Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
Appearance
Women's marathon at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 82 from 42 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:26:44 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's Summer Olympics history in which women's marathon route start and/or finish was located in the Olympic Stadium.[1] The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 (A standard) and 2:42.00 (B standard).[2] There were a total number of 82 competitors from 42 nations.
The winner was
China
who finished in a time of 2:27:07.
World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain took part in the race despite injury problems that bothered her throughout the previous year. However, she did not feature for much of the race and had to pause and do some exercises to rid herself of cramps at one point. She then proceeded to finish the marathon in 23rd place in a time of 2:32:38.[3]
Records
Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
2:15:25 | London, United Kingdom | 13 April 2003 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
2:23:14 | Sydney, Australia | 24 September 2000 |
Schedule
All times are UTC+8)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 17 August 2008 | 07:30 | Final |
Results
References
- IAAF. Archived from the originalon 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- IAAF. Archivedfrom the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ Lewis, Richard (2008-08-17). "Paula Radcliffe fails in Olympic marathon bid". The Times. London. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-17-2008 - Marathon W Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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