1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

None The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time. Medalists Gold Hiromi SuzukiJPN Japan (JPN)Silver Manuela MachadoPOR Portugal (POR)Bronze Lidia ȘimonROM Romania (ROM) Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World record Ingrid Kristiansen 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom Championships record Rosa Mota 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy Season best Tegla Loroupe 2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands Final ranking RankAthleteCountryTimeNote Hiromi Suzuki JPN 2:29:48 Manuela Machado POR 2:31:12 Lidia Șimon ROM 2:31:55 4 Takako Tobise JPN 2:32:18 5 Ornella Ferrara ITA 2:33:10 6 Iris Biba GER 2:34:06 7 Sonja Krolik GER 2:35:28 8 Franziska Rochat-Moser SUI 2:36:16 9 Yelena Razdrogina RUS 2:36:37 10 Nobuko Fujimura JPN 2:36:51 11 Anuța Cătună ROM 2:38:38 12 Maria Polyzou GRE 2:39:10 13 Franca Fiacconi ITA 2:39:53 14 Christine Mallo FRA 2:40:55 15 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 1996 2:41:00 16 Grete Kirkeberg NOR 2:41:05 17 Maryse Le Gallo FRA 2:41:08 18 Aurica Buia ROM 2:41:45 19 Mariko Hara JPN 2:42:00 20 Heather Turland AUS 2:42:12 21 Rocío Ríos ESP 2:42:18 22 Judit Földing-Nagy HUN 2:42:21 23 Angharad Mair GBR 2:42:31 24 Laura Fogli ITA 2:43:28 25 Cheryl Collins USA 2:43:42 26 Olga Yudenkova BLR 2:43:47 27 Anna Villani ITA 2:43:58 28 Sally Goldsmith GBR 2:44:20 29 Tomoe Abe JPN 2:45:19 30 Nuţa Olaru ROM 2:47:12 31 Elena Vinitskaya BLR 2:47:57 32 Manuela Veith GER 2:48:45 33 Asselefech Assefa ETH 1996 2:48:54 34 Evelyne Mura FRA 2:48:57 35 Danielle Sanderson GBR 2:49:03 36 Julia Kirtland USA 2:49:43 37 Anfisa Kosacheva RUS 2:50:29 38 Grace de Oliveira RSA 2:50:36 39 Gaëlle Houitte FRA 2:50:38 40 Jeanne Peterson USA 2:51:59 41 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 2:53:01 42 Panayota Nikolakopoulou GRE 2:54:03 43 Lo Man Yi HKG 2:54:59 44 Alemitu Bekele ETH 1996 2:55:06 45 Georgia Ambatzidou GRE 2:56:58 46 Marisol Vargas MEX 2:58:22 47 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe GBR 3:01:01 48 May Allison CAN 3:01:26 49 Danuta Bartoszek CAN 3:01:30 50 Rita Toto RSA 3:04:05 51 Rosa Salinas MEX 3:12:55 52 Gina Liseth Coello HON 3:17:33 53 Alexandra De Snoo ARU 3:22:08 54 Gulsara Dadabayeva TJK 3:30:45 —Gadisay Edato ETH 1996 DNF —Fatuma Roba ETH 1996 DNF —Jane Salumäe EST DNF —Alina Tecuta ROM DNF —Sonia Maccioni ITA DNF —Birgit Jerschabek GER DNF —Rosa Oliveira POR DNF —Galina Baruk BLR DNF —Alena Mazouka BLR DNF —Alina Ivanova RUS DNF —Nicole Carroll AUS DNF —Anita Håkenstad NOR DNF —Josette Colomb-Janin FRA DNF —Mary Alico USA DNF —Patty Valadka USA DNF —Maria Elena Reyna MEX DNF —Lucia Rendon MEX DNF —Flor Venegas CHI DNF —Paraskevi Kastriti GRE DNF —Chrisoula Souma GRE DNF See also Women's Olympic Marathon (1996) 1997 World Marathon Cup References todor66 athletix Marathon Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships World Championships Category:Women's marathons Category:Marathons in Greece Category:Women in Athens Category:Women's athletics competitions in Greece nl:IAAF wereldkampioenschap marathon 1997