Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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]

Women's marathon
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
DatesAugust 1
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning time2:32:41
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Valentina Yegorova Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Yuko Arimori Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Lorraine Moller New Zealand
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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)2:21:06April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record  Joan Benoit (USA)2:24:52August 5, 1984 Los Angeles, United States
Season Best  Olga Markova (RUS)2:23:43April 20, 1992 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

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