1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon explained

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.

Medalists

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
2:29:48
2:31:12
2:31:55
4 2:32:18
5 2:33:10
6 2:34:06
7 2:35:28
8 2:36:16
9 2:36:37
10 2:36:51
11 2:38:38
12 2:39:10
13 2:39:53
14 2:40:55
15 2:41:00
16 2:41:05
17 2:41:08
18 2:41:45
19 2:42:00
20 2:42:12
21 2:42:18
22 2:42:21
23 2:42:31
24 2:43:28
25 2:43:42
26 2:43:47
27 2:43:58
28 2:44:20
29 2:45:19
30 2:47:12
31 2:47:57
32 2:48:45
33 2:48:54
34 2:48:57
35 2:49:03
36 2:49:43
37 2:50:29
38 2:50:36
39 2:50:38
40 2:51:59
41 2:53:01
42 2:54:03
43 2:54:59
44 2:55:06
45 2:56:58
46 2:58:22
47 3:01:01
48 3:01:26
49 3:01:30
50 3:04:05
51 3:12:55
52 3:17:33
53 3:22:08
54 3:30:45

See also

References