1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.

Medalists

GoldJapan Hiromi Suzuki
Japan (JPN)
SilverPortugal Manuela Machado
Portugal (POR)
BronzeRomania Lidia Simon
Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Event Record  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st  Hiromi Suzuki (JPN) 2:29:48
2nd  Manuela Machado (POR) 2:31:12
3rd  Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:31:55
4  Takako Tobise (JPN) 2:32:18
5  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:33:10
6  Iris Biba (GER) 2:34:06
7  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:35:28
8  Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI) 2:36:16
9  Yelena Razdrogina (RUS) 2:36:37
10  Nobuko Fujimura (JPN) 2:36:51
11  Anuţa Cătună (ROM) 2:38:38
12  Maria Polizou (GRE) 2:39:10
13  Franca Fiacconi (ITA) 2:39:53
14  Christine Mallo (FRA) 2:40:55
15  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 2:41:00
16  Grete Kirkeberg (NOR) 2:41:05
17  Maryse Le Gallo (FRA) 2:41:08
18  Aurica Buia (ROM) 2:41:45
19  Mariko Hara (JPN) 2:42:00
20  Heather Turland (AUS) 2:42:12
21  Rocío Ríos (ESP) 2:42:18
22  Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) 2:42:21
23  Angharad Mair (GBR) 2:42:31
24  Laura Fogli (ITA) 2:43:28
25  Cheryl Collins (USA) 2:43:42
26  Olga Yudenkova (BLR) 2:43:47
27  Anna Villani (ITA) 2:43:58
28  Sally Goldsmith (GBR) 2:44:20
29  Tomoe Abe (JPN) 2:45:19
30  Nuţa Olaru (ROM) 2:47:12
31  Elena Vinitskaya (BLR) 2:47:57
32  Manuela Veith (GER) 2:48:45
33  Asselefech Assefa (ETH) 2:48:54
34  Evelyne Mura (FRA) 2:48:57
35  Danielle Sanderson (GBR) 2:49:03
36  Julia Kirtland (USA) 2:49:43
37  Anfisa Kosacheva (RUS) 2:50:29
38  Grace de Oliveira (RSA) 2:50:36
39  Gaëlle Houitte (FRA) 2:50:38
40  Jeanne Peterson (USA) 2:51:59
41  Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:53:01
42  Panayota Nikolakopoulou (GRE) 2:54:03
43  Lo Man Yi (HKG) 2:54:59
44  Alemitu Bekele (ETH) 2:55:06
45  Georgia Ambatzidou (GRE) 2:56:58
46  Marisol Vargas (MEX) 2:58:22
47  Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GBR) 3:01:01
48  May Allison (CAN) 3:01:26
49  Danuta Bartoszek (CAN) 3:01:30
50  Rita Toto (RSA) 3:04:05
51  Rosa Salinas (MEX) 3:12:55
52  Gina Liseth Coello (HON) 3:17:33
53  Alexandra De Snoo (ARU) 3:22:08
54  Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK) 3:30:45
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Gadisay Edato (ETH) DNF
 Fatuma Roba (ETH) DNF
 Jane Salumäe (EST) DNF
 Alina Tecuta (ROM) DNF
 Sonia Maccioni (ITA) DNF
 Birgit Jerschabek (GER) DNF
 Rosa Oliveira (POR) DNF
 Galina Baruk (BLR) DNF
 Alena Mazouka (BLR) DNF
 Alina Ivanova (RUS) DNF
 Nicole Carroll (AUS) DNF
 Anita Håkenstad (NOR) DNF
 Josette Colomb-Janin (FRA) DNF
 Mary Alico (USA) DNF
 Patty Valadka (USA) DNF
 Maria Elena Reyna (MEX) DNF
 Lucia Rendon (MEX) DNF
 Flor Venegas (CHI) DNF
 Paraskevi Kastriti (GRE) DNF
 Chrisoula Souma (GRE) DNF

See also

References


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