2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon

Events at the
2007 World Championships
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 women
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 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

Contents

Medallists

Gold  Catherine Ndereba
 (KEN)
Silver  Zhou Chunxiu
 (CHN)
Bronze  Reiko Tosa
 (JPN)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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

Intermediates

Results

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

See also

References

Men's
Women's