2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

None May 2026 Women's marathon 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 30 August 65 38 2:27:39 Mare Dibaba ETH Helah Kiprop KEN Eunice Kirwa BHR 2013 2017 The women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 30 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The winning margin was one second which as of 2024 is the only time the women's marathon has been won by less than three seconds at these championships. Summary Under overcast skies the race quickly formed two large packs of about 20 runners. For the next 25K, the lead pack remained about the same size with some runners bridging the gap in time for others to fall off the pace. Between 25K and 30K, the pack dropped to a dozen runners. Just after 31K, defending champion Edna Kiplagat accelerated. In the next 4K, the lead pack cut in half, the remaining athletes were three Kenyans, two Ethiopians and Eunice Kirwa wearing a Bahrain uniform, from Kenya. London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa was the first to fall back, then Kiplagat began to lose contact. But the four person pack remained tougher into the stadium. Four athletes to sprint it out on the track for three medals after running 26 miles. Mare Dibaba (no relation to the other famous Dibaba sisters) led the group toward the tunnel. As they started to speed up, Jemima Sumgong did not have another gear. Kirwa was perfectly positioned to strike but instead Helah Kiprop launched the attack from the back after looking like she was ready to drop off, long striding behind the diminutive Dibaba. 60 metres before the finish they were almost even, but Dibaba would not give that last few inches. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-women-marathon REPORT: WOMEN'S MARATHON – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 30 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 Then Dibaba sped away to cross the line with almost 7 metres gap. The times had a second between first and second, a four-second gap amongst the medalists and a 7-second gap back to fourth place. On every count, the closest Marathon finish in World Championship history.http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/marathon/final Beijing 2015 women marathon iaaf.org 30 August 2015 2 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150902000126/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/marathon/final dead It was four Kenyan born athletes in places 2–5, Ethiopia and Japan placed three each in the top 14 places. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/road-running/marathon/outdoor/women Records & Lists – Marathon IAAF 14 August 2015 World recordPaula Radcliffe GBR2:15:25London, United Kingdom13 April 2003Championship recordPaula Radcliffe GBR2:20:57Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005World leadingMare Dibaba ETH2:19.52Xiamen, China3 January 2015African recordMary Jepkosgei Keitany KEN2:18:37London, United Kingdom22 April 2012Asian recordMizuki Noguchi JPN2:19:12Berlin, Germany25 September 2005NACAC recordDeena Kastor USA2:19:36London, United Kingdom23 April 2006South American recordInés Melchor PER2:26:40Berlin, Germany28 September 2014European recordPaula Radcliffe GBR2:15:25London, United Kingdom13 April 2003Oceanian recordBenita Willis AUS2:22:36Chicago, United States22 October 2006 Qualification standards Time 2012 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 2:44:00 Schedule Date Time Round30 August 2015 07:30 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results The race was started at 07:30.Final results KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mare Dibaba ETH 2015 World 2:27:35 Helah Kiprop KEN 2015 World 2:27:36 Eunice Kirwa BHR 2015 World 2:27:39 04 4 Jemima Sumgong KEN 2015 World 2:27:42 05 5 Edna Kiplagat KEN 2015 World 2:28:18 06 6 Tigist Tufa ETH 2015 World 2:29:12 07 7 Mai Ito JPN 2015 World 2:29:48 08 8 Tirfi Tsegaye ETH 2015 World 2:30:54 09 9 Kim Hye-song PRK 2015 World 2:30:59 10 Serena Burla USA 2015 World 2:31:06 SB 11 Rasa Drazdauskaitė LTU 2015 World 2:31:23 SB 12 Filomena Costa POR 2015 World 2:31:40 13 Sairi Maeda JPN 2015 World 2:31:46 14 Risa Shigetomo JPN 2015 World 2:32:37 15 Alina Prokopeva RUS 2015 World 2:32:44 16 Ding Changqin CHN 2015 World 2:33:04 17 Alessandra Aguilar ESP 2015 World 2:33:42 18 O. 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Jaisha IND 2015 World 2:34:43 NR Indian 19 Sudha Singh IND 2015 World 2:35:35 PB 20 Visiline Jepkesho KEN 2015 World 2:36:17 21 Sinead Diver AUS 2015 World 2:36:38 SB 22 Katarína Berešová SVK 2015 World 2:37:24 23 Sarah Klein AUS 2015 World 2:37:58 SB 24 Esther Erb USA 2015 World 2:38:15 SB 25 Lishan Dula BHR 2015 World 2:38:18 26 Clara Canchanya PER 2015 World 2:39:24 27 Liina Luik EST 2015 World 2:39:42 PB 28 Wang Xueqin CHN 2015 World 2:41:42 29 Anne-Mari Hyryläinen FIN 2015 World 2:41:59 30 Kim Seongeun KOR 2015 World 2:42:14 31 Kateryna Karmanenko UKR 2015 World 2:43:12 SB 32 Yiu Kit Ching HKG 2015 World 2:43:28 33 Annelie Johansson SWE 2015 World 2:43:42 34 Nebiat Habtemariam ERI 2015 World 2:44:42 SB 35 Munkhzaya Bayartsogt MGL 2015 World 2:45:01 36 Iuliia Andreeva KGZ 2015 World 2:45:04 37 He Yinli CHN 2015 World 2:45:05 38 Lily Luik EST 2015 World 2:45:22 SB 39 Anita Kažemāka LAT 2015 World 2:45:54 SB 40 Gulzhanat Zhanatbek KAZ 2015 World 2:45:54 41 Yeum Go-eun KOR 2015 World 2:46:46 42 Aster Tesfaye BHR 2015 World 2:46:54 43 Sultan Haydar TUR 2015 World 2:47:11 44 Charlotte Karlsson SWE 2015 World 2:47:40 45 Hsu Yu-fang TPE 2015 World 2:48:01 46 Julia Degan AUS 2015 World 2:49:26 SB 47 Roselaine Benites BRA 2015 World 2:49:28 48 Louise Wiker SWE 2015 World 2:49:57 49 Niluka Geethani Rajasekara SRI 2015 World 2:50:40 50 Mayada Al-Sayad PLE 2015 World 2:53:39 51 Dailín Belmonte CUB 2015 World 2:56:18 SB 52 Hsieh Chien-ho TPE 2015 World 2:58:25 53 Souad Aït Salem ALG 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Hortensia Arzapalo PER 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Michele Cristina das Chagas BRA 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Barkahoum Drici ALG 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Sitora Hamidova UZB 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Kim Hye-gyong PRK 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Soumiya Labani MAR 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Heather Lieberg USA 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar MGL 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Tanith Maxwell RSA 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Beata Naigambo NAM 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Irina Smolnikova KAZ 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Paula Todoran ROU 2015 World 9:99:99 DNF 53 Lalita Babar IND 2015 World 9:99:99 DNS 53 Olena Popova UKR 2015 World 9:99:99 DNS References Marathon Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships Category:Marathons in China Category:Women's marathons Category:Women's sport in China