Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
DatesAugust 1
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning time2:32:41
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valentina Yegorova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Silver medal icon.svg Yuko Arimori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Lorraine Moller Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish. [1] The winning margin was 8 seconds.

After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test. [2]

Medalists

Gold Valentina Yegorova
Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Silver Yuko Arimori
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
Bronze Lorraine Moller
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of Norway.svg  Ingrid Kristiansen  (NOR)2:21:06April 21, 1985 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record Flag of the United States.svg  Joan Benoit  (USA)2:24:52August 5, 1984 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Season Best Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Markova  (RUS)2:23:43April 20, 1992 Flag of the United States.svg Boston, United States

Final ranking

PlaceAthleteTime
Med 1.png Olympic flag.svg  Valentina Yegorova  (EUN)2:32:41
Med 2.png Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yuko Arimori  (JPN)2:32:49
Med 3.png Flag of New Zealand.svg  Lorraine Moller  (NZL)2:33:59
4.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Sachiko Yamashita  (JPN)2:36:26
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Dörre  (GER)2:36:48
6.Flag of North Korea.svg  Mun Gyong-ae  (PRK)2:37:03
7.Flag of Portugal.svg  Manuela Machado  (POR)2:38:22
8.Olympic flag.svg  Ramilya Burangulova  (EUN)2:38:46
9.South African Olympic Flag.svg  Colleen De Reuck  (RSA)2:39:03
10.Flag of the United States.svg  Cathy O'Brien  (USA)2:39:42
11.Flag of Hungary.svg  Karolina Szabó  (HUN)2:40:10
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Francie Larrieu Smith  (USA)2:41:09
13.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sally Eastall  (GBR)2:41:20
14.Flag of Finland.svg  Ritva Lemettinen  (FIN)2:41:48
15.Flag of Germany.svg  Birgit Jerschabek  (GER)2:42:45
16.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Véronique Marot  (GBR)2:42:55
17.Flag of Brazil.svg  Márcia Narloch  (BRA)2:44:32
18.Flag of Italy.svg  Emma Scaunich  (ITA)2:46:14
19.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Odette Lapierre  (CAN)2:46:18
20.Flag of Italy.svg  Anna Villani  (ITA)2:46:44
21.Flag of the United States.svg  Janis Klecker  (USA)2:47:17
22.Flag of Poland.svg  Wanda Panfil  (POL)2:47:27
23.Flag of Italy.svg  Bettina Sabatini  (ITA)2:50:09
24.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Alena Peterková  (TCH)2:53:30
25.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Lee Mi-Ok  (KOR)2:54:21
26.Flag of Poland.svg  Małgorzata Birbach  (POL)2:54:33
27.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sally Ellis  (GBR)2:54:41
28.Flag of Kenya.svg  Pascaline Wangui  (KEN)2:56:46
29.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yumi Kokamo  (JPN)2:58:18
30.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Addis Gezahegn  (ETH)2:58:27
31.Flag of Brazil.svg  Janete Mayal  (BRA)3:00:23
32.Flag of Romania.svg  Elena Murgoci  (ROU)3:01:46
33.Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Vilma Peña  (CRC)3:03:34
34.Flag of Peru.svg  Ena Guevara  (PER)3:05:50
35.Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Ana Gutiérrez  (ISV)3:14:02
36.Flag of Guam.svg  Jen Allred  (GUM)3:14:45
37.Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Christine Bakombo  (ZAI)3:29:10
Flag of Portugal.svg  Aurora Cunha  (POR)DNF
Flag of Mexico.svg  Olga Appell  (MEX)DNF
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Franziska Moser  (SUI)DNF
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Đặng Thị Tèo  (VIE)DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lizanne Bussieres  (CAN)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Maria Rebelo  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Aruba.svg  Cornelia Melis  (ARU)DNF
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Marguerite Buist  (NZL)DNF
Flag of Australia.svg  Lisa Ondieki  (AUS)DNF
Olympic flag.svg  Madina Biktagirova  (EUN)DSQ

See also

References

Specific
  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). "B: BAA to Bush, George W.". Running Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Source for Today's Runner. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 34. ISBN   978-0-7360-3734-1.
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