Final 17.08 07:30 Team time -time 10km 20km 31km 1. Constantina Tomescu ROU2:26:44 36:11 3 1:11:27 1 1:45:04 1 2. Catherine Ndereba KEN2:27:06 0:22 36:19 48 1:11:34 27 1:46:02 12 3. Chunxiu Zhou CHN2:27:07 0:23 36:11 4 1:11:28 5 1:46:01 3 4. Xiaolin Zhu CHN2:27:16 0:32 36:12 8 1:11:28 7 1:46:01 5 5. Martha Komu KEN2:27:23 0:39 36:18 44 1:11:29 19 1:46:01 2 6. Mara Yamauchi GBR2:27:29 0:45 36:14 30 1:11:28 10 1:46:02 6 7. Irina Timofeeva RUS2:27:31 0:47 36:13 28 1:11:28 11 1:46:01 4 8. Lidia Elena Simon ROU2:27:51 1:07 36:18 43 1:11:28 9 1:46:02 10 9. Souad Ait Salem ALG2:28:29 1:45 36:11 5 1:11:28 4 1:46:02 7 10.Salina Kosgei KEN2:29:28 2:44 36:13 27 1:11:32 25 1:46:02 8 11.Zivile Balciunaite LTU2:29:33 2:49 36:11 2 1:11:28 2 1:46:06 13 12.Kum Ok Kim PRK2:30:01 3:17 36:12 9 1:11:28 8 1:46:15 16 13.Yurika Nakamura JPN2:30:19 3:35 36:13 17 1:11:29 16 1:46:16 17 14.Anna Incerti ITA2:30:55 4:11 36:14 34 1:11:37 33 1:47:17 24 15.Dire Tune ETI2:31:16 4:32 36:12 15 1:11:28 6 1:46:02 9 16.Nina Rillstone NZL2:31:16 4:32 36:14 35 1:11:30 23 1:47:02 19 17.Bruna Genovese ITA2:31:31 4:47 36:13 24 1:11:37 32 1:47:17 25 18.Luminita Talpos ROU2:31:41 4:57 36:12 13 1:11:30 21 1:46:15 15 19.Madai Perez MEX2:31:47 5:03 36:18 47 1:11:34 28 1:46:07 14 20.Christelle Daunay FRA2:31:48 5:04 36:16 40 1:11:36 30 1:47:17 23 21.Benita Johnson AUS2:32:06 5:22 36:14 29 1:11:36 31 1:47:46 31 22.Svetlana Zakharova RUS2:32:16 5:32 36:13 25 1:11:30 22 1:47:11 22 23.Paula Radcliffe GBR2:32:38 5:54 36:14 36 1:11:28 3 1:46:02 11 24.Monika Drybulska POL2:32:39 5:55 36:21 57 1:12:40 52 1:48:53 40 25.Eunjeong Lee KOR2:33:07 6:23 36:13 16 1:11:29 18 1:48:11 34 26.Liz Yelling GBR2:33:12 6:28 36:10 1 1:11:33 26 1:47:10 21 27.Blake Russell USA2:33:13 6:29 36:13 18 1:11:37 35 1:47:33 29 28.Beata Naigambo NAM2:33:29 6:45 36:13 26 1:11:34 29 1:47:55 32 29.Vincenza Sicari ITA2:33:31 6:47 36:16 41 1:11:47 37 1:48:47 39 30.Dorota Gruca POL2:33:32 6:48 36:14 37 1:12:06 43 1:48:40 37 31.Tetyana Filonyuk UKR2:33:35 6:51 36:22 58 1:12:28 46 1:48:41 38 32.Marisa Barros POR2:34:08 7:24 36:20 52 1:12:40 50 1:49:15 44 33.Lisa Jane Weightman AUS2:34:16 7:32 36:35 62 1:12:54 57 1:49:18 45 34.Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR2:34:35 7:51 36:15 38 1:11:37 34 1:48:25 36 35.Liza Hunter-Galvan NZL2:34:51 8:07 36:15 39 1:11:39 36 1:47:28 28 36.Yong Ok Jong PRK2:34:52 8:08 36:12 12 1:11:28 12 1:47:28 27 37.Rasa Drazdauskaite LTU2:35:09 8:25 36:18 46 1:12:28 48 1:49:19 46 38.Melanie Kraus GER2:35:17 8:33 36:54 63 1:14:14 63 1:51:08 54 39.Maria Portilla PER2:35:19 8:35 36:12 10 1:12:07 45 1:49:14 40.Helalia Johannes NAM2:35:22 8:38 36:13 23 1:11:57 39 1:48:19 35 41.Shujing Zhang CHN2:35:35 8:51 36:11 6 1:11:29 13 1:47:28 26 42.Lucia Kimani BIH2:35:47 9:03 36:54 65 1:14:15 65 1:51:28 43.Sandra Ruales ECU2:35:53 9:09 36:19 49 1:12:07 44 1:49:35 48 44.Kate Smyth AUS2:36:10 9:26 36:20 55 1:12:31 49 1:50:09 52 45.Yesenia Centeno ESP2:36:25 9:41 36:14 31 1:11:29 17 1:47:55 33 46.Ana Dias POR2:36:25 9:41 36:20 54 1:12:40 51 1:49:26 47 47.Nebiat Habtemariam ERI2:37:03 10:19 36:13 21 1:11:29 20 1:49:12 41 48.Pun Hui Jo PRK2:37:04 10:20 36:14 33 1:11:31 24 1:47:45 30 49.Tabitha Tsatsa ZIM2:37:10 10:26 36:13 22 1:11:58 42 1:49:13 42 50.Bahar Dogan TUR2:37:12 10:28 36:19 50 1:11:48 38 1:49:44 49 51.Marily dos Santos BRA2:38:10 11:26 36:12 11 1:11:58 41 1:49:56 50 52.Susanne Hahn GER2:38:31 11:47 36:54 66 1:14:14 62 1:51:32 58 53.Eunhee Chae KOR2:38:52 12:08 36:16 42 1:12:28 47 1:50:09 51 54.Alessandra Aguilar ESP2:39:29 12:45 36:21 56 1:12:41 54 1:51:04 53 55.Patricia Retiz MEX2:39:34 12:50 36:22 60 1:13:24 59 1:51:12 55 56.Sunyoung Lee KOR2:43:23 16:39 36:18 45 1:12:58 58 1:52:30 59 57.Eva Maria Gradwohl AUT2:44:24 17:40 36:54 64 1:14:14 64 1:52:42 60 58.Iuliia Arkhipova KGZ2:44:41 17:57 38:14 73 1:15:29 67 1:54:59 63 59.Sonia Calizaya BOL2:45:53 19:09 38:14 74 1:16:39 71 1:56:22 66 60.Eleni Donta GRE2:46:44 20:00 39:09 79 1:18:31 77 1:58:34 69 61.Karina Perez MEX2:47:02 20:18 36:22 59 1:13:46 61 1:54:52 62 62.Bertha Sanchez COL2:47:02 20:18 36:57 68 1:14:56 66 1:55:03 64 63.Pauline Curley IRE2:47:16 20:32 39:08 78 1:18:31 76 1:58:35 70 64.Maria Jose Pueyo ESP2:48:01 21:17 36:24 61 1:13:29 60 1:53:21 61 65.Petra Teveli HUN2:48:32 21:48 37:58 72 1:16:29 69 1:56:48 67 66.Epiphanie Nyirabarame RWA2:49:32 22:48 37:21 69 1:16:54 73 1:58:25 68 67.Zuzana Tomas SVK2:49:39 22:55 38:30 76 1:16:42 72 1:56:05 65 68.Gabriela Trana CRC2:53:45 27:01 38:31 77 1:17:41 74 1:58:58 71 69.Oxana Sklyarenko UKR2:55:39 28:55 36:55 67 1:16:36 70 1:59:09 72 -.Berhane Adere ETIDNF 36:13 19 1:15:16 13 1:46:22 18 -.Gete Wami ETIDNF 36:13 20 1:15:16 11 1:47:05 20 -.Ines Monteiro PORDNF 36:20 53 1:16:45 53 1:51:24 56 -.Valentina Delion MDADNF 38:25 75 1:22:38 74 2:00:50 73 -.Reiko Tosa JPNDNF 36:14 32 1:17:40 60 -.Olivera Jevtic SRBDNF 36:12 14 1:16:11 44 -.Galina Bogomolova RUSDNF 36:19 51 1:17:04 56 -.Mariana Dias Ximenes TLEDNF 41:37 80 1:32:52 77 -.Beata Rakonczai HUNDNF 37:31 71 -.Mamorallo Tjoka LESDNF 36:12 7 -.Magda Lewy USADNF 37:24 70 -.Deena Kastor USADNF -.Nadia Ejjafini BRNDNS
(Competitors: 82; Countries: 49)
Nervous of the heat, the runners took the first half slowly. With the
temperature warm (22°C) but not stifling, the pace was unsurprisingly
cautious. At 10 miles the early leader Liz Yelling (GBR) collided with
Gete Wami (ETH) near a drink station and crack a rib. Halfway was
passed in 75:11, and by that point Tomescu-Diță had taken the lead.
The Romanian had moved clear in two world championships, only to
fade badly, and this was thought by watchers to be an insignificant
break. In the the meantime Athens medallist Deena Kastor (USA) sus-
tained a broken foot at 5K while world record holder Paula Radcliffe
(GBR) was struggling to return from a stress fracture and would end up
23rd.
By 35km (2:02:00) Tomescu-Diță was 70 seconds clear of a pack of
eight runners, and there would be no catching the Romanian. At 40km
(2:19:07) she was a minute clear of Zhou and Zhu, with Ndereba and
Komu another second behind. The chasers were closing quickly, with
Ndereba running the last 2.195km 39 seconds quicker than the
Romanian. No wonder Tomescu-Diță constantly looked over her
shoulder, but she retained 22 seconds of her margin to the finish. “I
have been caught so often that it was only in the last 200m of the race
that I was certain I would win,” she reflected. Ndereba outsprinted
Zhou for the silver in the last 100m.
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