Final 11:00 time bib. 1. Tiki Gelana Ethiopia2:23:07 OR 1708 Times 2. Priscah Jeptoo Kenya2:23:12 2330 Times 3. Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova Russia2:23:29 PB 2884 Times 4. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Kenya2:23:56 2331 Times 5. Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko Ukraine2:24:32 NR 3161 Times 6. Xiaolin Zhu China2:24:48 1399 Times 7. Jessica Augusto Portugal2:25:11 2719 Times 8. Valeria Straneo Italy2:25:27 2163 Times 9. Albina Mayorova Russia2:25:38 2879 Times 10.Shalane Flanagan United States2:25:51 3288 Times 11.Kara Goucher United States2:26:07 3292 Times 12.Helalia Johannes Namibia2:26:09 NR 2537 Times 13.Marisa Barros Portugal2:26:13 2721 Times 14.Irina Mikitenko Germany2:26:44 1949 Times 15.Kimberley Smith New Zealand2:26:59 2615 Times 16.Ryoko Kizaki Japan2:27:16 2255 Times 17.Lisa Jane Weightman Australia2:27:32 PB 1083 Times 18.Isabellah Andersson Sweden2:27:36 3003 Times 19.Yoshimi Ozaki Japan2:27:43 2259 Times 20.Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat Kenya2:27:52 2334 Times 21.Ana Dulce Felix Portugal2:28:12 2725 Times 22.Xueqin Wang China2:28:21 1391 Times 23.Mare Dibaba Ethiopia2:28:48 1705 Times 24.Hilda Kibet Netherlands2:28:52 24 2557 Times 25.Ines Melchor Peru2:28:54 NR 2631 Times 26.Alessandra Aguilar Spain2:29:19 1640 Times 27.Rasa Drazdauskaite Lithuania2:29:29 PB 2432 Times 28.Diana Lobacevske Lithuania2:29:32 PB 2436 Times 29.Anna Incerti Italy2:29:38 2156 Times 30.Rosaria Console Italy2:30:09 2150 Times 31.Diane Nukuri Burundi2:30:13 NR 1131 Times 32.Susanne Hahn Germany2:30:22 1937 Times 33.Nastassia Staravoitava Belarus2:30:25 1200 Times 34.Sviatlana Kouhan Belarus2:30:26 1184 Times 35.Rene Kalmer South Africa2:30:51 2792 Times 36.Karolina Jarzynska Poland2:30:57 2686 Times 37.Souad Ait Salem Algeria2:31:15 1010 Times 38.Beata Naigambo Namibia2:31:16 2538 Times 39.Jessica Trengove Australia2:31:17 1082 Times 40.Jessica Draskau-Petersson Denmark2:31:43 PB 1549 Times 41.Yunhee Chung South Korea2:31:58 2362 Times 42.Aselefech Mergia Ethiopia2:32:03 1712 Times 43.Gladys Tejeda Peru2:32:07 PB 2632 Times 44.Freya Murray Great Britain2:32:14 1865 Times 45.Lidia Simon Romania2:32:46 SB 2773 Times 46.Marisol Romero Mexico2:33:08 2513 Times 47.Adriana Aparecida Da Silva Brazil2:33:15 1236 Times 48.Olena Burkovska Ukraine2:33:26 3155 Times 49.Kum-ok Kim North Korea2:33:30 2738 Times 50.Karina Perez Mexico2:33:30 2511 Times 51.Erika Abril Colombia2:33:33 NR 1422 Times 52.Lisa Christina Stublic Croatia2:34:03 1460 Times 53.Maja Neuenschwander Switzerland2:34:50 2978 Times 54.Andrea Mayr Austria2:34:51 1092 Times 55.Wilma Arizapana Peru2:35:09 2630 Times 56.Kyong-hui Jon North Korea2:35:17 2737 Times 57.Claire Hallissey Great Britain2:35:39 1857 Times 58.Jiali Wang China2:35:46 1390 Times 59.Rehaset Mehari Eritrea2:35:49 1605 Times 60.Iuliia Andreeva Kyrgyzstan2:36:01 2347 Times 61.Maria Elena Espeso Spain2:36:12 1647 Times 62.Lishan Dula Bahrain2:36:20 1257 Times 63.Bahar Dogan Turkey2:36:35 3085 Times 64.Erika Olivera Chile2:36:41 SB 1339 Times 65.Natalia Cerches Moldova2:37:13 PB 2487 Times 66.Linda Byrne Ireland2:37:13 2101 Times 67.Ivana Sekyrova Czechia2:37:14 1542 Times 68.Ava Hutchinson Ireland2:37:17 2106 Times 69.Natalia Romero Chile2:37:47 1340 Times 70.Dailin Belmonte Cuba2:38:08 PB 1488 Times 71.Ana Subotic Serbia2:38:22 2958 Times 72.Sultan Haydar Turkey2:38:26 3087 Times 73.Samira Raif Marocco2:38:31 SB 2476 Times 74.Mi-gyong Kim North Korea2:38:33 2739 Times 75.Remalda Kergyte Lithuania2:39:01 2435 Times 76.Kyung-hee Lim South Korea2:39:03 2366 Times 77.Sladana Perunovic Montenegro2:39:07 NR 2526 Times 78.Olga Dubovskaya Belarus2:39:12 1178 Times 79.Risa Shigetomo Japan2:40:06 2261 Times 80.Amira Ben Amor Tunisia2:40:13 NR 3068 Times 81.Tanith Maxwell South Africa2:40:27 2793 Times 82.Maria Peralta Argentina2:40:50 1027 Times 83.Rosa Chacha Ecuador2:40:57 SB 1578 Times 84.H Triyaningsi Indonesia2:41:15 2062 Times 85.Beata Rakonczai Hungary2:41:20 2059 Times 86.Constantina Dita Romania2:41:34 2765 Times 87.Leena Puotiniemi Finland2:42:01 1736 Times 88.Zana Jereb Slovenia2:42:50 2934 Times 89.Ummu Kiraz Turkey2:43:07 3094 Times 90.Mamorallo Tjoka Lesotho2:43:15 SB 2420 Times 91.Gabriela Trana Costa Rica2:43:17 1451 Times 92.Zsofia Erdelyi Hungary2:44:45 2051 Times 93.Jane Suuto Uganda2:44:46 3120 Times 94.Yolimar Pineda Venezuela2:45:16 3353 Times 95.Aniko Kalovics Hungary2:45:55 2055 Times 96.Seongeun Kim South Korea2:46:38 2365 Times 97.Vanessa Veiga Spain2:46:53 1661 Times 98.Dace Lina Latvia2:47:47 2402 Times 99.Katarina Beresova Slovakia2:48:11 2992 Times 100.Benita Willis Australia2:49:38 1085 Times 101.Claudette Mukasakindi Rwanda2:51:07 2906 Times 102.Otgonbayar Luvsanlundeg Mongolia2:52:15 2516 Times 103.Evelin Talts Estonia2:54:15 1674 Times 104.Konstadina Kefala Greece3:01:18 1992 Times 105.Ni Lar San Myanmar3:04:27 2535 Times 106.Juventina Napoleao Timor-Leste3:05:07 PB 3027 Times 107.Caitriona Jennings Ireland3:22:11 2107 Times -. Yolanda Caballero ColombiaDNF 1424 Times -. Tetyana Filonyuk UkraineDNF 3159 Times -. Olivera Jevtic SRBDNF 2955 Times -. Lucia Kimani Bosnia HerzegovinaDNF 1154 Times -. Lornah Kiplagat NetherlandsDNF 2558 Times -. Soumiya Labani MaroccoDNF 2471 Times -. Liliya Shobukhova RussiaDNF 2895 Times -. Sharon Tavengwa ZimbabweDNF 3369 Times -. Irvette Van Blerk South AfricaDNF 2795 Times -. Mara Yamauchi Great BritainDNF 1880 Times
(Competitors: 116; Countries 67; Finishers 107)
All three medalists in the 2011 World Championships had been
Kenyans, and two of them – Kiplagat and Jeptoo – were in London
along with Keitany, winner of the regular London marathon in April.
Others highly regarded included the 2:18:20 performer Lidia
Shobukhova (RUS) and the three Ethiopians. The race began in tem-
perate (14°C) wet conditions, and the pace was cautious with four ini-
tial 5km splits averaging 17:22 (2:26 pace). Halfway was reached in
73:13 with Shobukhova (73:37) the principal absentee from the leading
pack. The tempo was only forced from the 25km mark by which time
the six Kenyans or Ethiopians had broken clear. Of that sextet by 30km
(1:42:44), Aselefech Mergia (ETH) had dropped back while Arkhipova
was closing on the leading Africans.
The surprising Russian went all the way to the front, and at 40km
she led with Gelana, Jeptoo and Keitany. Improbably, it was 2:18:37
performer Keitany who was dropped first. Gelana proved the strongest
at the finish as the rain fell, winning by the smallest margin in Olympic
history with an Olympic record. Jeptoo took silver with Arkhipova
third. Improving from 13th at 35km to fifth was Tetyana Gamera-
Shmyrko (UKR).
A record 29 women broke 2:30, though this became 28 when
Gamera-Shmyrko (2:24:32) was ultimately disqualified for a doping
violation, as were non-finisher Shobukhova and four other women.
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Last updated: 6 May 2024Facebook Todor Krastev