Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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View of a congested group of competitors during the Women's marathon race
Venue Sambadrome
Date14 August 2016
Competitors157 from 80 nations
Winning time2:24:04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jemima Sumgong Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Eunice Kirwa Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Bronze medal icon.svg Mare Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
  2012
2020  
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The women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 14 August on the Sambadrome. [1]

Summary

At 9:30 in the morning, the race started with temperatures around 19 °C (66 °F). The pack stayed bunched, with Mare Dibaba, Visiline Jepkesho, Rose Chelimo, Volha Mazuronak and Tirfi Tsegaye each taking their turns in the spotlight. The racing got serious, the pack was down to seven at 30 kilometres with American Desiree Linden the closest pursuer but unable to get back with the group. Shalane Flanagan was consistently toward the back of the group, then she began to fall off. [2] As Flanagan and Mazuronak struggled with the group, the remaining five African runners surged, the gap grew. Chelimo was the next to drop off the group.

Eunice Kirwa never held the lead and Jemima Sumgong only asserted herself in the last 5 kilometers. When she did the pack strung out to a straight line, former race walker Mazuronak and Tsegaye falling off the back. At a water station, Dibaba was the last to fall off, and then there were two. World Championship bronze medalist and Nagoya Champion Kirwa shadowing London Champion Sumgong until the final kilometer. [3] Then Sumgong expanded the gap in the long final straight into the finish. By the finish of the race, the temperature had risen to 26 °C (79 °F). [4] [5]

Three sets of twins finished the marathon; two of the Luik triplets from Estonia, the Hahner twins from Germany and the Kim sisters from North Korea. [6]

The medals were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC member, Morocco and Hiroshi Yokokawa, Council Member of the IAAF.

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 Kingdom13 April 2003
Olympic recordFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tiki Gelana  (ETH)2:23:07 London, United Kingdom5 August 2012
2016 World leadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirfi Tsegaye  (ETH)2:19:41 Dubai, UAE22 January 2016

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 14 August 20169:30Finals

Results

RankNameNationality/regionTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jemima Sumgong Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:24:04
Silver medal icon.svg Eunice Kirwa Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2:24:13
Bronze medal icon.svg Mare Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:24:30
4 Tirfi Tsegaye Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:24:47
5 Volha Mazuronak Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:24:48
6 Shalane Flanagan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:25:26 SB
7 Desiree Linden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26:08 SB
8 Rose Chelimo Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2:27:36
9 Amy Cragg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:28:25
10 Kim Hye-song Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:28:36 SB
11 Kim Hye-gyong Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:28:36
12 Jeļena Prokopčuka Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 2:29:32
13 Valeria Straneo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:29:44 SB
14 Kayoko Fukushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:29:53
15 Gladys Tejeda Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:29:55 SB
16 Ana Dulce Félix Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:30:39
17 Diana Lobačevskė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:30:48
18 Milly Clark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:30:53
19 Tomomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:31:12
20 Fionnuala McCormack Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:31:22 PB
21 Iwona Lewandowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:31:41
22 Jessica Trengove Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:31:44
23 Monika Stefanowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:32:49
24 Lanni Marchant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:33:08
25 Catherine Bertone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:33:29
26 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:33:51
27 Lilia Fisikowici Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:34:05 PB
28 Alyson Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:34:11
29 Maja Neuenschwander Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:34:27
30 Sonia Samuels Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:34:36
31 Lisa Jane Weightman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:34:41
32 Madaí Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:34:42
33 Olha Kotovska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:34:57 SB
34 Azucena Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:35:02
35 Krista DuChene Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:35:29
36 Jovana de la Cruz Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:35:49
37 Rasa Drazdauskaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:35:50
38 Vaida Žūsinaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:35:53
39 Yiu Kit Ching Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:36:11 NR
40 Jessica Draskau-Petersson Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:36:14
41 Beata Naigambo Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:36:32
42 Ahn Seul-ki Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:36:50
43 Angie Orjuela Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:37:05
44 Anja Scherl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:37:23
45 Maryna Damantsevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:37:34
46 Mai Ito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:37:37
47 Veerle Dejaeghere Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:37:39
48 Margarita Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:38:15
49 Kim Kum-ok Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:38:24
50 Kenza Dahmani Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:38:37
51 Anne-Mari Hyryläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:39:02
52 Zsófia Erdélyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:39:04
53 Yue Chao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:39:09
54 Sitora Hamidova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 2:39:45 PB
55 Anne Holm Baumeister Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:39:49
56 Helalia Johannes Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:39:55
57 Lizzie Lee Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:39:57
58 Esma Aydemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:39:59
59 Iuliia Andreeva Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:40:34
60 Andrea Deelstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:40:49
61 Ilona Marhele Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 2:41:02
62 Viktoriia Poliudina Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:41:37
63 Dina Lebo Phalula Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:41:46
64 Andrea Mayr Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:41:52
65 Krisztina Papp Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:42:03
66 Svitlana Stanko-Klymenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:42:26
67 Mayada Al-Sayad Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2:42:28
68 Nyakisi Adero Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:42:39 SB
69 Adriana Aparecida da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:43:22
70 Lim Kyung-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:43:31
71 Beverly Ramos Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:43:52
72 Munkhzaya Bayartsogt Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:43:55
73 Erika Abril Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:44:05
74 Manuela Soccol Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:44:18
75 Alina Armas Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:44:20
76 Breege Connolly Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:44:41
77 Marina Khmelevskaya Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 2:45:06
78 Marily dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:45:08
79 Hua Shaoqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:45:09
80 Nebiat Habtemariam Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:45:21
81 Anna Hahner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:45:32
82 Lisa Hahner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:45:33
83 Tünde Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:45:37
84 Els Rens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:45:52
85 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:45:55
86 Visiline Jepkesho Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:46:05
87 Nataliya Lehonkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:46:08
88 Ourania Rebouli Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:46:32
89 O. P. Jaisha Flag of India.svg  India 2:47:19
90 Maor Tiyouri Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:47:27
91 Jane Vongvorachoti Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2:47:27
92 Rutendo Nyahora Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:47:32
93 Yolimar Pineda Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:47:34
94 Mariya Korobitskaya Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:47:53
95 Silvia Paredes Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:48:01
96 Christine Kalmer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:48:24
97 Lily Luik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:48:29
98 Tereza Master Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2:48:34 NR
99 María Elena Calle Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:48:39
100 Rosa Chacha Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:48:52
101 Paula Todoran Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:48:54
102 Dailín Belmonte Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 2:48:58
103Sofia RigaFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:49:07
104 Matea Matošević Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:50:00
105 Érika Olivera Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:50:29
106 Ariana Hilborn Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 2:50:51
107 Katarína Berešová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:50:54
108 Militsa Mircheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:51:06
109 Chirine Njeim Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:51:08
110 Rosa Godoy Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:52:31
111 Sultan Haydar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:53:57
112 Meryem Erdoğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:54:04
113 Hsieh Chien-ho Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:54:18
114 Leila Luik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:54:38
115 Carmen Martínez Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:56:43
116 Lucia Kimani Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:58:22
117 Rosemary Quispe Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 2:58:32
118 Panayiota Vlahaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:59:12
119 Marija Vrajić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:59:24
120 Kavita Tungar Flag of India.svg  India 2:59:29
121 Sara Ramadhani Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3:00:03
122 Irina Smolnikova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 3:00:31
123 Natalia Romero Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3:01:29
124 Mary Joy Tabal Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 3:02:27
125 Viviana Chavez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3:03:23
126 Claudette Mukasakindi Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 3:05:57
127 Chen Yu-hsuan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3:09:13
128 Graciete Santana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3:09:15
129 Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3:11:05
130 Natthaya Thanaronnawat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3:11:31
131 Neo Jie Shi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3:15:18
132 Sarah Attar Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3:16:11
133 Nary Ly Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 3:20:20
Katarzyna Kowalska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Helah Kiprop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Flag of Israel.svg  Israel DNF
Anna Incerti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
Christelle Daunay Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Alessandra Aguilar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF
Souad Aït Salem Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNF
Inés Melchor Flag of Peru.svg  Peru DNF
Kellys Arias Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF
Olivera Jevtić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia DNF
Estela Navascués Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF
Liina Luik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia DNF
María Peralta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF
Tigist Tufa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
Jéssica Augusto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Nastassia Ivanova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus DNF
Shitaye Eshete Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DNF
Gulzhanat Zhanatbek Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan DNF
Daniela Cârlan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania DNF
Slađana Perunović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro DNF
Sara Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Koutar Boulaid Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF
Daneja Grandovec Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNF
Irvette van Zyl Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DNS

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