2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

edit
Gold Catherine Ndereba
  Kenya (KEN)
Silver Zhou Chunxiu
  China (CHN)
Bronze Reiko Tosa
  Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

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

Records

edit
World Record 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain London, Great Britain 13 April 2003
Championship Record 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain Helsinki, Finland 2005

Results

edit
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Catherine Ndereba   Kenya (KEN) 2:30:37 SB
  Zhou Chunxiu   China (CHN) 2:30:45
  Reiko Tosa   Japan (JPN) 2:30:55 SB
4 Zhu Xiaolin   China (CHN) 2:31:21
5 Lidia Șimon   Romania (ROM) 2:31:26 SB
6 Kiyoko Shimahara   Japan (JPN) 2:31:40 SB
7 Rita Jeptoo   Kenya (KEN) 2:32:03 SB
8 Edith Masai   Kenya (KEN) 2:32:22
9 Mara Yamauchi   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:32:55
10 Lyubov Morgunova   Russia (RUS) 2:33:41
11 Zhang Shujing   China (CHN) 2:33:46
12 Gulnara Vygovskaya   Russia (RUS) 2:33:57
13 Nina Rillstone   New Zealand (NZL) 2:33:58 SB
14 Mari Ozaki   Japan (JPN) 2:35:04
15 Madaí Pérez   Mexico (MEX) 2:35:17
16 Souad Aït Salem   Algeria (ALG) 2:35:29
17 Anna Incerti   Italy (ITA) 2:36:36 SB
18 Yumiko Hara   Japan (JPN) 2:36:40
19 Tracey Morris   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:36:40 SB
20 Melanie Kraus   Germany (GER) 2:37:20
21 Sun Weiwei   China (CHN) 2:37:53
22 Askale Tafa   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:38:01
23 Yasuko Hashimoto   Japan (JPN) 2:38:36
24 Rose Cheruiyot   Kenya (KEN) 2:38:56
25 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai   Kenya (KEN) 2:39:14
26 Deborah Toniolo   Italy (ITA) 2:39:46 SB
27 Anna Rahm   Sweden (SWE) 2:41:15
28 Alina Gherasim   Romania (ROM) 2:41:40
29 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu   Norway (NOR) 2:41:57
30 Helena Javornik   Slovenia (SLO) 2:42:03
31 Ann Alyanak   United States (USA) 2:42:23
32 Nailiya Yulamanova   Russia (RUS) 2:42:56
33 Živilė Balčiūnaitė   Lithuania (LTU) 2:43:28
34 Tabitha Tsatsa   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:44:20
35 Zoila Gómez   United States (USA) 2:44:49
36 Anália Rosa   Portugal (POR) 2:45:38 SB
37 Wei Yanan   China (CHN) 2:45:50
38 Dana Coons   United States (USA) 2:46:12 SB
39 Annemette Aagaard   Denmark (DEN) 2:46:22
40 Bahar Doğan   Turkey (TUR) 2:46:25
41 Nili Abramski   Israel (ISR) 2:46:27
42 Mary Akor   United States (USA) 2:47:06
43 Susanne Hahn   Germany (GER) 2:47:29
44 Lim Kyung-Hee   South Korea (KOR) 2:49:30 SB
45 Chae Eun-Hee   South Korea (KOR) 2:50:26
46 Eleni Donta   Greece (GRE) 2:50:59
47 Zekiros Adanech   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:54:00
48 Lucilla Andreucci   Italy (ITA) 2:56:19
49 Samia Akbar   United States (USA) 2:56:27 SB
50 Georgia Abatzidou   Greece (GRE) 2:59:22 SB
51 Patricia Gauquelin   French Polynesia (PYF) 3:03:08 SB
52 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar   Mongolia (MGL) 3:04:59 SB
53 Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler   Liechtenstein (LIE) 3:11:45
54 Tanith Maxwell   South Africa (RSA) 3:14:56
55 Poppy Mlambo   South Africa (RSA) 3:23:55
56 Robe Tola   Ethiopia (ETH) 3:26:45
57 Melissa Henderson   Belize (BIZ) 3:52:35
Luciah Kimani   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) DNF
Domingas Embana Togna   Guinea-Bissau (GBS) DNF
Lioudmila Kortchaguina   Russia (RUS) DNF
Angélica Sánchez   Mexico (MEX) DNF
Dire Tune   Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Luminița Talpoș   Romania (ROM) DNF
Galina Bogomolova   Russia (RUS) DNF
Nuţa Olaru   Romania (ROM) DNF
Giovanna Volpato   Italy (ITA) DNF
Shitaye Gemechu   Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Team

edit
Place Country Mark
1   Kenya 7:35:02
2   China 7:35:52
3   Japan 7:37:39
4   Russia 7:50:34
5   Italy 8:12:41
6   United States 8:13:24
7   Ethiopia 8:58:46

[1][2]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "MARATHON WOMEN – 11TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ^ Team ranking is not included in Placing Table
edit