2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 30 August.[1][2]

Women's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates30 August
Competitors65 from 38 nations
Winning time2:27:39
Medalists
    Ethiopia
    Kenya
    Bahrain

Summary

Under overcast skies the race quickly formed two large packs of about 20 runners. For the next 25K, the lead pack remained about the same size with some runners bridging the gap in time for others to fall off the pace. Between 25K and 30K, the pack dropped to a dozen runners. Just after 31K, defending champion Edna Kiplagat accelerated. In the next 4K, the lead pack cut in half, the remaining athletes were three Kenyans, two Ethiopians and Eunice Kirwa wearing a Bahrain uniform, from Kenya. London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa was the first to fall back, then Kiplagat began to lose contact. But the four person pack remained tougher into the stadium. Four athletes to sprint it out on the track for three medals after running 26 miles. Mare Dibaba (no relation to the other famous Dibaba sisters) led the group toward the tunnel. As they started to speed up, Jemima Sumgong did not have another gear. Kirwa was perfectly positioned to strike but instead Helah Kiprop launched the attack from the back after looking like she was ready to drop off, long striding behind the diminutive Dibaba. 60 metres before the finish they were almost even, but Dibaba would not give that last few inches.[3] Then Dibaba sped away to cross the line with almost 7 metres gap. The times had a second between first and second, a four-second gap amongst the medalists and a 7-second gap back to fourth place. On every count, the closest Marathon finish in World Championship history.[4]

It was four Kenyan born athletes in places 2–5, Ethiopia and Japan placed three each in the top 14 places.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Championship record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:20:57 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading  Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:19.52 Xiamen, China 3 January 2015
African record  Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 London, United Kingdom 22 April 2012
Asian record  Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:19:12 Berlin, Germany 25 September 2005
NACAC record  Deena Kastor (USA) 2:19:36 London, United Kingdom 23 April 2006
South American record  Inés Melchor (PER) 2:26:40 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
European record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Oceanian record  Benita Willis (AUS) 2:22:36 Chicago, United States 22 October 2006

Qualification standards

Time[6]
2:44:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 August 201507:30Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 07:30.[7]

KEY: NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mare Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)2:27:35
Helah Kiprop Kenya (KEN)2:27:36
Eunice Kirwa Bahrain (BHR)2:27:39
4Jemima Sumgong Kenya (KEN)2:27:42
5Edna Kiplagat Kenya (KEN)2:28:18
6Tigist Tufa Ethiopia (ETH)2:29:12
7Mai Ito Japan (JPN)2:29:48
8Tirfi Tsegaye Ethiopia (ETH)2:30:54
9Kim Hye-song North Korea (PRK)2:30:59
10Serena Burla United States (USA)2:31:06SB
11Rasa Drazdauskaitė Lithuania (LTU)2:31:23SB
12Filomena Costa Portugal (POR)2:31:40
13Sairi Maeda Japan (JPN)2:31:46
14Risa Shigetomo Japan (JPN)2:32:37
15Alina Prokopeva Russia (RUS)2:32:44
16Ding Changqin China (CHN)2:33:04
17Alessandra Aguilar Spain (ESP)2:33:42
18O. P. Jaisha India (IND)2:34:43NR
19Sudha Singh India (IND)2:35:35PB
20Visiline Jepkesho Kenya (KEN)2:36:17
21Sinead Diver Australia (AUS)2:36:38SB
22Katarína Berešová Slovakia (SVK)2:37:24
23Sarah Klein Australia (AUS)2:37:58SB
24Esther Erb United States (USA)2:38:15SB
25Lishan Dula Bahrain (BHR)2:38:18
26Clara Canchanya Peru (PER)2:39:24
27Liina Luik Estonia (EST)2:39:42PB
28Wang Xueqin China (CHN)2:41:42
29Anne-Mari Hyryläinen Finland (FIN)2:41:59
30Kim Seongeun South Korea (KOR)2:42:14
31Kateryna Karmanenko Ukraine (UKR)2:43:12SB
32Yiu Kit Ching Hong Kong (HKG)2:43:28
33Annelie Johansson Sweden (SWE)2:43:42
34Nebiat Habtemariam Eritrea (ERI)2:44:42SB
35Munkhzaya Bayartsogt Mongolia (MGL)2:45:01
36Iuliia Andreeva Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)2:45:04
37He Yinli China (CHN)2:45:05
38Lily Luik Estonia (EST)2:45:22SB
39Anita Kažemāka Latvia (LAT)2:45:54SB
40Gulzhanat Zhanatbek Kazakhstan (KAZ)2:45:54
41Yeum Go-eun South Korea (KOR)2:46:46
42Aster Tesfaye Bahrain (BHR)2:46:54
43Sultan Haydar Turkey (TUR)2:47:11
44Charlotte Karlsson Sweden (SWE)2:47:40
45Hsu Yu-fang Chinese Taipei (TPE)2:48:01
46Julia Degan Australia (AUS)2:49:26SB
47Roselaine Benites Brazil (BRA)2:49:28
48Louise Wiker Sweden (SWE)2:49:57
49Niluka Geethani Rajasekara Sri Lanka (SRI)2:50:40
50Mayada Al-Sayad Palestine (PLE)2:53:39
51Dailín Belmonte Cuba (CUB)2:56:18SB
52Hsieh Chien-ho Chinese Taipei (TPE)2:58:25
Souad Aït Salem Algeria (ALG)DNF
Hortensia Arzapalo Peru (PER)DNF
Michele Cristina das Chagas Brazil (BRA)DNF
Barkahoum Drici Algeria (ALG)DNF
Sitora Hamidova Uzbekistan (UZB)DNF
Kim Hye-gyong North Korea (PRK)DNF
Soumiya Labani Morocco (MAR)DNF
Heather Lieberg United States (USA)DNF
Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar Mongolia (MGL)DNF
Tanith Maxwell South Africa (RSA)DNF
Beata Naigambo Namibia (NAM)DNF
Irina Smolnikova Kazakhstan (KAZ)DNF
Paula Todoran Romania (ROM)DNF
Lalita Babar India (IND)DNS
Olena Popova Ukraine (UKR)DNS

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: WOMEN'S MARATHON – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/women/marathon/final
  5. "Records & Lists – Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2012, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. Final results
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