2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon


The women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 10 August.
The first event of these World Championships started under hot and humid conditions at 2 in the afternoon. The race was dominated by the front running of 37-year-old Italian Valeria Straneo, leading at every split point. Like the 2012 Olympics, this did not look like the day for defending champion Edna Kiplagat, by 10K she had already dropped almost 30 seconds off the pace set by a large pack of leaders. By 15K, Kiplagat had joined the pack of 7 leaders, which also included Jia Chaofeng, Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer, Meselech Melkamu, Feyse Tadese and Kayoko Fukushi with the rest of the field being single or double marathoners, without any chase group. The pack lost individuals, Jia was the first to exit, followed by Tadese, Kipketer and Kabuu. By the time Fukushi lost some ground, the closest remaining chaser was her teammate Ryoko Kizaki over a minute back. When Melkamu left, she left quickly leaving a two-woman race to the finish. In the shadow of the stadium, Kiplagat pulled away from Straneo through the Olympic Park to a 14-second victory, Fukushi about 2 minutes back to get the bronze. Kiplagat is the first woman to repeat as champion in the marathon.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record2:15:25London, United Kingdom13 April 2003
Championship record2:20:57Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005
World leading2:20:15London, United Kingdom21 April 2013
African record2:18:37London, United Kingdom22 April 2012
Asian record2:19:12Berlin, Germany25 September 2005
NACAC record2:19:36London, United Kingdom23 April 2006
South American record2:28:54London, United Kingdom5 August 2012
European record2:15:25London, United Kingdom13 April 2003
Oceanian record2:22:36Chicago, United States22 October 2006

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Final

The race was started at 14:00.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Edna Kiplagat2:25:44
Valeria Straneo2:25:58SB
Kayoko Fukushi2:27:45
Ryoko Kizaki2:31:28
Alessandra Aguilar2:32:38
Emma Quaglia2:34:16SB
Madaí Pérez2:34:23SB
Kim Hye-Gyong2:35:49
Deena Kastor2:36:12SB
10Susan Partridge2:36:24
11Jessica Trengove2:37:11SB
12Diana Lobačevskė2:37:48
13Aberu Kebede2:38:04
14Kim Hye-Song2:38:28
15Lishan Dula2:38:47SB
16Sonia Samuels2:38:47SB
17Sin Yong-Sun2:39:22
18Dorothy McMahan2:39:52SB
19Ding Changqin2:40:13
20Živilė Balčiūnaitė2:41:09SB
21Albina Mayorova2:41:19
22Nadezhda Leonteva2:42:49
23Jeannette Faber2:44:03SB
24Lucy Wangui Kabuu2:44:06SB
25Alina Armas2:45:09
26Alevtina Biktimirova2:45:11
27Tatyana Aryasova2:45:27
28Wei Xiaojie2:46:46
29Kalliopi Astropekaki2:47:12
30Remalda Kergytė2:47:30
31Kateryna Karmanenko2:48:18SB
32Kim Seong-Eun2:48:46
33Carmen Oliveras2:48:58
34Cao Mojie2:49:15
35Renate Wyss2:50:41
36Karina Córdoba2:51:07SB
37Mary Davies2:51:24
38Iuliia Andreeva2:53:16
39Erika Abril2:55:13
40Lauren Shelley2:55:40SB
41Karina Neipán2:56:02SB
42Tanith Maxwell2:56:37SB
43Zuleima Amaya2:58:22
44Lanni Marchant3:01:54SB
45Nicole Chapple3:05:49
46Daneja Grandovec3:10:46SB
Nebiat Habtemariam
Érika Olivera
Chen Yu-Hsuan
He Yinli
Jia Chaofeng
Jane Fardell
Yolymar Pineda
Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer
María Peralta
Leena Ekandjo
Feyse Tadese
Kim Mi-Gyong
Meselech Melkamu
Tiki Gelana
Mizuki Noguchi
Meseret Hailu
Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar
Sultan Haydar
Ümmü Kiraz
Helalia Johannes
Slađana Perunović
Krista DuChene
Beata Naigambo
Maria McCambridge
Patricia Morceli Bühler
Rosa Chacha