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The Women's marathon 4 was a wheelchair marathon event in athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The race was won by Jan Randles. [1]
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The Women's marathon 4 was a wheelchair marathon event in athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The race was won by Jan Randles. [1]
| Place | Athlete | Time | |
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| 1 |  Jan Randles (AUS) | 2:42:09 | |
| 2 |  Kay McShane (IRL) | 2:48:22 | |
| 3 |  S. Norman (USA) | 2:54:01 | |
| 4 |  Josie Cichockyj (GBR) | 3:01:40 | |
| 5 |  Patricia Weston (CAN) | 3:08:40 | |
| 6 |  M. L. Moprales (MEX) | 3:25:39 |
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