Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Marathon Street Circuit
Date	December 9, 2006 (2006-12-09)
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Medalists
Zhou Chunxiu   China   Kiyoko Shimahara   Japan   Kayoko Obata   Japan

Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games
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
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m s'chase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's marathon competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 9 December 2006 at the Marathon Street Circuit.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.

World Record	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:15:25	London, United Kingdom	13 April 2003
Asian Record	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	2:19:12	Berlin, Germany	25 September 2005
Games Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:21:47	Bangkok, Thailand	6 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
01 !	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	2:27:03
02 !	Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)	2:30:34
03 !	Kayoko Obata (JPN)	2:30:38
4	Jo Bun-hui (PRK)	2:42:34
5	Choi Kyong-hee (KOR)	2:44:20
6	Jong Yong-ok (PRK)	2:48:49
7	Kim Eun-jung (KOR)	2:54:33
8	Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar (MGL)	2:59:55
9	Ci Wang (CHN)	3:08:10
—	Maria-Pia Nehmé (LIB)	DNF

References

• Results