1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Last updated

The Women's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Sunday August 5, 1995. Due to judges' error the marathon course was 400 metres short of the normal distance as at the start the women left the stadium one lap too early. [1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold Flag of Portugal.svg Manuela Machado
Portugal (POR)
Silver Flag of Romania.svg Anuța Cătună
Romania (ROM)
Bronze Flag of Italy.svg Ornella Ferrara
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of Norway.svg  Ingrid Kristiansen  (NOR)2:21:06April 21, 1985 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom
Event Record Flag of Portugal.svg  Rosa Mota  (POR)2:25:17August 29, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
Season Best Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)2:25:11April 17, 1995 Flag of the United States.svg Boston, United States

Intermediates

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Portugal.svg  Manuela Machado  (POR)2:25:39
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Anuța Cătună  (ROM)2:26:25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Ornella Ferrara  (ITA)2:30:11
4Flag of Poland.svg  Małgorzata Sobańska  (POL)2:31:10
5Flag of Finland.svg  Ritva Lemettinen  (FIN)2:31:19
6Flag of Spain.svg  Mónica Pont  (ESP)2:31:53
7Flag of the United States.svg  Linda Somers  (USA)2:32:12
8Flag of Germany.svg  Sonja Krolik  (GER)2:32:17
9Flag of Japan.svg  Sachiyo Seiyama  (JPN)2:33:07
10Flag of Romania.svg  Lidia Șimon  (ROM)2:33:18
11Flag of Japan.svg  Miki Igarashi  (JPN)2:34:34
12Flag of Japan.svg  Yukari Komatsu  (JPN)2:35:33
13Flag of Finland.svg  Kirsi Rauta  (FIN)2:35:39
14Flag of Estonia.svg  Jane Salumäe  (EST)2:35:53
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kerryn McCann  (AUS)2:36:29
16Flag of the United States.svg  Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones  (USA)2:37:06
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Ingmarie Nilsson  (SWE)2:37:17
18Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Susan Mahony  (AUS)2:37:38
19Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Fatuma Roba  (ETH)2:39:27
20Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nelly Glauser  (SUI)2:40:42
21Flag of Spain.svg  Maria Luisa Muñoz  (ESP)2:41:37
22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Trudi Thomson  (GBR)2:41:42
23Flag of Hungary.svg  Judit Földing-Nagy  (HUN)2:42:03
24Flag of Russia.svg  Larisa Zyuzko  (RUS)2:42:12
25Flag of Ireland.svg  Cathy Shum  (IRL)2:43:20
26Flag of Turkey.svg  Nurten Tasdemir  (TUR)2:44:36
27Flag of Romania.svg  Aura Buia  (ROM)2:45:13
28Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alison Rose  (GBR)2:45:52
29Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nyla Carroll  (NZL)2:50:25
30Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Chu Winnie Ng Lai  (HKG)3:01:08
31Flag of Guatemala.svg  Isabel Tum  (GUA)3:02:02
32Flag of Panama.svg  Gilda Mendez  (PAN)3:05:00
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Maria Guadalupe Loma  (MEX)DNF
Flag of Denmark.svg  Dorthe Rasmussen  (DEN)DNF
Flag of Germany.svg  Birgit Jerschabek  (GER)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Nadia Prasad  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Carole Rouillard  (CAN)DNF
Flag of Kenya.svg  Angelina Kanana  (KEN)DNF
Flag of Norway.svg  Anita Håkenstad  (NOR)DNF
Flag of Spain.svg  Rocío Ríos  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Russia.svg  Marina Belyayeva  (RUS)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Elaine Van Blunk  (USA)DNF
Flag of Russia.svg  Nadezhda Ilyina  (RUS)DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Janet Mayal  (BRA)DNS

See also

Related Research Articles

Elizabeth Nuttall is a Scottish former middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships and a silver over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games. McColgan earned a silver in the 3000 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships. She was a two-time gold medalist in the event at the Commonwealth Games, 1992 World Half Marathon champion and a two-time individual medallist at the World Cross Country Championships. She claimed three victories at the World Marathon Majors: at the 1991 New York City Marathon, 1992 Tokyo Marathon and 1996 London Marathon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 European Athletics Championships</span> International athletics championship event

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, and Stockholm, Sweden's capital, hosted 1958 European Athletics Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martín Fiz</span> Spanish long-distance runner

Martín Fiz Martín is a long-distance runner from Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lidiya Grigoryeva</span> Russian long-distance runner

Lidiya Grigoryeva is a Russian long-distance runner from the Chuvashia region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olivera Jevtić</span> Serbian long-distance runner

Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

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 lucrative city marathons. Instead, she participated in major competitions.

Francesco Ingargiola is an Italian long-distance runner, who finished 5th in the men's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ulrike Maisch</span> German long-distance runner

Ulrike Maisch is a long-distance runner from Germany, who won the women's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her husband is also running and is called Richard Friedrich who won the Munich Marathon in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Göteborgsvarvet</span> Annual half marathon in Gothenburg, Sweden

Göteborgsvarvet is an annual half marathon running competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the largest annual running competition in the world in terms of entries, with its 62,000 entries for the Göteborgsvarvet competition on 18 May 2013. In 2016, 64,500 people entered the race. The youngest runner was 17 years old and the oldest female runner 83 and male runner 87.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alevtina Biktimirova</span> Russian long-distance runner

Alevtina Biktimirova is a Russian long-distance runner, who specialises in the marathon.

Michiko "Miki" Suwa Gorman was an American marathon runner of Japanese ancestry. Gorman did not begin running competitively until she was in her mid-30s, but rapidly emerged as one of the elite marathoning women of the mid-1970s. She is the only woman to win both the Boston and New York City marathons twice and is the first of only two woman runners to win both marathons in the same year.

The Men's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 1995.

Teresa Vaill is a female racewalker from the United States. She was born in Torrington, Connecticut.

The 2006 European Marathon Cup was the 8th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, inside of the 2006 European Championships.

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden.

The 1995 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by USA Track & Field and held from June 20 to 24 at Hughes Stadium, on the campus of Sacramento City College in Sacramento, California. The four-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States and also the trials for the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1977 World Masters Athletics Championships</span> International athletics championship event

1977 World Masters Athletics Championships is the second in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 8 to 13 August 1977.

Meseret Belete Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and she won the bronze medal in the women's half marathon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trudi Thomson</span> British distance runner

Trudi Thomson is a British former distance runner and ultramarathon runner who competed for Great Britain at the IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993 and 1994, the IAAF 1995 World Cup Marathon, the IAAF 1995 World Championships Marathon and the IAAF 1995 World Championships Half Marathon. She represented Scotland at the 1999 World Mountain Running Trophy.

References

  1. Smythe, Steve (26 July 2017). "IAAF World Championships history: Gothenburg 1995". Athletics Weekly . Retrieved 14 October 2019.