1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

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 Suzuki Japan (JPN)
Silver	Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Lidia Șimon Romania (ROM)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World record	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Championships record	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season best	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:22:07	April 20, 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
	Hiromi Suzuki	Japan (JPN)	2:29:48
	Manuela Machado	Portugal (POR)	2:31:12
	Lidia Șimon	Romania (ROM)	2:31:55
4	Takako Tobise	Japan (JPN)	2:32:18
5	Ornella Ferrara	Italy (ITA)	2:33:10
6	Iris Biba	Germany (GER)	2:34:06
7	Sonja Krolik	Germany (GER)	2:35:28
8	Franziska Rochat-Moser	Switzerland (SUI)	2:36:16
9	Yelena Razdrogina	Russia (RUS)	2:36:37
10	Nobuko Fujimura	Japan (JPN)	2:36:51
11	Anuța Cătună	Romania (ROM)	2:38:38
12	Maria Polyzou	Greece (GRE)	2:39:10
13	Franca Fiacconi	Italy (ITA)	2:39:53
14	Christine Mallo	France (FRA)	2:40:55
15	Elfenesh Alemu	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:41:00
16	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway (NOR)	2:41:05
17	Maryse Le Gallo	France (FRA)	2:41:08
18	Aurica Buia	Romania (ROM)	2:41:45
19	Mariko Hara	Japan (JPN)	2:42:00
20	Heather Turland	Australia (AUS)	2:42:12
21	Rocío Ríos	Spain (ESP)	2:42:18
22	Judit Földing-Nagy	Hungary (HUN)	2:42:21
23	Angharad Mair	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:42:31
24	Laura Fogli	Italy (ITA)	2:43:28
25	Cheryl Collins	United States (USA)	2:43:42
26	Olga Yudenkova	Belarus (BLR)	2:43:47
27	Anna Villani	Italy (ITA)	2:43:58
28	Sally Goldsmith	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:44:20
29	Tomoe Abe	Japan (JPN)	2:45:19
30	Nuţa Olaru	Romania (ROM)	2:47:12
31	Elena Vinitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	2:47:57
32	Manuela Veith	Germany (GER)	2:48:45
33	Asselefech Assefa	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:48:54
34	Evelyne Mura	France (FRA)	2:48:57
35	Danielle Sanderson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:49:03
36	Julia Kirtland	United States (USA)	2:49:43
37	Anfisa Kosacheva	Russia (RUS)	2:50:29
38	Grace de Oliveira	South Africa (RSA)	2:50:36
39	Gaëlle Houitte	France (FRA)	2:50:38
40	Jeanne Peterson	United States (USA)	2:51:59
41	Irina Timofeyeva	Russia (RUS)	2:53:01
42	Panayota Nikolakopoulou	Greece (GRE)	2:54:03
43	Lo Man Yi	Hong Kong (HKG)	2:54:59
44	Alemitu Bekele	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:55:06
45	Georgia Ambatzidou	Greece (GRE)	2:56:58
46	Marisol Vargas	Mexico (MEX)	2:58:22
47	Carolyn Hunter-Rowe	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	3:01:01
48	May Allison	Canada (CAN)	3:01:26
49	Danuta Bartoszek	Canada (CAN)	3:01:30
50	Rita Toto	South Africa (RSA)	3:04:05
51	Rosa Salinas	Mexico (MEX)	3:12:55
52	Gina Liseth Coello	Honduras (HON)	3:17:33
53	Alexandra De Snoo	Aruba (ARU)	3:22:08
54	Gulsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan (TJK)	3:30:45
—	Gadisay Edato	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Jane Salumäe	Estonia (EST)	DNF
—	Alina Tecuta	Romania (ROM)	DNF
—	Sonia Maccioni	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—	Birgit Jerschabek	Germany (GER)	DNF
—	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal (POR)	DNF
—	Galina Baruk	Belarus (BLR)	DNF
—	Alena Mazouka	Belarus (BLR)	DNF
—	Alina Ivanova	Russia (RUS)	DNF
—	Nicole Carroll	Australia (AUS)	DNF
—	Anita Håkenstad	Norway (NOR)	DNF
—	Josette Colomb-Janin	France (FRA)	DNF
—	Mary Alico	United States (USA)	DNF
—	Patty Valadka	United States (USA)	DNF
—	Maria Elena Reyna	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Lucia Rendon	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Flor Venegas	Chile (CHI)	DNF
—	Paraskevi Kastriti	Greece (GRE)	DNF
—	Chrisoula Souma	Greece (GRE)	DNF

See also

• Women's Olympic Marathon (1996)
• 1997 World Marathon Cup

References

• todor66
• athletix