# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 12, 2001.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lidia Șimon Romania (ROM) |
| Silver | Reiko Tosa Japan (JPN) |
| Bronze | Svetlana Zakharova Russia (RUS) |

## 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 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 2:20:43 | September 26, 1999 | Berlin, Germany |
| Event Record | Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:25:17 | August 29, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 2:23:11 | January 28, 2001 | Osaka, Japan |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 17:07 |
| 2 | 352 | Kathrin Weßel (GER) | 17:59 |
| 3 | 483 | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 17:59 |
| 4 | 690 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 17:59 |
| 5 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 17:59 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 33:54 |
| 2 | 483 | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 35:14 |
| 3 | 481 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 35:14 |
| 4 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 35:14 |
| 5 | 58 | Marleen Renders (BEL) | 35:14 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 51:11 |
| 2 | 483 | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 53:03 |
| 3 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 53:03 |
| 4 | 690 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 53:03 |
| 5 | 481 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 53:03 |
| 20 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 1:08:27 |
| 2 | 483 | Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) | 1:10:22 |
| 3 | 343 | Nuţa Olaru (ROM) | 1:10:22 |
| 4 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 1:10:22 |
| 5 | 690 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 1:10:22 |
| HALF MARATHON ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 1:12:17 |
| 2 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 1:14:08 |
| 3 | 690 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 1:14:08 |
| 4 | 343 | Nuţa Olaru (ROM) | 1:14:08 |
| 5 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 1:14:08 |
| 25 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 1:25:26 |
| 2 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 1:27:01 |
| 3 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 1:27:01 |
| 4 | 483 | Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) | 1:27:01 |
| 5 | 497 | Florence Barsosio (KEN) | 1:27:01 |
| 30 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 640 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 1:44:28 |
| 2 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 1:45:08 |
| 3 | 483 | Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) | 1:45:08 |
| 4 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 1:45:08 |
| 5 | 235 | Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) | 1:45:09 |
| 35 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 483 | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 2:02:06 |
| 2 | 481 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 2:02:06 |
| 3 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 2:02:07 |
| 4 | 717 | Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) | 2:02:07 |
| 5 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 2:02:17 |
| 40 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 483 | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 2:18:43 |
| 2 | 650 | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 2:18:49 |
| 3 | 481 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 2:19:02 |
| 4 | 717 | Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) | 2:19:02 |
| 5 | 343 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 2:20:09 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Lidia Șimon (ROM) | 2:26:01 | |
| | Reiko Tosa (JPN) | 2:26:06 | |
| | Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) | 2:26:18 | |
| 4 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 2:26:33 | |
| 5 | Sonja Krolik (GER) | 2:28:17 | |
| 6 | Florence Barsosio (KEN) | 2:28:36 | |
| 7 | Shitaye Gemechu (ETH) | 2:28:40 | PB |
| 8 | Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 2:28:54 | |
| 9 | Kazumi Matsuo (JPN) | 2:29:57 | |
| 10 | Constantina Diță (ROM) | 2:30:38 | PB |
| 11 | Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) | 2:30:48 | |
| 12 | Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova (RUS) | 2:30:58 | SB |
| 13 | Fatuma Roba (ETH) | 2:31:10 | |
| 14 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 2:32:45 | |
| 15 | Nuţa Olaru (ROM) | 2:33:05 | |
| 16 | Yun Sun-Sook (KOR) | 2:33:09 | |
| 17 | Bruna Genovese (ITA) | 2:33:13 | |
| 18 | Marleen Renders (BEL) | 2:33:25 | |
| 19 | Meseret Kotu (ETH) | 2:33:43 | PB |
| 20 | Rosaria Console (ITA) | 2:34:11 | |
| 21 | Tiziana Alagia (ITA) | 2:34:45 | |
| 22 | Rie Matsuoka (JPN) | 2:34:45 | |
| 23 | Melanie Kraus (GER) | 2:34:51 | |
| 24 | Marie Söderström-Lundberg (SWE) | 2:35:00 | |
| 25 | Maria Abel (ESP) | 2:35:09 | |
| 26 | Sara Ferrari (ITA) | 2:36:07 | |
| 27 | María Luisa Larraga (ESP) | 2:36:20 | |
| 28 | Marta Fernández (ESP) | 2:37:09 | |
| 29 | Griselda González (ESP) | 2:37:52 | |
| 30 | Alina Gherasim (ROM) | 2:38:19 | |
| 31 | Tadelesh Birra (ETH) | 2:39:10 | |
| 32 | Jill Gaitenby (USA) | 2:39:20 | |
| 33 | Tina Connelly (CAN) | 2:40:16 | |
| 34 | Sandy Jacobson (CAN) | 2:40:24 | |
| 35 | Eva Sanz (ESP) | 2:41:16 | |
| 36 | Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM) | 2:42:23 | |
| 37 | Takami Ominami (JPN) | 2:42:25 | |
| 38 | Isabelle Ledroit (CAN) | 2:43:30 | |
| 39 | Teresa Duffy (IRL) | 2:43:33 | |
| 40 | Susan Michelsson (AUS) | 2:46:14 | |
| 41 | Michelle Simonaitis (USA) | 2:46:20 | SB |
| 42 | Rosa Gutierrez (GUA) | 2:49:08 | |
| 43 | Danuta Bartoszek (CAN) | 2:50:06 | |
| 44 | Tania Jones (CAN) | 2:50:46 | |
| 45 | Rachel Cook (USA) | 2:53:21 | |
| 46 | Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK) | 2:54:12 | |
| 47 | Alexa Babakhanian (ARM) | 2:56:57 | |
| 48 | Magda Castillo (HON) | 2:57:17 | NR |
| 49 | Margarita Conde (GUA) | 3:03:03 | PB |
| 50 | Angelina Cornelio (GUA) | 3:12:21 | |
| 51 | Herlinda Xol (GUA) | 3:14:29 | |
| 52 | Lindiwe Maziya (SWZ) | 3:23:19 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) | DNF | |
| — | Cristiana Pomacu (ROM) | DNF | |
| — | Jennifer Tonkin (USA) | DNF | |
| — | Kathrin Ullrich (GER) | DNF | |
| — | Zahia Dahmani (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Irina Matrosova (UZB) | DNF | |