Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the Olympic marathon street course on 5 August.[1]

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
A group of runners in the marathon, including eventual winner Tiki Gelana (leftmost green shirt).
VenueMarathon course, central London
Date5 August 2012
Competitors118 from 67 nations
Winning time2:23:07 OR
Medalists
Tiki Gelana  Ethiopia
Priscah Jeptoo  Kenya
Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova  Russia

The course started and finished on The Mall in central London. Runners completed one short circuit of 2.219 miles around part of the City of Westminster and then three longer circuits of 8 miles around Westminster, the Victoria Embankment and the City of London. The course was designed to pass many of London's best known landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall, Leadenhall Market, the Monument, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament.[2]

Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia won the gold medal, completing the course in an Olympic record-breaking time of 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo finished second to win silver and Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, representing Russia, took bronze.

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Olympic record  Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:23:14 Sydney, Australia 24 September 2000
2012 World leading  Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 London, United Kingdom 22 April 2012

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
5 AugustFinal Tiki Gelana (ETH)2:23:07OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 5 August 201211:00Final

Race overview

Starting in the rain, no athlete wanted to run hard from the start. Instead it was a large pack of runners, at times forming a wall across the streets. The pack slowly whittled itself down by 12 km; the ever-present Valeria Straneo emerged to take the point position on the front. Over the next several kilometres, as the rain subsided, Xiaolin Zhu emerged as Straneo's shadow through the half marathon mark in 1:13:13.

Shortly after the half-way mark, Tiki Gelana fell trying to negotiate a water station. Then the lead pack began to take a more serious focus with three Kenyans taking up the pace. Gelana rejoined the pack. Though the pace again slowed, attrition continued. By 28 km the leaders were down to just the three Kenyans and two Ethiopians; Gelana and Mare Dibaba, with Priscah Jeptoo always on the outside. The first to crack was Dibaba. Meanwhile, the significantly less experienced Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova worked her way from far off the pace, past the rest of the athletes who had fallen out of the pack. Arkhipova caught the leaders from behind at 32 km. Just as Arkhipova arrived, the reigning world champion Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat fell back, though she worked her way back into the lead group a kilometre later.

At the 35 km water stop, Arkhipova accelerated, losing Kiplagat again, this time for good. It was a pack of four through the next 5 km. At 1500 m from the finish Mary Jepkosgei Keitany was the first from the group of four to fall off. At the same time, Gelana accelerated, leaving first Arkhipova, then Jeptoo. A grimacing Gelana powered home to narrowly beat the Olympic record. Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko came from as far back as 23rd place to take fifth.

Result

  • Entrants as of 27 July 2012.[3]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Tiki Gelana Ethiopia2:23:07OR
Priscah Jeptoo Kenya2:23:12
Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova Russia2:23:29PB
4Mary Keitany Kenya2:23:56
5Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko Ukraine2:24:32NR
6Zhu Xiaolin China2:24:48
7Jéssica Augusto Portugal2:25:11
8Valeria Straneo Italy2:25:27
9Albina Mayorova Russia2:25:38
10Shalane Flanagan United States2:25:51
11Kara Goucher United States2:26:07
12Helalia Johannes Namibia2:26:09NR
13Marisa Barros Portugal2:26:13
14Irina Mikitenko Germany2:26:44
15Kim Smith New Zealand2:26:59
16Ryoko Kizaki Japan2:27:16
17Lisa Jane Weightman Australia2:27:32PB
18Isabellah Andersson Sweden2:27:36
19Yoshimi Ozaki Japan2:27:43
20Edna Kiplagat Kenya2:27:52
21Ana Dulce Félix Portugal2:28:12
22Wang Xueqin China2:28:21
23Mare Dibaba Ethiopia2:28:48
24Hilda Kibet Netherlands2:28:52
25Inés Melchor Peru2:28:54NR
26Alessandra Aguilar Spain2:29:19
27Rasa Drazdauskaitė Lithuania2:29:29PB
28Diana Lobačevskė Lithuania2:29:32PB
29Anna Incerti Italy2:29:38
30Rosaria Console Italy2:30:09
31Diane Nukuri Burundi2:30:13NR
32Susanne Hahn Germany2:30:22
33Nastassia Staravoitava Belarus2:30:25
34Sviatlana Kouhan Belarus2:30:26
35René Kalmer South Africa2:30:51
36Karolina Jarzyńska Poland2:30:57
37Souad Aït Salem Algeria2:31:15
38Beata Naigambo Namibia2:31:16
39Jessica Trengove Australia2:31:17
40Jessica Draskau-Petersson Denmark2:31:43PB
41Chung Yun-Hee South Korea2:31:58
42Aselefech Mergia Ethiopia2:32:03
43Gladys Tejeda Peru2:32:07PB
44Freya Murray Great Britain2:32:14
45Lidia Șimon Romania2:32:46SB
46Marisol Romero Mexico2:33:08
47Adriana Aparecida da Silva Brazil2:33:15
48Olena Burkovska Ukraine2:33:26
49Kim Kum-ok North Korea2:33:30
50Karina Pérez Mexico2:33:30
51Erika Abril Colombia2:33:33NR
52Lisa Stublić Croatia2:34:03
53Maja Neuenschwander Switzerland2:34:50
54Andrea Mayr Austria2:34:51
55Wilma Arizapana Peru2:35:09
56Jon Kyong-Hui North Korea2:35:17
57Claire Hallissey Great Britain2:35:39
58Wang Jiali China2:35:46
59Rehaset Mehari Eritrea2:35:49
60Iuliia Andreeva Kyrgyzstan2:36:01
61María Elena Espeso Spain2:36:12
62Lishan Dula Bahrain2:36:20
63Bahar Doğan Turkey2:36:35
64Érika Olivera Chile2:36:41SB
65Natalia Cerches Moldova2:37:13PB
66Linda Byrne Ireland2:37:13
67Ivana Sekyrová Czech Republic2:37:14
68Ava Hutchinson Ireland2:37:17
69Natalia Romero Chile2:37:47
70Dailín Belmonte Cuba2:38:08PB
71Ana Subotić Serbia2:38:22
72Sultan Haydar Turkey2:38:26
73Samira Raif Morocco2:38:31SB
74Kim Mi-Gyong North Korea2:38:33
75Remalda Kergytė Lithuania2:39:01
76Lim Kyung-Hee South Korea2:39:03
77Slađana Perunović Montenegro2:39:07NR
78Volha Dubouskaya Belarus2:39:12
79Risa Shigetomo Japan2:40:06
80Amira Ben Amor Tunisia2:40:13NR
81Tanith Maxwell South Africa2:40:27
82María Peralta Argentina2:40:50
83Rosa Chacha Ecuador2:40:57SB
84Triyaningsih Indonesia2:41:15
85Beata Rakonczai Hungary2:41:20
86Constantina Diță Romania2:41:34
87Leena Puotiniemi Finland2:42:01
88Žana Jereb Slovenia2:42:50
89Ümmü Kiraz Turkey2:43:07
90Mamorallo Tjoka Lesotho2:43:15SB
91Gabriela Traña Costa Rica2:43:17
92Zsofia Erdelyi Hungary2:44:45
93Jane Suuto Uganda2:44:46
94Yolimar Pineda Venezuela2:45:16
95Anikó Kálovics Hungary2:45:55
96Kim Seongeun South Korea2:46:38
97Vanessa Veiga Spain2:46:53
98Dace Lina Latvia2:47:47
99Katarína Berešová Slovakia2:48:11
100Benita Willis Australia2:49:38
101Claudette Mukasakindi Rwanda2:51:07
102Otgonbayar Luvsanlundeg Mongolia2:52:15
103Evelin Talts Estonia2:54:15
104Konstadina Kefala Greece3:01:18
105Ni Lar San Myanmar3:04:27
106Juventina Napoleão East Timor3:05:07PB
107Caitriona Jennings Ireland3:22:11
Lucia Kimani Bosnia and HerzegovinaDNF
Liliya Shobukhova RussiaDNF
Desiree Davila United StatesDNF
Mara Yamauchi Great BritainDNF
Tetyana Filonyuk UkraineDNF
Olivera Jevtić SerbiaDNF
Soumiya Labani MoroccoDNF
Sharon Tavengwa ZimbabweDNF
Lornah Kiplagat NetherlandsDNF
Yolanda Caballero ColombiaDNF
Irvette van Blerk South AfricaDNF

References

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