2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.

Events at the
2005 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
Gold Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Catherine Ndereba
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze Constantina Tomescu
Romania (ROM)

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

Intermediates
Rank Number Athlete Time
5 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)16:47
2423 Yumiko Hara (JPN)16:47
3207 Asha Gigi (ETH)16:47
4456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)16:50
5214 Derartu Tulu (ETH)16:50
10 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)33:23
2423 Yumiko Hara (JPN)33:23
3207 Asha Gigi (ETH)33:23
4601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)33:26
5456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)33:26
15 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)49:53
2423 Yumiko Hara (JPN)49:54
3207 Asha Gigi (ETH)49:54
4601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)49:54
5456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)49:56
20 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)1:06:16
2601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)1:06:17
3450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)1:06:18
4456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)1:06:18
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)1:06:39
HALF MARATHON
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)1:09:49
2456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)1:09:52
3450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)1:09:52
4601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)1:09:53
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)1:10:19
25 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)1:22:47
2601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)1:22:48
3456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)1:22:50
4450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)1:23:00
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)1:23:42
30 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)1:39:22
2601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)1:39:33
3456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)1:39:38
4450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)1:40:30
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)1:41:03
35 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)1:56:14
2456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)1:56:42
3601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)1:56:59
4450 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)1:58:29
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)1:58:35
40 KILOMETRES
1281 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:13:22
2456 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)2:14:09
3601 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)2:15:16
4214 Derartu Tulu (ETH)2:16:06
5125 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)2:16:33

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time Note
 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:20:57CR
 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)2:22:01SB
 Constantina Tomescu (ROM)2:23:19
4 Derartu Tulu (ETH)2:23:30PB
5 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)2:24:12
6 Yumiko Hara (JPN)2:24:20
7 Rita Jeptoo (KEN)2:24:22PB
8 Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)2:25:46
9 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)2:26:14SB
10 Megumi Oshima (JPN)2:26:29
11 Madaí Pérez (MEX)2:26:50PB
12 Halina Karnatsevich (BLR)2:27:14PB
13 Dorota Gruca (POL)2:27:46PB
14 Jong Yong-Ok (PRK)2:29:43PB
15 Mari Ozaki (JPN)2:30:28
16 Asha Gigi (ETH)2:30:38
17 Ryoko Eda (JPN)2:31:16
18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR)2:31:26PB
19 Rosaria Console (ITA)2:32:47
20 Alina Ivanova (RUS)2:32:53
21 Aurica Buia (ROM)2:33:20PB
22 Shitaye Gemechu (ETH)2:34:01
23 Oh Song-Suk (PRK)2:34:07
24 Ryang Gum-Hwa (PRK)2:34:35
25 Hayley Haining (GBR)2:34:41PB
26 Turena Johnson-Lane (USA)2:34:43PB
27 Anna Pichrtová (CZE)2:34:45
28 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR)2:35:08
29 Beatrice Omwanza (KEN)2:35:48
30 Jill Boaz (USA)2:36:29SB
31 Isabel Eizmendi (ESP)2:36:41
32 Ana Dias (POR)2:36:50
33 Shireen Crumpton (NZL)2:37:03PB
34 Irina Permitina (RUS)2:38:16
35 Emily Levan (USA)2:38:32PB
36 Jennifer Crain (USA)2:39:02SB
37 Dire Tune (ETH)2:39:13
38 Nadezhda Wijenberg (NED)2:39:36SB
39 Liza Hunter-Galvan (NZL)2:39:47
40 Tegla Loroupe (KEN)2:39:58
41 Nadia Ejjafini (BHR)2:41:51SB
42 Maija Oravamäki (FIN)2:43:31SB
43 Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD)2:43:58SB
44 Oh Jung-hee (KOR)2:47:42
45 Rebecca Moore (NZL)2:50:36
46 Epiphanie Nyirabarame (RWA)2:52:11
47 Hafida Narmouch (MAR)2:52:41
48 Mulu Seboka (ETH)2:53:08
49 Nili Abramski (ISR)2:54:08
50 Mary Akor (USA)2:57:18
51 Mamokete Lechela (LES)3:03:26SB
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
— Debbie Mason (GBR)DNF
— Kenza Wahbi (MAR)DNF
— Fabiola William John (TAN)DNF
— Kay Ulrich (NZL)DNF
— Nuţa Olaru (ROM)DNF
— Zhor El Kamch (MAR)DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
— Sandra Ruales (Ecuador)DNS
— Agueda Amaral (TLS)DNS

See also
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