kenyan Stephen Njorge-Kinyanjui by more than three minutes.
Ivuti, the 2007 Chicago Marathon winner, broke from a pack of Kenyans about halfway through the course. He is the brother-in-law of six-time Honolulu champion Jimmy Muindi who finished 5th in 2:21:43.
On a day when President-elect Barack Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng was an official race co-starter, Kenyans swept the top five spots in the men's race.
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Shimahara became only the second Japanese citizen to win at the Honolulu Marathon in either the women's or men's races. She won in 2:32:36, beating her running club (Second Wind AC) teammate, Kaori Yoshida, by 2 minutes.
Shimahara, bothered by an unsettled stomach, stayed with Kenya's Alice Timbilili who ran a determined race. Timbilili gained about a 10-meter lead near the 17-mile mark but Shimahara erased it. By mile 21 Shimahara began to pull away.
Eri Hayakawa was the only other Japanese citizen to win at Honolulu, clocking 2:31:56 in 2003. She finished a distant 11th this day in 3:07:39.
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10 Male Finishers 
- Patrick Ivuti, 30, Ken, 02:14:35
- Stephen Njoroge-Kinyanjui, 29, Ken, 02:17:41
- Pius Muasa-Mutuku, 23, Ken, 02:17:51
- Joseph Mutiso-Wambua, 35, Ken, 02:19:38
- Jimmy Muindi, 35, Ken, 02:21:43
- Andrew Letherby, 35, Aus, 02:25:32
- Koichi Fujino, 37, Jpn, 02:27:56
- Samuel Mwangi-Gichohi, 25, Ken, 02:28:09
- Shuichi Ito, 33, Jpn, 02:29:55
- Hailu Nigussie, 29, Eth, 02:30:32
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10 Female Finishers
- Kiyoko Shimahara, 31, Jpn, 02:32:36
- Kaori Yoshida, 27, Jpn, 02:34:35
- Alice Timbilili, 25, Ken, 02:37:31
- Olesya Nurgalieva, 32, Rus, 02:39:13
- Alevtina Biktimirova, 26, Rus, 02:45:06
- Elena Nurgalieva, 32, Rus, 02:48:15
- Sayaka Maeda, 22, Jpn, 02:54:55
- Megumi Oshima, 33, Jpn, 02:57:44
- Yumiko Daigo, 37, Jpn, 03:01:03
- Takako Oi, 44, Jpn, 03:04:00
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WHEELCHAIR
DIVISION
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MEN'S
WHEELCHAIR
CHAMPION
Masazumi Soejima
Japan
1:32:06
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WOMEN'S
WHEELCHAIR
CHAMPION
Christine Greer
Hawaii
3:06:32
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