2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the
2007 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 women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The Women's Marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

GoldKenya Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
SilverChina Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)
BronzeJapan Reiko Tosa (JPN)

Abbreviations

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

Records

World Record 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain London, Great Britain 13 April 2003
Championship Record 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain Helsinki, Finland 2005

Results

Place Athlete Time Notes
1 Kenya Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2:30:37 SB
2 China Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:30:45  
3 Japan Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:30:55 SB
4 China Zhu Xiaolin (CHN) 2:31:21  
5 Romania Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:31:26 SB
6 Japan Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN) 2:31:40 SB
7 Kenya Rita Jeptoo (KEN) 2:32:03 SB
8 Kenya Edith Masai (KEN) 2:32:22  
9 United Kingdom Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:32:55  
10 Russia Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 2:33:41  
11 China Zhang Shujing (CHN) 2:33:46  
12 Russia Gulnara Vygovskaya (RUS) 2:33:57  
13 New Zealand Nina Rillstone (NZL) 2:33:58 SB
14 Japan Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2:35:04  
15 Mexico Madaí Pérez (MEX) 2:35:17  
16 Algeria Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 2:35:29  
17 Italy Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:36:36 SB
18 Japan Yumiko Hara (JPN) 2:36:40  
19 United Kingdom Tracey Morris (GBR) 2:36:40 SB
20 Germany Melanie Kraus (GER) 2:37:20  
21 China Sun Weiwei (CHN) 2:37:53  
22 Ethiopia Askale Tafa (ETH) 2:38:01  
23 Japan Yasuko Hashimoto (JPN) 2:38:36  
24 Kenya Rose Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:38:56  
25 Kenya Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN) 2:39:14  
26 Italy Deborah Toniolo (ITA) 2:39:46 SB
27 Sweden Anna Rahm (SWE) 2:41:15  
28 Romania Alina Gherasim (ROM) 2:41:40  
29 Norway Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) 2:41:57  
30 Slovenia Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:42:03  
31 United States Ann Alyanak (USA) 2:42:23  
32 Russia Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS) 2:42:56  
33 Lithuania Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LTU) 2:43:28  
34 Zimbabwe Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) 2:44:20  
35 United States Zoila Gómez (USA) 2:44:49  
36 Portugal Analía Rosa (POR) 2:45:38 SB
37 China Wei Yanan (CHN) 2:45:50  
38 United States Dana Coons (USA) 2:46:12 SB
39 Denmark Annemette Aagaard (DEN) 2:46:22  
40 Turkey Bahar Doğan (TUR) 2:46:25  
41 Israel Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:46:27  
42 United States Mary Akor (USA) 2:47:06  
43 Germany Susanne Hahn (GER) 2:47:29  
44 South Korea Lim Kyung-Hee (KOR) 2:49:30 SB
45 South Korea Chae Eun-Hee (KOR) 2:50:26  
46 Greece Eleni Donta (GRE) 2:50:59  
47 Ethiopia Zekiros Adanech (ETH) 2:54:00  
48 Italy Lucilla Andreucci (ITA) 2:56:19  
49 United States Samia Akbar (USA) 2:56:27 SB
50 Greece Yeoryia Abatzidou (GRE) 2:59:22 SB
51 French Polynesia Patricia Gauquelin (PYF) 3:03:08 SB
52 Mongolia Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar (MGL) 3:04:59 SB
53 Liechtenstein Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler (LIE) 3:11:45  
54 South Africa Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 3:14:56  
55 South Africa Poppy Mlambo (RSA) 3:23:55  
56 Ethiopia Robe Tola (ETH) 3:26:45  
57 Belize Melissa Henderson (BIZ) 3:52:35  
Bosnia and Herzegovina Luciah Kimani (BIH) DNF  
Guinea-Bissau Domingas Embana Togna (GBS) DNF  
Russia Lioudmila Kortchaguina (RUS) DNF  
Mexico Angélica Sánchez (MEX) DNF  
Ethiopia Dire Tune (ETH) DNF  
Romania Luminița Talpoș (ROM) DNF  
Russia Galina Bogomolova (RUS) DNF  
Romania Nuţa Olaru (ROM) DNF  
Italy Giovanna Volpato (ITA) DNF  
Ethiopia Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) DNS  

See also

References

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