Final | time | 1. Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia | 2:26:05 | 2. Valentina Yegorova | Russia | 2:28:05 | 3. Yuko Arimori | Japan | 2:28:39 | 4. Katrin Dörre-Heinig | Germany | 2:28:45 | 5. Rocio Rios | Spain | 2:30:50 | 6. Lidia Simon | Romania | 2:31:04 | 7. Maria Machado | Portugal | 2:31:11 | 8. Sonja Krolik | Germany | 2:31:16 | 9. Xiujuan Ren | China | 2:31:21 | 10.Anne Marie Lauck | United States | 2:31:30 | 11.Malgorzata Sobanska | Poland | 2:31:52 | 12.Izumi Maki | Japan | 2:32:35 | 13.Ornella Ferrara | Italy | 2:33:09 | 14.Monica Pont | Spain | 2:33:27 | 15.Angeline Kanana | Kenya | 2:34:19 | 16.Liz Mccolgan | Great Britain | 2:34:30 | 17.Junko Asari | Japan | 2:34:31 | 18.Franziska Rochat-Moser | Switzerland | 2:34:48 | 19.Griselda Gonzalez | Argentina | 2:35:12 | 20.Song Ok Jong | North Korea | 2:35:31 | 21.Irina Bogachova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:35:44 | 22.Inglandini Gonzalez | Colombia | 2:35:45 | 23.Serap Aktas | Turkey | 2:36:14 | 24.Yelena Mazovka | Belarus | 2:36:22 | 25.Marleen Renders | Belgium | 2:36:27 | 26.Chang Ok Kim | North Korea | 2:36:31 | 27.Albertina Dias | Portugal | 2:36:39 | 28.Kerryn Mccann | Australia | 2:36:41 | 29.Aniela Nikiel | Poland | 2:36:44 | 30.Mi-Ja Oh | South Korea | 2:36:54 | 31.Linda Somers | United States | 2:36:58 | 32.Danuta Bartoszek | Canada | 2:37:06 | 33.Mari Carmen Diaz | Mexico | 2:37:14 | 34.Nelly Glauser | Switzerland | 2:37:19 | 35.Ramilya Burangulova | Russia | 2:38:04 | 36.Judit Foldingne Nagy | Hungary | 2:38:43 | 37.Erika Olivera | Chile | 2:39:06 | 38.Yvonne Danson | Singapore | 2:39:18 | 39.Marcia Narloch | Brazil | 2:39:33 | 40.Stefanija Statkuviene | Lithuania | 2:39:51 | 41.Antje van Schuppen | Netherlands | 2:40:46 | 42.Maria Polyzou | Greece | 2:41:33 | 43.Guadaloupe Loma | Mexico | 2:41:56 | 44.Anuta Catuna | Romania | 2:42:01 | 45.Karen Macleod | Great Britain | 2:42:08 | 46.Lorraine Moller | New Zealand | 2:42:21 | 47.Albertina Machado | Portugal | 2:43:44 | 48.Anita Haakenstad | Norway | 2:43:58 | 49.Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 2:44:12 | 50.Natasha Galushko | Belarus | 2:44:21 | 51.Adriana Fernandez | Mexico | 2:44:23 | 52.May Allison | Canada | 2:44:38 | 53.Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 2:46:58 | 54.Marilu Salazar | Peru | 2:48:58 | 55.Suzana Ciric | Yugoslavia | 2:49:30 | 56.Nadia Prasad | France | 2:50:05 | 57.Sue Malaxos | Australia | 2:50:46 | 58.Suzanne Rigg | Great Britain | 2:52:09 | 59.Elizabeth Mongudhi | Namibia | 2:56:19 | 60.Solange de Souza | Brazil | 2:56:23 | 61.Guylsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | 3:09:08 | 62.Bimala Ranamagar | Nepal | 3:16:19 | 63.Erhemsaihan Davaajargal | Mongolia | 3:19:06 | 64.Sirivanh Ketavong | Laos | 3:25:16 | 65.Marie Benito | Guam | 3:27:28 | -. Soon-Duk Kang | South Korea | DNF | -. Kamila Gradus | Poland | DNF | -. Carol Galea | Malta | DNF | -. Carmen de Oliveira | Brazil | DNF | -. Maria Curatolo | Italy | DNF | -. Salina Chirchir | Kenya | DNF | -. Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | DNF | -. Madina Biktagirova | Belarus | DNF | -. Lyubov Klochko | Ukraine | DNF | -. Mi-Kyung Lee | South Korea | DNF | -. Elana Meyer | South Africa | DNF | -. Lisa Ondieki | Australia | DNF | -. Uta Pippig | Germany | DNF | -. Cristina Pomacu | Romania | DNF | -. Kirsi Rauta | Finland | DNF | -. Jane Salumae | Estonia | DNF | -. Jenny Spangler | United States | DNF | -. Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | DNF | -. Maura Viceconte | Italy | DNF | -. Alla Zhilyayeva | Russia | DNF |
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| Finish: | 87 competitors from 52 nations. |
The heat of Atlanta meant that the race needed to start early, and at 7:05
the runners set off with temperatures which would not climb beyond
21°C. Uta Pippig (GER), who had run 2:21:45 in Boston in 1994, went
to the front and led past 10km in 34:37. At 12km she began to fall back,
eventually dropping out. Elana Meyer, silver medallist over 10,000m in
Barcelona, retired with a damaged Achilles tendon at 15km. At 18km
Roba made a break, passing 20km in 1:08:45 with a six second lead
over the pack. By 30km the lead had stretched to 1:01 over Akimori
and Yegorova after a 34:12 section. The Ethiopian continued to build
the lead, though her pace slowed in the later stages, and she finished
exactly two minutes clear of Yegorova. The Russian’s silver medal was
the best effort in defence of a title by a female marathon runner.
Akimori again placed one position behind Yegorova, though veteran
Dörre almost caught her, picking up 13 seconds in the last two kilome-
tres.
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