1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

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Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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
Japan
Japan (JPN)
Silver Manuela Machado
Portugal Portugal (POR)
Bronze Lidia Șimon
Romania Romania (ROM)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World record Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
Championships record
 Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
Season best Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hiromi Suzuki
  Japan (JPN) 2:29:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Machado  Portugal (POR) 2:31:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lidia Șimon  Romania (ROM) 2:31:55
4 Takako Tobise  Japan (JPN) 2:32:18
5 Ornella Ferrara  Italy (ITA) 2:33:10
6 Iris Biba  
Germany
 (GER)		 2:34:06
7
Sonja Krolik
  
Germany
 (GER)		 2:35:28
8 Franziska Rochat-Moser  Switzerland (SUI) 2:36:16
9 Yelena Razdrogina  
Russia
 (RUS)		 2:36:37
10 Nobuko Fujimura  Japan (JPN) 2:36:51
11 Anuța Cătună  Romania (ROM) 2:38:38
12 Maria Polyzou  Greece (GRE) 2:39:10
13 Franca Fiacconi  Italy (ITA) 2:39:53
14 Christine Mallo  France (FRA) 2:40:55
15 Elfenesh Alemu  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:41:00
16 Grete Kirkeberg  Norway (NOR) 2:41:05
17 Maryse Le Gallo  France (FRA) 2:41:08
18 Aurica Buia  Romania (ROM) 2:41:45
19 Mariko Hara  Japan (JPN) 2:42:00
20 Heather Turland  Australia (AUS) 2:42:12
21 Rocío Ríos  Spain (ESP) 2:42:18
22 Judit Földing-Nagy  Hungary (HUN) 2:42:21
23 Angharad Mair  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:42:31
24 Laura Fogli  Italy (ITA) 2:43:28
25 Cheryl Collins  
United States
 (USA)		 2:43:42
26 Olga Yudenkova  Belarus (BLR) 2:43:47
27 Anna Villani  Italy (ITA) 2:43:58
28 Sally Goldsmith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:44:20
29 Tomoe Abe  Japan (JPN) 2:45:19
30
Nuţa Olaru
  Romania (ROM) 2:47:12
31
Elena Vinitskaya
  Belarus (BLR) 2:47:57
32 Manuela Veith  
Germany
 (GER)		 2:48:45
33 Asselefech Assefa  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:48:54
34 Evelyne Mura  France (FRA) 2:48:57
35 Danielle Sanderson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:49:03
36 Julia Kirtland  
United States
 (USA)		 2:49:43
37 Anfisa Kosacheva  
Russia
 (RUS)		 2:50:29
38 Grace de Oliveira  South Africa (RSA) 2:50:36
39 Gaëlle Houitte  France (FRA) 2:50:38
40 Jeanne Peterson  
United States
 (USA)		 2:51:59
41 Irina Timofeyeva  
Russia
 (RUS)		 2:53:01
42 Panayota Nikolakopoulou  Greece (GRE) 2:54:03
43 Lo Man Yi  Hong Kong (HKG) 2:54:59
44
Alemitu Bekele
  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:55:06
45 Georgia Ambatzidou  Greece (GRE) 2:56:58
46 Marisol Vargas  Mexico (MEX) 2:58:22
47 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:01:01
48
May Allison
  Canada (CAN) 3:01:26
49 Danuta Bartoszek  Canada (CAN) 3:01:30
50 Rita Toto  South Africa (RSA) 3:04:05
51 Rosa Salinas  Mexico (MEX) 3:12:55
52 Gina Liseth Coello  Honduras (HON) 3:17:33
53 Alexandra De Snoo  
Aruba
 (ARU)		 3:22:08
54 Gulsara Dadabayeva  Tajikistan (TJK) 3:30:45
— Gadisay Edato  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
— Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
— Jane Salumäe  Estonia (EST) DNF
—
Alina Tecuta
  Romania (ROM) DNF
— Sonia Maccioni  Italy (ITA) DNF
— Birgit Jerschabek  
Germany
 (GER)		 DNF
— Rosa Oliveira  Portugal (POR) DNF
— Galina Baruk  Belarus (BLR) DNF
— Alena Mazouka  Belarus (BLR) DNF
— Alina Ivanova  
Russia
 (RUS)		 DNF
— Nicole Carroll  Australia (AUS) DNF
— Anita Håkenstad  Norway (NOR) DNF
— Josette Colomb-Janin  France (FRA) DNF
— Mary Alico  
United States
 (USA)		 DNF
— Patty Valadka  
United States
 (USA)		 DNF
— Maria Elena Reyna  Mexico (MEX) DNF
— Lucia Rendon  Mexico (MEX) DNF
— Flor Venegas  Chile (CHI) DNF
— Paraskevi Kastriti  Greece (GRE) DNF
— Chrisoula Souma  Greece (GRE) DNF

See also

References

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