Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates17 August 2008
Competitors82 from 42 nations
Winning time2:26:44
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Catherine Ndereba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhou Chunxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2004
2012  

The women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium; it was, as of today, the last time in Summer Olympics history in which women's marathon route start and/or finish was located in the Olympic Stadium. [1] The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 (A standard) and 2:42.00 (B standard). [2] There were a total number of 82 competitors from 42 nations.

The winner was Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu of Romania who at one point took a lead of over a minute and maintained it ahead of the chasing pack all the way into the stadium. She completed the marathon in a time of 2:26:44. In second place was Catherine Ndereba of Kenya who completed the race in 2:27:06, closely followed by bronze medalist Zhou Chunxiu of China who finished in a time of 2:27:07.

World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain took part in the race despite injury problems that bothered her throughout the previous year. However, she did not feature for much of the race and had to pause and do some exercises to rid herself of cramps at one point. She then proceeded to finish the marathon in 23rd place in a time of 2:32:38. [3]

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paula Radcliffe  (GBR)2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Olympic recordFlag of Japan.svg  Naoko Takahashi  (JPN)2:23:14 Sydney, Australia 24 September 2000

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 17 August 200807:30Final

Results

RankAthleteCountryResultNotes [4]
Gold medal icon.svg Constantina Diță Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:26:44SB
Silver medal icon.svg Catherine Ndereba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:27:06
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhou Chunxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:27:07SB
4 Zhu Xiaolin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:27:16SB
5 Martha Komu Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:27:23
6 Mara Yamauchi Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:27:29
7 Irina Timofeyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:27:31
8 Lidia Șimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:27:51
9 Souad Aït Salem Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:28:29
10 Salina Jebet Kosgei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:29:28
11 Živilė Balčiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:29:33
12 Kim Kum-Ok Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:30:01SB
13 Yurika Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:30:19
14 Anna Incerti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:30:55PB
15 Dire Tune Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:31:16
16 Nina Rillstone Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:31:16
17 Bruna Genovese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:31:31
18 Luminiţa Talpoş Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:31:41
19 Madaí Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:31:47
20 Christelle Daunay Flag of France.svg  France 2:31:48
21 Benita Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:32:06
22 Svetlana Zakharova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:32:16
23 Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:32:38
24 Monika Drybulska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:32:39SB
25 Lee Eun-Jung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:33:07
26 Liz Yelling Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:33:12
27 Blake Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:33:13
28 Beata Naigambo Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:33:29
29 Vincenza Sicari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:33:31
30 Dorota Gruca Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:33:32
31 Tetyana Filonyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:33:35
32 Marisa Barros Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:34:08
33 Lisa Jane Weightman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:34:16
34 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:34:35
35 Liza Hunter-Galvan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:34:51
36 Jong Yong-Ok Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:34:52
37 Rasa Drazdauskaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:35:09
38 Melanie Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:35:17
39 María Portillo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:35:19NR
40 Helalia Johannes Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:35:22
41 Shujing Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:35:35
42 Lucia Kimani Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:35:47NR
43 Sandra Ruales Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 2:35:53PB
44 Kate Smyth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:36:10
45 Yesenia Centeno Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:36:25
46 Ana Dias Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:36:25
47 Nebiat Habtemariam Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:37:03
48 Jo Bun-Hui Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:37:04
49 Tabitha Tsatsa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:37:10
50 Bahar Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:37:12PB
51 Marily dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:38:10
52 Susanne Hahn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:38:31
53 Chae Eun-Hee Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:38:52
54 Alessandra Aguilar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:39:29
55 Patricia Rétiz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:39:34
56 Lee Sun-Young Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:43:23
57 Eva-Maria Gradwohl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:44:24
58 Iuliia Andreeva Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:44:41
59 Sonia Calizaya Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 2:45:53
60 Eléni Dónta Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:46:44
61 Karina Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:47:02
62 Bertha Sánchez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:47:02
63 Pauline Curley Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:47:16
64 María José Pueyo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:48:01
65 Petra Teveli Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:48:32
66 Epiphanie Nyirabarame Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2:49:32
67 Zuzana Šaríková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:49:39
68 Gabriela Traña Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:53:45
69 Oksana Sklyarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:55:39
Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Gete Wami Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Inês Monteiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Valentina Delion Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova DNF
Reiko Tosa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNF
Olivera Jevtic Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia DNF
Galina Bogomolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
Mariana Diaz Ximenez Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor DNF
Beáta Rakonczai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF
Mamorallo Tjoka Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho DNF
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Deena Kastor Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Nadia Ejjafini Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DNS

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