2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

None The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba. Medalists GoldGBR Paula RadcliffeGreat Britain (GBR)SilverKEN Catherine NderebaKenya (KEN)BronzeROM Constantina TomescuRomania (ROM) Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Intermediates RankNumberAthleteTime5 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR16:47 2 423 Yumiko Hara JPN16:47 3 207 Asha Gigi ETH 199616:47 4 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN16:50 5 214 Derartu Tulu ETH 199616:5010 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR33:23 2 423 Yumiko Hara JPN33:23 3 207 Asha Gigi ETH 199633:23 4 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM33:26 5 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN33:2615 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR49:53 2 423 Yumiko Hara JPN49:54 3 207 Asha Gigi ETH 199649:54 4 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM49:54 5 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN49:5620 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR1:06:16 2 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM1:06:17 3 450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 1:06:18 4 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:06:18 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN1:06:39HALF MARATHON 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR1:09:49 2 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:09:52 3 450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 1:09:52 4 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM1:09:53 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN1:10:1925 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR1:22:47 2 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM1:22:48 3 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:22:50 4 450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 1:23:00 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN1:23:4230 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR1:39:22 2 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM1:39:33 3 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:39:38 4 450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 1:40:30 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN1:41:0335 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR1:56:14 2 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:56:42 3 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM1:56:59 4 450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 1:58:29 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN1:58:3540 KILOMETRES 1 281 Paula Radcliffe GBR2:13:22 2 456 Catherine Ndereba KEN2:14:09 3 601 Constantina Tomescu ROM2:15:16 4 214 Derartu Tulu ETH 1996 2:16:06 5 125 Zhou Chunxiu CHN2:16:33 Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:20:57 CR Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:22:01 SB Constantina Diță ROM 2:23:19 4 Derartu Tulu ETH 1996 2:23:30 PB 5 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 2:24:12 6 Yumiko Hara JPN 2:24:20 7 Rita Jeptoo KEN 2:24:22 PB 8 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2:25:46 9 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 2:26:14 SB 10 Megumi Oshima JPN 2:26:29 11 Madaí Pérez MEX 2:26:50 PB 12 Halina Karnatsevich BLR 2:27:14 PB 13 Dorota Gruca POL 2:27:46 PB 14 Jong Yong-Ok PRK 2:29:43 PB 15 Mari Ozaki JPN 2:30:28 16 Asha Gigi ETH 1996 2:30:38 17 Ryoko Eda JPN 2:31:16 18 Mara Yamauchi GBR 2:31:26 PB 19 Rosaria Console ITA 2:32:47 20 Alina Ivanova RUS 2:32:53 21 Aurica Buia ROM 2:33:20 PB 22 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 1996 2:34:01 23 Oh Song-Suk PRK 2:34:07 24 Ryang Gum-Hwa PRK 2:34:35 25 Hayley Haining GBR 2:34:41 PB 26 Turena Johnson-Lane USA 2:34:43 PB 27 Anna Pichrtová CZE 2:34:45 28 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 2:35:08 29 Beatrice Omwanza KEN 2:35:48 30 Jill Boaz USA 2:36:29 SB 31 Isabel Eizmendi ESP 2:36:41 32 Ana Dias POR 2:36:50 33 Shireen Crumpton NZL 2:37:03 PB 34 Irina Permitina RUS 2:38:16 35 Emily Levan USA 2:38:32 PB 36 Jennifer Crain USA 2:39:02 SB 37 Dire Tune ETH 1996 2:39:13 38 Nadezhda Wijenberg NED 2:39:36 SB 39 Liza Hunter-Galvan NZL 2:39:47 40 Tegla Loroupe KEN 2:39:58 41 Nadia Ejjafini BHR 2:41:51 SB 42 Maija Oravamäki FIN 2:43:31 SB 43 Clarisse Rasoarizay MAD 2:43:58 SB 44 Oh Jung-hee KOR 2:47:42 45 Rebecca Moore NZL 2:50:36 46 Epiphanie Nyirabarame RWA 2:52:11 47 Hafida Narmouch MAR 2:52:41 48 Mulu Seboka ETH 1996 2:53:08 49 Nili Abramski ISR 2:54:08 50 Mary Akor USA 2:57:18 51 Mamokete Lechela LES 1987 3:03:26 SBDID NOT FINISH (DNF)— Debbie Mason GBR DNF— Kenza Wahbi MAR DNF— Fabiola William John TAN DNF— Kay Ulrich NZL DNF— Nuţa Olaru ROM DNF— Zhor El Kamch MAR DNFDID NOT START (DNS)— Sandra Ruales Ecuador DNS— Agueda Amaral TLS DNS See also 2005 World Marathon Cup External links IAAF results Marathon Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships Category:2005 marathons Category:Women's marathons Category:Marathons in Finland Category:Women's sport in Helsinki