2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon explained

Event:	Women's marathon
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 31 July. The event doubled as the European Team Marathon Cup 2010.

Doping

Živilė Balčiūnaitė of Lithuania originally won the marathon and was awarded the gold medal, but was disqualified for doping after she tested positive for testosterone.^{[1] [2]} Nailiya Yulamanova of Russia originally came second, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, as her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.^[3]

Anna Incerti (gold), Tetyana Filonyuk (silver) and Isabellah Andersson (bronze) received the medals by mail.

Medalists

Gold	Anna Incerti Italy (ITA)^[4]
Silver	Tetyana Filonyuk Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Isabellah Andersson Sweden (SWE)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		2:15:25	London, United Kingdom	13 April 2003
European record		2:15:25	London, United Kingdom	13 April 2003
Championship record		2:26:05	Munich, Germany	10 August 2002
World Leading		2:22:00	London, United Kingdom	25 April 2010
European Leading		2:22:00	London, United Kingdom	25 April 2010

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:31:14	Doping
			2:32:15	Doping
			2:32:48
			2:33:57
			2:34:43
			2:34:56
			2:35:04
			2:35:43
			2:35:53	Doping
			2:36:20
			2:36:31
			2:36:52
10			2:37:10
11			2:38:45
12			2:38:55
13			2:39:07
14			2:40:10
15			2:41:02
16			2:42:24
17			2:42:44
18			2:43:00
19			2:43:35
20			2:43:36
21			2:44:06
22			2:44:11
23			2:45:00
24			2:45:17
25			2:46:21
26			2:47:26
27			2:48:15
28			2:51:21
29			2:51:59
30			2:53:13
31			2:55:12
32			3:07:51
33			3:09:27

See also

• 2010 European Marathon Cup

External links

• Results
• Results
• Fullresults

Notes and References

1. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/12976926 European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban
2. Associated Press: Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal, espn.com, 4 February 2012
3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/9373488/London-2012-Olympics-Russian-athletics-trio-banned-for-doping-offences.html London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences
4. Web site: London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences.