1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the
1999 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
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
 
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The Women's Marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain was held on Sunday August 29, 1999.

Medalists

GoldNorth Korea Jong Song-Ok
North Korea (PRK)
SilverJapan Ari Ichihashi
Japan (JPN)
BronzeRomania Lidia Simon
Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:20:47 April 19, 1998 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:22:48 April 18, 1999 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates

Rank Number Athlete Time
5 KILOMETRES
1 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)17:58
2 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)17:58
3 579  Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN)17:58
4 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)17:58
5 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)17:58
10 KILOMETRES
1 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)35:26
2 785  Anuţa Cătună (ROM)35:26
3 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)35:26
4 308  Fatuma Roba (ETH)35:26
5 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)35:26
15 KILOMETRES
1 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)53:06
2 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)53:06
3 302  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)53:06
4 575  Junko Asari (JPN)53:06
5 763  Manuela Machado (POR)53:06
20 KILOMETRES
1 308  Fatuma Roba (ETH)1:10:34
2 37  Kerryn McCann (AUS)1:10:34
3 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)1:10:34
4 575  Junko Asari (JPN)1:10:34
5 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)1:10:34
HALF MARATHON
1 763  Manuela Machado (POR)1:14:30
2 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)1:14:30
3 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)1:14:30
4 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)1:14:30
5 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)1:14:30
25 KILOMETRES
1 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)1:28:28
2 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)1:28:29
3 772  Jong Song-Ok (PRK)1:28:29
4 588  Kayoko Obata (JPN)1:28:29
5 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)1:28:29
30 KILOMETRES
1 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)1:46:03
2 308  Fatuma Roba (ETH)1:46:03
3 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)1:46:03
4 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)1:46:03
5 601  Esther Wanjiru (KEN)1:46:03
35 KILOMETRES
1 308  Fatuma Roba (ETH)2:02:51
2 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)2:02:53
3 772  Jong Song-Ok (PRK)2:02:54
4 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)2:02:54
5 167  Sun Yingjie (CHN)2:03:17
40 KILOMETRES
1 578  Ari Ichihashi (JPN)2:19:38
2 772  Jong Song-Ok (PRK)2:19:39
3 308  Fatuma Roba (ETH)2:20:00
4 803  Lidia Simon (ROM)2:20:03
5 423  Sonja Krolik (GER)2:21:18

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st  Jong Song-Ok (PRK) 2:26:59NR
2nd  Ari Ichihashi (JPN) 2:27:02PB
3rd  Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:27:41
4  Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:28:04
5  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 2:28:52PB
6  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:28:55
7  Manuela Machado (POR) 2:29:11
8  Kayoko Obata (JPN) 2:29:11
9  Claudia Dreher (GER) 2:29:22
10  Kim Chang-Ok (PRK) 2:29:26
11  Esther Wanjiru (KEN) 2:29:36
12  Sun Yingjie (CHN) 2:30:12SB
13  Florina Pana (ROM) 2:30:28
14  Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova (RUS) 2:30:45PB
15  Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP) 2:31:38
16  Junko Asari (JPN) 2:31:39
17  Mayumi Ichikawa (JPN) 2:32:01
18  Marie Söderström-Lundberg (SWE) 2:35:25
19  Constantina Dita (ROM) 2:36:28
20  Silvana Trampuz (AUS) 2:36:49
21  Mónica Pont (ESP) 2:36:57
22  Manuela Veith (GER) 2:37:24
23  Kerryn McCann (AUS) 2:38:31
24  Anke Laws (GER) 2:38:57
25  Alina Gherasim (ROM) 2:39:29
26  Gadissie Edatto (ETH) 2:40:03
27  Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM) 2:40:07
28  Angelines Rodríguez (ESP) 2:40:10
29  Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:41:33
30  Jane Salumäe (EST) 2:41:50
31  Fátima Silva (POR) 2:42:55
32  Marie Boyd (USA) 2:44:16
33  Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP) 2:45:00
34  Lete Yesus Berehe (ETH) 2:45:28
35  Maria Trujillo (USA) 2:46:36
36  Mary Lynn Currier (USA) 2:48:05
37  Mimi Corcoran (USA) 2:49:21
38  Cindy Keeler (USA) 2:53:04
39  Sarah Mahlangu (RSA) 2:54:12
40  Anna Markelova (TKM) 2:58:04PB
41  Gina Coello (HON) 2:58:11NR
42  Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK) 3:23:01
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Anuţa Cătună (ROM) DNF
—  Yelena Gundelakh (RUS) DNF
—  Nicole Carroll (AUS) DNF
—  Maria Polizou (GRE) DNF
—  Elizabeth McCaul (RSA) DNF
—  Abeba Tola (ETH) DNF
—  Christine Mallo (FRA) DNF
—  Heather Turland (AUS) DNF
—  Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—  Franca Fiacconi (ITA) DNS
—  Colleen De Reuck (RSA) DNS
—  Naoko Takahashi (JPN) DNS

See also

References