2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Marathon
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The Women's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
. Paula Radcliffe set the pace of the race, leading all the way from start to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able to keep up with Radcliffe the longest, but began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and at the end found herself overtaken by the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.
Medalists
| Gold |  Paula RadcliffePaula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours... Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... (GBR) |
| Silver |  Catherine NderebaCatherine Ndereba Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... (KEN) |
| Bronze |  Constantina TomescuConstantina Tomescu Constantina Diţă , is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon.... Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... (ROM) |
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
Intermediates
| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 16:47 | |
| 2 | 423 | 16:47 | |
| 3 | 207 | 16:47 | |
| 4 | 456 | 16:50 | |
| 5 | 214 | 16:50 | |
| 10 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 33:23 | |
| 2 | 423 | 33:23 | |
| 3 | 207 | 33:23 | |
| 4 | 601 | 33:26 | |
| 5 | 456 | 33:26 | |
| 15 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 49:53 | |
| 2 | 423 | 49:54 | |
| 3 | 207 | 49:54 | |
| 4 | 601 | 49:54 | |
| 5 | 456 | 49:56 | |
| 20 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 1:06:16 | |
| 2 | 601 | 1:06:17 | |
| 3 | 450 | 1:06:18 | |
| 4 | 456 | 1:06:18 | |
| 5 | 125 | 1:06:39 | |
| HALF MARATHON | |||
| 1 | 281 | 1:09:49 | |
| 2 | 456 | 1:09:52 | |
| 3 | 450 | 1:09:52 | |
| 4 | 601 | 1:09:53 | |
| 5 | 125 | 1:10:19 | |
| 25 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 1:22:47 | |
| 2 | 601 | 1:22:48 | |
| 3 | 456 | 1:22:50 | |
| 4 | 450 | 1:23:00 | |
| 5 | 125 | 1:23:42 | |
| 30 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 1:39:22 | |
| 2 | 601 | 1:39:33 | |
| 3 | 456 | 1:39:38 | |
| 4 | 450 | 1:40:30 | |
| 5 | 125 | 1:41:03 | |
| 35 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 1:56:14 | |
| 2 | 456 | 1:56:42 | |
| 3 | 601 | 1:56:59 | |
| 4 | 450 | 1:58:29 | |
| 5 | 125 | 1:58:35 | |
| 40 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 281 | 2:13:22 | |
| 2 | 456 | 2:14:09 | |
| 3 | 601 | 2:15:16 | |
| 4 | 214 | 2:16:06 | |
| 5 | 125 | 2:16:33 | |
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:20:57 | CR | ||
| 2:22:01 | SB | ||
| 2:23:19 | |||
| 4 | 2:23:30 | PB | |
| 5 | 2:24:12 | ||
| 6 | 2:24:20 | ||
| 7 | 2:24:22 | PB | |
| 8 | 2:25:46 | ||
| 9 | 2:26:14 | SB | |
| 10 | 2:26:29 | ||
| 11 | 2:26:50 | PB | |
| 12 | 2:27:14 | PB | |
| 13 | 2:27:46 | PB | |
| 14 | 2:29:43 | PB | |
| 15 | 2:30:28 | ||
| 16 | 2:30:38 | ||
| 17 | 2:31:16 | ||
| 18 | 2:31:26 | PB | |
| 19 | 2:32:47 | ||
| 20 | 2:32:53 | ||
| 21 | 2:33:20 | PB | |
| 22 | 2:34:01 | ||
| 23 | 2:34:07 | ||
| 24 | 2:34:35 | ||
| 25 | 2:34:41 | PB | |
| 26 | 2:34:43 | PB | |
| 27 | 2:34:45 | ||
| 28 | 2:35:08 | ||
| 29 | 2:35:48 | ||
| 30 | 2:36:29 | SB | |
| 31 | 2:36:41 | ||
| 32 | 2:36:50 | ||
| 33 | 2:37:03 | PB | |
| 34 | 2:38:16 | ||
| 35 | 2:38:32 | PB | |
| 36 | 2:39:02 | SB | |
| 37 | 2:39:13 | ||
| 38 | 2:39:36 | SB | |
| 39 | 2:39:47 | ||
| 40 | 2:39:58 | ||
| 41 | 2:41:51 | SB | |
| 42 | 2:43:31 | SB | |
| 43 | 2:43:58 | SB | |
| 44 | 2:47:42 | ||
| 45 | 2:50:36 | ||
| 46 | 2:52:11 | ||
| 47 | 2:52:41 | ||
| 48 | 2:53:08 | ||
| 49 | 2:54:08 | ||
| 50 | 2:57:18 | ||
| 51 | 3:03:26 | SB | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| DID NOT START (DNS) | |||
| — | DNS | ||
| — | DNS | ||