2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon explained

The Women's Marathon event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 23, 2009, in the streets of Berlin, Germany. The race started at 11:15h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Bai Xue PR China (CHN)
Silver	Yoshimi Ozaki Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Aselefech Mergia Ethiopia (ETH)

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

Records

World record		2:15:25	London, Great Britain	13 April 2003
Championship record		2:20:57	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
World leading		2:22:11	London, Great Britain	26 April 2009
African record		2:18:47	Chicago, United States	7 October 2001
Asian record		2:19:12	Berlin, Germany	25 September 2005
North American record		2:19:36	London, Great Britain	23 April 2006
South American record		2:27:41	Boston, United States	18 April 1994
European record		2:15:25	London, Great Britain	13 April 2003
Oceanian record		2:22:36	Chicago, United States	22 October 2006

Schedule

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
5 km			17:42
10 km			35:03
15 km			52:10
20 km			1:09:47
Half Marathon			1:13:39
25 km			1:27:31
30 km			1:44:33
35 km			2:01:04
40 km			2:18:10

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:25:15	SB
			2:25:25	SB
			2:25:32
			2:25:39	SB
			2:26:08	SB
			2:26:50
			2:26:57	SB
			2:27:39	SB
			2:27:48	SB
10			2:27:53	PB
11			2:28:59	SB
12			2:29:39	SB
13			2:29:53
14			2:29:55
15			2:30:03
16			2:30:07	SB
17			2:30:42	PB
18			2:31:06	SB
19			2:31:24
20			2:31:29
21			2:32:03
22			2:32:42
23			2:33:05	PB
24			2:33:38
25			2:33:59	NR
26			2:36:04
27			2:36:39	SB
28			2:36:57
29			2:37:11	SB
30			2:37:43
31			2:38:23
32			2:38:29
33			2:38:39
34			2:38:48	PB
35			2:39:19	SB
36			2:39:23
37			2:39:37
38			2:39:56
39			2:40:18
40			2:40:18	PB
41			2:40:39
42			2:40:54	PB
43			2:41:31	SB
44			2:41:48	SB
45			2:42:03	SB
46			2:42:14	SB
47			2:42:18
48			2:42:40
49			2:42:47
50			2:42:49	SB
51			2:45:28	SB
52			2:47:16
53			2:48:16
54			2:50:02	SB
55			2:50:19	SB
56			2:50:36
57			2:52:44
58			2:54:21
59			3:00:59
			(2:27:08)	DQ (doping)
				DQ ^[1]
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNS
				DNS

See also

2009 World Marathon Cup

External links

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Notes and References

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