Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September 2000 in the streets of Sydney, Australia.[1]

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia, Sydney
Dates24 September
Competitors53 from 36 nations
Winning time2:23:14 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Naoko Takahashi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lidia Șimon  Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya
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Medalists edit

Gold Naoko Takahashi
  Japan
Silver Lidia Șimon
  Romania
Bronze Joyce Chepchumba
  Kenya

Abbreviations edit

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

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record   Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:20:43 26 September 1999   Berlin, Germany
Olympic Record   Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52 5 August 1984   Los Angeles, United States
Season Best   Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:22:19 12 March 2000   Nagoya, Japan
Broken records at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record   Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:23:14 24 September 2000   Sydney, Australia

Startlist edit

Number Athlete Country Birthdate Personal Best
2402 Tegla Loroupe   Kenya 1973/05/09 2:20:43
2338 Naoko Takahashi   Japan 1972/05/06 2:21:47
2341 Eri Yamaguchi   Japan 1973/01/14 2:22:12
2831 Lidia Șimon   Romania 1973/09/04 2:22:54
1673 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 1973/12/18 2:23:21
2397 Joyce Chepchumba   Kenya 1970/11/06 2:23:22
2405 Esther Wanjiru   Kenya 1977/03/27 2:23:31
2986 Valentina Yegorova   Russia 1964/02/16 2:23:33
1210 Marleen Renders   Belgium 1968/12/24 2:23:44
2248 Maura Viceconte   Italy 1967/10/03 2:23:47
2571 Adriana Fernández   Mexico 1971/04/04 2:24:06
2925 Madina Biktagirova   Russia 1964/09/20 2:24:46
1667 Elfenesh Alemu   Ethiopia 1975/06/10 2:24:47
2774 Manuela Machado   Portugal 1963/08/09 2:25:09
1388 Ren Xiujuan   China 1974/09/14 2:25:32
1101 Nicole Carroll   Australia 1972/01/14 2:25:52
1123 Kerryn McCann   Australia 1967/05/02 2:25:59
2411 Irina Bogachova   Kyrgyzstan 1961/04/30 2:26:27
2960 Lyubov Morgunova   Russia 1971/01/14 2:26:33
2860 Colleen De Reuck   South Africa 1964/04/13 2:26:35
1616 Ana Isabel Alonso   Spain 1963/08/16 2:26:51
2786 Kim Chang-ok   North Korea 1975/04/16 2:27:02
2330 Ari Ichihashi   Japan 1977/11/22 2:27:02
1920 Sonja Oberem   Germany 1973/02/24 2:27:25
2818 Anuța Cătună   Romania 1968/10/01 2:27:34
1903 Claudia Dreher   Germany 1971/05/02 2:27:55
1554 Martha Tenorio   Ecuador 1967/08/06 2:27:58
2232 Ornella Ferrara   Italy 1968/04/17 2:28:01
2821 Alina Gherasim   Romania 1971/11/10 2:28:18
1845 Marian Sutton   Great Britain 1963/10/07 2:28:42
2620 Nadezhda Wijenberg   Netherlands 1964/04/02 2:28:45
2070 Judit Földing-Nagy   Hungary 1965/12/09 2:28:50
1635 María Luisa Muñoz   Spain 1959/05/06 2:28:59
2784 Ham Pong-Sil   North Korea 1974/07/24 2:29:08
2427 Oh Mi-Ja   South Korea 1970/07/03 2:29:44
1669 Gadissa Edato   Ethiopia 1973/03/15 2:29:57
1625 Griselda González   Spain 1965/12/04 2:30:32
3182 Serap Aktaş   Turkey 1971/09/25 2:31:43
1367 Érika Olivera   Chile 1976/01/04 2:32:23
2785 Jong Yong-Ok   North Korea 1981/01/24 2:32:30
1116 Susan Hobson   Australia 1958/03/13 2:32:37
3078 Daria Nauer   Switzerland 1966/05/21 2:32:38
2551 Valentina Enachi   Moldova 1966/02/15 2:33:27
3334 Christine Clark   United States 1962/10/10 2:33:31
2167 Martha Ernstdóttir   Iceland 1964/12/22 2:35:15
1429 Iglandini González   Colombia 1965/02/05 2:35:19
2696 María Portillo   Peru 1972/04/10 2:35:24
2608 Elizabeth Mongudhi   Namibia 1970/06/15 2:36:44
2356 Garifa Kuku   Kazakhstan 1959/11/30 2:39:20
2025 Rhonda Davidson-Alley   Guam 1961/04/19 2:54:23
2038 Gina Coello   Honduras 1964/10/02 2:58:11
3145 Gulsara Dadabayeva   Tajikistan 1976/07/04 3:09:08
2120 Aguida Amaral   Individual Olympic Athletes 1972/05/27 3:10:00
2450 Sirivanh Ketavong   Laos 1970/09/01 3:25:16

Intermediates edit

Rank Number Athlete Country Time
5 KILOMETRES
1 1210 Marleen Renders   Belgium 16:42
10 KILOMETRES
1 1210 Marleen Renders   Belgium 34:08
15 KILOMETRES
1 1210 Marleen Renders   Belgium 51:19
20 KILOMETRES
1 2831 Lidia Șimon   Romania 1:08:10
HALF MARATHON
1 2831 Lidia Șimon   Romania 1:11:45
25 KILOMETRES
1 2831 Lidia Șimon   Romania 1:24:48
30 KILOMETRES
1 2831 Lidia Șimon   Romania 1:41:39
35 KILOMETRES
1 2338 Naoko Takahashi   Japan 1:58:26
40 KILOMETRES
1 2338 Naoko Takahashi   Japan 2:15:19

Final ranking edit

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
  Naoko Takahashi   Japan 2:23:14 OR
  Lidia Șimon   Romania 2:23:22
  Joyce Chepchumba   Kenya 2:24:45 SB
4 Esther Wanjiru   Kenya 2:26:17
5 Madina Biktagirova   Russia 2:26:33 SB
6 Elfenesh Alemu   Ethiopia 2:26:54
7 Eri Yamaguchi   Japan 2:27:03 SB
8 Ham Bong-Sil   North Korea 2:27:07 PB
9 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:27:38
10 Ren Xiujuan   China 2:27:55
11 Kerryn McCann   Australia 2:28:37
12 Maura Viceconte   Italy 2:29:26
13 Tegla Loroupe   Kenya 2:29:45
14 Irina Bogachova   Kyrgyzstan 2:29:55
15 Ari Ichihashi   Japan 2:30:34
16 Adriana Fernández   Mexico 2:30:51
17 Judit Földing-Nagy   Hungary 2:30:54 SB
18 Ornella Ferrara   Italy 2:31:32
19 Christine Clark   United States 2:31:35 PB
20 Jong Yong-Ok   North Korea 2:31:40 PB
21 Manuela Machado   Portugal 2:32:29
22 Nadezhda Wijenberg   Netherlands 2:32:29 SB
23 Lyubov Morgunova   Russia 2:32:35
24 Sonja Oberem   Germany 2:33:45
25 Martha Tenorio   Ecuador 2:33:54
26 Marian Sutton   Great Britain 2:34:33
27 Érika Olivera   Chile 2:35:07 SB
28 Kim Chang-ok   North Korea 2:35:32 SB
29 Alina Gherasim   Romania 2:36:16
30 Ana Isabel Alonso   Spain 2:36:45
31 Colleen De Reuck   South Africa 2:36:48
32 María Portillo Cruz   Peru 2:36:50
33 Griselda González   Spain 2:38:28
34 Oh Mi-Ja   South Korea 2:38:42
35 Susan Hobson   Australia 2:38:44
36 Gadissie Edato   Ethiopia 2:42:29
37 Serap Aktaş   Turkey 2:42:40
38 Daria Nauer   Switzerland 2:43:00
39 María Luisa Muñoz   Spain 2:45:40
40 Iglandini González   Colombia 2:47:26
41 Gulsara Dadabayeva   Tajikistan 2:51:03 NR
42 Gina Coello   Honduras 3:02:32
43 Aguida Amaral   Individual Olympic Athletes 3:10:55
44 Rhonda Davidson-Alley   Guam 3:13:58
45 Sirivanh Ketavong   Laos 3:34:27
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Martha Ernstdóttir   Iceland DNF
Valentina Enachi   Moldova DNF
Marleen Renders   Belgium DNF
Elizabeth Mongudhi   Namibia DNF
Garifa Kuku   Kazakhstan DNF
Nicole Carroll   Australia DNF
Valentina Yegorova   Russia DNF
Anuța Cătună   Romania DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
Claudia Dreher   Germany DNS

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

External links edit