The Women's Marathon event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

took place on August 23, 2009 in the streets of Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The race started at 11:15h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Bai Xue Bai Xue Bai Xue is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Career:Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Championships, and finished fourth in 10,000 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the... PR China (CHN)
Silver	Yoshimi Ozaki Yoshimi Ozaki Yoshimi Ozaki is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. She won the 2008 Tokyo Women's Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:30 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	Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Medessa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.She began taking part in professional road races in 2006, starting with a seventh place finish at the Delhi Half Marathon.... Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...  (ETH)

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

World record		2:15:25	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	13 April 2003
Championship record		2:20:57	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	14 August 2005
World leading		2:22:11	London, Great Britain	26 April 2009
African record		2:18:47	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	7 October 2001
Asian record		2:19:12	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	25 September 2005
North American record		2:19:36	London, Great Britain	23 April 2006
South American record		2:27:41	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... , United States	18 April 1994
European record		2:15:25	London, Great Britain	13 April 2003
Oceanian record		2:22:36	Chicago, United States	22 October 2006

Qualification standards

Standard
2:43:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 23, 2009	11:15	Final

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
5 km	Epiphanie Nyirabarame		17:42
10 km	Epiphanie Nyirabarame		35:03
15 km	Zhou Chunxiu Zhou Chunxiu Zhou Chunxiu is a Chinese marathon runner.She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing the marathon in 33rd place. She placed fourth in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She won the marathon gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar...		52:10
20 km	Dire Tune Dire Tune Dire Tune is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Tune competed in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships. At the 2006 World Road Running Championships she finished fourth in the individual competition. This was good enough to help Ethiopia win a silver medal in the team competition.On April 21,...		1:09:47
Half Marathon	Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She won the Saransk Marathon in 2006 and went on to finish twelfth at the 2006 European Championships and 32nd at the 2007 World Championships. She won the Prague International Marathon in 2007 and the Istanbul...		1:13:39
25 km	Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She won the Saransk Marathon in 2006 and went on to finish twelfth at the 2006 European Championships and 32nd at the 2007 World Championships. She won the Prague International Marathon in 2007 and the Istanbul...		1:27:31
30 km	Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She won the Saransk Marathon in 2006 and went on to finish twelfth at the 2006 European Championships and 32nd at the 2007 World Championships. She won the Prague International Marathon in 2007 and the Istanbul...		1:44:33
35 km	Bai Xue Bai Xue Bai Xue is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Career:Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Championships, and finished fourth in 10,000 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the...		2:01:04
40 km	Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Medessa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.She began taking part in professional road races in 2006, starting with a seventh place finish at the Delhi Half Marathon....		2:18:10

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bai Xue Bai Xue Bai Xue is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Career:Bai won both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Championships, and finished fourth in 10,000 m at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She finished twenty-first in the 10,000 metres at the...		2:25:15	SB
	Yoshimi Ozaki Yoshimi Ozaki Yoshimi Ozaki is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. She won the 2008 Tokyo Women's Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:30 hours...		2:25:25	SB
	Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Aselefech Mergia Medessa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.She began taking part in professional road races in 2006, starting with a seventh place finish at the Delhi Half Marathon....		2:25:32
	Zhou Chunxiu Zhou Chunxiu Zhou Chunxiu is a Chinese marathon runner.She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing the marathon in 33rd place. She placed fourth in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. She won the marathon gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar...		2:25:39	SB
	Zhu Xiaolin Zhu Xiaolin Zhu Xiaolin is a Chinese long-distance runner, who specialises in marathon running. She has won the Xiamen International Marathon and was third at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. She represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the women's marathon...		2:26:08	SB
	Marisa Barros Marisa Barros Elisa Marisa Branco Barros Rodrigues is a female long-distance runner from Portugal who specialises in marathon running. She ran for her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was sixth at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		2:26:50
	Yuri Kano Yuri Kanō is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long distance running, including the marathon.Her first major medal came at the Summer Universiade, where she won the silver in the 10,000 metres race...		2:26:57	SB
	Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova Nailiya Yulamanova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She won the Saransk Marathon in 2006 and went on to finish twelfth at the 2006 European Championships and 32nd at the 2007 World Championships. She won the Prague International Marathon in 2007 and the Istanbul...		2:27:08
	Alevtina Biktimirova Alevtina Biktimirova Alevtina Biktimirova is a Russian long-distance runner, who specialises in the marathon.Alevtina placed first in the women's division in the Eurocity Frankfurt Marathon in October 2005. She finished sixth in the 2006 Boston Marathon and was the youngest person in the elite field...		2:27:39	SB
10	Kara Goucher Kara Goucher Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive...		2:27:48	SB
11	Desireé Davila Desiree Davila Desiree Nicole Davila is an American long-distance track runner.In the Road Running World Championships 2006 in Debrecen she finished in 43rd place and 2007 in Udine in 34th...		2:27:53	PB
12	Julia Mumbi Muraga		2:28:59	SB
13	Sun Weiwei		2:29:39	SB
14	Yoshiko Fujinaga Yoshiko Fujinaga Yoshiko Fujinaga is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 2009 edition of the annual Nagoya Marathon on March 1, 2009, clocking a total time of 2:28:13. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....		2:29:53
15	Svetlana Zakharova Svetlana Zakharova (athlete) Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova , is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon , the Chicago Marathon and the Boston Marathon...		2:29:55
16	Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in cross-country running and marathons.She was born in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa...		2:30:03
17	Sabrina Mockenhaupt Sabrina Mockenhaupt Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...		2:30:07	SB
18	Lisa Jane Weightman Lisa Jane Weightman Lisa Jane Weightman is an Australian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She represented Australia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		2:30:42	PB
19	Živilė Balčiūnaitė Živile Balciunaite Živilė Balčiūnaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. Balčiūnaitė won the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championship in Barcelona and finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...		2:31:06	SB
20	Kim Kum-Ok Kim Kum-Ok Kim Kum-ok is a female long-distance runner from North Korea, who specialises in the half marathon and marathon events....		2:31:24
21	Irene Limika		2:31:29
22	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....		2:32:03
23	Dire Tune Dire Tune Dire Tune is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Tune competed in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships. At the 2006 World Road Running Championships she finished fourth in the individual competition. This was good enough to help Ethiopia win a silver medal in the team competition.On April 21,...		2:32:42
24	Beata Naigambo Beata Naigambo Beata Nandjala Naigambo is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:33:17 hours, achieved in April 2008 in Pyongyang....		2:33:05	PB
25	Alessandra Aguilar Alessandra Aguilar Alessandra Aguilar is a Spanish long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. She represented her country in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics the following year....		2:33:38
26	Epiphanie Nyirabarame		2:33:59	NR Rwandan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Rwanda maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Rwandaise d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:...
27	Atsede Baysa Atsede Baysa Atsede Baysa Tesema, also known as Atsede Bayisa, is an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialises in road running events. She has won the Paris Marathon twice consecutively, and has also won at the Xiamen International Marathon and the Istanbul Marathon...		2:36:04
28	Tera Moody Tera Moody Tera Moody is an American athlete, who competes in the marathon and other long distance running events. Moody represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in the marathon....		2:36:39	SB
29	Olga Glok		2:36:57
30	Paige Higgins		2:37:11	SB
31	Yukiko Akaba Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.She won the silver medal in half marathon at the 1999 Summer Universiade. At the 2001 Summer Universiade she finished eighth in the 5000 metres and won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres...		2:37:43
32	Lyubov Morgunova Lyubov Morgunova Lyubov Morgunova is a long-distance runner from Russia. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 23rd place. Morgunova set her personal best in the same year, clocking 2:26:33.-Achievements:...		2:38:23
33	Jong Yong-Ok Jong Yong-Ok Jong Yong-Ok is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She finished 20th at the 2000 Olympic Games, 21st at the 2004 Olympic Games, 14th at the 2005 World Championships and 36th at the 2008 Olympic Games...		2:38:29
34	Susanne Hahn		2:38:39
35	Mary Davis		2:38:48	PB
36	Tara Quinn-Smith		2:39:19	SB
37	Risper Jemeli Kimaiyo		2:39:23
38	Patrizia Morceli		2:39:37
39	Sun Suk Yun		2:39:56
40	Judith Ramírez		2:40:18
41	Fiona Docherty		2:40:18	PB
42	Un Suk Phyo		2:40:39
43	Adriana Aparecida da Silva Adriana Aparecida da Silva Adriana Aparecida da Silva is a Brazilian long-distance runner who competes in half marathons and marathons. Her bests for the events are 1:13:16 hours and 2:32:30 hours, respectively. She has represented her country at World Championship-level both on the roads and in cross country...		2:40:54	PB
44	Shireen Crumpton		2:41:31	SB
45	Tanith Maxwell		2:41:48	SB
46	Annemette Aagaard		2:42:03	SB
47	Martha Komu Martha Komu Martha Komu is a Kenyan runner who specialises in a marathon. She won the Paris Marathon in 2008 and finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics.- Career :...		2:42:14	SB
48	Chol Sun Kim		2:42:18
49	Patricia Lossouarn		2:42:40
50	Laurence Klein		2:42:47
51	Zoila Gómez		2:42:49	SB
52	Remalda Kergyte Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:38:48 set at 2008 in Dresden.She represented Lithuania in 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching 52nd place.-Achievements:...		2:45:28	SB
53	Park Ho-sun		2:47:16
54	Stephanie Briand		2:48:16
55	Yamna Oubouhou		2:50:02	SB
56	Hilaria Johannes Hilaria Johannes Helalia Johannes is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has won medals at the Military World Games and the All-Africa Games...		2:50:19	SB
57	Sandra Ruales Sandra Ruales Sandra de las Mercedes Ruales Mosquera is a female Ecuadorian athlete, who competes in the long-distance events. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008...		2:50:36
58	Jane Suuto		2:52:44
59	Cécile Moynot		2:54:21
60	Nuţa Olaru Nuţa Olaru Nuța Olaru is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004....		3:00:59

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Luminita Zaituc

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Lee Sun-Young

Lee Sun-young is a South Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.She finished seventh in 10,000 metres at the 2005 Asian Championships and competed in the 2008 Olympic marathon....

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Dulce María Rodríguez

Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events, including the marathon...

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Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar

Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar, is a Mongolian athlete. She has represented her country by running the marathon at competitions such as the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Asian Games, and the 2007 World Championships....

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Luminiţa Talpoş

Luminiţa Talpoş is a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon at the Vienna City Marathon on April 27, 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...

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