Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on August 22, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain started as favourite for the race, and led from the start. She was overtaken during the race by Mizuki Noguchi from Japan and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya. After dropping to fourth place, Radcliffe dropped out of the race, citing pre-race nutrition problems and illness for her disappointing performance. Deena Kastor of the United States ran a conservative race to come through for a bronze.

Medalists

Gold	Mizuki Noguchi Japan (JPN)
Silver	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Deena Kastor United States (USA)

Abbreviations

• 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

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:15:25	April 13, 2003	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:23:14	September 24, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Season Best	Margaret Okayo (KEN)	2:22:35	April 18, 2004	London, United Kingdom

Results

Rank	Athlete	Country	Result	Notes
01 !	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	2:26:20
02 !	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:32
03 !	Deena Kastor	United States	2:27:20	SB
04 !4	Elfenesh Alemu	Ethiopia	2:28:15
05 !5	Reiko Tosa	Japan	2:28:44
06 !6	Olivera Jevtić	Serbia and Montenegro	2:31:15
07 !7	Naoko Sakamoto	Japan	2:31:43
08 !8	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:31:56
09 !9	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:32:04
10	Bruna Genovese	Italy	2:32:50
11	Alice Chelangat	Kenya	2:33:52
12	Zhang Shujing	China	2:34:34
13	Nuța Olaru	Romania	2:34:45
14	Živilė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:35:01
15	Corinne Raux	France	2:35:54
16	Rosaria Console	Italy	2:35:56
17	Małgorzata Sobańska	Poland	2:36:43
18	Luminita Zaituc	Germany	2:36:45
19	Lee Eun-Jung	South Korea	2:37:23
20	Constantina Tomescu	Romania	2:37:31
21	Jong Yong-Ok	North Korea	2:37:52
22	Li Helan	China	2:37:53
23	Chung Yun-Hee	South Korea	2:38:57
24	Stine Larsen	Norway	2:39:55
25	Liz Yelling	Great Britain	2:40:13
26	Maria Abel	Spain	2:40:13
27	Hafida Izem	Morocco	2:40:46
28	Anna Pichrtová	Czech Republic	2:40:58
29	Tracey Morris	Great Britain	2:41:00
30	Kenza Wahbi	Morocco	2:41:36
31	Kerryn McCann	Australia	2:41:41
32	Beatriz Ros	Spain	2:41:51
33	Zhou Chunxiu	China	2:42:54
34	Jennifer Rhines	United States	2:43:52
35	Choi Kyung-Hee	South Korea	2:44:05
36	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	2:44:28
37	Maria Dolores Pulido	Spain	2:44:33
38	Margarita Tapia	Mexico	2:46:14
39	Colleen De Reuck	United States	2:46:30
40	Albina Ivanova	Russia	2:47:23
41	Grazyna Syrek	Poland	2:47:26
42	Nili Abramski	Israel	2:48:08
43	Clarisse Rasoarizay	Madagascar	2:48:14
44	Jane Salumäe	Estonia	2:48:47
45	Simona Staicu	Hungary	2:48:57
46	Angélica Sánchez	Mexico	2:49:04
47	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	2:49:18
48	Beata Rakonczai	Hungary	2:49:41
49	Annemette Jensen	Denmark	2:50:01
50	Yeoryia Abatzidou	Greece	2:50:01
51	Liza Hunter-Galvan	New Zealand	2:50:23
52	Hafida Gadi	France	2:50:29
53	Gulsara Dadabaeva	Tajikistan	2:50:45
54	Epiphanie Nyirabarame	Rwanda	2:52:50	SB
55	Sandra Torres	Argentina	2:54:48
56	Jo Bun-Hui	North Korea	2:55:54
57	Hsu Yu-Fang	Chinese Taipei	2:55:58
58	Érika Olivera	Chile	2:57:14
59	Mariela González	Cuba	3:02:20
60	Ida Kovacs	Hungary	3:03:21
61	Svetlana Şepelev-Tcaci	Moldova	3:03:29
62	Ana Dias	Portugal	3:08:11
63	Inga Juodeskiene	Lithuania	3:09:18
64	Mamokete Lechela	Lesotho	3:11:56
65	Aguida Amaral	Timor-Leste	3:18:25
66	Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar	Mongolia	3:48:42
99 !	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Monika Drybulska	Poland	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Ham Bong-Sil	North Korea	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Rakiya Maraoui Quetier	France	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Nasria Azaidj	Algeria	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Márcia Narloch	Brazil	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Marlene Fortunato	Brazil	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Asha Gigi	Ethiopia	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Lidia Simon	Romania	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Nadia Ejjafini	Bahrain	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Banuelia Mrashani	Tanzania	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Workenesh Tola	Ethiopia	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Lale Ozturk	Turkey	9:99:99 !DNF
99 !	Irina Bogachova	Kyrgyzstan	9:99:99 !DNF

See also

• 2003 Women's World Championships Marathon
• 2005 Women's World Championships Marathon

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results
• sports-reference