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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

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The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.

Medalists

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Gold Hiromi Suzuki
Japan Japan (JPN)
Silver Manuela Machado
Portugal Portugal (POR)
Bronze Lidia Șimon
Romania Romania (ROM)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World record Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
Championships record Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
Season best Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hiromi Suzuki  Japan (JPN) 2:29:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Machado  Portugal (POR) 2:31:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lidia Șimon  Romania (ROM) 2:31:55
4 Takako Tobise  Japan (JPN) 2:32:18
5 Ornella Ferrara  Italy (ITA) 2:33:10
6 Iris Biba  Germany (GER) 2:34:06
7 Sonja Krolik  Germany (GER) 2:35:28
8 Franziska Rochat-Moser  Switzerland (SUI) 2:36:16
9 Yelena Razdrogina  Russia (RUS) 2:36:37
10 Nobuko Fujimura  Japan (JPN) 2:36:51
11 Anuța Cătună  Romania (ROM) 2:38:38
12 Maria Polyzou  Greece (GRE) 2:39:10
13 Franca Fiacconi  Italy (ITA) 2:39:53
14 Christine Mallo  France (FRA) 2:40:55
15 Elfenesh Alemu  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:41:00
16 Grete Kirkeberg  Norway (NOR) 2:41:05
17 Maryse Le Gallo  France (FRA) 2:41:08
18 Aurica Buia  Romania (ROM) 2:41:45
19 Mariko Hara  Japan (JPN) 2:42:00
20 Heather Turland  Australia (AUS) 2:42:12
21 Rocío Ríos  Spain (ESP) 2:42:18
22 Judit Földing-Nagy  Hungary (HUN) 2:42:21
23 Angharad Mair  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:42:31
24 Laura Fogli  Italy (ITA) 2:43:28
25 Cheryl Collins  United States (USA) 2:43:42
26 Olga Yudenkova  Belarus (BLR) 2:43:47
27 Anna Villani  Italy (ITA) 2:43:58
28 Sally Goldsmith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:44:20
29 Tomoe Abe  Japan (JPN) 2:45:19
30 Nuţa Olaru  Romania (ROM) 2:47:12
31 Elena Vinitskaya  Belarus (BLR) 2:47:57
32 Manuela Veith  Germany (GER) 2:48:45
33 Asselefech Assefa  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:48:54
34 Evelyne Mura  France (FRA) 2:48:57
35 Danielle Sanderson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:49:03
36 Julia Kirtland  United States (USA) 2:49:43
37 Anfisa Kosacheva  Russia (RUS) 2:50:29
38 Grace de Oliveira  South Africa (RSA) 2:50:36
39 Gaëlle Houitte  France (FRA) 2:50:38
40 Jeanne Peterson  United States (USA) 2:51:59
41 Irina Timofeyeva  Russia (RUS) 2:53:01
42 Panayota Nikolakopoulou  Greece (GRE) 2:54:03
43 Lo Man Yi  Hong Kong (HKG) 2:54:59
44 Alemitu Bekele  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:55:06
45 Georgia Ambatzidou  Greece (GRE) 2:56:58
46 Marisol Vargas  Mexico (MEX) 2:58:22
47 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:01:01
48 May Allison  Canada (CAN) 3:01:26
49 Danuta Bartoszek  Canada (CAN) 3:01:30
50 Rita Toto  South Africa (RSA) 3:04:05
51 Rosa Salinas  Mexico (MEX) 3:12:55
52 Gina Liseth Coello  Honduras (HON) 3:17:33
53 Alexandra De Snoo  Aruba (ARU) 3:22:08
54 Gulsara Dadabayeva  Tajikistan (TJK) 3:30:45
Gadisay Edato  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Jane Salumäe  Estonia (EST) DNF
Alina Tecuta  Romania (ROM) DNF
Sonia Maccioni  Italy (ITA) DNF
Birgit Jerschabek  Germany (GER) DNF
Rosa Oliveira  Portugal (POR) DNF
Galina Baruk  Belarus (BLR) DNF
Alena Mazouka  Belarus (BLR) DNF
Alina Ivanova  Russia (RUS) DNF
Nicole Carroll  Australia (AUS) DNF
Anita Håkenstad  Norway (NOR) DNF
Josette Colomb-Janin  France (FRA) DNF
Mary Alico  United States (USA) DNF
Patty Valadka  United States (USA) DNF
Maria Elena Reyna  Mexico (MEX) DNF
Lucia Rendon  Mexico (MEX) DNF
Flor Venegas  Chile (CHI) DNF
Paraskevi Kastriti  Greece (GRE) DNF
Chrisoula Souma  Greece (GRE) DNF

See also

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References

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