Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's marathon

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games
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
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's marathon event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held in the streets of Johannesburg on 19 September 1999.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hiywot Gizaw	Ethiopia	2:45:38	GR
	Meseret Kotu	Ethiopia	2:46:29
	Kore Alemu	Ethiopia	2:48:31
4	Elizabeth Mongudhi	Namibia	2:52:59
5	Carol Mercer	South Africa	3:01:26
6	Lina Mhlongo	South Africa	3:06:25
7	Sonja Agoun	Tunisia	3:15:41
8	Virginie Gloum	Central African Republic	DNS
8	Lerato Suping	Lesotho	DNS
8	Elize Venter	South Africa	DNS

External links

• Results at the website of Todor Krastev
• South African and Ethiopian marathon domination, article by Mark Ouma for the IAAF, 19 September 1999