2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

None The women's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Sunday, 31 August 2003, starting at 14:20h local time. Medalists GoldKEN Catherine NderebaKenya (KEN)SilverJPN Mizuki NoguchiJapan (JPN)BronzeJPN Masako ChibaJapan (JPN) 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 1 888 Constantina Tomescu ROM16:45 2 630 Takami Ominami JPN17:17 3 881 Nuţa Olaru ROM17:17 4 797 Stine Larsen NOR17:17 5 328 Workenesh Tola ETH 199617:1710 KILOMETRES 1 888 Constantina Tomescu ROM34:02 2 324 Asha Gigi ETH 199634:14 3 630 Takami Ominami JPN34:14 4 708 Kenza Wahbi MAR34:14 5 885 Luminiţa Talpoş ROM34:1515 KILOMETRES 1 888 Svetlana Zakharova RUS51:19 2 885 Luminiţa Talpoş ROM51:19 3 858 Ham Bong-Sil PRK51:20 4 881 Nuţa Olaru ROM51:20 5 797 Stine Larsen NOR51:2020 KILOMETRES 1 888 Svetlana Zakharova RUS1:08:59 2 797 Stine Larsen NOR1:09:00 3 975 Olivera Jevtić SCG1:09:00 4 629 Mizuki Noguchi JPN1:09:00 5 881 Nuţa Olaru ROM1:09:00 HALF MARATHON 1 885 Luminiţa Talpoş ROM1:12:46 2 630 Takami Ominami JPN1:12:46 3 888 Svetlana Zakharova RUS1:12:46 4 881 Nuţa Olaru ROM1:12:46 5 182 Zhang Shujing CHN1:12:46 25 KILOMETRES 1 885 Luminiţa Talpoş ROM1:26:34 2 629 Mizuki Noguchi JPN1:26:34 3 888 Svetlana Zakharova RUS1:26:34 4 858 Ham Bong-Sil PRK1:26:34 5 881 Nuţa Olaru ROM1:26:3430 KILOMETRES 1 629 Mizuki Noguchi JPN1:44:01 2 317 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 19961:44:01 3 858 Ham Bong-Sil PRK1:44:01 4 888 Svetlana Zakharova RUS1:44:01 5 881 Catherine Ndereba KEN1:44:0135 KILOMETRES 1 881 Catherine Ndereba KEN2:00:47 2 629 Mizuki Noguchi JPN2:00:51 3 632 Naoko Sakamoto JPN2:00:57 4 858 Masako Chiba JPN2:01:01 5 858 Ham Bong-Sil PRK2:01:0340 KILOMETRES 1 881 Catherine Ndereba KEN2:16:45 2 629 Mizuki Noguchi JPN2:17:05 3 632 Naoko Sakamoto JPN2:17:48 4 858 Masako Chiba JPN2:17:49 5 858 Ham Bong-Sil PRK2:17:57 Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote Catherine Ndereba KEN2:23:55 Mizuki Noguchi JPN2:24:14 Masako Chiba JPN2:25:094 Naoko Sakamoto JPN2:25:255 Ham Bong-sil PRK2:25:31 NR6 Elfenesh Alemu ETH 19962:26:297 Joyce Chepchumba KEN2:26:33 SB8 Olivera Jevtić SCG2:26:499 Svetlana Zakharova RUS2:26:5310 Shitaye Gemechu ETH 19962:27:26SB11 Nuţa Olaru ROU2:28:24SB12 Zhang Shujing CHN2:29:2413 Beatriz Ros ESP2:29:25PB14 Li Helan CHN2:29:46SB15 María Abel ESP2:30:15SB16 Lena Gavelin SWE2:30:39NR17 Stine Larsen NOR2:30:4418 Luminiţa Talpoş ROU2:30:4919 Asha Gigi ETH 19962:31:01PB20 Ulrike Maisch GER2:31:21PB21 Rakiya Maraoui FRA2:31:23SB22 Viktoriya Klimina RUS2:31:45SB23 Annemette Jensen DEN2:31:55PB24 Ri Kum-Sil PRK2:32:08PB25 Larisa Zyuzko RUS2:32:2626 Marie Söderström SWE2:32:27SB27 Takami Ominami JPN2:32:3128 Sandy Jacobson CAN2:33:51PB29 Kim Jong-Sun PRK2:34:1230 Meseret Kotu ETH 19962:34:19SB31 María Teresa Pulido ESP2:34:3732 Simona Staicu HUN2:34:5133 Jill Boaz USA2:34:54PB34 Fatima Yvelain FRA2:36:2035 Kenza Wahbi MAR2:36:29PB36 Jin Li CHN2:37:10SB37 Linda Somers Smith USA2:37:14SB38 Svetlana Demidenko RUS2:37:19SB39 Jo Lodge GBR2:37:56SB40 Irina Timofeyeva RUS2:38:06SB41 Lucilla Andreucci ITA2:38:2242 Gloria Marconi ITA2:38:2643 Giovanna Volpato ITA2:38:3844 Nadia Ejjafini BHR2:38:39PB45 Aurica Buia ROU2:39:0446 Workenesh Tola ETH 19962:39:2547 Jane Salumäe EST2:39:36SB48 Zahia Dahmani FRA2:40:3449 Banuelia Katesigwa TAN2:40:4550 Fátima Silva POR2:40:5951 Mihaela Botezan ROU2:41:1352 Hanan Fahroun MAR2:42:56PB53 Choi Kyung-Hee KOR2:43:3854 Hafida Gadi FRA2:45:5355 Tamara Lave USA2:46:22PB56 Jong Yong-Ok PRK2:50:2157 Epiphanie Nyirabarame RWA2:54:16PB58 Simona Viola ITA2:54:2759 Kelly Keane USA2:55:26SB60 Sophie Gordon PYF3:00:5361 Priscilla Mamba SWZ3:18:35SB62 Sonia Lopes CPV3:21:59DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— Fatima Hajjami FRADNF— Sylvia Mosqueda USADNF— Beatrice Omwanza KENDNF— Rie Matsuoka JPNDNF— Constantina Diță ROUDNF— Rosaria Console ITADNFDID NOT START (DNS)— Anna Pichrtová CZEDNS See also Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's marathon 2003 World Marathon Cup Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon References Results M Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships Category:2003 marathons Category:Women's marathons Category:Marathons in France nl:IAAF wereldkampioenschap marathon 2003