2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
| Women's Marathon at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 91 from 46 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:27:11 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held in London on 6 August[1] starting and finishing on Tower Bridge.[2]
Summary
Catarina Ribeiro (Portugal) made an early break to a lead of almost 30 seconds in the first five kilometres of the race, but shortly after the 10 kilometre mark she was caught by the peloton. Alyson Dixon (Great Britain) had by that stage made a counter-attack, and held a lead of more than 30 seconds by half way. A group of 14 caught and passed her. That pack, including Dixon stayed together for 10K then, largely under pressure from Amy Cragg (United States), this group was reduced to nine, before Rose Chelimo (Bahrain) went off the front, chased and eventually passed by Edna Kiplagat (Kenya), but Chelimo stayed in her shadow. Behind them Flomena Cheyech Daniel had a small lead on Cragg for bronze. As the finish on Tower Bridge came into view, Chelimo passed Kiplagat and went on to win by seven seconds. Meanwhile Cragg had pulled even with Daniel. Kiplagat looked content with silver as Cragg was sprinting away from Daniel. Suddenly catching Kiplagat looked possible. Kiplagat narrowly retained second as Cragg was given the same finishing time.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[3]
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe |  GBR
|
13 Apr 2003 | London, Great Britain |
| Championship | 2:20:57 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR
|
14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| World leading | 2:17:01 | Mary Keitany |  KEN
|
23 Apr 2017 | London, Great Britain |
| African | 2:17:01 | Mary Keitany | KEN
|
23 Apr 2017 | London, Great Britain |
| Asian | 2:19:12 | Mizuki Noguchi |  JPN
|
25 Sep 2005 | Berlin, Germany |
| NACAC | 2:19:36 | Deena Kastor |  USA
|
23 Apr 2006 | London, Great Britain |
| South American | 2:26:45 | Inés Melchor |  PER
|
28 Sep 2014 | Berlin, Germany |
| European | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR
|
13 Apr 2003 | London, Great Britain |
| Oceanian | 2:22:36 | Benita Willis |  AUS
|
22 Oct 2006 | Chicago, United States |
The following records were set at the competition:[4]
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypriot | 2:38:52 | Dagmara Handzlik |  CYP
|
6 Aug 2017 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:45:00.[5]
Results
The final took place on 6 August at 14:00. The results were as follows:[6]
References
- ^ "Marathon Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Marathon Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.