Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
View of a congested group of competitors during the Women's marathon race
VenueSambadrome
Date14 August 2016
Competitors157 from 80 nations
Winning time2:24:04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jemima Sumgong  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia
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The women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 14 August on the Sambadrome.[1]

Summary

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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

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

World record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Olympic record  Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23:07 London, United Kingdom 5 August 2012
2016 World leading  Tirfi Tsegaye  (ETH) 2:19:41 Dubai, UAE 22 January 2016

Schedule

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All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time Round
Sunday, 14 August 2016 9:30 Finals

Results

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Rank Name Nationality/region Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jemima Sumgong  Kenya 2:24:04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eunice Kirwa  Bahrain 2:24:13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mare Dibaba  Ethiopia 2:24:30
4 Tirfi Tsegaye  Ethiopia 2:24:47
5 Volha Mazuronak  Belarus 2:24:48
6 Shalane Flanagan  United States 2:25:26 SB
7 Desiree Linden  United States 2:26:08 SB
8 Rose Chelimo  Bahrain 2:27:36
9 Amy Cragg  United States 2:28:25
10 Kim Hye-song  North Korea 2:28:36 SB
11 Kim Hye-gyong  North Korea 2:28:36
12 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 2:29:32
13 Valeria Straneo  Italy 2:29:44 SB
14 Kayoko Fukushi  Japan 2:29:53
15 Gladys Tejeda  Peru 2:29:55 SB
16 Ana Dulce Félix  Portugal 2:30:39
17 Diana Lobačevskė  Lithuania 2:30:48
18 Milly Clark  Australia 2:30:53
19 Tomomi Tanaka  Japan 2:31:12
20 Fionnuala McCormack  Ireland 2:31:22 PB
21 Iwona Lewandowska  Poland 2:31:41
22 Jessica Trengove  Australia 2:31:44
23 Monika Stefanowicz  Poland 2:32:49
24 Lanni Marchant  Canada 2:33:08
25 Catherine Bertone  Italy 2:33:29
26 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová  Czech Republic 2:33:51
27 Lilia Fisikowici  Moldova 2:34:05 PB
28 Alyson Dixon  Great Britain 2:34:11
29 Maja Neuenschwander  Switzerland 2:34:27
30 Sonia Samuels  Great Britain 2:34:36
31 Lisa Jane Weightman  Australia 2:34:41
32 Madaí Pérez  Mexico 2:34:42
33 Olha Kotovska  Ukraine 2:34:57 SB
34 Azucena Díaz  Spain 2:35:02
35 Krista DuChene  Canada 2:35:29
36 Jovana de la Cruz  Peru 2:35:49
37 Rasa Drazdauskaitė  Lithuania 2:35:50
38 Vaida Žūsinaitė  Lithuania 2:35:53
39 Yiu Kit Ching  Hong Kong 2:36:11 NR
40 Jessica Draskau-Petersson  Denmark 2:36:14
41 Beata Naigambo  Namibia 2:36:32
42 Ahn Seul-ki  South Korea 2:36:50
43 Angie Orjuela  Colombia 2:37:05
44 Anja Scherl  Germany 2:37:23
45 Maryna Damantsevich  Belarus 2:37:34
46 Mai Ito  Japan 2:37:37
47 Veerle Dejaeghere  Belgium 2:37:39
48 Margarita Hernández  Mexico 2:38:15
49 Kim Kum-ok  North Korea 2:38:24
50 Kenza Dahmani  Algeria 2:38:37
51 Anne-Mari Hyryläinen  Finland 2:39:02
52 Zsófia Erdélyi  Hungary 2:39:04
53 Yue Chao  China 2:39:09
54 Sitora Hamidova  Uzbekistan 2:39:45 PB
55 Anne Holm Baumeister  Denmark 2:39:49
56 Helalia Johannes  Namibia 2:39:55
57 Lizzie Lee  Ireland 2:39:57
58 Esma Aydemir  Turkey 2:39:59
59 Iuliia Andreeva  Kyrgyzstan 2:40:34
60 Andrea Deelstra  Netherlands 2:40:49
61 Ilona Marhele  Latvia 2:41:02
62 Viktoriia Poliudina  Kyrgyzstan 2:41:37
63 Dina Lebo Phalula  South Africa 2:41:46
64 Andrea Mayr  Austria 2:41:52
65 Krisztina Papp  Hungary 2:42:03
66 Svitlana Stanko-Klymenko  Ukraine 2:42:26
67 Mayada Al-Sayad  Palestine 2:42:28
68 Nyakisi Adero  Uganda 2:42:39 SB
69 Adriana Aparecida da Silva  Brazil 2:43:22
70 Lim Kyung-hee  South Korea 2:43:31
71 Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico 2:43:52
72 Munkhzaya Bayartsogt  Mongolia 2:43:55
73 Erika Abril  Colombia 2:44:05
74 Manuela Soccol  Belgium 2:44:18
75 Alina Armas  Namibia 2:44:20
76 Breege Connolly  Ireland 2:44:41
77 Marina Khmelevskaya  Uzbekistan 2:45:06
78 Marily dos Santos  Brazil 2:45:08
79 Hua Shaoqing  China 2:45:09
80 Nebiat Habtemariam  Eritrea 2:45:21
81 Anna Hahner  Germany 2:45:32
82 Lisa Hahner  Germany 2:45:33
83 Tünde Szabó  Hungary 2:45:37
84 Els Rens  Belgium 2:45:52
85 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar  Mongolia 2:45:55
86 Visiline Jepkesho  Kenya 2:46:05
87 Nataliya Lehonkova  Ukraine 2:46:08
88 Ourania Rebouli  Greece 2:46:32
89 O. P. Jaisha  India 2:47:19
90 Maor Tiyouri  Israel 2:47:27
91 Jane Vongvorachoti  Thailand 2:47:27
92 Rutendo Nyahora  Zimbabwe 2:47:32
93 Yolimar Pineda  Venezuela 2:47:34
94 Mariya Korobitskaya  Kyrgyzstan 2:47:53
95 Silvia Paredes  Ecuador 2:48:01
96 Christine Kalmer  South Africa 2:48:24
97 Lily Luik  Estonia 2:48:29
98 Tereza Master  Malawi 2:48:34 NR
99 María Elena Calle  Ecuador 2:48:39
100 Rosa Chacha  Ecuador 2:48:52
101 Paula Todoran  Romania 2:48:54
102 Dailín Belmonte  Cuba 2:48:58
103 Sofia Riga  Greece 2:49:07
104 Matea Matošević  Croatia 2:50:00
105 Érika Olivera  Chile 2:50:29
106 Ariana Hilborn  Latvia 2:50:51
107 Katarína Berešová  Slovakia 2:50:54
108 Militsa Mircheva  Bulgaria 2:51:06
109 Chirine Njeim  Lebanon 2:51:08
110 Rosa Godoy  Argentina 2:52:31
111 Sultan Haydar  Turkey 2:53:57
112 Meryem Erdoğan  Turkey 2:54:04
113 Hsieh Chien-ho  Chinese Taipei 2:54:18
114 Leila Luik  Estonia 2:54:38
115 Carmen Martínez  Paraguay 2:56:43
116 Lucia Kimani  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:58:22
117 Rosemary Quispe  Bolivia 2:58:32
118 Panayiota Vlahaki  Greece 2:59:12
119 Marija Vrajić  Croatia 2:59:24
120 Kavita Tungar  India 2:59:29
121 Sara Ramadhani  Tanzania 3:00:03
122 Irina Smolnikova  Kazakhstan 3:00:31
123 Natalia Romero  Chile 3:01:29
124 Mary Joy Tabal  Philippines 3:02:27
125 Viviana Chavez  Argentina 3:03:23
126 Claudette Mukasakindi  Rwanda 3:05:57
127 Chen Yu-hsuan  Chinese Taipei 3:09:13
128 Graciete Santana  Brazil 3:09:15
129 Niluka Geethani Rajasekara  Sri Lanka 3:11:05
130 Natthaya Thanaronnawat  Thailand 3:11:31
131 Neo Jie Shi  Singapore 3:15:18
132 Sarah Attar  Saudi Arabia 3:16:11
133 Nary Ly  Cambodia 3:20:20
Katarzyna Kowalska  Poland DNF
Helah Kiprop  Kenya DNF
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  Israel DNF
Anna Incerti  Italy DNF
Christelle Daunay  France DNF
Alessandra Aguilar  Spain DNF
Souad Aït Salem  Algeria DNF
Inés Melchor  Peru DNF
Kellys Arias  Colombia DNF
Olivera Jevtić  Serbia DNF
Estela Navascués  Spain DNF
Liina Luik  Estonia DNF
María Peralta  Argentina DNF
Tigist Tufa  Ethiopia DNF
Jéssica Augusto  Portugal DNF
Nastassia Ivanova  Belarus DNF
Shitaye Eshete  Bahrain DNF
Gulzhanat Zhanatbek  Kazakhstan DNF
Daniela Cârlan  Romania DNF
Slađana Perunović  Montenegro DNF
Sara Moreira  Portugal DNF
Koutar Boulaid  Morocco DNF
Daneja Grandovec  Slovenia DNF
Irvette van Zyl  South Africa DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Women's marathon". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Summer Olympics live coverage: Usain Bolt wins third consecutive gold in 100; Gabby Douglas responds to her critics". Retrieved 15 August 2016 – via LA Times.
  3. ^ "Women's Marathon: Jemima Sumgong Becomes First Kenyan Woman to Win Olympic Marathon". runnersworld.com. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Jemima Sumgong wins Kenya's first ever women's marathon gold, but Estonian triplets also make history". Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: German twins' hand-hold divides nation". BBC News. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.