2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon explained

The women's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Sunday, 31 August 2003, starting at 14:20h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Mizuki Noguchi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Masako Chiba Japan (JPN)

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

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	888		16:45
2	630		17:17
3	881		17:17
4	797		17:17
5	328		17:17
10 KILOMETRES
1	888		34:02
2	324		34:14
3	630		34:14
4	708		34:14
5	885		34:15
15 KILOMETRES
1	888		51:19
2	885		51:19
3	858		51:20
4	881		51:20
5	797		51:20
20 KILOMETRES
1	888		1:08:59
2	797		1:09:00
3	975		1:09:00
4	629		1:09:00
5	881		1:09:00
HALF MARATHON
1	885		1:12:46
2	630		1:12:46
3	888		1:12:46
4	881		1:12:46
5	182		1:12:46
25 KILOMETRES
1	885		1:26:34
2	629		1:26:34
3	888		1:26:34
4	858		1:26:34
5	881		1:26:34
30 KILOMETRES
1	629		1:44:01
2	317		1:44:01
3	858		1:44:01
4	888		1:44:01
5	881		1:44:01
35 KILOMETRES
1	881		2:00:47
2	629		2:00:51
3	632		2:00:57
4	858		2:01:01
5	858		2:01:03
40 KILOMETRES
1	881		2:16:45
2	629		2:17:05
3	632		2:17:48
4	858		2:17:49
5	858		2:17:57

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:23:55
		2:24:14
		2:25:09
4		2:25:25
5		2:25:31	NR
6		2:26:29
7		2:26:33	SB
8		2:26:49
9		2:26:53
10		2:27:26	SB
11		2:28:24	SB
12		2:29:24
13		2:29:25	PB
14		2:29:46	SB
15		2:30:15	SB
16		2:30:39	NR
17		2:30:44
18		2:30:49
19		2:31:01	PB
20		2:31:21	PB
21		2:31:23	SB
22		2:31:45	SB
23		2:31:55	PB
24		2:32:08	PB
25		2:32:26
26		2:32:27	SB
27		2:32:31
28		2:33:51	PB
29		2:34:12
30		2:34:19	SB
31		2:34:37
32		2:34:51
33		2:34:54	PB
34		2:36:20
35		2:36:29	PB
36		2:37:10	SB
37		2:37:14	SB
38		2:37:19	SB
39		2:37:56	SB
40		2:38:06	SB
41		2:38:22
42		2:38:26
43		2:38:38
44		2:38:39	PB
45		2:39:04
46		2:39:25
47		2:39:36	SB
48		2:40:34
49		2:40:45
50		2:40:59
51		2:41:13
52		2:42:56	PB
53		2:43:38
54		2:45:53
55		2:46:22	PB
56		2:50:21
57		2:54:16	PB
58		2:54:27
59		2:55:26	SB
60		3:00:53
61		3:18:35	SB
62		3:21:59
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
-		DNS

See also

References

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