The women's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was held on Sunday July 28, 1996, beginning at 07:05h local time. Sixty-five athletes finished the race while twenty-one dropped out mid-competition. A total of 86 competitors from 51 countries took part. There were also two competitors, Valentina Enachi of Moldova and Virginie Gloum of the Central African Republic, whose results were deemed unofficial due to procedural errors by their federations in submitting their entries in the event.
Medalists
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics World Record 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom Olympic Record 2:24:52 August 5, 1984 Los Angeles, United States Season Best 2:26:04 January 28, 1996 Osaka, Japan
Final ranking Place Athlete Time Notes 2:26:05 2:28:05 2:28:394 2:28:455 2:30:506 2:31:047 2:31:118 2:31:169 2:31:2110 2:31:3011 2:31:5212 2:32:3513 2:33:0914 2:33:2715 2:34:1916 2:34:3017 2:34:3118 2:34:4819 2:35:1220 2:35:3121 2:35:4422 2:35:4523 2:36:1424 2:36:2225 2:36:2726 2:36:3127 2:36:3928 2:36:4129 2:36:4430 2:36:5431 2:36:5832 2:37:0633 2:37:1434 2:37:1935 2:38:0436 2:38:4337 2:39:0638 2:39:1839 2:39:3340 2:39:5141 2:40:4642 2:41:3343 2:41:5644 2:42:0145 2:42:0846 2:42:2147 2:43:4448 2:43:5849 2:44:1250 2:44:2151 2:44:2352 2:44:3853 2:46:5854 2:48:5855 2:49:3056 2:50:0557 2:50:4658 2:52:0959 2:56:1960 2:56:2361 3:09:0862 3:16:1963 3:19:0664 3:25:1665 3:27:28DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF— DNF
See also 1995 Women's World Championships Marathon 1996 Marathon Year Ranking 1997 Women's World Championships Marathon
References
External links Official Report Marathon Info