2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's marathon

Events at the 2011 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon		men

The women's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.

British athlete Shelly Woods, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.^[1]

Classification T54 event.

Medalists

^[2]

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
T54	Wakako Tsuchida  Japan	Sandra Graf   Switzerland	Amanda McGrory  United States

T54

The Women's marathon, T54 was held on January 30

T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

Results

^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:48:24
	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:48:24
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:48:24
4	Sandra Hager	Switzerland	2:10:39
	Diane Roy	Canada	DNS
	Rochelle Woods	Great Britain	DNS

Key: DNS = Did not Start

See also

• List of IPC world records in athletics

References

General

• Schedule and results, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
• IPC Athletics Classification Explained, Scottish Disability Sport

Specific

1. David Weir pulls out of IPC marathon over safety fears, BBC, 29 January 2011
2. Medallists - WOMEN'S MARATHON - T54, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
3. Final - WOMEN'S MARATHON - T54, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships