1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.
Medalists[]
Gold | Hiromi Suzuki![]() |
Silver | Manuela Machado![]() |
Bronze | Lidia Simon![]() |
Records[]
Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships | |||||
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World record | Ingrid Kristiansen | ![]() |
2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 | London, United Kingdom |
Championships record | Rosa Mota | ![]() |
2:25:17 | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
Tegla Loroupe | ![]() |
2:22:07 | April 20, 1997 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Final ranking[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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Hiromi Suzuki | ![]() |
2:29:48 | |
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Manuela Machado | ![]() |
2:31:12 | |
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Lidia Simon | ![]() |
2:31:55 | |
4 | Takako Tobise | ![]() |
2:32:18 | |
5 | Ornella Ferrara | ![]() |
2:33:10 | |
6 | Iris Biba | ![]() |
2:34:06 | |
7 | Sonja Krolik | ![]() |
2:35:28 | |
8 | Franziska Rochat-Moser | ![]() |
2:36:16 | |
9 | ![]() |
2:36:37 | ||
10 | Nobuko Fujimura | ![]() |
2:36:51 | |
11 | Anuța Cătună | ![]() |
2:38:38 | |
12 | Maria Polizou | ![]() |
2:39:10 | |
13 | Franca Fiacconi | ![]() |
2:39:53 | |
14 | Christine Mallo | ![]() |
2:40:55 | |
15 | Elfenesh Alemu | ![]() |
2:41:00 | |
16 | Grete Kirkeberg | ![]() |
2:41:05 | |
17 | ![]() |
2:41:08 | ||
18 | Aurica Buia | ![]() |
2:41:45 | |
19 | ![]() |
2:42:00 | ||
20 | Heather Turland | ![]() |
2:42:12 | |
21 | Rocío Ríos | ![]() |
2:42:18 | |
22 | Judit Földing-Nagy | ![]() |
2:42:21 | |
23 | Angharad Mair | ![]() |
2:42:31 | |
24 | Laura Fogli | ![]() |
2:43:28 | |
25 | ![]() |
2:43:42 | ||
26 | ![]() |
2:43:47 | ||
27 | Anna Villani | ![]() |
2:43:58 | |
28 | ![]() |
2:44:20 | ||
29 | Tomoe Abe | ![]() |
2:45:19 | |
30 | Nuţa Olaru | ![]() |
2:47:12 | |
31 | Elena Vinitskaya | ![]() |
2:47:57 | |
32 | ![]() |
2:48:45 | ||
33 | ![]() |
2:48:54 | ||
34 | ![]() |
2:48:57 | ||
35 | ![]() |
2:49:03 | ||
36 | ![]() |
2:49:43 | ||
37 | ![]() |
2:50:29 | ||
38 | ![]() |
2:50:36 | ||
39 | ![]() |
2:50:38 | ||
40 | ![]() |
2:51:59 | ||
41 | Irina Timofeyeva | ![]() |
2:53:01 | |
42 | ![]() |
2:54:03 | ||
43 | Lo Man Yi | ![]() |
2:54:59 | |
44 | Alemitu Bekele | ![]() |
2:55:06 | |
45 | ![]() |
2:56:58 | ||
46 | ![]() |
2:58:22 | ||
47 | Carolyn Hunter-Rowe | ![]() |
3:01:01 | |
48 | May Allison | ![]() |
3:01:26 | |
49 | Danuta Bartoszek | ![]() |
3:01:30 | |
50 | ![]() |
3:04:05 | ||
51 | ![]() |
3:12:55 | ||
52 | ![]() |
3:17:33 | ||
53 | ![]() |
3:22:08 | ||
54 | Gulsara Dadabayeva | ![]() |
3:30:45 | |
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DNF | ||
— | Fatuma Roba | ![]() |
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— | Jane Salumäe | ![]() |
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— | Alina Tecuta | ![]() |
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— | Sonia Maccioni | ![]() |
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— | Birgit Jerschabek | ![]() |
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— | Alena Mazouka | ![]() |
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— | Alina Ivanova | ![]() |
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— | Nicole Carroll | ![]() |
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— | Anita Håkenstad | ![]() |
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See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
- Marathons at the World Athletics Championships
- 1997 marathons
- Women's marathons
- 1997 in women's athletics
- Marathons in Greece