Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's marathon

Athletics at the
1999 All-Africa 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
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
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
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
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The women's marathon event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held in the streets of Johannesburg on 19 September 1999.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hiywot Gizaw  Ethiopia 2:45:38 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meseret Kotu  Ethiopia 2:46:29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kore Alemu  Ethiopia 2:48:31
4 Elizabeth Mongudhi  Namibia 2:52:59
5 Carol Mercer  South Africa 3:01:26
6 Lina Mhlongo  South Africa 3:06:25
7 Sonja Agoun  Tunisia 3:15:41
Virginie Gloum  Central African Republic DNS
Lerato Suping  Lesotho DNS
Elize Venter  South Africa DNS