Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's marathon explained

Event:	Women's marathon
Games:	2018
Venue:	Southport Broadwater Parklands
Dates:	15 April 2018
Competitors:	17
Nations:	9
Win Value:	2:32:40
Gold:	Helalia Johannes
Goldcga:	NAM
Silver:	Lisa Weightman
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Jessica Trengove
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's marathon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held in Southport Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast on 15 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		2:15:25 (mixed gender)	London, United Kingdom	13 April 2003
		2:17:01 (women only)		23 April 2017
Games record		2:25:28	Auckland, New Zealand	31 January 1990

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
		2:32:40
		2:33:23
		2:34:09
		2:36:19
		2:36:59
		2:38:19
		2:40:54
		2:43:58
		2:46:52
10		2:47:53
11		2:49:38
12		2:50:59
13		2:51:04
14		2:55:14
15		2:57:01
16		2:58:54

Notes and References

1. Web site: Result - Women's Marathon Final. 15 April 2018.
2. Book: Athletics Women's Marathon - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 183. 22 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.