2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's marathon

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The women's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.

British athlete Shelly Woods, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.[1]

Classification T54 event.

Medalists

[2]

Class Gold Silver Bronze
T54 Wakako Tsuchida
 Japan 		Sandra Graf
 Switzerland 		Amanda McGrory
 United States

T54

The Women's marathon, T54 was held on January 30

T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.

Results

[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:48:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandra Graf  Switzerland 1:48:24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amanda McGrory  United States 1:48:24
4 Sandra Hager  Switzerland 2:10:39
Diane Roy  Canada DNS
Rochelle Woods  Great Britain DNS

Key: DNS = did not start

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ David Weir pulls out of IPC marathon over safety fears, BBC, 29 January 2011
  2. ^ Medallists - WOMEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
  3. ^ Final - WOMEN'S MARATHON - T54 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships