1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

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The Women's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Sunday August 5, 1995. Due to judges' error the marathon course was 400 metres short of the normal distance as at the start the women left the stadium one lap too early.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold Portugal Manuela Machado
Portugal (POR)
Silver Romania Anuța Cătună
Romania (ROM)
Bronze Italy Ornella Ferrara
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations[]

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Event Record  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
 Uta Pippig (GER) 2:25:11 April 17, 1995 United States Boston, United States

Intermediates[]

Final ranking[]

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Manuela Machado (POR) 2:25:39
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Anuța Cătună (ROM) 2:26:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:30:11
4  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 2:31:10
5  Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 2:31:19
6  Mónica Pont (ESP) 2:31:53
7  Linda Somers (USA) 2:32:12
8  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:32:17
9   (JPN) 2:33:07
10  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:33:18
11  Miki Igarashi (JPN) 2:34:34
12   (JPN) 2:35:33
13  Kirsi Rauta (FIN) 2:35:39
14  Jane Salumäe (EST) 2:35:53
15  Kerryn McCann (AUS) 2:36:29
16  Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones (USA) 2:37:06
17   (SWE) 2:37:17
18   (AUS) 2:37:38
19  Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:39:27
20  Nelly Glauser (SUI) 2:40:42
21  Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP) 2:41:37
22  Trudi Thomson (GBR) 2:41:42
23  Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) 2:42:03
24   (RUS) 2:42:12
25   (IRL) 2:43:20
26   (TUR) 2:44:36
27  Aura Buia (ROM) 2:45:13
28   (GBR) 2:45:52
29  Nyla Carroll (NZL) 2:50:25
30  Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG) 3:01:08
31   (GUA) 3:02:02
32   (PAN) 3:05:00
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
  (MEX) DNF
 Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN) DNF
 Birgit Jerschabek (GER) DNF
 Nadia Prasad (FRA) DNF
 Carole Rouillard (CAN) DNF
 Angelina Kanana (KEN) DNF
 Anita Håkenstad (NOR) DNF
 Rocío Ríos (ESP) DNF
  (RUS) DNF
 Elaine Van Blunk (USA) DNF
 Nadezhda Ilyina (RUS) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
  (BRA) DNS

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Smythe, Steve (26 July 2017). "IAAF World Championships history: Gothenburg 1995". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 October 2019.


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