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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

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The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.

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Gold	Hiromi Suzuki Japan (JPN)
Silver	Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Lidia Șimon Romania (ROM)

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World record	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Championships record	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season best	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:22:07	April 20, 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Hiromi Suzuki	Japan (JPN)	2:29:48
	Manuela Machado	Portugal (POR)	2:31:12
	Lidia Șimon	Romania (ROM)	2:31:55
4	Takako Tobise	Japan (JPN)	2:32:18
5	Ornella Ferrara	Italy (ITA)	2:33:10
6	Iris Biba	Germany (GER)	2:34:06
7	Sonja Krolik	Germany (GER)	2:35:28
8	Franziska Rochat-Moser	Switzerland (SUI)	2:36:16
9	Yelena Razdrogina	Russia (RUS)	2:36:37
10	Nobuko Fujimura	Japan (JPN)	2:36:51
11	Anuța Cătună	Romania (ROM)	2:38:38
12	Maria Polyzou	Greece (GRE)	2:39:10
13	Franca Fiacconi	Italy (ITA)	2:39:53
14	Christine Mallo	France (FRA)	2:40:55
15	Elfenesh Alemu	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:41:00
16	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway (NOR)	2:41:05
17	Maryse Le Gallo	France (FRA)	2:41:08
18	Aurica Buia	Romania (ROM)	2:41:45
19	Mariko Hara	Japan (JPN)	2:42:00
20	Heather Turland	Australia (AUS)	2:42:12
21	Rocío Ríos	Spain (ESP)	2:42:18
22	Judit Földing-Nagy	Hungary (HUN)	2:42:21
23	Angharad Mair	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:42:31
24	Laura Fogli	Italy (ITA)	2:43:28
25	Cheryl Collins	United States (USA)	2:43:42
26	Olga Yudenkova	Belarus (BLR)	2:43:47
27	Anna Villani	Italy (ITA)	2:43:58
28	Sally Goldsmith	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:44:20
29	Tomoe Abe	Japan (JPN)	2:45:19
30	Nuţa Olaru	Romania (ROM)	2:47:12
31	Elena Vinitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	2:47:57
32	Manuela Veith	Germany (GER)	2:48:45
33	Asselefech Assefa	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:48:54
34	Evelyne Mura	France (FRA)	2:48:57
35	Danielle Sanderson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:49:03
36	Julia Kirtland	United States (USA)	2:49:43
37	Anfisa Kosacheva	Russia (RUS)	2:50:29
38	Grace de Oliveira	South Africa (RSA)	2:50:36
39	Gaëlle Houitte	France (FRA)	2:50:38
40	Jeanne Peterson	United States (USA)	2:51:59
41	Irina Timofeyeva	Russia (RUS)	2:53:01
42	Panayota Nikolakopoulou	Greece (GRE)	2:54:03
43	Lo Man Yi	Hong Kong (HKG)	2:54:59
44	Alemitu Bekele	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:55:06
45	Georgia Ambatzidou	Greece (GRE)	2:56:58
46	Marisol Vargas	Mexico (MEX)	2:58:22
47	Carolyn Hunter-Rowe	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	3:01:01
48	May Allison	Canada (CAN)	3:01:26
49	Danuta Bartoszek	Canada (CAN)	3:01:30
50	Rita Toto	South Africa (RSA)	3:04:05
51	Rosa Salinas	Mexico (MEX)	3:12:55
52	Gina Liseth Coello	Honduras (HON)	3:17:33
53	Alexandra De Snoo	Aruba (ARU)	3:22:08
54	Gulsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan (TJK)	3:30:45
—	Gadisay Edato	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Jane Salumäe	Estonia (EST)	DNF
—	Alina Tecuta	Romania (ROM)	DNF
—	Sonia Maccioni	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—	Birgit Jerschabek	Germany (GER)	DNF
—	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal (POR)	DNF
—	Galina Baruk	Belarus (BLR)	DNF
—	Alena Mazouka	Belarus (BLR)	DNF
—	Alina Ivanova	Russia (RUS)	DNF
—	Nicole Carroll	Australia (AUS)	DNF
—	Anita Håkenstad	Norway (NOR)	DNF
—	Josette Colomb-Janin	France (FRA)	DNF
—	Mary Alico	United States (USA)	DNF
—	Patty Valadka	United States (USA)	DNF
—	Maria Elena Reyna	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Lucia Rendon	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Flor Venegas	Chile (CHI)	DNF
—	Paraskevi Kastriti	Greece (GRE)	DNF
—	Chrisoula Souma	Greece (GRE)	DNF

1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Women's_marathon

1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Medalists

Records

Final ranking

See also

References

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