Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon explained

Event:	Women's marathon
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Dates:	August 1
Competitors:	47
Nations:	31
Win Value:	2:32:41
Gold:	Valentina Yegorova
Goldnoc:	EUN
Silver:	Yuko Arimori
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Lorraine Moller
Bronzenoc:	NZL
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish.^[1] The winning margin was 8 seconds.

After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.^[2]

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
		2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
		2:24:52	August 5, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
		2:23:43	April 20, 1992	Boston, United States

Final ranking

width=20	Place	width=220	Athlete	width=80	Time
		2:32:41
		2:32:49
		2:33:59
4.		2:36:26
5.		2:36:48
6.		2:37:03
7.		2:38:22
8.		2:38:46
9.		2:39:03
10.		2:39:42
11.		2:40:10
12.		2:41:09
13.		2:41:20
14.		2:41:48
15.		2:42:45
16.		2:42:55
17.		2:44:32
18.		2:46:14
19.		2:46:18
20.		2:46:44
21.		2:47:17
22.		2:47:27
23.		2:50:09
24.		2:53:30
25.		2:54:21
26.		2:54:33
27.		2:54:41
28.		2:56:46
29.		2:58:18
30.		2:58:27
31.		3:00:23
32.		3:01:46
33.		3:03:34
34.		3:05:50
35.		3:14:02
36.		3:14:45
37.		3:29:10
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-		DNF
-		DSQ

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)
• 1992 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1993 Women's World Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)

References

Specific

General

• Marathon Info

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175154/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-marathon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 May 2017 . sports-reference.com.
2. Book: Benyo . Richard . Richard Benyo . Henderson . Joe . Joe Henderson (runner). Running Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Source for Today's Runner . 2002 . Human Kinetics . Champaign, Illinois . 978-0-7360-3734-1 . 34 . B: BAA to Bush, George W. . https://books.google.com/books?id=Kqc1SkRr9UwC&pg=PA34 .