Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Dates August 1
Competitors 47 from 31 nations
Winning time 2:32:41
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Valentina Yegorova  Unified Team
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yuko Arimori  Japan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lorraine Moller  New Zealand

The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish.[1]

After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.[2]

Medalists

GoldValentina Yegorova
 Unified Team
SilverYuko Arimori
 Japan
BronzeLorraine Moller
 New Zealand

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)2:21:06 April 21, 1985United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record Joan Benoit (USA)2:24:52 August 5, 1984United States Los Angeles, United States
Season Best Olga Markova (RUS)2:23:43 April 20, 1992United States Boston, United States

Final ranking

PlaceAthleteTime
 Valentina Yegorova (EUN) 2:32:41
 Yuko Arimori (JPN) 2:32:49
 Lorraine Moller (NZL) 2:33:59
4.  Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) 2:36:26
5.  Katrin Dörre (GER) 2:36:48
6.  Mun Gyong-ae (PRK) 2:37:03
7.  Manuela Machado (POR) 2:38:22
8.  Ramilya Burangulova (EUN) 2:38:46
9.  Colleen De Reuck (RSA) 2:39:03
10.  Cathy O'Brien (USA) 2:39:42
11.  Karolina Szabó (HUN) 2:40:10
12.  Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) 2:41:09
13.  Sally Eastall (GBR) 2:41:20
14.  Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) 2:41:48
15.  Birgit Jerschabek (GER) 2:42:45
16.  Véronique Marot (GBR) 2:42:55
17.  Márcia Narloch (BRA) 2:44:32
18.  Emma Scaunich (ITA) 2:46:14
19.  Odette Lapierre (CAN) 2:46:18
20.  Anna Villani (ITA) 2:46:44
21.  Janis Klecker (USA) 2:47:17
22.  Wanda Panfil (POL) 2:47:27
23.  Bettina Sabatini (ITA) 2:50:09
24.  Alena Peterková (TCH) 2:53:30
25.  Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) 2:54:21
26.  Małgorzata Birbach (POL) 2:54:33
27.  Sally Ellis (GBR) 2:54:41
28.  Pascaline Wangui (KEN) 2:56:46
29.  Yumi Kokamo (JPN) 2:58:18
30.  Addis Gezahegn (ETH) 2:58:27
31.  Janete Mayal (BRA) 3:00:23
32.  Elena Murgoci (ROU) 3:01:46
33.  Vilma Peña (CRC) 3:03:34
34.  Ena Guevara (PER) 3:05:50
35.  Ana Gutiérrez (ISV) 3:14:02
36.  Jen Allred (GUM) 3:14:45
37.  Christine Bakombo (ZAI) 3:29:10
—  Aurora Cunha (POR) DNF
—  Olga Appell (MEX) DNF
—  Franziska Moser (SUI) DNF
—  Đặng Thị Tèo (VIE) DNF
—  Lizanne Bussieres (CAN) DNF
—  Maria Rebelo (FRA) DNF
—  Cornelia Melis (ARU) DNF
—  Marguerite Buist (NZL) DNF
—  Lisa Ondieki (AUS) DNF
—  Madina Biktagirova (EUN) DSQ

See also

References

Specific
  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). "B: BAA to Bush, George W.". Running Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Source for Today's Runner. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7360-3734-1.
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