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

Gold	Hiromi Suzuki Japan (JPN)
Silver	Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Lidia Simon Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:22:07	April 20, 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)	2:29:48
	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:31:12
	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

• Women's Olympic Marathon (1996)
• 1997 World Marathon Cup

References

• todor66
• athletix
• IAAF