2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
Appearance
The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.
Medalists
Gold | ![]() Great Britain (GBR) |
Silver | ![]() Kenya (KEN) |
Bronze | ![]() Romania (ROM) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
WR | world record |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Intermediates
Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|---|
5 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
16:47 |
2 | 423 | ![]() |
16:47 |
3 | 207 | ![]() |
16:47 |
4 | 456 | ![]() |
16:50 |
5 | 214 | ![]() |
16:50 |
10 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
33:23 |
2 | 423 | ![]() |
33:23 |
3 | 207 | ![]() |
33:23 |
4 | 601 | ![]() |
33:26 |
5 | 456 | ![]() |
33:26 |
15 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
49:53 |
2 | 423 | ![]() |
49:54 |
3 | 207 | ![]() |
49:54 |
4 | 601 | ![]() |
49:54 |
5 | 456 | ![]() |
49:56 |
20 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
1:06:16 |
2 | 601 | ![]() |
1:06:17 |
3 | 450 | ![]() |
1:06:18 |
4 | 456 | ![]() |
1:06:18 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
1:06:39 |
HALF MARATHON | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
1:09:49 |
2 | 456 | ![]() |
1:09:52 |
3 | 450 | ![]() |
1:09:52 |
4 | 601 | ![]() |
1:09:53 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
1:10:19 |
25 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
1:22:47 |
2 | 601 | ![]() |
1:22:48 |
3 | 456 | ![]() |
1:22:50 |
4 | 450 | ![]() |
1:23:00 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
1:23:42 |
30 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
1:39:22 |
2 | 601 | ![]() |
1:39:33 |
3 | 456 | ![]() |
1:39:38 |
4 | 450 | ![]() |
1:40:30 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
1:41:03 |
35 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
1:56:14 |
2 | 456 | ![]() |
1:56:42 |
3 | 601 | ![]() |
1:56:59 |
4 | 450 | ![]() |
1:58:29 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
1:58:35 |
40 KILOMETRES | |||
1 | 281 | ![]() |
2:13:22 |
2 | 456 | ![]() |
2:14:09 |
3 | 601 | ![]() |
2:15:16 |
4 | 214 | ![]() |
2:16:06 |
5 | 125 | ![]() |
2:16:33 |
Final ranking
Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|
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2:20:57 | CR |
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2:22:01 | SB |
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2:23:19 | |
4 | ![]() |
2:23:30 | PB |
5 | ![]() |
2:24:12 | |
6 | ![]() |
2:24:20 | |
7 | ![]() |
2:24:22 | PB |
8 | ![]() |
2:25:46 | |
9 | ![]() |
2:26:14 | SB |
10 | ![]() |
2:26:29 | |
11 | ![]() |
2:26:50 | PB |
12 | ![]() |
2:27:14 | PB |
13 | ![]() |
2:27:46 | PB |
14 | ![]() |
2:29:43 | PB |
15 | ![]() |
2:30:28 | |
16 | ![]() |
2:30:38 | |
17 | ![]() |
2:31:16 | |
18 | ![]() |
2:31:26 | PB |
19 | ![]() |
2:32:47 | |
20 | ![]() |
2:32:53 | |
21 | ![]() |
2:33:20 | PB |
22 | ![]() |
2:34:01 | |
23 | ![]() |
2:34:07 | |
24 | ![]() |
2:34:35 | |
25 | ![]() |
2:34:41 | PB |
26 | ![]() |
2:34:43 | PB |
27 | ![]() |
2:34:45 | |
28 | ![]() |
2:35:08 | |
29 | ![]() |
2:35:48 | |
30 | ![]() |
2:36:29 | SB |
31 | ![]() |
2:36:41 | |
32 | ![]() |
2:36:50 | |
33 | ![]() |
2:37:03 | PB |
34 | ![]() |
2:38:16 | |
35 | ![]() |
2:38:32 | PB |
36 | ![]() |
2:39:02 | SB |
37 | ![]() |
2:39:13 | |
38 | ![]() |
2:39:36 | SB |
39 | ![]() |
2:39:47 | |
40 | ![]() |
2:39:58 | |
41 | ![]() |
2:41:51 | SB |
42 | ![]() |
2:43:31 | SB |
43 | ![]() |
2:43:58 | SB |
44 | ![]() |
2:47:42 | |
45 | ![]() |
2:50:36 | |
46 | ![]() |
2:52:11 | |
47 | ![]() |
2:52:41 | |
48 | ![]() |
2:53:08 | |
49 | ![]() |
2:54:08 | |
50 | ![]() |
2:57:18 | |
51 | ![]() |
3:03:26 | SB |
DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
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DID NOT START (DNS) | |||
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DNS |