1500m/5000m Double at both 2021 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Nationality: Japanese
Height: 153 cm / 5' 0"
Weight: 41 kg / 90 lbs
Coach: Katsutoshi Tanaka
Club: New Balance Japan
Shoe Sponsor: New Balance
Follow me on Twitter: @ATHTRACK_AC
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nozomi_tanaka_official/
Background Data
Birthdate: September 4, 1999Nationality: Japanese
Height: 153 cm / 5' 0"
Weight: 41 kg / 90 lbs
Coach: Katsutoshi Tanaka
Club: New Balance Japan
Shoe Sponsor: New Balance
Follow me on Twitter: @ATHTRACK_AC
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nozomi_tanaka_official/
Best Records
| Distance | Record | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800m | 2:02.36 | 2021 | Nihon Taiiku University Long-Distance Meet |
| 1000m | 2:37.33 NR | 2022 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Fukagawa Meet |
| 1000m Indoor | 2:39.06 NR | 2025 | John Thomas Terrier Classic 1000m |
| 1500m | 3:59.19 NR | 2021 | Tokyo Olympic Games |
| 1500m Indoor | 4:08.46 NR | 2024 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (split time in Mile race) |
| Mile Indoor | 4:28.54 NR | 2025 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix |
| Road Mile | 4:19.3 NR | 2022 | New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile |
| 2000m | 5:40.89 | 2024 | Night Trial in Yashima |
| 3000m | 8:34.09 NR | 2024 | Bislett Games |
| 3000m Indoor | 8:33.52 AR | 2025 | Millrose Games |
| 5000m | 14:29.18 NR | 2023 | Memorial van Damme Diamond League |
| 5000m | 14:51.26 AR | 2025 | David Henry Valentine Meet |
| 10000m | 31:59.89 | 2021 | Kyoto Meet |
Major Results
| Year | Event | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | World Athletics Nanjing World Indoor Championships (3,000m) | 8:47.93i | 10th |
| 2025 | David Hemery Valentine Meet 5000m | 14:51.26i | 1st |
| 2025 | Millrose Games 3000m | 8:33.52i | 6th |
| 2025 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile | 4:09.80i | 5th |
| 2025 | John Thomas Terrier Classic 1000m | 2:39.06i | 1st |
| 2024 | Kalakaua Merrie Mile | 4:31.01 | 6th |
| 2024 | Night Trial in Yashima 2000m | 5:40.89 NR | 1st |
| 2024 | Brussels Diamond League Final 5000m | 14:31.88 | 6th |
| 2024 | Zurich Diamond League 5000m | 14:49.95 | 7th |
| 2024 | Rome Diamond League 1500m | 3:59.69 | 12th |
| 2024 | Silesia Diamond League 1500m | 4:00.34 | 8th |
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games 1500m Semifinal (Heat 2) | 3:59.70 | 11th |
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games 1500m Preliminary (Heat 1) | 4:04.24 | 11th |
| 2024 | Paris Olympic Games 5000m Semi-Final (Heat 1) | 15:00.62 | 9th |
| 2024 | Herculis Meeting International D'Athletisme (Monaco Diamond League) 5,000m | 14:40.86 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Japan National Championships 5,000m | 15:23.72 | 1st |
| 2024 | Japan National Championships 800m Final | 2:05.14 | 7th |
| 2024 | Japan National Championships 800m Preliminary | 2:04.36 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Japan National Championships 1500m Final | 4:01.44 | 1st |
| 2024 | Japan National Championships 1500m Preliminary | 4:08.16 | 1st |
| 2024 | Bislett Games 3,000m | 8:34.09 NR | 10th |
| 2024 | Prefontaine Classic 5,000m | 14:47.69 | 11th |
| 2024 | Penn Relays Olympic Development 1500m | 4:08.32 | 3rd |
| 2024 | Hyogo Relay Carnival | 4:07.49 | 1st |
| 2024 | Kanakuri Middle and Long Distance Invitational, 1500m | 4:07.98 | 1st |
| 2024 | World Cross-Country Championships: Mixed Relay 2KM | 5:34 | 1st |
| 2024 | World Athletics Glasgow World Indoor Championships: 3,000m | 8:36.03 | 8th |
| 2024 | Japan Senior National Cross-Country Championships: 2,000m | 6:21 | 1st |
| 2024 | Millrose Games: Two Mile | 9:16.76i NR | 5th |
| 2024 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix - 1500m | 4:08.46i | 9th |
| 2024 | Empress Cup Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden (2nd leg, 4K) | 12:11 | 1st |
| 2023 | Kalakaua Merrie Mile | 4:29.79 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Nittai Challenge Games 5,000m | 15:07.40 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Two-Laps MDC Tokyo Meet 1,000m | 2:39.49 | 1st |
| 2023 | Two-Laps MDC Tokyo Meet 800m | 2:04.87 | 1st |
| 2023 | Kokutai (National Sports Festival) 5,000m | 15:22.46 | 1st |
| 2023 | Kokutai (National Sports Festival) 800m Final | 2:04.04 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Kokutai (National Sports Festival) 800m Semifinal | 2:05.07 | 1st |
| 2023 | World Athletics Road Running Championships (Mile) | 4:35.32 | 8th |
| 2023 | Prefontaine Classic/Diamond League Final (5,000m) | 14:42.38 | 6th |
| 2023 | New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile | 4:23.4 | 8th |
| 2023 | Memorial van Damme Diamond League 5,000m | 14:29.18 NR | 3rd |
| 2023 | New Balance KO Mile Dusseldorf (Road) | 4:32 | 2nd |
| 2023 | World Athletics Budapest World Championships 5,000m Final | 14:58.99 | 8th |
| 2023 | World Athletics Budapest World Championships 5,000m Semifinal Heat 2 | 14:37.98 | 6th |
| 2023 | World Athletics Budapest World Championships 1,500m Semifinal Heat 1 | 4:06.71 | 12th |
| 2023 | World Athletics Budapest World Championships 1,500m Preliminaries Heat 1 | 4:04.36 | 6th |
| 2023 | Asian Athletics Championships 1500m | 4:06.75 | Gold |
| 2023 | Motonet GP Oulu 5,000m | 14:53.60 | 1st |
| 2023 | Motonet GP - Joensuu Meet 1500m | 4:07.05 | 1st |
| 2023 | Hokuren Distance Challenge - Shibetsu Meet 1,500m | 4:12.75 | 1st |
| 2023 | Japan National Championships, 5000m | 15:10.63 | 1st |
| 2023 | Japan National Championships 1500m Final | 4:08.29 | 1st |
| 2023 | Japan National Championships 1500m Preliminary | 4:15.19 | 1st |
| 2023 | Seiko Golden Grand Prix 1500m | 4:11.56 | 1st |
| 2023 | LA Track Fest 1500m | 4:11.10 | 8th |
| 2023 | Drake Relays 1500m | 4:13.17 | 5th |
| 2023 | Hyogo Relay Carnival 1500m | 4:09.79 | 1st |
| 2023 | Kanakuri Memorial Meet, 1500m | 4:20.11 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Sir Graeme Douglas International 1500m | 4:14.46 | 1st |
| 2023 | Sydney Track Classic 800m | 2:05.04 | 7th |
| 2023 | Maurie Plant Meet - 3000m | 8:49.09 | 3rd |
| 2023 | World Athletics World Cross-Country Championships - Senior Women 10.0K | 35:08 | 14th |
| 2023 | David Hemery Valentine Invitational 3,000m (Section 1) | 9:45.64 NR | 4th |
| 2023 | David Hemery Valentine Invitational 800m (Section 2) | 2:04.68 | 6th |
| 2023 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Mile | 4:28.94 NR | 8th |
| 2022 | Edion Distance Challenge 5000m | 15:06.42 | 5th |
| 2022 | Kosa 5K | 15:53 | 1st |
| 2022 | All-Japan Women's Corporate Ekiden Championship (1st leg, 7.6K) | 23:50 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Fst in Fukuoka Mile | 4:35 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Fst in Fukuoka 5K | 15:34 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Middle-Distance Circuit Kobe Meeting 1000m | 2:39.41 | 1st |
| 2022 | Middle-Distance Circuit Kobe Meeting 3000m | 8:40.02 | 1st |
| 2022 | National Sports Festival ("Kokutai") 800m Final | 2:05.09 | 1st |
| 2022 | National Sports Festival ("Kokutai") 800m Heats | 2:05.88 | 1st |
| 2022 | Athletics Challenge Niigata 1500m | 4:12.52 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Athletics Challenge Niigata 5000m | 14:59.95 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Japan Corporate Championships 5000m | 14:58.60 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Japan Corporate Championships 1500m | 4:10.41 | 1st |
| 2022 | New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile | 4:19.3 NR | 6th |
| 2022 | Palio Citta della Quercia 3000m | 8:41.93 | 1st |
| 2022 | Yokohama Twilight Games 800m | 2:04.14 | 1st |
| 2022 | World Athletics Eugene World Championships 5000m Final | 15:19.35 | 12th |
| 2022 | World Athletics Eugene World Championships 800m Preliminaries Heat 6 | 2:03.56 | 7th |
| 2022 | World Athletics Eugene World Championships 5000m Semi-Final Heat 2 | 15:00.21 | 9th |
| 2022 | World Athletics Eugene World Championships 1,500m Semi-Final | 4:05.79 | 6th |
| 2022 | World Athletics Eugene World Championships 1,500m Preliminaries | 4:05.30 | 7th |
| 2022 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Fukagawa Meet 3000m | 8:42.66 | 1st |
| 2022 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Shibetsu Meet 1000m | 4:07.79 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, 20th Anniversary Meet 1000m | 2:37.33 NR | 1st |
| 2022 | Japan National Championships, 5000m | 15:05.61 | 1st |
| 2022 | Japan National Championships 800m Final | 2:04.51 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Japan National Championships 800m Preliminary | 2:04.13 | 1st |
| 2022 | Japan National Championships 1500m Final | 4:11.83 | 1st |
| 2022 | Japan National Championships 1500m Preliminary | 4:15.19 | 1st |
| 2022 | Prefontaine Classic 1500m | 4:07.43 | 15th |
| 2022 | USATF Distance Classic 1500m | 4:06.35 | 5th |
| 2022 | Chubu Corporate Team Championships | 4:11.27 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Seiko Golden Grand Prix | 4:07.53 | 4th |
| 2022 | Shizuoka International Athletics Meet 800m | 2:03.10 | 1st |
| 2022 | Mikio Oda Memorial Athletics Meet, Heat B | 15:23.87 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Hyogo Relay Carnival 10,000m | 32:39.29 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Hyogo Relay Carnival 1500m | 4:10.60 | 1st |
| 2022 | Kanakuri Memorial Distance Meet, 5,000m | 15:26.53 | 6th |
| 2022 | Suooshima Meet 800m | 2:06.89 | 2nd |
| 2022 | World Athletics Indoor Championships(Belgrade) - 1,500m Heat 3 | 4:12.31 | 6th |
| 2022 | Lake Biwa Cross-Country 6K | 20:15 | 1st |
| 2022 | Kitakyushu Women's Invitational Ekiden (5th Leg, 10.4K) | 33:57 | 1st |
| 2022 | Empress Cup Inter-Prefectural Women's Ekiden (1st leg, 6K) | 18:59 | 2nd |
| 2021 | Edion Distance Challenge 5,000m | 15:04.10 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Nittai University Long-Distance Competition 5,000m | 15:04.83 | 4th |
| 2021 | Takamatsu Night Time Trials 3,000m | 8:50.47 | 1st |
| 2021 | Nittai University Long-Distance Meet | 2:02.36 | 1st |
| 2021 | Two Laps Middle-Distance Circuit in Osaka 1000m | 2:37.72 | 1st |
| 2021 | Tokyo Olympic Games 1500m Final | 3:59.95 | 8th |
| 2021 | Tokyo Olympic Games 1500m Semi-Final | 3:59.19 NR | 5th |
| 2021 | Tokyo Olympic Games 1500m Preliminary | 4:02.33 | 4th |
| 2021 | Tokyo Olympic Games 5000m Preliminary | 14:59.93 | 6th |
| 2021 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Chitose 1500m | 4:04.08 | 1st |
| 2021 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Kitami 5000m | 15:17.93 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Abashiri 3,000m | 8:40.84 | 1st |
| 2021 | Japan National Championships 1500m | 4:08.39 | 1st |
| 2021 | Denka Athletics Challenge (Niigata) 1500m | 4:09.06 | 1st |
| 2021 | Michitaka Kinami Memorial Meet 1500m | 4:10.06 | 1st |
| 2021 | Ready Steady Tokyo Meet 1500m | 4:09.10 | 1st |
| 2021 | Japan National Championships 5000m | 15:18.25 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Japan National Championships 800m Final | 2:04.47 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Japan National Championships 800m Preliminary | 2:07.23 | 1st |
| 2021 | Shizuoka International Athletics Meet 800m | 2:03.19 | 2nd |
| 2021 | Mikio Oda Memorial Meet, 5,000m | 15:11.82 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Hyogo Relay Carnival, 1500m | 4:10.14 | 1st |
| 2021 | Kanaguri Memorial Meet, 1500m | 4:09.31 | 1st |
| 2021 | Tokyo Meet, 1500m | 4:13.09 | 1st |
| 2021 | Tokyo Meet, 3000m | 8:57.27 | 1st |
| 2021 | Akashi Meet, 3000m | 9:09.57 | 1st |
| 2021 | Akashi Meet, 800m | 2:08.53 | 1st |
| 2021 | Takamatsu Meet, 1500m | 4:15.18 | 1st |
| 2021 | Takamatsu Meet, 800m | 2:09.10 | 1st |
| 2021 | Japan National Cross-Country Championships - Senior Women's 8K | 26:22 | 4th |
| 2021 | Kyoto Time Trials 10,000m | 31:59.98 | 1st |
| 2020 | Japan National Championships, 5000m | 15:05.65 | 1st |
| 2020 | Denka Athletics Challenge Cup, 5000m | 15:22.39 | 2nd |
| 2020 | Michitaka Kinami Memorial Meet, 800m | 2:06.72 | 1st |
| 2020 | Night Trials Yashima 5,000m | 15:15.76 | 1st |
| 2020 | Japan National Championships, 800m Final | 2:04.76 | 4th |
| 2020 | Japan National Championships, 1500m Final | 4:10.21 | 1st |
| 2020 | Japan National Championships, 800m Heats | 2:05.14 | 1st |
| 2020 | Japan National Championships, 1500m Heats | 4:25.22 | 1st |
| 2020 | Gifu Prefectural Championships, 3000m | 8:56.18 | 1st |
| 2020 | Gifu Prefectural Championships, 1500m | 4:12.81 | 1st |
| 2020 | Seiko Golden Gala, 1500m | 4:05.27 | 1st |
| 2020 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Abashiri, 5000m | 15:02.62 | 1st |
| 2020 | Hyogo Prefectural Championships, 800m | 2:04.66 | 1st |
| 2020 | Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukugawa 3000m | 8:41.35 | 1st |
| 2020 | Hokuren Distance Challenge, Shibetsu, 1500m | 4:08.68 | 1st |
| 2020 | Sir Graeme Douglas International Meet, 5000m | 15:24.98 | 2nd |
| 2020 | Porritt Classic (Hamilton, NZ) | 4:16.74 | 4th |
| 2019 | IAAF Doha World Championships, 5000m Final | 15:00.01 | 14th |
| 2019 | IAAF Doha World Championships, 5000m Semi-Final | 15:04.66 | 6th |
