Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta
Dates	July 28
Competitors	86 from 51 nations
Winning time	2:26:05
Medalists
Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia   Valentina Yegorova   Russia   Yuko Arimori   Japan

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Wheelchair races

The Women's Marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held on Sunday July 28, 1996 (beginning at 07:05h local time). Sixty-five athletes finished the race while twenty-one dropped out mid-competition. A total of 86 competitors from 51 countries took part.

Medalists

Gold	Fatuma Roba Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Valentina Yegorova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Yuko Arimori Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Joan Benoit (USA)	2:24:52	August 5, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Season Best	Katrin Dörre (GER)	2:26:04	January 28, 1996	Osaka, Japan

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:26:05
	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	2:28:05
	Yuko Arimori (JPN)	2:28:39
4	Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)	2:28:45
5	Rocío Ríos (ESP)	2:30:50
6	Lidia Simon (ROU)	2:31:04
7	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:31:11
8	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:31:16
9	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	2:31:21
10	Anne Marie Lauck (USA)	2:31:30
11	Małgorzata Sobańska (POL)	2:31:52
12	Izumi Maki (JPN)	2:32:35
13	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:33:09
14	Mónica Pont (ESP)	2:33:27
15	Angelina Kanana (KEN)	2:34:19
16	Liz McColgan (GBR)	2:34:30
17	Junko Asari (JPN)	2:34:31
18	Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI)	2:34:48
19	Griselda González (ARG)	2:35:12
20	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	2:35:31
21	Irina Bogachova (KGZ)	2:35:44
22	Iglandini González (COL)	2:35:45
23	Serap Aktaş (TUR)	2:36:14
24	Alena Mazouka (BLR)	2:36:22
25	Marleen Renders (BEL)	2:36:27
26	Kim Chang-Ok (PRK)	2:36:31
27	Albertina Dias (POR)	2:36:39
28	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	2:36:41
29	Aniela Nikiel (POL)	2:36:44
30	Oh Mi-Ja (KOR)	2:36:54
31	Linda Somers (USA)	2:36:58
32	Danuta Bartoszek (CAN)	2:37:06
33	María del Carmen Díaz (MEX)	2:37:14
34	Nelly Glauser (SUI)	2:37:19
35	Ramilya Burangulova (RUS)	2:38:04
36	Judit Nagy (HUN)	2:38:43
37	Erika Olivera (CHI)	2:39:06
38	Yvonne Danson (SIN)	2:39:18
39	Márcia Narloch (BRA)	2:39:33
40	Stefanija Statkuvienė (LTU)	2:39:51
41	Anne van Schuppen (NED)	2:40:46
42	Maria Polizou (GRE)	2:41:33
43	Maria Guadalupe Loma (MEX)	2:41:56
44	Anuţa Cătună (ROU)	2:42:01
45	Karen MacLeod (GBR)	2:42:08
46	Lorraine Moller (NZL)	2:42:21
47	Albertina Machado (POR)	2:43:44
48	Anita Håkenstad (NOR)	2:43:58
49	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:44:12
50	Natalya Galushko (BLR)	2:44:21
51	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	2:44:23
52	May Allison (CAN)	2:44:38
53	Helena Javornik (SLO)	2:46:58
54	Marilu Salazar (PER)	2:48:58
55	Suzana Ćirić (YUG)	2:49:30
56	Nadia Prasad (FRA)	2:50:05
57	Suzanne Malaxos (AUS)	2:50:46
58	Suzanne Rigg (GBR)	2:52:09
59	Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM)	2:56:19
60	Solange de Souza (BRA)	2:56:23
61	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	3:09:08
62	Bimala Ranamagar (NEP)	3:16:19
63	Erkhemsaikhan Davaajargal (MGL)	3:19:06
64	Sirivanh Khetavong (LAO)	3:25:16
65	Marie Benito (GUM)	3:27:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Madina Biktagirova (BLR)	DNF
—	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)	DNF
—	Salina Chirchir (KEN)	DNF
—	Maria Curatolo (ITA)	DNF
—	Carmem de Oliveira (BRA)	DNF
—	Carol Galea (MLT)	DNF
—	Kamila Gradus (POL)	DNF
—	Kang Soon-Duk (KOR)	DNF
—	Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)	DNF
—	Lyubov Klochko (UKR)	DNF
—	Lee Mi-Kyung (KOR)	DNF
—	Kirsi Rauta (FIN)	DNF
—	Elana Meyer (RSA)	DNF
—	Lisa Ondieki (AUS)	DNF
—	Uta Pippig (GER)	DNF
—	Cristina Pomacu (ROU)	DNF
—	Jane Salumäe (EST)	DNF
—	Jenny Spangler (USA)	DNF
—	Martha Tenorio (ECU)	DNF
—	Maura Viceconte (ITA)	DNF
—	Alla Zhilyaeva (RUS)	DNF

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Marathon
• 1996 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1997 Women's World Championships Marathon

References

• (English) Official Report
• (French) Marathon Info
• (English) sports-reference