Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
View of a congested group of competitors during the Women's marathon race
VenueSambadrome
Date14 August 2016
Competitors157 from 80 nations
Winning time2:24:04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jemima Sumgong  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia
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The women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 14 August on the Sambadrome.[1]

Summary

At 9:30 in the morning, the race started with temperatures around 19 °C (66 °F). The pack stayed bunched, with Mare Dibaba, Visiline Jepkesho, Rose Chelimo, Volha Mazuronak and Tirfi Tsegaye each taking their turns in the spotlight. The racing got serious, the pack was down to seven at 30 kilometres with American Desiree Linden the closest pursuer but unable to get back with the group. Shalane Flanagan was consistently toward the back of the group, then she began to fall off.[2] As Flanagan and Mazuronak struggled with the group, the remaining five African runners surged, the gap grew. Chelimo was the next to drop off the group.

Eunice Kirwa never held the lead and Jemima Sumgong only asserted herself in the last 5 kilometers. When she did the pack strung out to a straight line, former race walker Mazuronak and Tsegaye falling off the back. At a water station, Dibaba was the last to fall off, and then there were two. World Championship bronze medalist and Nagoya Champion Kirwa shadowing London Champion Sumgong until the final kilometer.[3] Then Sumgong expanded the gap in the long final straight into the finish. By the finish of the race, the temperature had risen to 26 °C (79 °F).[4][5]

Three sets of twins finished the marathon; two of the Luik triplets from Estonia, the Hahner twins from Germany and the Kim sisters from North Korea.[6]

The medals were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC member, Morocco and Hiroshi Yokokawa, Council Member of the IAAF.

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Olympic record  Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23:07 London, United Kingdom 5 August 2012
2016 World leading  Tirfi Tsegaye  (ETH) 2:19:41 Dubai, UAE 22 January 2016

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time Round
Sunday, 14 August 20169:30Finals

Results

RankNameNationality/regionTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jemima Sumgong Kenya2:24:04
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eunice Kirwa Bahrain2:24:13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Mare Dibaba Ethiopia2:24:30
4Tirfi Tsegaye Ethiopia2:24:47
5Volha Mazuronak Belarus2:24:48
6Shalane Flanagan United States2:25:26SB
7Desiree Linden United States2:26:08SB
8Rose Chelimo Bahrain2:27:36
9Amy Cragg United States2:28:25
10Kim Hye-song North Korea2:28:36SB
11Kim Hye-gyong North Korea2:28:36
12Jeļena Prokopčuka Latvia2:29:32
13Valeria Straneo Italy2:29:44SB
14Kayoko Fukushi Japan2:29:53
15Gladys Tejeda Peru2:29:55SB
16Ana Dulce Félix Portugal2:30:39
17Diana Lobačevskė Lithuania2:30:48
18Milly Clark Australia2:30:53
19Tomomi Tanaka Japan2:31:12
20Fionnuala McCormack Ireland2:31:22PB
21Iwona Lewandowska Poland2:31:41
22Jessica Trengove Australia2:31:44
23Monika Stefanowicz Poland2:32:49
24Lanni Marchant Canada2:33:08
25Catherine Bertone Italy2:33:29
26Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Czech Republic2:33:51
27Lilia Fisikowici Moldova2:34:05PB
28Alyson Dixon Great Britain2:34:11
29Maja Neuenschwander Switzerland2:34:27
30Sonia Samuels Great Britain2:34:36
31Lisa Jane Weightman Australia2:34:41
32Madaí Pérez Mexico2:34:42
33Olha Kotovska Ukraine2:34:57SB
34Azucena Díaz Spain2:35:02
35Krista DuChene Canada2:35:29
36Jovana de la Cruz Peru2:35:49
37Rasa Drazdauskaitė Lithuania2:35:50
38Vaida Žūsinaitė Lithuania2:35:53
39Yiu Kit Ching Hong Kong2:36:11NR
40Jessica Draskau-Petersson Denmark2:36:14
41Beata Naigambo Namibia2:36:32
42Ahn Seul-ki South Korea2:36:50
43Angie Orjuela Colombia2:37:05
44Anja Scherl Germany2:37:23
45Maryna Damantsevich Belarus2:37:34
46Mai Ito Japan2:37:37
47Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium2:37:39
48Margarita Hernández Mexico2:38:15
49Kim Kum-ok North Korea2:38:24
50Kenza Dahmani Algeria2:38:37
51Anne-Mari Hyryläinen Finland2:39:02
52Zsófia Erdélyi Hungary2:39:04
53Yue Chao China2:39:09
54Sitora Hamidova Uzbekistan2:39:45PB
55Anne Holm Baumeister Denmark2:39:49
56Helalia Johannes Namibia2:39:55
57Lizzie Lee Ireland2:39:57
58Esma Aydemir Turkey2:39:59
59Iuliia Andreeva Kyrgyzstan2:40:34
60Andrea Deelstra Netherlands2:40:49
61Ilona Marhele Latvia2:41:02
62Viktoriia Poliudina Kyrgyzstan2:41:37
63Dina Lebo Phalula South Africa2:41:46
64Andrea Mayr Austria2:41:52
65Krisztina Papp Hungary2:42:03
66Svitlana Stanko-Klymenko Ukraine2:42:26
67Mayada Al-Sayad Palestine2:42:28
68Nyakisi Adero Uganda2:42:39SB
69Adriana Aparecida da Silva Brazil2:43:22
70Lim Kyung-hee South Korea2:43:31
71Beverly Ramos Puerto Rico2:43:52
72Munkhzaya Bayartsogt Mongolia2:43:55
73Erika Abril Colombia2:44:05
74Manuela Soccol Belgium2:44:18
75Alina Armas Namibia2:44:20
76Breege Connolly Ireland2:44:41
77Marina Khmelevskaya Uzbekistan2:45:06
78Marily dos Santos Brazil2:45:08
79Hua Shaoqing China2:45:09
80Nebiat Habtemariam Eritrea2:45:21
81Anna Hahner Germany2:45:32
82Lisa Hahner Germany2:45:33
83Tünde Szabó Hungary2:45:37
84Els Rens Belgium2:45:52
85Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar Mongolia2:45:55
86Visiline Jepkesho Kenya2:46:05
87Nataliya Lehonkova Ukraine2:46:08
88Ourania Rebouli Greece2:46:32
89O. P. Jaisha India2:47:19
90Maor Tiyouri Israel2:47:27
91Jane Vongvorachoti Thailand2:47:27
92Rutendo Nyahora Zimbabwe2:47:32
93Yolimar Pineda Venezuela2:47:34
94Mariya Korobitskaya Kyrgyzstan2:47:53
95Silvia Paredes Ecuador2:48:01
96Christine Kalmer South Africa2:48:24
97Lily Luik Estonia2:48:29
98Tereza Master Malawi2:48:34NR
99María Elena Calle Ecuador2:48:39
100Rosa Chacha Ecuador2:48:52
101Paula Todoran Romania2:48:54
102Dailín Belmonte Cuba2:48:58
103Sofia Riga Greece2:49:07
104Matea Matošević Croatia2:50:00
105Érika Olivera Chile2:50:29
106Ariana Hilborn Latvia2:50:51
107Katarína Berešová Slovakia2:50:54
108Militsa Mircheva Bulgaria2:51:06
109Chirine Njeim Lebanon2:51:08
110Rosa Godoy Argentina2:52:31
111Sultan Haydar Turkey2:53:57
112Meryem Erdoğan Turkey2:54:04
113Hsieh Chien-ho Chinese Taipei2:54:18
114Leila Luik Estonia2:54:38
115Carmen Martínez Paraguay2:56:43
116Lucia Kimani Bosnia and Herzegovina2:58:22
117Rosemary Quispe Bolivia2:58:32
118Panayiota Vlahaki Greece2:59:12
119Marija Vrajić Croatia2:59:24
120Kavita Tungar India2:59:29
121Sara Ramadhani Tanzania3:00:03
122Irina Smolnikova Kazakhstan3:00:31
123Natalia Romero Chile3:01:29
124Mary Joy Tabal Philippines3:02:27
125Viviana Chavez Argentina3:03:23
126Claudette Mukasakindi Rwanda3:05:57
127Chen Yu-hsuan Chinese Taipei3:09:13
128Graciete Santana Brazil3:09:15
129Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Sri Lanka3:11:05
130Natthaya Thanaronnawat Thailand3:11:31
131Neo Jie Shi Singapore3:15:18
132Sarah Attar Saudi Arabia3:16:11
133Nary Ly Cambodia3:20:20
Katarzyna Kowalska PolandDNF
Helah Kiprop KenyaDNF
Lornah Chemtai Korlima IsraelDNF
Anna Incerti ItalyDNF
Christelle Daunay FranceDNF
Alessandra Aguilar SpainDNF
Souad Aït Salem AlgeriaDNF
Inés Melchor PeruDNF
Kellys Arias ColombiaDNF
Olivera Jevtić SerbiaDNF
Estela Navascués SpainDNF
Liina Luik EstoniaDNF
María Peralta ArgentinaDNF
Tigist Tufa EthiopiaDNF
Jéssica Augusto PortugalDNF
Nastassia Ivanova BelarusDNF
Shitaye Eshete BahrainDNF
Gulzhanat Zhanatbek KazakhstanDNF
Daniela Cârlan RomaniaDNF
Slađana Perunović MontenegroDNF
Sara Moreira PortugalDNF
Koutar Boulaid MoroccoDNF
Daneja Grandovec SloveniaDNF
Irvette van Zyl South AfricaDNS

References

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