1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon explained

The Women's marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, was held on Sunday August 29, 1999.

Medalists

Gold Jong Song-ok
North Korea (PRK)
Silver Ari Ichihashi
Japan (JPN)
Bronze Lidia Șimon
Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

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
2:20:47 April 19, 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy
2:22:48 April 18, 1999 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates

RankNumberAthleteTime
5 KILOMETRES
1 803 17:58
2 578 17:58
3 579 17:58
4 601 17:58
5 167 17:58
10 KILOMETRES
1 601 35:26
2 785 35:26
3 578 35:26
4 308 35:26
5 167 35:26
15 KILOMETRES
1 803 53:06
2 601 53:06
3 302 53:06
4 575 53:06
5 763 53:06
20 KILOMETRES
1 308 1:10:34
2 37 1:10:34
3 578 1:10:34
4 575 1:10:34
5 601 1:10:34
HALF MARATHON
1 763 1:14:30
2 601 1:14:30
3 578 1:14:30
4 803 1:14:30
5 167 1:14:30
25 KILOMETRES
1 803 1:28:28
2 601 1:28:29
3 772 1:28:29
4 588 1:28:29
5 167 1:28:29
30 KILOMETRES
1 167 1:46:03
2 308 1:46:03
3 803 1:46:03
4 578 1:46:03
5 601 1:46:03
35 KILOMETRES
1 308 2:02:51
2 578 2:02:53
3 772 2:02:54
4 803 2:02:54
5 167 2:03:17
40 KILOMETRES
1 578 2:19:38
2 772 2:19:39
3 308 2:20:00
4 803 2:20:03
5 423 2:21:18

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
2:26:59NR
2:27:02PB
2:27:41
42:28:04
52:28:52PB
62:28:55
72:29:11
82:29:11
92:29:22
102:29:26
112:29:36
122:30:12SB
132:30:28
142:30:45PB
152:31:38
162:31:39
172:32:01
182:35:25
192:36:28
202:36:49
212:36:57
222:37:24
232:38:31
242:38:57
252:39:29
262:40:03
272:40:07
282:40:10
292:41:33
302:41:50
312:42:55
322:44:16
332:45:00
342:45:28
352:46:36
362:48:05
372:49:21
382:53:04
392:54:12
402:58:04PB
412:58:11NR
423:23:01
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
- DNS
- DNS
- DNS

See also

References