2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 30 August
Competitors 65 from 38 nations
Winning time 2:27:39
Medalists
    Ethiopia
    Kenya
    Bahrain
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 30 August.[1][2]

Under overcast skies (is that overcast in Beijing?) the race quickly formed two large packs of about 20 runners. For the next 25K, the lead pack remained about the same size with some runners bridging the gap in time for others to fall off the pace. Between 25K and 30K, the pack dropped to a dozen runners. Just after 31K, defending champion Edna Kiplagat accelerated. In the next 4K, the lead pack cut in half, the remaining athletes were three Kenyans, two Ethiopians and Eunice Kirwa wearing a Bahrain uniform, from Kenya. London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa was the first to fall back, then Kiplagat began to lose contact. But the four person pack remained tougher into the stadium. Four athletes to sprint it out on the track for three medals after running 26 miles. Mare Dibaba (no relation to the other famous Dibaba sisters) led the group toward the tunnel. As they started to speed up, Jemima Sumgong did not have another gear. Kirwa was perfectly positioned to strike but instead Helah Kiprop launched the attack from the back after looking like she was ready to drop off, long striding behind the diminutive Dibaba. 60 metres before the finish they were almost even, but Dibaba would not give that last few inches.[3] Then Dibaba sped away to cross the line with almost 7 metres gap. The times had a second between first and second, a four-second gap amongst the medalists and a 7-second gap back to fourth place. On every count, the closest Marathon finish in World Championship history.[4]

It was four Kenyan born athletes in places 2-5, Ethiopia and Japan placed three each in the top 14 places.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Championship record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:20:57 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading  Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:19.52 Xiamen, China 3 January 2015
African record  Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 London, United Kingdom 22 April 2012
Asian record  Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:19:12 Berlin, Germany 25 September 2005
NACAC record  Deena Kastor (USA) 2:19:36 London, United Kingdom 23 April 2006
South American record  Inés Melchor (PER) 2:26:40 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
European record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Oceanian record  Benita Willis (AUS) 2:22:36 Chicago, United States 22 October 2006

Qualification standards

Time[6]
2:44:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 August 2015 07:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 07:30.[7]

KEY: NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:27:35
2nd, silver medalist(s) Helah Kiprop  Kenya (KEN) 2:27:36
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain (BHR) 2:27:39
4 Jemima Sumgong  Kenya (KEN) 2:27:42
5 Edna Kiplagat  Kenya (KEN) 2:28:18
6 Tigist Tufa  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:29:12
7 Mai Ito  Japan (JPN) 2:29:48
8 Tirfi Tsegaye  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:30:54
9 Kim Hye-song  North Korea (PRK) 2:30:59
10 Serena Burla  United States (USA) 2:31:06 SB
11 Rasa Drazdauskaitė  Lithuania (LTU) 2:31:23 SB
12 Filomena Costa  Portugal (POR) 2:31:40
13 Sairi Maeda  Japan (JPN) 2:31:46
14 Risa Shigetomo  Japan (JPN) 2:32:37
15 Alina Prokopeva  Russia (RUS) 2:32:44
16 Ding Changqin  China (CHN) 2:33:04
17 Alessandra Aguilar  Spain (ESP) 2:33:42
18 O. P. Jaisha  India (IND) 2:34:43 NR
19 Sudha Singh  India (IND) 2:35:35 PB
20 Visiline Jepkesho  Kenya (KEN) 2:36:17
21 Sinead Diver  Australia (AUS) 2:36:38 SB
22 Katarína Berešová  Slovakia (SVK) 2:37:24
23 Sarah Klein  Australia (AUS) 2:37:58 SB
24 Esther Erb  United States (USA) 2:38:15 SB
25 Lishan Dula  Bahrain (BHR) 2:38:18
26 Clara Canchanya  Peru (PER) 2:39:24
27 Liina Luik  Estonia (EST) 2:39:42 PB
28 Wang Xueqin  China (CHN) 2:41:42
29 Anne-Mari Hyryläinen  Finland (FIN) 2:41:59
30 Kim Seongeun  South Korea (KOR) 2:42:14
31 Kateryna Karmanenko  Ukraine (UKR) 2:43:12 SB
32 Yiu-Kit Ching  Hong Kong (HKG) 2:43:28
33 Annelie Johansson  Sweden (SWE) 2:43:42
34 Nebiat Habtemariam  Eritrea (ERI) 2:44:42 SB
35 Munkhzaya Bayartsogt  Mongolia (MGL) 2:45:01
36 Iuliia Andreeva  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 2:45:04
37 He Yinli  China (CHN) 2:45:05
38 Lily Luik  Estonia (EST) 2:45:22 SB
39 Anita Kažemāka  Latvia (LAT) 2:45:54 SB
40 Gulzhanat Zhanatbek  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2:45:54
41 Yeum Go-eun  South Korea (KOR) 2:46:46
42 Aster Tesfaye  Bahrain (BHR) 2:46:54
43 Sultan Haydar  Turkey (TUR) 2:47:11
44 Charlotte Karlsson  Sweden (SWE) 2:47:40
45 Hsu Yu-fang  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:48:01
46 Julia Degan  Australia (AUS) 2:49:26 SB
47 Roselaine Benites  Brazil (BRA) 2:49:28
48 Louise Wiker  Sweden (SWE) 2:49:57
49 Niluka Geethani Rajasekara  Sri Lanka (SRI) 2:50:40
50 Mayada Al-Sayad  Palestine (PLE) 2:53:39
51 Dailín Belmonte  Cuba (CUB) 2:56:18 SB
52 Hsieh Chien-ho  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:58:25
53 Souad Aït Salem  Algeria (ALG) DNF
53 Hortensia Arzapalo  Peru (PER) DNF
53 Michele Cristina das Chagas  Brazil (BRA) DNF
53 Barkahoum Drici  Algeria (ALG) DNF
53 Sitora Hamidova  Uzbekistan (UZB) DNF
53 Kim Hye-gyong  North Korea (PRK) DNF
53 Soumiya Labani  Morocco (MAR) DNF
53 Heather Lieberg  United States (USA) DNF
53 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar  Mongolia (MGL) DNF
53 Tanith Maxwell  South Africa (RSA) DNF
53 Beata Naigambo  Namibia (NAM) DNF
53 Irina Smolnikova  Kazakhstan (KAZ) DNF
53 Paula Todoran  Romania (ROU) DNF
53 Lalita Babar  India (IND) DNS
53 Olena Popova  Ukraine (UKR) DNS

References

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