2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 30 August.[1][2] The winning margin was one second which as of 2024 is the only time the women's marathon has been won by less than three seconds at these championships.

Women's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates30 August
Competitors65 from 38 nations
Winning time2:27:39
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Bahrain
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Summary

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Under overcast skies the race quickly formed two large packs of about 20 runners. For the next 25K, the lead pack remained about the same size with some runners bridging the gap in time for others to fall off the pace. Between 25K and 30K, the pack dropped to a dozen runners. Just after 31K, defending champion Edna Kiplagat accelerated. In the next 4K, the lead pack cut in half, the remaining athletes were three Kenyans, two Ethiopians and Eunice Kirwa wearing a Bahrain uniform, from Kenya. London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa was the first to fall back, then Kiplagat began to lose contact. But the four person pack remained tougher into the stadium. Four athletes to sprint it out on the track for three medals after running 26 miles. Mare Dibaba (no relation to the other famous Dibaba sisters) led the group toward the tunnel. As they started to speed up, Jemima Sumgong did not have another gear. Kirwa was perfectly positioned to strike but instead Helah Kiprop launched the attack from the back after looking like she was ready to drop off, long striding behind the diminutive Dibaba. 60 metres before the finish they were almost even, but Dibaba would not give that last few inches.[3] Then Dibaba sped away to cross the line with almost 7 metres gap. The times had a second between first and second, a four-second gap amongst the medalists and a 7-second gap back to fourth place. On every count, the closest Marathon finish in World Championship history.[4]

It was four Kenyan born athletes in places 2–5, Ethiopia and Japan placed three each in the top 14 places.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record   Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Championship record   Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:20:57 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading   Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:19.52 Xiamen, China 3 January 2015
African record   Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 London, United Kingdom 22 April 2012
Asian record   Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:19:12 Berlin, Germany 25 September 2005
NACAC record   Deena Kastor (USA) 2:19:36 London, United Kingdom 23 April 2006
South American record   Inés Melchor (PER) 2:26:40 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
European record   Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 London, United Kingdom 13 April 2003
Oceanian record   Benita Willis (AUS) 2:22:36 Chicago, United States 22 October 2006

Qualification standards

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Time[6]
2:44:00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
30 August 2015 07:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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The race was started at 07:30.[7]

KEY: NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mare Dibaba   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:27:35
  Helah Kiprop   Kenya (KEN) 2:27:36
  Eunice Kirwa   Bahrain (BHR) 2:27:39
4 Jemima Sumgong   Kenya (KEN) 2:27:42
5 Edna Kiplagat   Kenya (KEN) 2:28:18
6 Tigist Tufa   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:29:12
7 Mai Ito   Japan (JPN) 2:29:48
8 Tirfi Tsegaye   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:30:54
9 Kim Hye-song   North Korea (PRK) 2:30:59
10 Serena Burla   United States (USA) 2:31:06 SB
11 Rasa Drazdauskaitė   Lithuania (LTU) 2:31:23 SB
12 Filomena Costa   Portugal (POR) 2:31:40
13 Sairi Maeda   Japan (JPN) 2:31:46
14 Risa Shigetomo   Japan (JPN) 2:32:37
15 Alina Prokopeva   Russia (RUS) 2:32:44
16 Ding Changqin   China (CHN) 2:33:04
17 Alessandra Aguilar   Spain (ESP) 2:33:42
18 O. P. Jaisha   India (IND) 2:34:43 NR
19 Sudha Singh   India (IND) 2:35:35 PB
20 Visiline Jepkesho   Kenya (KEN) 2:36:17
21 Sinead Diver   Australia (AUS) 2:36:38 SB
22 Katarína Berešová   Slovakia (SVK) 2:37:24
23 Sarah Klein   Australia (AUS) 2:37:58 SB
24 Esther Erb   United States (USA) 2:38:15 SB
25 Lishan Dula   Bahrain (BHR) 2:38:18
26 Clara Canchanya   Peru (PER) 2:39:24
27 Liina Luik   Estonia (EST) 2:39:42 PB
28 Wang Xueqin   China (CHN) 2:41:42
29 Anne-Mari Hyryläinen   Finland (FIN) 2:41:59
30 Kim Seongeun   South Korea (KOR) 2:42:14
31 Kateryna Karmanenko   Ukraine (UKR) 2:43:12 SB
32 Yiu Kit Ching   Hong Kong (HKG) 2:43:28
33 Annelie Johansson   Sweden (SWE) 2:43:42
34 Nebiat Habtemariam   Eritrea (ERI) 2:44:42 SB
35 Munkhzaya Bayartsogt   Mongolia (MGL) 2:45:01
36 Iuliia Andreeva   Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 2:45:04
37 He Yinli   China (CHN) 2:45:05
38 Lily Luik   Estonia (EST) 2:45:22 SB
39 Anita Kažemāka   Latvia (LAT) 2:45:54 SB
40 Gulzhanat Zhanatbek   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2:45:54
41 Yeum Go-eun   South Korea (KOR) 2:46:46
42 Aster Tesfaye   Bahrain (BHR) 2:46:54
43 Sultan Haydar   Turkey (TUR) 2:47:11
44 Charlotte Karlsson   Sweden (SWE) 2:47:40
45 Hsu Yu-fang   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:48:01
46 Julia Degan   Australia (AUS) 2:49:26 SB
47 Roselaine Benites   Brazil (BRA) 2:49:28
48 Louise Wiker   Sweden (SWE) 2:49:57
49 Niluka Geethani Rajasekara   Sri Lanka (SRI) 2:50:40
50 Mayada Al-Sayad   Palestine (PLE) 2:53:39
51 Dailín Belmonte   Cuba (CUB) 2:56:18 SB
52 Hsieh Chien-ho   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:58:25
Souad Aït Salem   Algeria (ALG) DNF
Hortensia Arzapalo   Peru (PER) DNF
Michele Cristina das Chagas   Brazil (BRA) DNF
Barkahoum Drici   Algeria (ALG) DNF
Sitora Hamidova   Uzbekistan (UZB) DNF
Kim Hye-gyong   North Korea (PRK) DNF
Soumiya Labani   Morocco (MAR) DNF
Heather Lieberg   United States (USA) DNF
Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar   Mongolia (MGL) DNF
Tanith Maxwell   South Africa (RSA) DNF
Beata Naigambo   Namibia (NAM) DNF
Irina Smolnikova   Kazakhstan (KAZ) DNF
Paula Todoran   Romania (ROM) DNF
Lalita Babar   India (IND) DNS
Olena Popova   Ukraine (UKR) DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S MARATHON – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Beijing 2015 women marathon | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2012, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Final results