1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Hiromi Suzuki Hiromi Suzuki (athlete) is a former female long-distance runner from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. Suzuki is best known for winning the world title in the women's marathon in Athens, Greece .-Personal bests:... Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... (JPN)
Silver	Manuela Machado Manuela Machado Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... (POR)
Bronze	Lidia Simon Lidia Simon Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.... Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... (ROM)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	2:22:07	April 20, 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:29:48
		2:31:12
		2:31:55
4		2:32:18
5		2:33:10
6		2:34:06
7		2:35:28
8		2:36:16
9		2:36:37
10		2:36:51
11		2:38:38
12		2:39:10
13		2:39:53
14		2:40:55
15		2:41:00
16		2:41:05
17		2:41:08
18		2:41:45
19		2:42:00
20		2:42:12
21		2:42:18
22		2:42:21
23		2:42:31
24		2:43:28
25		2:43:42
26		2:43:47
27		2:43:58
28		2:44:20
29		2:45:19
30		2:47:12
31		2:47:57
32		2:48:45
33		2:48:54
34		2:48:57
35		2:49:03
36		2:49:43
37		2:50:29
38		2:50:36
39		2:50:38
40		2:51:59
41		2:53:01
42		2:54:03
43		2:54:59
44		2:55:06
45		2:56:58
46		2:58:22
47		3:01:01
48		3:01:26
49		3:01:30
50		3:04:05
51		3:12:55
52		3:17:33
53		3:22:08
54		3:30:45
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Medalists

Abbreviations

Records

Final ranking

See also