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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Panathenaic Stadium, Athina
Date Started: August 22, 2004
Date Finished: August 22, 2004
Format: 42,195 metres (26 miles, 385 yards) point-to-point.
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The heavy favorite in 2004 was Britainâs [Paula Radcliffe], who dominated womenâs marathoning since turning to the roads in 2002. At the 2002 London Marathon she made her marathon début with a victory in 2-18:55, the second fastest time ever. But later that year, she broke the world marathon best at Chicago, running 2-17:47. In 2003 she stunned the athletics world by winning London in 2-15:25, a mark that would place her highly in most major menâs marathons.
The race began at Marathon, and ran point-to-point to the Olympic Stadium in Athina, although it was not exactly the same course as that used for the 1896 Olympic marathon. It started at 6 PM, but the day was brutally hot, with temperatures reaching 35° C. (95° F.) Given that weather nobody expected fast times. By 20 km. a pack of five runners held the lead, which included Radcliffe, [Catherine Ndereba] of Kenya, [Mizuki Noguchi] and [Reiko Tosa] of Japan, and [Elfenesh Alemu] of Ethiopia. Noguchi attached at 25 km. on an uphill stretch of the course, and quickly opened a lead of 23 seconds over Alemu, with Radcliffe trailing. Radcliffe would drop out at 36 km. Noguchi held her narrow lead to the finish, winning by 12 seconds over Ndereba. The bronze medal went to American [Deena Kastor], who ran the second half of her race four minutes fastest than the first half, closing rapidly, though she still finished almost a minute behind Ndereba.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | |
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1 | Mizuki Noguchi | 26 | Japan | JPN | Gold | 2-26:20 | |
2 | Catherine Ndereba | 32 | Kenya | KEN | Silver | 2-26:32 | |
3 | Deena Drossin-Kastor | 31 | United States | USA | Bronze | 2-27:20 | |
4 | Elfenesh Alemu | 29 | Ethiopia | ETH | 2-28:15 | ||
5 | Reiko Tosa | 28 | Japan | JPN | 2-28:44 | ||
6 | Olivera JevtiÄ | 27 | Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | 2-31:15 | ||
7 | Naoko Sakamoto | 23 | Japan | JPN | 2-31:43 | ||
8 | Lyudmila Petrova | 35 | Russia | RUS | 2-31:56 | ||
9 | Svetlana Zakharova | 33 | Russia | RUS | 2-32:04 | ||
10 | Bruna Genovese | 27 | Italy | ITA | 2-32:50 | ||
11 | Alice Chelangat | 27 | Kenya | KEN | 2-33:52 | ||
12 | Zhang Shujing | 25 | China | CHN | 2-34:34 | ||
13 | NuÈa Olaru | 33 | Romania | ROU | 2-34:45 | ||
14 | ŽivilÄ BalÄiünaité | 25 | Lithuania | LTU | 2-35:01 | ||
15 | Corinne Raux | 27 | France | FRA | 2-35:54 | ||
16 | Rosaria Console | 24 | Italy | ITA | 2-35:56 | ||
17 | MaÅgorzata SobaÅska | 35 | Poland | POL | 2-36:43 | ||
18 | Luminita Zaituc | 35 | Germany | GER | 2-36:45 | ||
19 | Lee Eun-Jeong | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 2-37:23 | ||
20 | Constantina DiÈÄ-Tomescu | 34 | Romania | ROU | 2-37:31 | ||
21 | Jong Yong-Ok | 23 | North Korea | PRK | 2-37:52 | ||
22 | Li Helan | 26 | China | CHN | 2-37:53 | ||
23 | Jeong Yun-Hui | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 2-38:57 | ||
24 | Stine Larsen | 28 | Norway | NOR | 2-39:55 | ||
25 | Liz Yelling | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 2-40:13 | ||
26 | MarÃa Abel | 29 | Spain | ESP | 2-40:13 | ||
27 | Hafida Izem | 25 | Morocco | MAR | 2-40:46 | ||
28 | Anna Pichrtová | 31 | Czech Republic | CZE | 2-40:58 | ||
29 | Tracey Morris | 36 | Great Britain | GBR | 2-41:00 | ||
30 | Kenza Wahbi | 33 | Morocco | MAR | 2-41:36 | ||
31 | Kerryn McCann | 37 | Australia | AUS | 2-41:41 | ||
32 | Beatriz Ros | 30 | Spain | ESP | 2-41:51 | ||
33 | Zhou Chunxiu | 25 | China | CHN | 2-42:54 | ||
34 | Jen Rhines | 30 | United States | USA | 2-43:52 | ||
35 | Choi Gyeong-Hui | 22 | South Korea | KOR | 2-44:05 | ||
36 | Sandra Ruales | 30 | Ecuador | ECU | 2-44:28 | ||
37 | MarÃa Dolores Pulido | 29 | Spain | ESP | 2-44:33 | ||
38 | Margarita Tapia | 27 | Mexico | MEX | 2-46:14 | ||
39 | Colleen de Reuck | 40 | United States | USA | 2-46:30 | ||
40 | Albina Ivanova-Mayorova | 27 | Russia | RUS | 2-47:23 | ||
41 | Grażyna Syrek | 32 | Poland | POL | 2-47:26 | ||
42 | Nili Avramski | 34 | Israel | ISR | 2-48:08 | ||
43 | Clarisse Rasoarizay | 32 | Madagascar | MAD | 2-48:14 | ||
44 | Jane Salumäe | 36 | Estonia | EST | 2-48:47 | ||
45 | Simona Staicu | 33 | Hungary | HUN | 2-48:57 | ||
46 | Angélica Sánchez | 28 | Mexico | MEX | 2-49:04 | ||
47 | Helena Sampaio | 30 | Portugal | POR | 2-49:18 | ||
48 | Beáta Rakonczai | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 2-49:41 | ||
49 | Annemette Jensen | 32 | Denmark | DEN | 2-50:01 | ||
50 | Georgia Abatzidou | 35 | Greece | GRE | 2-50:01 | ||
51 | Liza Hunter-Galvan | 35 | New Zealand | NZL | 2-50:23 | ||
52 | Hafida Gadi-Richard | 30 | France | FRA | 2-50:29 | ||
53 | Gulsara Dodoboeva | 28 | Tajikistan | TJK | 2-50:45 | ||
54 | Ãpiphanie Nyirabaramé | 22 | Rwanda | RWA | 2-52:50 | ||
55 | Sandra Torres | 29 | Argentina | ARG | 2-54:48 | ||
56 | Jo Bun-Hui | 24 | North Korea | PRK | 2-55:54 | ||
57 | Hsu Yu-Fang | 30 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 2-55:58 | ||
58 | Ãrika Olivera | 28 | Chile | CHI | 2-57:14 | ||
59 | Mariela González | 30 | Cuba | CUB | 3-02:20 | ||
60 | Ida Kovács | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 3-03:21 | ||
61 | Svetlana Åepelev-Tcaci | 35 | Moldova | MDA | 3-03:29 | ||
62 | Ana Dias | 30 | Portugal | POR | 3-08:11 | ||
63 | Inga JuodeÅ¡kienÄ | 32 | Lithuania | LTU | 3-09:18 | ||
64 | Mamokete Lechela | 22 | Lesotho | LES | 3-11:56 | ||
65 | Aguida Fatima Amaral | 32 | Timor Leste | TLS | 3-18:25 | ||
66 | Luvsanlkhündeviin Otgonbayar | 22 | Mongolia | MGL | 3-48:42 | ||
AC | Paula Radcliffe | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF | ||
AC | Margaret Okayo | 28 | Kenya | KEN | DNF | ||
AC | Ulrike Maisch | 27 | Germany | GER | DNF | ||
AC | Monika Drybulska-Stefanowicz | 24 | Poland | POL | DNF | ||
AC | Ham Bong-Sil | 30 | North Korea | PRK | DNF | ||
AC | Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier | 36 | France | FRA | DNF | ||
AC | Nasria Baghdad-Azaïdj | 32 | Algeria | ALG | DNF | ||
AC | Márcia Narloch | 35 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | ||
AC | Marlene Fortunato | 34 | Brazil | BRA | DNF | ||
AC | Asha Gigi | 31 | Ethiopia | ETH | DNF | ||
AC | Lidia Èimon | 30 | Romania | ROU | DNF | ||
AC | Nadia Ejjafini | 23 | Bahrain | BRN | DNF | ||
AC | Banuelia Mrashani | 26 | Tanzania | TAN | DNF | ||
AC | Workenesh Tola | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | DNF | ||
AC | Lale Ãztürk | 32 | Turkey | TUR | DNF | ||
AC | Irina Bogacheva | 43 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | DNF |