1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Sunday August 15, 1993.

Medalists

Gold	Junko Asari Japan (JPN)
Silver	Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Tomoe Abe Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Wang Junxia (CHN)	2:24:07	April 4, 1993	Tianjin, PR China

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Junko Asari (JPN)	2:30:03
	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:30:54
	Tomoe Abe (JPN)	2:31:01
4	Ramilya Burangulova (RUS)	2:33:03
5	Madina Biktagirova (BLR)	2:34:36
6	Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)	2:35:20
7	Frith van der Merwe (RSA)	2:35:56
8	Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones (USA)	2:36:33
9	Kamila Gradus (POL)	2:36:48
10	Firiya Zhdanova (RUS)	2:37:59
11	Akemi Matsuno (JPN)	2:38:04
12	Maria Rebelo (FRA)	2:38:33
13	Anna Rybicka (POL)	2:39:44
14	Marian Sutton (GBR)	2:39:45
15	Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN)	2:41:06
16	Karen MacLeod (GBR)	2:41:46
17	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:42:53
18	Ritva Lemettinen (FIN)	2:45:05
19	Jane Welzel (USA)	2:46:08
20	Helena Javornik (SLO)	2:51:06
21	Emperatriz Wilson (CUB)	2:54:11
22	Su Tzu-Ning (TPE)	2:58:37
23	Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG)	2:58:41
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Danuta Bartoszek (CAN)	DNF
—	Gabrielle O'Rourke (NZL)	DNF
—	Anne van Schuppen (NED)	DNF
—	Claudia Metzner (GER)	DNF
—	Birgit Jerschabek (GER)	DNF
—	Bettina Sabatini (ITA)	DNF
—	Rosanna Munerotto (ITA)	DNF
—	Rakiya Maraoui-Quetier (MAR)	DNF
—	Ma Liyan (CHN)	DNF
—	Sally Eastall (GBR)	DNS

See also

• Women's Olympic Marathon (1992)
• 1993 Marathon Year Ranking

References

• Results