Olympic Games Women Marathon - Track & Field Statistics

Olympic Games : Women : Marathon

Year Mo Day Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
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2024 Aug 11 Paris, FRA Sifan Hassan NED Tigst Assefa ETH Hellen Obiri KEN
2021 Aug 07 Tokyo, JPN Peres Jepchirchir KEN Brigid Kosgei KEN Molly Seidel USA
2016 Aug 14 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Jemima Sumgong KEN Eunice Kirwa BRN Mare Dibaba ETH
2012 Aug 05 London, GBR Tiki Gelana ETH Priscah Jeptoo KEN Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova RUS
2008 Aug 17 Beijing, CHN Constantina Diţă-Tomescu ROU Catherine Ndereba KEN Zhou Chunxiu CHN
2004 Aug 22 Athens, GRE Mizuki Noguchi JPN Catherine Ndereba KEN Deena Kastor USA
2000 Sep 24 Sydney, AUS Naoko Takahashi JPN Lidia Şimon ROU Joyce Chepchumba KEN
1996 Jul 28 Atlanta, USA Fatuma Roba ETH Valentina Yegorova RUS Yuko Arimori JPN
1992 Aug 01 Barcelona, ESP Valentina Yegorova EUN Yuko Arimori JPN Lorraine Moller NZL
1988 Sep 23 Seoul, KOR Rosa Mota POR Lisa Martin AUS Katrin Dörre GDR
1984 Aug 05 Los Angeles, USA Joan Benoit USA Grete Waitz NOR Rosa Mota POR

Top 15 finishers in each Olympics

2024 Aug 11 Paris, FRA
1. Sifan Hassan NED 2:22:55
2. Tigst Assefa ETH 2:22:58
3. Hellen Obiri KEN 2:23:10
4. Sharon Lokedi KEN 2:23:14
5. Amane Beriso Shankule ETH 2:23:57
6. Yuka Suzuki JPN 2:24:02
7. Delvine Relin Meringor ROU 2:24:56
8. Stella Chesang UGA 2:26:01
9. Lonah Chemtai Salpeter ISR 2:26:08
10. Eunice Chumba BRN 2:26:10
11. Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi MAR 2:26:30
12. Dakotah Lindwurm USA 2:26:44
13. Jessica Stenson AUS 2:26:45
14. Sardana Trofimova KGZ 2:26:47
15. Peres Jepchirchir KEN 2:26:51

2021 Aug 07 Tokyo, JPN
1. Peres Jepchirchir KEN 2:27:20
2. Brigid Kosgei KEN 2:27:36
3. Molly Seidel USA 2:27:46
4. Roza Dereje ETH 2:28:38
5. Volha Mazuronak BLR 2:29:06
6. Melat Yisak Kejeta GER 2:29:16
7. Eunice Chumba BRN 2:29:36
8. Mao Ichiyama JPN 2:30:13
9. Malindi Elmore CAN 2:30:59
10. Sinead Diver AUS 2:31:14
11. Helalia Johannes NAM 2:31:22
12. Fabienne Schlumpf SUI 2:31:36
13. Natasha Wodak CAN 2:31:41
14. Karolina Nadolska POL 2:32:04
15. Gerda Steyn RSA 2:32:10

2016 Aug 14 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1. Jemima Sumgong KEN 2:24:04
2. Eunice Kirwa BRN 2:24:13
3. Mare Dibaba ETH 2:24:30
4. Tirfi Tsegaye ETH 2:24:47
5. Volha Mazuronak BLR 2:24:48
6. Shalane Flanagan USA 2:25:26
7. Desiree Linden USA 2:26:08
8. Rose Chelimo BRN 2:27:36
9. Amy Cragg USA 2:28:25
10. Kim Hye-song PRK 2:28:36
11. Kim Hye-gyong PRK 2:28:36
12. Jeļena Prokopčuka LAT 2:29:32
13. Valeria Straneo ITA 2:29:44
14. Kayoko Fukushi JPN 2:29:53
15. Gladys Tejeda PER 2:29:55

2012 Aug 05 London, GBR
1. Tiki Gelana ETH 2:23:07 OR
2. Priscah Jeptoo KEN 2:23:12
3. Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova RUS 2:23:29
4. Mary Keitany KEN 2:23:56
5*. Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko UKR 2:24:32 (DQ)
6. Zhu Xiaolin CHN 2:24:48
7. Jéssica Augusto POR 2:25:11
8. Valeria Straneo ITA 2:25:27
9. Albina Mayorova RUS 2:25:38
10. Shalane Flanagan USA 2:25:51
11. Kara Goucher USA 2:26:07
12. Helalia Johannes NAM 2:26:09
13. Marisa Barros POR 2:26:13
14. Irina Mikitenko GER 2:26:44
15. Kim Smith NZL 2:26:59
16. Ryoko Kizaki JPN 2:27:16
* Result was anulled due to doping conviction.

2008 Aug 17 Beijing, CHN
1. Constantina Diţă-Tomescu ROU 2:26:44
2. Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:27:06
3. Zhou Chunxiu CHN 2:27:07
4. Zhu Xiaolin CHN 2:27:16
5. Martha Komu KEN 2:27:23
6. Mara Yamauchi GBR 2:27:29
7. Irina Timofeyeva RUS 2:27:31
8. Lidia Şimon ROU 2:27:51
9. Souad Aït Salem ALG 2:28:29
10. Salina Jebet Kosgei KEN 2:29:28
11. Živilė Balčiūnaitė LTU 2:29:33
12. Kim Kum-Ok PRK 2:30:01
13. Yurika Nakamura JPN 2:30:19
14. Anna Incerti ITA 2:30:55
15. Dire Tune ETH 2:31:16

2004 Aug 22 Athens, GRE
1. Mizuki Noguchi JPN 2:26:20
2. Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:26:32
3. Deena Kastor USA 2:27:20
4. Elfenesh Alemu ETH 2:28:15
5. Reiko Tosa JPN 2:28:44
6. Olivera Jevtić SRB 2:31:15
7. Naoko Sakamoto JPN 2:31:43
8. Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2:31:56
9. Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2:32:04
10. Bruna Genovese ITA 2:32:50
11. Alice Chelangat KEN 2:33:52
12. Zhang Shujing CHN 2:34:34
13. Nuţa Olaru ROU 2:34:45
14. Živilė Balčiūnaitė LTU 2:35:01
15. Corinne Raux FRA 2:35:54

2000 Sep 24 Sydney, AUS
1. Naoko Takahashi JPN 2:23:14 OR
2. Lidia Şimon ROU 2:23:22
3. Joyce Chepchumba KEN 2:24:45
4. Esther Wanjiru KEN 2:26:17
5. Madina Biktagirova RUS 2:26:33
6. Elfenesh Alemu ETH 2:26:54
7. Eri Yamaguchi JPN 2:27:03
8. Ham Bong-Sil PRK 2:27:07
9. Fatuma Roba ETH 2:27:38
10. Ren Xiujuan CHN 2:27:55
11. Kerryn McCann AUS 2:28:37
12. Maura Viceconte ITA 2:29:26
13. Tegla Loroupe KEN 2:29:45
14. Irina Bogachova KGZ 2:29:55
15. Ari Ichihashi JPN 2:30:34

1996 Jul 28 Atlanta, USA
1. Fatuma Roba ETH 2:26:05
2. Valentina Yegorova RUS 2:28:05
3. Yuko Arimori JPN 2:28:39
4. Katrin Dörre-Heinig GER 2:28:45
5. Rocío Ríos ESP 2:30:50
6. Lidia Şimon ROU 2:31:04
7. Manuela Machado POR 2:31:11
8. Sonja Krolik GER 2:31:16
9. Ren Xiujuan CHN 2:31:21
10. Anne Marie Lauck USA 2:31:30
11. Małgorzata Sobańska POL 2:31:52
12. Izumi Maki JPN 2:32:35
13. Ornella Ferrara ITA 2:33:09
14. Mónica Pont ESP 2:33:27
15. Angelina Kanana KEN 2:34:19

1992 Aug 01 Barcelona, ESP
1. Valentina Yegorova EUN 2:32:41
2. Yuko Arimori JPN 2:32:49
3. 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

1988 Sep 23 Seoul, KOR
1. Rosa Mota POR 2:25:40
2. Lisa Martin AUS 2:25:53
3. Katrin Dörre GDR 2:26:21
4. Tatyana Polovinskaya URS 2:27:05
5. Zhao Youfeng CHN 2:27:06
6. Laura Fogli ITA 2:27:49
7. Danièle Kaber LUX 2:29:23
8. Maria Curatolo ITA 2:30:14
9. Zoya Ivanova URS 2:30:25
10. Angie Pain GBR 2:30:51
11. Odette Lapierre CAN 2:30:56
12. Susan Tooby GBR 2:31:33
13. Karolina Szabó HUN 2:32:26
14. Françoise Bonnet FRA 2:32:36
15. Lee Mi-Ok KOR 2:32:51

1984 Aug 05 Los Angeles, USA
1. Joan Benoit USA 2:24:52 OR
2. Grete Waitz NOR 2:26:18
3. Rosa Mota POR 2:26:57
4. Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 2:27:34
5. Lorraine Moller NZL 2:28:34
6. Priscilla Welch GBR 2:28:54
7. Lisa Martin AUS 2:29.03
8. Silvia Ruegger CAN 2:29:09
9. Laura Fogli ITA 2:29:28
10. Tuija Toivonen FIN 2:32:07
11. Joyce Smith GBR 2:32:48
12. Alba Milana ITA 2:33:01
13. Dorthe Rasmussen DEN 2:33:40
14. Sarah Rowell GBR 2:34:08
15. Sinikka Keskitalo FIN 2:35:15

WR = world record
OR = Olympic Record