Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's marathon

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Athletics at the
2003 All-Africa Games
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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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 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

The women's marathon at the 2003 All-Africa Games was held on October 16. This was the last time this event was contested at All-Africa Games as it was replaced with the half marathon from the next edition on.

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Clarisse Rasoarizay Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2:46:58
Silver medal icon.svg Tadelech Birra Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:52:04
Bronze medal icon.svg Leila Aman Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:55:07
4 Epiphanie Nyirabarame Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 4:11.04
Abeba Tola Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia DNF

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