2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Marathon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 5 - Final | |||
ETHEthiopia | Tiki Gelana | 2:23:07 OR | |
KENKenya | Priscah Jeptoo | 2:23:12 | |
RUSRussia | Tatyana Arkhipova | 2:23:29 | |
| 4 | KENKenya | Mary Keitany | 2:23:56 |
| 5 | UKRUkraine | Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko | 2:24:32 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Zhu Xiaolin | 2:24:48 |
| 7 | PORPortugal | Jéssica Augusto | 2:25:11 |
| 8 | ITAItaly | Valeria Straneo | 2:25:27 |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Albina Mayorova-Ivanova | 2:25:38 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Shalane Flanagan | 2:25:51 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Kara Goucher | 2:26:07 |
| 12 | NAMNamibia | Helalia Johannes | 2:26:09 |
| 13 | PORPortugal | Marisa Barros | 2:26:13 |
| 14 | GERGermany | Irina Mikitenko | 2:26:44 |
| 15 | NZLNew Zealand | Kimberley Smith | 2:26:59 |
| 16 | JPNJapan | Ryoko Kizaki | 2:27:16 |
| 17 | AUSAustralia | Lisa Jane Weightman | 2:27:32 |
| 18 | SWESweden | Isabellah Andersson | 2:27:36 |
| 19 | JPNJapan | Yoshimi Ozaki | 2:27:43 |
| 20 | KENKenya | Edna Kiplagat | 2:27:52 |
| 21 | PORPortugal | Ana Dulce Félix | 2:28:12 |
| 22 | CHNChina | Xuequin Wang | 2:28:21 |
| 23 | ETHEthiopia | Mare Dibaba | 2:28:48 |
| 24 | NEDNetherlands | Hilda Kibet | 2:28:52 |
| 25 | PERPeru | Inés Melchor | 2:28:54 |
| 26 | ESPSpain | Alessandra Aguilar | 2:29:19 |
| 27 | LTULithuania | Rasa Drazdauskaite | 2:29:29 |
| 28 | LTULithuania | Diana Lobacevske | 2:29:32 |
| 29 | ITAItaly | Anna Incerti | 2:29:38 |
| 30 | ITAItaly | Rosaria Console | 2:30:09 |
| 31 | BDIBurundi | Diane Nukuri-Johnson | 2:30:13 |
| 32 | GERGermany | Susanne Hahn | 2:30:22 |
| 33 | BLRBelarus | Nastassia Staravoitava | 2:30:25 |
| 34 | BLRBelarus | Sviatlana Kouhan | 2:30:26 |
| 35 | RSASouth Africa | Rene Kalmer | 2:30:51 |
| 36 | POLPoland | Karolina Jarzynska | 2:30:57 |
| 37 | ALGAlgeria | Souad Aït Salem | 2:31:15 |
| 38 | NAMNamibia | Beata Naigambo | 2:31:16 |
| 39 | AUSAustralia | Jessica Trengove | 2:31:17 |
| 40 | DENDenmark | Jess Draskau-Petersson | 2:31:43 |
| 41 | KORSouth Korea | Chung Yun-Hee | 2:31:58 |
| 42 | ETHEthiopia | Aselefech Mergia | 2:32:03 |
| 43 | PERPeru | Gladys Tejeda | 2:32:07 |
| 44 | GBRGreat Britain | Freya Murray | 2:32:14 |
| 45 | ROURomania | Lidia Simon | 2:32:46 |
| 46 | MEXMexico | Marisol Romero | 2:33:08 |
| 47 | BRABrazil | Adriana Aparecida Da Silva | 2:33:15 |
| 48 | UKRUkraine | Olena Burkovska | 2:33:26 |
| 49 | PRKNorth Korea | Kim Kum-Ok | 2:33:30 |
| 50 | MEXMexico | Karina Perez | 2:33:30 |
| 51 | COLColombia | Erika Abril | 2:33:33 |
| 52 | CROCroatia | Lisa Stublic | 2:34:03 |
| 53 | SUISwitzerland | Maja Neuenschwander | 2:34:50 |
| 54 | AUTAustria | Andrea Mayr | 2:34:51 |
| 55 | PERPeru | Wilma Arizapana Yucra | 2:35:09 |
| 56 | PRKNorth Korea | Jon Kyong Hui | 2:35:17 |
| 57 | GBRGreat Britain | Claire Marie Hallissey | 2:35:39 |
| 58 | CHNChina | Wang Jiali | 2:35:46 |
| 59 | ERIEritrea | Rehaset Mehari | 2:35:49 |
| 60 | KGZKyrgyzstan | Yulia Andreeva | 2:36:01 |
| 61 | ESPSpain | Elena Espeso Gayte | 2:36:12 |
| 62 | BRNBahrain | Lishan Dula | 2:36:20 |
| 63 | TURTürkiye | Bahar Dogan | 2:36:35 |
| 64 | CHIChile | Erika Olivera | 2:36:41 |
| 65 | MDAMoldova | Natalia Cerches | 2:37:13 |
| 66 | IRLIreland | Linda Byrne | 2:37:13 |
| 67 | CZECzechia | Ivana Sekyrova | 2:37:14 |
| 68 | IRLIreland | Ava Hutchinson | 2:37:17 |
| 69 | CHIChile | Natalia Romero | 2:37:47 |
| 70 | CUBCuba | Dailin Belmonte | 2:38:08 |
| 71 | SRBSerbia Republic | Ana Subotic | 2:38:22 |
| 72 | TURTürkiye | Sultan Haydar | 2:38:26 |
| 73 | MARMorocco | Samira Raïf | 2:38:31 |
| 74 | PRKNorth Korea | Kim Mi Gyong | 2:38:33 |
| 75 | LTULithuania | Renalda Kergyte | 2:39:01 |
| 76 | KORSouth Korea | Lim Kyung-Hee | 2:39:03 |
| 77 | MNEMontenegro | Sladjana Perunovic | 2:39:07 |
| 78 | BLRBelarus | Olga Dubovskaya | 2:39:12 |
| 79 | JPNJapan | Risa Shigetomo | 2:40:06 |
| 80 | TUNTunisia | Amira Ben Amor | 2:40:13 |
| 81 | RSASouth Africa | Tanith Maxwell | 2:40:27 |
| 82 | ARGArgentina | María Peralta | 2:40:50 |
| 83 | ECUEcuador | Rosa Chacha | 2:40:57 |
| 84 | INAIndonesia | Trianingsih | 2:41:15 |
| 85 | HUNHungary | Beáta Rakonczai | 2:41:20 |
| 86 | ROURomania | Constantina Tomescu | 2:41:34 |
| 87 | FINFinland | Leena Puotiniemi | 2:42:01 |
| 88 | SLOSlovenia | Zana Jereb | 2:42:50 |
| 89 | TURTürkiye | Ummu Kiraz | 2:43:07 |
| 90 | LESLesotho | Mamoroallo Tjoka | 2:43:15 |
| 91 | CRCCosta Rica | Gabriela Traña | 2:43:17 |
| 92 | HUNHungary | Zsófia Erdélyi | 2:44:45 |
| 93 | UGAUganda | Jane Suuto | 2:44:46 |
| 94 | VENVenezuela | Yolimar Pineda | 2:45:16 |
| 95 | HUNHungary | Anikó Kálovics | 2:45:55 |
| 96 | KORSouth Korea | Kim Sung-Eun | 2:46:38 |
| 97 | ESPSpain | Vanessa Veiga Comesana | 2:46:53 |
| 98 | LATLatvia | Dace Lina | 2:47:47 |
| 99 | BIHBosnia and Herzegovina | Lucia Kimani | DNF |
| 99 | COLColombia | Yolanda Caballero | DNF |
| 99 | GBRGreat Britain | Mara Yamauchi | DNF |
| 99 | MARMorocco | Soumiya Labani | DNF |
| 99 | NEDNetherlands | Lornah Kiplagat | DNF |
| 99 | RSASouth Africa | Irvette van Zyl | DNF |
| 99 | RUSRussia | Liliya Shobukhova | DNF |
| 99 | SRBSerbia Republic | Olivera Jevtic | DNF |
| 99 | SVKSlovakia | Katarína Beresová | 2:48:11 |
| 99 | UKRUkraine | Tetyana Filonyuk | DNF |
| 99 | USAUnited States | Desireé Davila | DNF |
| 99 | ZIMZimbabwe | Sharon Tavengwa | DNF |
| 100 | AUSAustralia | Benita Johnson | 2:49:38 |
| 101 | RWARwanda | Claudette Mukasakindi | 2:51:07 |
| 102 | MGLMongolia | Otgonbayar Luvsanlundeg | 2:52:15 |
| 103 | ESTEstonia | Evelin Talts | 2:54:15 |
| 104 | GREGreece | Konstadína Kefalá | 3:01:18 |
| 105 | MYAMyanmar | Ni Lar San | 3:04:27 |
| 106 | TLSEast Timor | Juventina Napoleao | 3:05:07 |
| 107 | IRLIreland | Caitriona Jennings | 3:22:11 |
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