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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish.[1]

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
DatesAugust 1
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning time2:32:41
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentina Yegorova  Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuko Arimori  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lorraine Moller  New Zealand
← 1988
1996 →

After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.[2]

Medalists edit

Gold Valentina Yegorova
  Unified Team
Silver Yuko Arimori
  Japan
Bronze Lorraine Moller
  New Zealand

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 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record   Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 2:21:06 April 21, 1985   London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record   Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52 August 5, 1984   Los Angeles, United States
Season Best   Olga Markova (RUS) 2:23:43 April 20, 1992   Boston, United States

Final ranking edit

Place Athlete Time
    Valentina Yegorova (EUN) 2:32:41
    Yuko Arimori (JPN) 2:32:49
    Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:33:59
4.   Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) 2:36:26
5.   Katrin Dörre (GER) 2:36:48
6.   Mun Gyong-ae (PRK) 2:37:03
7.   Manuela Machado (POR) 2:38:22
8.   Ramilya Burangulova (EUN) 2:38:46
9.   Colleen De Reuck (RSA) 2:39:03
10.   Cathy O'Brien (USA) 2:39:42
11.   Karolina Szabó (HUN) 2:40:10
12.   Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) 2:41:09
13.   Sally Eastall (GBR) 2:41:20
14.   Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 2:41:48
15.   Birgit Jerschabek (GER) 2:42:45
16.   Véronique Marot (GBR) 2:42:55
17.   Márcia Narloch (BRA) 2:44:32
18.   Emma Scaunich (ITA) 2:46:14
19.   Odette Lapierre (CAN) 2:46:18
20.   Anna Villani (ITA) 2:46:44
21.   Janis Klecker (USA) 2:47:17
22.   Wanda Panfil (POL) 2:47:27
23.   Bettina Sabatini (ITA) 2:50:09
24.   Alena Peterková (TCH) 2:53:30
25.   Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) 2:54:21
26.   Małgorzata Birbach (POL) 2:54:33
27.   Sally Ellis (GBR) 2:54:41
28.   Pascaline Wangui (KEN) 2:56:46
29.   Yumi Kokamo (JPN) 2:58:18
30.   Addis Gezahegn (ETH) 2:58:27
31.   Janete Mayal (BRA) 3:00:23
32.   Elena Murgoci (ROU) 3:01:46
33.   Vilma Peña (CRC) 3:03:34
34.   Ena Guevara (PER) 3:05:50
35.   Ana Gutiérrez (ISV) 3:14:02
36.   Jen Allred (GUM) 3:14:45
37.   Christine Bakombo (ZAI) 3:29:10
—   Aurora Cunha (POR) DNF
—   Olga Appell (MEX) DNF
—   Franziska Moser (SUI) DNF
—   Đặng Thị Tèo (VIE) DNF
—   Lizanne Bussieres (CAN) DNF
—   Maria Rebelo (FRA) DNF
—   Cornelia Melis (ARU) DNF
—   Marguerite Buist (NZL) DNF
—   Lisa Ondieki (AUS) DNF
—   Madina Biktagirova (EUN) DSQ

See also edit

References edit

Specific
  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ^ Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). "B: BAA to Bush, George W.". Running Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Source for Today's Runner. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7360-3734-1.
General
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