2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Women's marathon
at the 2013 World Championships
Women's marathon ; at the 2013 World Championships
	Start of the women marathon
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	10 August (final)
Competitors	70 from 34 nations
Winning time	2:25:44
Medalists
	Edna Kiplagat; Kenya (KEN)
	Valeria Straneo; Italy (ITA)
	Kayoko Fukushi; Japan (JPN)
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The women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 10 August.^[1]

Official Video

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[4]

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	Priscah Jeptoo (KEN)	2:20:15	London, United Kingdom	21 April 2013
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)	2:28:54	London, United Kingdom	5 August 2012
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

Time^[5]
2:43:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2013	14:00	Final

Results

KEY:	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

The race was started at 14:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya (KEN)	2:25:44
	Valeria Straneo	Italy (ITA)	2:25:58	SB
	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan (JPN)	2:27:45
4	Ryoko Kizaki	Japan (JPN)	2:31:28
5	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain (ESP)	2:32:38
6	Emma Quaglia	Italy (ITA)	2:34:16	SB
7	Madaí Pérez	Mexico (MEX)	2:34:23	SB
8	Kim Hye-Gyong	North Korea (PRK)	2:35:49
9	Deena Kastor	United States (USA)	2:36:12	SB
10	Susan Partridge	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:36:24
11	Jessica Trengove	Australia (AUS)	2:37:11	SB
12	Diana Lobačevskė	Lithuania (LTU)	2:37:48
13	Aberu Kebede	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:38:04
14	Kim Hye-Song	North Korea (PRK)	2:38:28
15	Lishan Dula	Bahrain (BHR)	2:38:47	SB
16	Sonia Samuels	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:38:47	SB
17	Sin Yong-Sun	North Korea (PRK)	2:39:22
18	Dorothy McMahan	United States (USA)	2:39:52	SB
19	Ding Changqin	China (CHN)	2:40:13
20	Živilė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	2:41:09	SB
21	Albina Mayorova	Russia (RUS)	2:41:19
22	Nadezhda Leonteva	Russia (RUS)	2:42:49
23	Jeannette Faber	United States (USA)	2:44:03	SB
24	Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya (KEN)	2:44:06	SB
25	Alina Armas	Namibia (NAM)	2:45:09
26	Alevtina Biktimirova	Russia (RUS)	2:45:11
27	Tatyana Aryasova	Russia (RUS)	2:45:27
28	Wei Xiaojie	China (CHN)	2:46:46
29	Kalliopi Astropekaki	Greece (GRE)	2:47:12
30	Remalda Kergytė	Lithuania (LTU)	2:47:30
31	Kateryna Karmanenko	Ukraine (UKR)	2:48:18	SB
32	Kim Seong-Eun	South Korea (KOR)	2:48:46
33	Carmen Oliveras	France (FRA)	2:48:58
34	Cao Mojie	China (CHN)	2:49:15
35	Renate Wyss	Switzerland (SUI)	2:50:41
36	Karina Córdoba	Argentina (ARG)	2:51:07	SB
37	Mary Davies	New Zealand (NZL)	2:51:24
38	Iuliia Andreeva	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	2:53:16
39	Erika Abril	Colombia (COL)	2:55:13
40	Lauren Shelley	Australia (AUS)	2:55:40	SB
41	Karina Neipán	Argentina (ARG)	2:56:02	SB
42	Tanith Maxwell	South Africa (RSA)	2:56:37	SB
43	Zuleima Amaya	Venezuela (VEN)	2:58:22
44	Lanni Marchant	Canada (CAN)	3:01:54	SB
45	Nicole Chapple	Australia (AUS)	3:05:49
46	Daneja Grandovec	Slovenia (SLO)	3:10:46	SB
	Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea (ERI)	DQ	^[7]
	Érika Olivera	Chile (CHI)	DNF
	Chen Yu-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	DNF
	He Yinli	China (CHN)	DNF
	Jia Chaofeng	China (CHN)	DNF
	Jane Fardell	Australia (AUS)	DNF
	Yolymar Pineda	Venezuela (VEN)	DNF
	Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
	María Peralta	Argentina (ARG)	DNF
	Leena Ekandjo	Namibia (NAM)	DNF
	Feyse Tadese	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
	Kim Mi-Gyong	North Korea (PRK)	DNF
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
	Tiki Gelana	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan (JPN)	DNF
	Meseret Hailu	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
	Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar	Mongolia (MGL)	DNF
	Sultan Haydar	Turkey (TUR)	DNF
	Ümmü Kiraz	Turkey (TUR)	DNF
	Helalia Johannes	Namibia (NAM)	DNF
	Slađana Perunović	Montenegro (MNE)	DNF
	Krista DuChene	Canada (CAN)	DNF
	Beata Naigambo	Namibia (NAM)	DNF
	Maria McCambridge	Ireland (IRL)	DNF
	Patricia Morceli Bühler	Switzerland (SUI)	DNS
	Rosa Chacha	Ecuador (ECU)	DNS