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]
| Gold | Manuela Machado Portugal (POR) | |
| Silver | Anuța Cătună Romania (ROM) | |
| Bronze |  Ornella FerraraItaly (ITA) |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 |  London, United Kingdom | |||
| 2:25:17 | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy | |||
| 2:25:11 | April 17, 1995 |  Boston, United States | |||
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:25:39 | ||||
| 2:26:25 | ||||
| 2:30:11 | ||||
| 4 | 2:31:10 | |||
| 5 | 2:31:19 | |||
| 6 | 2:31:53 | |||
| 7 | 2:32:12 | |||
| 8 | 2:32:17 | |||
| 9 | 2:33:07 | |||
| 10 | 2:33:18 | |||
| 11 | 2:34:34 | |||
| 12 | 2:35:33 | |||
| 13 | 2:35:39 | |||
| 14 | 2:35:53 | |||
| 15 | 2:36:29 | |||
| 16 | 2:37:06 | |||
| 17 | 2:37:17 | |||
| 18 | 2:37:38 | |||
| 19 | 2:39:27 | |||
| 20 | 2:40:42 | |||
| 21 | 2:41:37 | |||
| 22 | 2:41:42 | |||
| 23 | 2:42:03 | |||
| 24 | 2:42:12 | |||
| 25 | 2:43:20 | |||
| 26 | 2:44:36 | |||
| 27 | 2:45:13 | |||
| 28 | 2:45:52 | |||
| 29 | 2:50:25 | |||
| 30 | 3:01:08 | |||
| 31 | 3:02:02 | |||
| 32 | 3:05:00 | |||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | ||||
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| DID NOT START (DNS) | ||||
| - | DNS | |||