Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia, Sydney
Dates	September 24
Competitors	53 from 36 nations
Winning time	2:23:14
Medalists
Naoko Takahashi  Japan Lidia Șimon  Romania Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya

The Women's Marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September 2000 in the streets of Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold	Naoko Takahashi  Japan
Silver	Lidia Şimon  Romania
Bronze	Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:20:43	26 September 1999	Berlin, Germany
Olympic Record	Joan Benoit (USA)	2:24:52	5 August 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Season Best	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:22:19	12 March 2000	Nagoya, Japan
Broken records at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:23:14	24 September 2000	Sydney, Australia

Startlist

Number	Athlete	Birthdate	Personal Best
2402	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	1973/05/09	2:20:43
2338	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	1972/05/06	2:21:47
2341	Eri Yamaguchi (JPN)	1973/01/14	2:22:12
2831	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	1973/09/04	2:22:54
1673	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	1973/12/18	2:23:21
2397	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)	1970/11/06	2:23:22
2405	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	1977/03/27	2:23:31
2986	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	1964/02/16	2:23:33
1210	Marleen Renders (BEL)	1968/12/24	2:23:44
2248	Maura Viceconte (ITA)	1967/10/03	2:23:47
2571	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	1971/04/04	2:24:06
2925	Madina Biktagirova (RUS)	1964/09/20	2:24:46
1667	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	1975/06/10	2:24:47
2774	Manuela Machado (POR)	1963/08/09	2:25:09
1388	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	1974/09/14	2:25:32
1101	Nicole Carroll (AUS)	1972/01/14	2:25:52
1123	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	1967/05/02	2:25:59
2411	Irina Bogachova (KGZ)	1961/04/30	2:26:27
2960	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	1971/01/14	2:26:33
2860	Colleen De Reuck (RSA)	1964/04/13	2:26:35
1616	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	1963/08/16	2:26:51
2786	Kim Chang-Ok (PRK)	1975/04/16	2:27:02
2330	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	1977/11/22	2:27:02
1920	Sonja Oberem (GER)	1973/02/24	2:27:25
2818	Anuţa Cătună (ROM)	1968/10/01	2:27:34
1903	Claudia Dreher (GER)	1971/05/02	2:27:55
1554	Martha Tenorio (ECU)	1967/08/06	2:27:58
2232	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	1968/04/17	2:28:01
2821	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	1971/11/10	2:28:18
1845	Marian Sutton (GBR)	1963/10/07	2:28:42
2620	Nadezhda Wijenberg (NED)	1964/04/02	2:28:45
2070	Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN)	1965/12/09	2:28:50
1635	Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP)	1959/05/06	2:28:59
2784	Ham Pong-Sil (PRK)	1974/07/24	2:29:08
2427	Oh Mi-Ja (KOR)	1970/07/03	2:29:44
1669	Gadissa Edato (ETH)	1973/03/15	2:29:57
1625	Griselda González (ESP)	1965/12/04	2:30:32
3182	Serap Aktaş (TUR)	1971/09/25	2:31:43
1367	Érika Olivera (CHI)	1976/01/04	2:32:23
2785	Jong Yong-Ok (PRK)	1981/01/24	2:32:30
1116	Susan Hobson (AUS)	1958/03/13	2:32:37
3078	Daria Nauer (SUI)	1966/05/21	2:32:38
2551	Valentina Enachi (MDA)	1966/02/15	2:33:27
3334	Christine Clark (USA)	1962/10/10	2:33:31
2167	Martha Ernstdóttir (ISL)	1964/12/22	2:35:15
1429	Iglandini González (COL)	1965/02/05	2:35:19
2696	María Portillo (PER)	1972/04/10	2:35:24
2608	Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM)	1970/06/15	2:36:44
2356	Garifa Kuku (KAZ)	1959/11/30	2:39:20
2025	Rhonda Davidson-Alley (GUM)	1961/04/19	2:54:23
2038	Gina Coello (HON)	1964/10/02	2:58:11
3145	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	1976/07/04	3:09:08
2120	Aguida Amaral (IOA)	1972/05/27	3:10:00
2450	Sirivanh Ketavong (LAO)	1970/09/01	3:25:16

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	1210	Marleen Renders (BEL)	16:42
10 KILOMETRES
1	1210	Marleen Renders (BEL)	34:08
15 KILOMETRES
1	1210	Marleen Renders (BEL)	51:19
20 KILOMETRES
1	2831	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	1:08:10
HALF MARATHON
1	2831	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	1:11:45
25 KILOMETRES
1	2831	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	1:24:48
30 KILOMETRES
1	2831	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	1:41:39
35 KILOMETRES
1	2338	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	1:58:26
40 KILOMETRES
1	2338	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:15:19

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:23:14	OR
	Lidia Şimon (ROM)	2:23:22
	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)	2:24:45	SB
4	Esther Wanjiru (KEN)	2:26:17
5	Madina Biktagirova (RUS)	2:26:33	SB
6	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	2:26:54
7	Eri Yamaguchi (JPN)	2:27:03	SB
8	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	2:27:07	PB
9	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:27:38
10	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	2:27:55
11	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	2:28:37
12	Maura Viceconte (ITA)	2:29:26
13	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:29:45
14	Irina Bogachova (KGZ)	2:29:55
15	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	2:30:34
16	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	2:30:51
17	Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN)	2:30:54	SB
18	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:31:32
19	Christine Clark (USA)	2:31:35	PB
20	Jong Yong-Ok (PRK)	2:31:40	PB
21	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:32:29
22	Nadezhda Wijenberg (NED)	2:32:29	SB
23	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	2:32:35
24	Sonja Oberem (GER)	2:33:45
25	Martha Tenorio (ECU)	2:33:54
26	Marian Sutton (GBR)	2:34:33
27	Érika Olivera (CHI)	2:35:07	SB
28	Kim Chang-Ok (PRK)	2:35:32	SB
29	Alina Gherasim (ROU)	2:36:16
30	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:36:45
31	Colleen De Reuck (RSA)	2:36:48
32	María Portillo Cruz (PER)	2:36:50
33	Griselda González (ESP)	2:38:28
34	Oh Mi-Ja (KOR)	2:38:42
35	Susan Hobson (AUS)	2:38:44
36	Gadissie Edatto (ETH)	2:42:29
37	Serap Aktaş (TUR)	2:42:40
38	Daria Nauer (SUI)	2:43:00
39	María Luisa Muñoz (ESP)	2:45:40
40	Iglandini González (COL)	2:47:26
41	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	2:51:03	NR
42	Gina Coello (HON)	3:02:32
43	Aguida Amaral (IOA)	3:10:55
44	Rhonda Davidson-Alley (GUM)	3:13:58
45	Sirivanh Ketavong (LAO)	3:34:27
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	DNF
	Valentina Enachi (MDA)	DNF
	Marleen Renders (BEL)	DNF
	Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM)	DNF
	Garifa Kuku (KAZ)	DNF
	Nicole Carroll (AUS)	DNF
	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	DNF
	Anuţa Cătună (ROU)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
	Claudia Dreher (GER)	DNS

References

• IAAF results. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
• IAAF (24 September 2000). "Women's Marathon". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
• sports-reference
• Sydney Women's Marathon