Medalists

Gold	Jong Song-Ok Jong Song-Ok Jong Song-ok is a female long-distance runner from North Korea, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain.... North Korea North Korea The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...  (PRK)
Silver	Ari Ichihashi Ari Ichihashi is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She won the silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville in a personal best time of 2:27:02 hours... Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...  (JPN)
Bronze	Lidia Simon Lidia Simon Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.... Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...  (ROM)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		2:20:47	April 19, 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record		2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best		2:22:48	April 18, 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates

Final ranking

See also

• 1998 Women's European Championships Marathon (Budapest)
• 1999 Marathon Year Ranking
• 2000 Women's Olympic Marathon (Sydney)
  Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon
  The Women's Marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on September 24, 2000 in the streets of Sydney, Australia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Startlist:-Intermediates:...
  
  
• 2002 Women's European Championships Marathon (Munich)
  2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon
  These are the official results of the Women's Marathon competition at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. The race was held on August 10, 2002.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:...