1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the 1999 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	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
20 km walk	men	women
50 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
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The Women's Marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain was held on Sunday August 29, 1999.

Medalists[]

Gold	Jong Song-Ok North Korea (PRK)
Silver	Ari Ichihashi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Lidia Simon Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations[]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World record	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:20:47	April 19, 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:22:48	April 18, 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates[]

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	17:58
2	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	17:58
3	579	Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN)	17:58
4	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	17:58
5	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	17:58
10 KILOMETRES
1	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	35:26
2	785	Anuța Cătună (ROM)	35:26
3	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	35:26
4	308	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	35:26
5	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	35:26
15 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	53:06
2	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	53:06
3	302	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	53:06
4	575	Junko Asari (JPN)	53:06
5	763	Manuela Machado (POR)	53:06
20 KILOMETRES
1	308	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	1:10:34
2	37	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	1:10:34
3	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	1:10:34
4	575	Junko Asari (JPN)	1:10:34
5	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	1:10:34
HALF MARATHON
1	763	Manuela Machado (POR)	1:14:30
2	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	1:14:30
3	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	1:14:30
4	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	1:14:30
5	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	1:14:30
25 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	1:28:28
2	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	1:28:29
3	772	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	1:28:29
4	588	Kayoko Obata (JPN)	1:28:29
5	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	1:28:29
30 KILOMETRES
1	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	1:46:03
2	308	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	1:46:03
3	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	1:46:03
4	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	1:46:03
5	601	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	1:46:03
35 KILOMETRES
1	308	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:02:51
2	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	2:02:53
3	772	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	2:02:54
4	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	2:02:54
5	167	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	2:03:17
40 KILOMETRES
1	578	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	2:19:38
2	772	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	2:19:39
3	308	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:20:00
4	803	Lidia Simon (ROM)	2:20:03
5	423	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:21:18

Final ranking[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	2:26:59	NR
	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	2:27:02	PB
	Lidia Simon (ROM)	2:27:41
4	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:28:04
5	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	2:28:52	PB
6	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:28:55
7	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:29:11
8	Kayoko Obata (JPN)	2:29:11
9	Claudia Dreher (GER)	2:29:22
10	Kim Chang-Ok (PRK)	2:29:26
11	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	2:29:36
12	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	2:30:12
13	Florina Pana (ROM)	2:30:28
14	Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova (RUS)	2:30:45	PB
15	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:31:38
16	Junko Asari (JPN)	2:31:39
17	Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN)	2:32:01
18	Marie Söderström-Lundberg (SWE)	2:35:25
19	Constantina Diță (ROM)	2:36:28
20	(AUS)	2:36:49
21	Mónica Pont (ESP)	2:36:57
22	(GER)	2:37:24
23	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	2:38:31
24	(GER)	2:38:57
25	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	2:39:29
26	(ETH)	2:40:03
27	Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM)	2:40:07
28	Angelines Rodríguez (ESP)	2:40:10
29	Zinaida Semenova (RUS)	2:41:33
30	Jane Salumäe (EST)	2:41:50
31	Fátima Silva (POR)	2:42:55
32	(USA)	2:44:16
33	Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP)	2:45:00
34	(ETH)	2:45:28
35	Maria Trujillo (USA)	2:46:36
36	(USA)	2:48:05
37	(USA)	2:49:21
38	(USA)	2:53:04
39	(RSA)	2:54:12
40	(TKM)	2:58:04	PB
41	Gina Coello (HON)	2:58:11	NR
42	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	3:23:01
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Anuța Cătună (ROM)	DNF
—	(RUS)	DNF
—	Nicole Carroll (AUS)	DNF
—	Maria Polizou (GRE)	DNF
—	(RSA)	DNF
—	Abeba Tola (ETH)	DNF
—	Christine Mallo (FRA)	DNF
—	Heather Turland (AUS)	DNF
—	Irina Timofeyeva (RUS)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Franca Fiacconi (ITA)	DNS
—	Colleen De Reuck (RSA)	DNS
—	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	DNS

See also[]

• 1998 Women's European Championships Marathon (Budapest)
• 1999 World Marathon Cup
• 2000 Women's Olympic Marathon (Sydney)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Marathon (Munich)

References[]

• Results
• IAAF results
• trackandfieldnews