Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

  • 11 August 2024
Winning time2:22:55 ORMedalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tigst Assefa  Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hellen Obiri  Kenya
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The women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 11 August 2024, the 11th time that the women's marathon has been contested at the Summer Olympics.

Sifan Hassan's winning margin of three seconds was the narrowest of any women's marathon at the Olympics.

Background

The women's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1984.

In its four-decade-long Olympic history since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the women's marathon occurred on the last day of the athletics program for the first time, with the men's race scheduled a day before. According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program."[2]

Course

The marathon course began at the Hôtel de Ville and traversed many of the host city's most iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre before concluding at the Les Invalides. Paris officials have stated the route has taken inspiration from la marche de femmes. Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as one of the more challenging Olympic marathons.[3][4]

Records

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date
World record  Tigst Assefa (ETH) 2:11:53[5] Berlin, Germany 24 September 2023
Olympic record  Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23:07 London, Great Britain 5 August 2012
World leading  Sutume Kebede (ETH) 2:15:55[6] Tokyo, Japan 3 March 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[7]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time
Africa (records)  Tigst Assefa (ETH) 2:11:53 WR
Asia (records)  Honami Maeda (JPN) 2:18:59
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 2:13:44
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Emily Sisson (USA) 2:18:29
Oceania (records)  Sinead Diver (AUS) 2:21:34
South America (records)  Florencia Borelli (ARG) 2:24:18

Qualification

For the women's marathon event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 95 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 2:26.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8]

Results

The event was held on 11 August 2024 starting at 08:00 (UTC+2) in the morning with 91 athletes taking part.[1] Sifan Hassan placed first in an Olympic record of 2:22:55.[9][10][11]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 2:22:55 – OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tigst Assefa  Ethiopia 2:22:58 +0:03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hellen Obiri  Kenya 2:23:10 +0:15 PB
4 Sharon Lokedi  Kenya 2:23:14 +0:19 PB
5 Amane Beriso Shankule  Ethiopia 2:23:57 +1:02
6 Yuka Suzuki  Japan 2:24:02 +1:07 PB
7 Delvine Relin Meringor  Romania 2:24:56 +2:01 SB
8 Stella Chesang  Uganda 2:26:01 +3:06
9 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  Israel 2:26:08 +3:13 SB
10 Eunice Chebichii Chumba  Bahrain 2:26:10 +3:15
11 Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi  Morocco 2:26:30 +3:35
12 Dakotah Lindwurm  United States 2:26:44 +3:49
13 Jessica Stenson  Australia 2:26:45 +3:50
14 Sardana Trofimova  Kyrgyzstan 2:26:47 +3:52 NR
15 Peres Jepchirchir  Kenya 2:26:51 +3:56
16 Fabienne Schlumpf  Switzerland 2:28:10 +5:15 SB
17 Majida Maayouf [es]  Spain 2:28:35 +5:40 SB
18 Thalia Valdivia  Peru 2:29:01 +6:06
19 Hanne Verbruggen  Belgium 2:29:03 +6:08 SB
20 Mekdes Woldu [fr]  France 2:29:20 +6:25 SB
21 Florencia Borelli  Argentina 2:29:29 +6:34
22 Helen Bekele  Switzerland 2:29:43 +6:48
23 Emily Sisson  United States 2:29:53 +6:58
24 Genevieve Gregson  Australia 2:29:56 +7:01 SB
25 Meritxell Soler [ca]  Spain 2:29:56 +7:01
26 Tereza Hrochová  Czech Republic 2:30:00 +7:05
27 Citlali Cristian  Mexico 2:30:03 +7:08 SB
28 Fionnuala McCormack  Ireland 2:30:12 +7:17 SB
29 Domenika Mayer [de]  Germany 2:30:14 +7:19
30 Sofiia Yaremchuk  Italy 2:30:20 +7:25 SB
31 Mokulubete Blandina Makatisi  Lesotho 2:30:20 +7:25 PB
32 Cian Oldknow [Wikidata]  South Africa 2:30:29 +7:34
33 Zhanna Mamazhanova  Kazakhstan 2:30:51 +7:56
34 Tigist Gashaw  Bahrain 2:30:53 +7:58
35 Malindi Elmore  Canada 2:31:08 +8:13 SB
36 Aleksandra Lisowska  Poland 2:31:10 +8:15 SB
37 Irvette van Zyl  South Africa 2:31:14 +8:19 SB
38 Laura Hottenrott  Germany 2:31:19 +8:24 SB
39 Kaoutar Farkoussi  Morocco 2:31:34 +8:39
40 Magdalena Shauri  Tanzania 2:31:58 +9:03 SB
41 Daiana Ocampo  Argentina 2:32:02 +9:07
42 Esther Navarrete [gl]  Spain 2:32:07 +9:12
43 Rose Chelimo  Bahrain 2:32:08 +9:13
44 Rebecca Cheptegei  Uganda 2:32:14 +9:19 SB
45 Gerda Steyn  South Africa 2:32:51 +9:56 SB
46 Clara Evans  Great Britain 2:33:01 +10:06 SB
47 Galbadrakhyn Khishigsaikhan  Mongolia 2:33:26 +10:31
48 Bayartsogtyn Mönkhzayaa  Mongolia 2:33:27 +10:32
49 Maor Tiyouri  Israel 2:33:37 +10:42
50 Anne Luijten [nl]  Netherlands 2:33:42 +10:47
51 Mao Ichiyama  Japan 2:34:13 +11:18 SB
52 Carolina Wikström  Sweden 2:34:20 +11:25
53 Mary Zenaida Granja  Ecuador 2:34:34 +11:39
54 Marie Perrier [fr]  Mauritius 2:34:56 +12:01 SB
55 Julia Mayer [de]  Austria 2:35:14 +12:19
56 Gladys Tejeda  Peru 2:35:36 +12:41 SB
57 Susana Santos  Portugal 2:35:57 +13:02 SB
58 Dolshi Tesfu  Eritrea 2:36:30 +13:35 SB
59 Zhang Deshun  China 2:36:47 +13:52
60 Camille French  New Zealand 2:37:21 +14:26
61 Silvia Ortiz  Ecuador 2:37:23 +14:28 SB
62 Luz Mery Rojas  Peru 2:37:24 +14:29
63 Margarita Hernández  Mexico 2:37:24 +14:29 SB
64 Angelika Mach  Poland 2:37:56 +15:01 SB
65 Camilla Richardsson  Finland 2:38:02 +15:07 SB
66 Moira Stewartová  Czech Republic 2:38:07 +15:12 SB
67 Giovanna Epis  Italy 2:38:26 +15:31
68 Helalia Johannes  Namibia 2:38:36 +15:41
69 Mercyline Chelangat  Uganda 2:39:40 +16:45 SB
70 Méline Rollin  France 2:40:17 +17:22
71 Bojana Bjeljac  Croatia 2:41:13 +18:18 SB
72 Xia Yuyu  China 2:42:10 +19:15
73 Rosa Chacha  Ecuador 2:42:14 +19:19
74 Mélody Julien  France 2:42:32 +19:37 SB
75 Angie Orjuela  Colombia 2:42:57 +20:02 SB
76 Bai Li  China 2:44:44 +21:49
77 Clementine Mukandanga  Rwanda 2:45:40 +22:45 SB
78 Rose Harvey  Great Britain 2:51:03 +28:08 SB
79 Santoshi Shrestha  Nepal 2:55:06 +32:11 PB
80 Kinzang Lhamo  Bhutan 3:52:59 +1:30:04
— Matea Parlov Koštro  Croatia – 35 km DNF
Rahma Tahiri  Morocco – 35 km DNF
Alemu Megertu  Ethiopia – 25 km DNF
Chloé Herbiet  Belgium – 25 km DNF
Calli Thackery  Great Britain – 25 km DNF
Rutendo Joan Nyahora  Zimbabwe – Half DNF
Melat Yisak Kejeta  Germany – 15 km DNF
Jackline Sakilu  Tanzania – 15 km DNF
Joan Chelimo Melly  Romania – 10 km DNF
Sinead Diver  Australia – Start DNF
Fiona O'Keeffe  United States – Start DNF

References

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