1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, was held on Sunday August 29, 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Jong Song-ok North Korea (PRK)
Silver	Ari Ichihashi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Lidia Șimon Romania (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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World record	Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)	2:20:47	April 19, 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event record	Rosa Mota  (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season best	Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)	2:22:48	April 18, 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	17:58
2	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	17:58
3	579	Mayumi Ichikawa  (JPN)	17:58
4	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	17:58
5	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	17:58
10 KILOMETRES
1	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	35:26
2	785	Anuța Cătună  (ROM)	35:26
3	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	35:26
4	308	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	35:26
5	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	35:26
15 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	53:06
2	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	53:06
3	302	Elfenesh Alemu  (ETH)	53:06
4	575	Junko Asari  (JPN)	53:06
5	763	Manuela Machado  (POR)	53:06
20 KILOMETRES
1	308	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	1:10:34
2	37	Kerryn McCann  (AUS)	1:10:34
3	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	1:10:34
4	575	Junko Asari  (JPN)	1:10:34
5	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	1:10:34
HALF MARATHON
1	763	Manuela Machado  (POR)	1:14:30
2	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	1:14:30
3	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	1:14:30
4	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	1:14:30
5	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	1:14:30
25 KILOMETRES
1	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	1:28:28
2	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	1:28:29
3	772	Jong Song-ok  (PRK)	1:28:29
4	588	Kayoko Obata  (JPN)	1:28:29
5	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	1:28:29
30 KILOMETRES
1	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	1:46:03
2	308	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	1:46:03
3	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	1:46:03
4	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	1:46:03
5	601	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	1:46:03
35 KILOMETRES
1	308	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	2:02:51
2	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	2:02:53
3	772	Jong Song-ok  (PRK)	2:02:54
4	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	2:02:54
5	167	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	2:03:17
40 KILOMETRES
1	578	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	2:19:38
2	772	Jong Song-ok  (PRK)	2:19:39
3	308	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	2:20:00
4	803	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	2:20:03
5	423	Sonja Krolik  (GER)	2:21:18

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Jong Song-ok  (PRK)	2:26:59	NR
	Ari Ichihashi  (JPN)	2:27:02	PB
	Lidia Șimon  (ROM)	2:27:41
4	Fatuma Roba  (ETH)	2:28:04
5	Elfenesh Alemu  (ETH)	2:28:52	PB
6	Sonja Krolik  (GER)	2:28:55
7	Manuela Machado  (POR)	2:29:11
8	Kayoko Obata  (JPN)	2:29:11
9	Claudia Dreher  (GER)	2:29:22
10	Kim Chang-ok  (PRK)	2:29:26
11	Esther Wanjiru  (KEN)	2:29:36
12	Sun Yingjie  (CHN)	2:30:12	SB
13	Florina Pană  (ROM)	2:30:28
14	Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova  (RUS)	2:30:45	PB
15	Ana Isabel Alonso  (ESP)	2:31:38
16	Junko Asari  (JPN)	2:31:39
17	Mayumi Ichikawa  (JPN)	2:32:01
18	Marie Söderström-Lundberg  (SWE)	2:35:25
19	Constantina Diță  (ROM)	2:36:28
20	Silvana Trampuz  (AUS)	2:36:49
21	Mónica Pont  (ESP)	2:36:57
22	Manuela Veith  (GER)	2:37:24
23	Kerryn McCann  (AUS)	2:38:31
24	Anke Laws  (GER)	2:38:57
25	Alina Gherasim  (ROM)	2:39:29
26	Gadissie Edatto  (ETH)	2:40:03
27	Elizabeth Mongudhi  (NAM)	2:40:07
28	Angelines Rodríguez  (ESP)	2:40:10
29	Zinaida Semenova  (RUS)	2:41:33
30	Jane Salumäe  (EST)	2:41:50
31	Fátima Silva  (POR)	2:42:55
32	Marie Boyd  (USA)	2:44:16
33	María Luisa Muñoz  (ESP)	2:45:00
34	Lete Yesus Berehe  (ETH)	2:45:28
35	María Trujillo  (USA)	2:46:36
36	Mary Lynn Currier  (USA)	2:48:05
37	Mimi Corcoran  (USA)	2:49:21
38	Cindy Keeler  (USA)	2:53:04
39	Sarah Mahlangu  (RSA)	2:54:12
40	Anna Markelova  (TKM)	2:58:04	PB
41	Gina Coello  (HON)	2:58:11	NR
42	Gulsara Dadabayeva  (TJK)	3:23:01
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Anuța Cătună  (ROM)	DNF
—	Yelena Gundelakh  (RUS)	DNF
—	Nicole Carroll  (AUS)	DNF
—	Maria Polyzou  (GRE)	DNF
—	Elizabeth McCaul  (RSA)	DNF
—	Abeba Tolla  (ETH)	DNF
—	Christine Mallo  (FRA)	DNF
—	Heather Turland  (AUS)	DNF
—	Irina Timofeyeva  (RUS)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Franca Fiacconi  (ITA)	DNS
—	Colleen De Reuck  (RSA)	DNS
—	Naoko Takahashi  (JPN)	DNS

See also

• 1998 Women's European Championships Marathon (Budapest)
• 1999 World Marathon Cup
• 2000 Women's Olympic Marathon (Sydney)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Marathon (Munich)

References

• Results
• IAAF results
• trackandfieldnews