Women's marathon at the 2023 World Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() Amane Beriso Shankule during the race | ||||||||||
Venue | National Athletics Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 26 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 78 from 47 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:24:23 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2023 World Championships | ||
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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 |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km walk | men | women |
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 | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
The women's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held in Budapest on 26 August 2023.
Before the competition records were as follows: [1]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 2:14:04 | Chicago, United States | 13 October 2019 |
Championship record | ![]() | 2:18:11 | Eugene, United States | 18 July 2022 |
World Leading | ![]() | 2:16:28 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 March 2023 |
African Record | ![]() | 2:14:04 | Chicago, United States | 13 October 2019 |
Asian Record | ![]() | 2:19:12 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2005 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() | 2:18:29 | Chicago, United States | 09 October 2022 |
South American Record | ![]() | 2:25:57 | Seville, Spain | 20 February 2022 |
European Record | ![]() | 2:15:25 | London, Great Britain | 13 April 2003 |
Oceanian record | ![]() | 2:21:34 | Valencia, Spain | 04 December 2022 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:28:00. [2]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Date | Time | Round |
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26 August | 07:00 | Final |
The final was started on 26 August at 06:59. [3]
World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics.
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. The sport of athletics at these Games was split into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, remaining in Tokyo, and road running events and racewalking events, moved to Sapporo. A total of 48 events were held, one more than in 2016, with the addition of a mixed relay event.
The women's marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 18 July 2022.
The men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 27 August 2023.