1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Sunday August 5, 1995. Due to judges' error the marathon course was 400 metres short of the normal distance as at the start the women left the stadium one lap too early.[1]

Events at the
1995 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
Gold Manuela Machado
Portugal (POR)
Silver Anuța Cătună
Romania (ROM)
Bronze Ornella Ferrara
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations
  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records
Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:21:06April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
Event Record Rosa Mota (POR)2:25:17August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
Season Best Uta Pippig (GER)2:25:11April 17, 1995 Boston, United States

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time Note
 Manuela Machado (POR) 2:25:39
 Anuța Cătună (ROM) 2:26:25
 Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:30:11
4  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 2:31:10
5  Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 2:31:19
6  Mónica Pont (ESP) 2:31:53
7  Linda Somers (USA) 2:32:12
8  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:32:17
9  Sachiyo Seiyama (JPN) 2:33:07
10  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:33:18
11  Miki Igarashi (JPN) 2:34:34
12  Yukari Komatsu (JPN) 2:35:33
13  Kirsi Rauta (FIN) 2:35:39
14  Jane Salumäe (EST) 2:35:53
15  Kerryn McCann (AUS) 2:36:29
16  Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones (USA) 2:37:06
17  Ingmarie Nilsson (SWE) 2:37:17
18  Susan Mahony (AUS) 2:37:38
19  Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:39:27
20  Nelly Glauser (SUI) 2:40:42
21  Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP) 2:41:37
22  Trudi Thomson (GBR) 2:41:42
23  Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) 2:42:03
24  Larisa Zyuzko (RUS) 2:42:12
25  Cathy Shum (IRL) 2:43:20
26  Nurten Tasdemir (TUR) 2:44:36
27  Aura Buia (ROM) 2:45:13
28  Alison Rose (GBR) 2:45:52
29  Nyla Carroll (NZL) 2:50:25
30  Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG) 3:01:08
31  Isabel Tum (GUA) 3:02:02
32  Gilda Mendez (PAN) 3:05:00
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Maria Guadalupe Loma (MEX) DNF
—  Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN) DNF
—  Birgit Jerschabek (GER) DNF
—  Nadia Prasad (FRA) DNF
—  Carole Rouillard (CAN) DNF
—  Angelina Kanana (KEN) DNF
—  Anita Håkenstad (NOR) DNF
—  Rocío Ríos (ESP) DNF
—  Marina Belyayeva (RUS) DNF
—  Elaine Van Blunk (USA) DNF
—  Nadezhda Ilyina (RUS) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—  Janet Mayal (BRA) DNS

See also

References
  1. Smythe, Steve (26 July 2017). "IAAF World Championships history: Gothenburg 1995". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 October 2019.


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