2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the
2001 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The Women's Marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 12, 2001.

Medalists

Gold Romania Lidia Șimon
Romania (ROM)
Silver Japan Reiko Tosa
Japan (JPN)
Bronze Russia Svetlana Zakharova
Russia (RUS)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
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 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:20:43 September 26, 1999 Germany Berlin, Germany
Event Record  Rosa Mota (POR) 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 2:23:11 January 28, 2001 Japan Osaka, Japan

Intermediates

Rank Number Athlete Time
5 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 17:07
2 352  Kathrin Weßel (GER) 17:59
3 483  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 17:59
4 690  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 17:59
5 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 17:59
10 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 33:54
2 483  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 35:14
3 481  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 35:14
4 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 35:14
5 58  Marleen Renders (BEL) 35:14
15 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 51:11
2 483  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 53:03
3 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 53:03
4 690  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 53:03
5 481  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 53:03
20 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 1:08:27
2 483  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 1:10:22
3 343  Nuţa Olaru (ROM) 1:10:22
4 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 1:10:22
5 690  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 1:10:22
HALF MARATHON
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 1:12:17
2 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 1:14:08
3 690  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 1:14:08
4 343  Nuţa Olaru (ROM) 1:14:08
5 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 1:14:08
25 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 1:25:26
2 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 1:27:01
3 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 1:27:01
4 483  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 1:27:01
5 497  Florence Barsosio (KEN) 1:27:01
30 KILOMETRES
1 640  Constantina Diță (ROM) 1:44:28
2 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 1:45:08
3 483  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 1:45:08
4 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 1:45:08
5 235  Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) 1:45:09
35 KILOMETRES
1 483  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:02:06
2 481  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 2:02:06
3 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:02:07
4 717  Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:02:07
5 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:02:17
40 KILOMETRES
1 483  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:18:43
2 650  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:18:49
3 481  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 2:19:02
4 717  Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:19:02
5 343  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:20:09

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:26:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:26:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:18
4  Yoko Shibui (JPN) 2:26:33
5  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:28:17
6  Florence Barsosio (KEN) 2:28:36
7  Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) 2:28:40 PB
8  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 2:28:54
9  Kazumi Matsuo (JPN) 2:29:57
10  Constantina Diță (ROM) 2:30:38 PB
11  Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:30:48
12  Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova (RUS) 2:30:58 SB
13  Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:31:10
14  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:32:45
15  Nuţa Olaru (ROM) 2:33:05
16  Yun Sun-Sook (KOR) 2:33:09
17  Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:33:13
18  Marleen Renders (BEL) 2:33:25
19  Meseret Kotu (ETH) 2:33:43 PB
20  Rosaria Console (ITA) 2:34:11
21  Tiziana Alagia (ITA) 2:34:45
22  Rie Matsuoka (JPN) 2:34:45
23  Melanie Kraus (GER) 2:34:51
24  Marie Söderström-Lundberg (SWE) 2:35:00
25  Maria Abel (ESP) 2:35:09
26  Sara Ferrari (ITA) 2:36:07
27  María Luisa Larraga (ESP) 2:36:20
28  Marta Fernández (ESP) 2:37:09
29  Griselda González (ESP) 2:37:52
30  Alina Gherasim (ROM) 2:38:19
31  Tadelesh Birra (ETH) 2:39:10
32  Jill Gaitenby (USA) 2:39:20
33  Tina Connelly (CAN) 2:40:16
34  Sandy Jacobson (CAN) 2:40:24
35  Eva Sanz (ESP) 2:41:16
36  Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM) 2:42:23
37  Takami Ominami (JPN) 2:42:25
38  Isabelle Ledroit (CAN) 2:43:30
39  Teresa Duffy (IRL) 2:43:33
40  Susan Michelsson (AUS) 2:46:14
41  Michelle Simonaitis (USA) 2:46:20 SB
42  Rosa Gutierrez (GUA) 2:49:08
43  Danuta Bartoszek (CAN) 2:50:06
44  Tania Jones (CAN) 2:50:46
45  Rachel Cook (USA) 2:53:21
46  Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK) 2:54:12
47  Alexa Babakhanian (ARM) 2:56:57
48  Magda Castillo (HON) 2:57:17 NR
49  Margarita Conde (GUA) 3:03:03 PB
50  Angelina Cornelio (GUA) 3:12:21
51  Herlinda Xol (GUA) 3:14:29
52  Lindiwe Maziya (SWZ) 3:23:19
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) DNF
—  Cristiana Pomacu (ROM) DNF
—  Jennifer Tonkin (USA) DNF
—  Kathrin Ullrich (GER) DNF
—  Zahia Dahmani (FRA) DNF
—  Irina Matrosova (UZB) DNF

See also

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