Medalists

Gold	Rosa Mota Rosa Mota Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes. She is also considered to have been one of the best marathon runners of the 20th century.... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...  (POR)
Silver	Laura Fogli Laura Fogli Laura Fogli is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.She won the inaugural edition of the Rome City Marathon in 1982.... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...  (ITA)
Bronze	Yekaterina Khramenkova Yekaterina Khramenkova Yekaterina Khramenkova is a retired long-distance runner from Belarus, best known for winning the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1986 European Championships . She was the winner of the 1992 Madrid Marathon... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Final ranking

See also

• 1983 Women's World Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Marathon (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1987 Women's World Championships Marathon (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic Marathon (Seoul)