Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon explained

Event:	Women's marathon
Games:	1996 Summer
Dates:	July 28
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta
Competitors:	86
Nations:	51
Win Value:	2:26:05
Gold:	Fatuma Roba
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Valentina Yegorova
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Yuko Arimori
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was held on Sunday July 28, 1996, beginning at 07:05h local time. Sixty-five athletes finished the race while twenty-one dropped out mid-competition. A total of 86 competitors from 51 countries took part.^[1] There were also two competitors, Valentina Enachi of Moldova and Virginie Gloum of the Central African Republic, whose results were deemed unofficial due to procedural errors by their federations in submitting their entries in the event.^[1]

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 1996 Summer Olympics
		2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
		2:24:52	August 5, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
		2:26:04	January 28, 1996	Osaka, Japan

Final ranking

width=20	Place	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	Notes
		2:26:05
		2:28:05
		2:28:39
4		2:28:45
5		2:30:50
6		2:31:04
7		2:31:11
8		2:31:16
9		2:31:21
10		2:31:30
11		2:31:52
12		2:32:35
13		2:33:09
14		2:33:27
15		2:34:19
16		2:34:30
17		2:34:31
18		2:34:48
19		2:35:12
20		2:35:31
21		2:35:44
22		2:35:45
23		2:36:14
24		2:36:22
25		2:36:27
26		2:36:31
27		2:36:39
28		2:36:41
29		2:36:44
30		2:36:54
31		2:36:58
32		2:37:06
33		2:37:14
34		2:37:19
35		2:38:04
36		2:38:43
37		2:39:06
38		2:39:18
39		2:39:33
40		2:39:51
41		2:40:46
42		2:41:33
43		2:41:56
44		2:42:01
45		2:42:08
46		2:42:21
47		2:43:44
48		2:43:58
49		2:44:12
50		2:44:21
51		2:44:23
52		2:44:38
53		2:46:58
54		2:48:58
55		2:49:30
56		2:50:05
57		2:50:46
58		2:52:09
59		2:56:19
60		2:56:23
61		3:09:08
62		3:16:19
63		3:19:06
64		3:25:16
65		3:27:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
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-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
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-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Marathon
• 1996 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1997 Women's World Championships Marathon

External links

• Official Report
• Marathon Info

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Marathon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-marathon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 May 2017 . sports-reference.com.