2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon explained

The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.

Medalists

Gold Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Catherine Ndereba
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze Constantina Tomescu
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

Intermediates

RankNumberAthleteTime
5 KILOMETRES
1 281 16:47
2 423 16:47
3 207 16:47
4 456 16:50
5 214 16:50
10 KILOMETRES
1 281 33:23
2 423 33:23
3 207 33:23
4 601 33:26
5 456 33:26
15 KILOMETRES
1 281 49:53
2 423 49:54
3 207 49:54
4 601 49:54
5 456 49:56
20 KILOMETRES
1 281 1:06:16
2 601 1:06:17
3 450 1:06:18
4 456 1:06:18
5 125 1:06:39
HALF MARATHON
1 281 1:09:49
2 456 1:09:52
3 450 1:09:52
4 601 1:09:53
5 125 1:10:19
25 KILOMETRES
1 281 1:22:47
2 601 1:22:48
3 456 1:22:50
4 450 1:23:00
5 125 1:23:42
30 KILOMETRES
1 281 1:39:22
2 601 1:39:33
3 456 1:39:38
4 450 1:40:30
5 125 1:41:03
35 KILOMETRES
1 281 1:56:14
2 456 1:56:42
3 601 1:56:59
4 450 1:58:29
5 125 1:58:35
40 KILOMETRES
1 281 2:13:22
2 456 2:14:09
3 601 2:15:16
4 214 2:16:06
5 125 2:16:33

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
2:20:57 CR
2:22:01 SB
2:23:19
4 2:23:30 PB
5 2:24:12
6 2:24:20
7 2:24:22 PB
8 2:25:46
9 2:26:14 SB
10 2:26:29
11 2:26:50 PB
12 2:27:14 PB
13 2:27:46 PB
14 2:29:43 PB
15 2:30:28
16 2:30:38
17 2:31:16
18 2:31:26 PB
19 2:32:47
20 2:32:53
21 2:33:20 PB
22 2:34:01
23 2:34:07
24 2:34:35
25 2:34:41 PB
26 2:34:43 PB
27 2:34:45
28 2:35:08
29 2:35:48
30 2:36:29 SB
31 2:36:41
32 2:36:50
33 2:37:03 PB
34 2:38:16
35 2:38:32 PB
36 2:39:02SB
37 2:39:13
38 2:39:36SB
39 2:39:47
40 2:39:58
41 2:41:51 SB
42 2:43:31 SB
43 2:43:58 SB
44 2:47:42
45 2:50:36
46 2:52:11
47 2:52:41
48 2:53:08
49 2:54:08
50 2:57:18
51 3:03:26 SB
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
- DNS
- DNS

See also

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