Women Marathon Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing, China

Women Marathon Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing, China - Sunday 17.08

Final 17.08 07:30	Team	time	-time	10km		20km		31km
1. Constantina Tomescu	ROU	2:26:44		36:11	3	1:11:27	1	1:45:04	1
2. Catherine Ndereba	KEN	2:27:06	0:22	36:19	48	1:11:34	27	1:46:02	12
3. Chunxiu Zhou	CHN	2:27:07	0:23	36:11	4	1:11:28	5	1:46:01	3
4. Xiaolin Zhu	CHN	2:27:16	0:32	36:12	8	1:11:28	7	1:46:01	5
5. Martha Komu	KEN	2:27:23	0:39	36:18	44	1:11:29	19	1:46:01	2
6. Mara Yamauchi	GBR	2:27:29	0:45	36:14	30	1:11:28	10	1:46:02	6
7. Irina Timofeeva	RUS	2:27:31	0:47	36:13	28	1:11:28	11	1:46:01	4
8. Lidia Elena Simon	ROU	2:27:51	1:07	36:18	43	1:11:28	9	1:46:02	10
9. Souad Ait Salem	ALG	2:28:29	1:45	36:11	5	1:11:28	4	1:46:02	7
10.Salina Kosgei	KEN	2:29:28	2:44	36:13	27	1:11:32	25	1:46:02	8
11.Zivile Balciunaite	LTU	2:29:33	2:49	36:11	2	1:11:28	2	1:46:06	13
12.Kum Ok Kim	PRK	2:30:01	3:17	36:12	9	1:11:28	8	1:46:15	16
13.Yurika Nakamura	JPN	2:30:19	3:35	36:13	17	1:11:29	16	1:46:16	17
14.Anna Incerti	ITA	2:30:55	4:11	36:14	34	1:11:37	33	1:47:17	24
15.Dire Tune	ETI	2:31:16	4:32	36:12	15	1:11:28	6	1:46:02	9
16.Nina Rillstone	NZL	2:31:16	4:32	36:14	35	1:11:30	23	1:47:02	19
17.Bruna Genovese	ITA	2:31:31	4:47	36:13	24	1:11:37	32	1:47:17	25
18.Luminita Talpos	ROU	2:31:41	4:57	36:12	13	1:11:30	21	1:46:15	15
19.Madai Perez	MEX	2:31:47	5:03	36:18	47	1:11:34	28	1:46:07	14
20.Christelle Daunay	FRA	2:31:48	5:04	36:16	40	1:11:36	30	1:47:17	23
21.Benita Johnson	AUS	2:32:06	5:22	36:14	29	1:11:36	31	1:47:46	31
22.Svetlana Zakharova	RUS	2:32:16	5:32	36:13	25	1:11:30	22	1:47:11	22
23.Paula Radcliffe	GBR	2:32:38	5:54	36:14	36	1:11:28	3	1:46:02	11
24.Monika Drybulska	POL	2:32:39	5:55	36:21	57	1:12:40	52	1:48:53	40
25.Eunjeong Lee	KOR	2:33:07	6:23	36:13	16	1:11:29	18	1:48:11	34
26.Liz Yelling	GBR	2:33:12	6:28	36:10	1	1:11:33	26	1:47:10	21
27.Blake Russell	USA	2:33:13	6:29	36:13	18	1:11:37	35	1:47:33	29
28.Beata Naigambo	NAM	2:33:29	6:45	36:13	26	1:11:34	29	1:47:55	32
29.Vincenza Sicari	ITA	2:33:31	6:47	36:16	41	1:11:47	37	1:48:47	39
30.Dorota Gruca	POL	2:33:32	6:48	36:14	37	1:12:06	43	1:48:40	37
31.Tetyana Filonyuk	UKR	2:33:35	6:51	36:22	58	1:12:28	46	1:48:41	38
32.Marisa Barros	POR	2:34:08	7:24	36:20	52	1:12:40	50	1:49:15	44
33.Lisa Jane Weightman	AUS	2:34:16	7:32	36:35	62	1:12:54	57	1:49:18	45
34.Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu	NOR	2:34:35	7:51	36:15	38	1:11:37	34	1:48:25	36
35.Liza Hunter-Galvan	NZL	2:34:51	8:07	36:15	39	1:11:39	36	1:47:28	28
36.Yong Ok Jong	PRK	2:34:52	8:08	36:12	12	1:11:28	12	1:47:28	27
37.Rasa Drazdauskaite	LTU	2:35:09	8:25	36:18	46	1:12:28	48	1:49:19	46
38.Melanie Kraus	GER	2:35:17	8:33	36:54	63	1:14:14	63	1:51:08	54
39.Maria Portilla	PER	2:35:19	8:35	36:12	10	1:12:07	45	1:49:14
40.Helalia Johannes	NAM	2:35:22	8:38	36:13	23	1:11:57	39	1:48:19	35
41.Shujing Zhang	CHN	2:35:35	8:51	36:11	6	1:11:29	13	1:47:28	26
42.Lucia Kimani	BIH	2:35:47	9:03	36:54	65	1:14:15	65	1:51:28
43.Sandra Ruales	ECU	2:35:53	9:09	36:19	49	1:12:07	44	1:49:35	48
44.Kate Smyth	AUS	2:36:10	9:26	36:20	55	1:12:31	49	1:50:09	52
45.Yesenia Centeno	ESP	2:36:25	9:41	36:14	31	1:11:29	17	1:47:55	33
46.Ana Dias	POR	2:36:25	9:41	36:20	54	1:12:40	51	1:49:26	47
47.Nebiat Habtemariam	ERI	2:37:03	10:19	36:13	21	1:11:29	20	1:49:12	41
48.Pun Hui Jo	PRK	2:37:04	10:20	36:14	33	1:11:31	24	1:47:45	30
49.Tabitha Tsatsa	ZIM	2:37:10	10:26	36:13	22	1:11:58	42	1:49:13	42
50.Bahar Dogan	TUR	2:37:12	10:28	36:19	50	1:11:48	38	1:49:44	49
51.Marily dos Santos	BRA	2:38:10	11:26	36:12	11	1:11:58	41	1:49:56	50
52.Susanne Hahn	GER	2:38:31	11:47	36:54	66	1:14:14	62	1:51:32	58
53.Eunhee Chae	KOR	2:38:52	12:08	36:16	42	1:12:28	47	1:50:09	51
54.Alessandra Aguilar	ESP	2:39:29	12:45	36:21	56	1:12:41	54	1:51:04	53
55.Patricia Retiz	MEX	2:39:34	12:50	36:22	60	1:13:24	59	1:51:12	55
56.Sunyoung Lee	KOR	2:43:23	16:39	36:18	45	1:12:58	58	1:52:30	59
57.Eva Maria Gradwohl	AUT	2:44:24	17:40	36:54	64	1:14:14	64	1:52:42	60
58.Iuliia Arkhipova	KGZ	2:44:41	17:57	38:14	73	1:15:29	67	1:54:59	63
59.Sonia Calizaya	BOL	2:45:53	19:09	38:14	74	1:16:39	71	1:56:22	66
60.Eleni Donta	GRE	2:46:44	20:00	39:09	79	1:18:31	77	1:58:34	69
61.Karina Perez	MEX	2:47:02	20:18	36:22	59	1:13:46	61	1:54:52	62
62.Bertha Sanchez	COL	2:47:02	20:18	36:57	68	1:14:56	66	1:55:03	64
63.Pauline Curley	IRE	2:47:16	20:32	39:08	78	1:18:31	76	1:58:35	70
64.Maria Jose Pueyo	ESP	2:48:01	21:17	36:24	61	1:13:29	60	1:53:21	61
65.Petra Teveli	HUN	2:48:32	21:48	37:58	72	1:16:29	69	1:56:48	67
66.Epiphanie Nyirabarame	RWA	2:49:32	22:48	37:21	69	1:16:54	73	1:58:25	68
67.Zuzana Tomas	SVK	2:49:39	22:55	38:30	76	1:16:42	72	1:56:05	65
68.Gabriela Trana	CRC	2:53:45	27:01	38:31	77	1:17:41	74	1:58:58	71
69.Oxana Sklyarenko	UKR	2:55:39	28:55	36:55	67	1:16:36	70	1:59:09	72
-.Berhane Adere	ETI	DNF		36:13	19	1:15:16	13	1:46:22	18
-.Gete Wami	ETI	DNF		36:13	20	1:15:16	11	1:47:05	20
-.Ines Monteiro	POR	DNF		36:20	53	1:16:45	53	1:51:24	56
-.Valentina Delion	MDA	DNF		38:25	75	1:22:38	74	2:00:50	73
-.Reiko Tosa	JPN	DNF		36:14	32	1:17:40	60
-.Olivera Jevtic	SRB	DNF		36:12	14	1:16:11	44
-.Galina Bogomolova	RUS	DNF		36:19	51	1:17:04	56
-.Mariana Dias Ximenes	TLE	DNF		41:37	80	1:32:52	77
-.Beata Rakonczai	HUN	DNF		37:31	71
-.Mamorallo Tjoka	LES	DNF		36:12	7
-.Magda Lewy	USA	DNF		37:24	70
-.Deena Kastor	USA	DNF
-.Nadia Ejjafini	BRN	DNS

Men Marathon

(Competitors: 82; Countries: 49) Nervous of the heat, the runners took the first half slowly. With the temperature warm (22°C) but not stifling, the pace was unsurprisingly cautious. At 10 miles the early leader Liz Yelling (GBR) collided with Gete Wami (ETH) near a drink station and crack a rib. Halfway was passed in 75:11, and by that point Tomescu-Diță had taken the lead. The Romanian had moved clear in two world championships, only to fade badly, and this was thought by watchers to be an insignificant break. In the the meantime Athens medallist Deena Kastor (USA) sus- tained a broken foot at 5K while world record holder Paula Radcliffe (GBR) was struggling to return from a stress fracture and would end up 23rd. By 35km (2:02:00) Tomescu-Diță was 70 seconds clear of a pack of eight runners, and there would be no catching the Romanian. At 40km (2:19:07) she was a minute clear of Zhou and Zhu, with Ndereba and Komu another second behind. The chasers were closing quickly, with Ndereba running the last 2.195km 39 seconds quicker than the Romanian. No wonder Tomescu-Diță constantly looked over her shoulder, but she retained 22 seconds of her margin to the finish. “I have been caught so often that it was only in the last 200m of the race that I was certain I would win,” she reflected. Ndereba outsprinted Zhou for the silver in the last 100m.