Final 09:00 | time | 1. Naoko Takahashi | Japan | 2:23:14 | 2. Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon | Romania | 2:23:22 | 3. Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:24:45 | 4. Esther Wanjiru | Kenya | 2:26:17 | 5. Madina Biktagirova | Russia | 2:26:33 | 6. Elfenesh Alemu | Ethiopia | 2:26:54 | 7. Eri Yamagughi | Japan | 2:27:03 | 8. Bong-Sil Ham | North Korea | 2:27:07 | 9. Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia | 2:27:38 | 10.Xiujuan Ren | China | 2:27:55 | 11.Kerryn McCann | Australia | 2:28:37 | 12.Maura Viceconte | Italy | 2:29:26 | 13.Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:29:45 | 14.Irina Bogachova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:29:55 | 15.Ari Ichihashi | Japan | 2:30:34 | 16.Adriana Fernandez | Mexico | 2:30:51 | 17.Judit Folding-Nagy | Hungary | 2:30:54 | 18.Ornella Ferrara | Italy | 2:31:32 | 19.Christine Clark | United States | 2:31:35 | 20.Yong-Ok Jong | North Korea | 2:31:40 | 21.Maria Manuela Machado | Portugal | 2:32:29 | 22.Nadezhda Ilyina-Wijenberg | Netherlands | 2:32:29 | 23.Lyubov Morgunova | Russia | 2:32:35 | 24.Sonja Krolik-Oberem | Germany | 2:33:45 | 25.Martha Tenorio | Ecuador | 2:33:54 | 26.Marian Sutton | Great Britain | 2:34:33 | 27.Erika Olivera | Chile | 2:35:07 | 28.Chang-Ok Kim | North Korea | 2:35:32 | 29.Camelia-Alina Gherasim | Romania | 2:36:16 | 30.AnaIsabel Alonso | Spain | 2:36:45 | 31.Colleen De Reuck | South Africa | 2:36:48 | 32.Maria Portillo Cruz | Peru | 2:36:50 | 33.Griselda Gonzalez | Spain | 2:38:28 | 34.Mi-Ja Oh | South Korea | 2:38:42 | 35.Susan Hobson | Australia | 2:38:44 | 36.Gadissie Edatto | Ethiopia | 2:42:29 | 37.Serap Aktas | Turkey | 2:42:40 | 38.Daria Nauer | Switzerland | 2:43:00 | 39.MariaLuisa Munoz | Spain | 2:45:40 | 40.Dagoberto Gonzalez | Colombia | 2:47:26 | 41.Gulsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | 2:51:03 | 42.Gina Coello | Honduras | 3:02:32 | 43.Aguida Amaral | UNK | 3:10:55 | 44.Rhonda Davidson-Alley | Guam | 3:13:58 | 45.Sirivanh Ketavong | Laos | 3:34:27 | -. Martha Ernstsdottir | Iceland | DNF | -. Valentina Enaki | Moldova | DNF | -. Marleen Renders | Belgium | DNF | -. Elizabeth Mongudhi | Namibia | DNF | -. Garifa Kuku | Kazakhstan | DNF | -. Nicole Carroll | Australia | DNF | -. Valentina Yegorova | Russia | DNF | -. Anuta Catuna | Romania | DNF | -. Claudia Dreher | Germany | DNS |
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| Finish: | 53 competitors from 28 nations. |
Qualifiying A Standard: 2:33.00 | Qualifiying B Standard: 2:45.00 |
Marleen Renders of Belgium was the early leader, with a margin of 80m at one point. The pack caught up at 12km, and Takahashi and her
teammate Ari Ichihashi moved to the front at the 20km point, with only Lidia Șimon taking up the challenge. The three passed halfway in
71:45, but Ichihashi was dropped by 25km. Takahasi and Șimon ran together until 35km when Takahashi opened up a gap of 30m. The gap
widened, and though Șimon closed slightly in the last 2km, Takahashi was never threatened. Chepchumba moved into third place after 30k,
finishing 92 seconds ahead of fourth place. Tegla Loroupe held the world best (2:20:43) was the favourite, but a bout of food poisoning
relegated the Kenyan to 13th place (2:29:45). In all, 14 ran quicker than 2:30.
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