# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 10 August.
The first event of these World Championships started under hot and humid conditions at 2 in the afternoon. The race was dominated by the front running of 37-year-old Italian Valeria Straneo, leading at every split point. Like the 2012 Olympics, this did not look like the day for defending champion Edna Kiplagat, by 10K she had already dropped almost 30 seconds off the pace set by a large pack of leaders. By 15K, Kiplagat had joined the pack of 7 leaders, which also included Jia Chaofeng, Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer, Meselech Melkamu, Feyse Tadese and Kayoko Fukushi with the rest of the field being single or double marathoners, without any chase group. The pack lost individuals, Jia was the first to exit, followed by Tadese, Kipketer and Kabuu. By the time Fukushi lost some ground, the closest remaining chaser was her teammate Ryoko Kizaki over a minute back. When Melkamu left, she left quickly leaving a two-woman race to the finish. In the shadow of the stadium, Kiplagat pulled away from Straneo through the Olympic Park to a 14-second victory, Fukushi about 2 minutes back to get the bronze. Kiplagat is the first woman to repeat as champion in the marathon.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:15:25 | London, United Kingdom | 13 April 2003 |
| Championship record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:20:57 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
| World leading | Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) | 2:20:15 | London, United Kingdom | 21 April 2013 |
| African record | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) | 2:18:37 | London, United Kingdom | 22 April 2012 |
| Asian record | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 2:19:12 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2005 |
| NACAC record | Deena Kastor (USA) | 2:19:36 | London, United Kingdom | 23 April 2006 |
| South American record | Inés Melchor (PER) | 2:28:54 | London, United Kingdom | 5 August 2012 |
| European record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:15:25 | London, United Kingdom | 13 April 2003 |
| Oceanian record | Benita Willis (AUS) | 2:22:36 | Chicago, United States | 22 October 2006 |

## Qualification standards

* Time
* 2:43:00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2013 | 14:00 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Final

The race was started at 14:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya (KEN) | 2:25:44 | |
| | Valeria Straneo | Italy (ITA) | 2:25:58 | SB |
| | Kayoko Fukushi | Japan (JPN) | 2:27:45 | |
| 4 | Ryoko Kizaki | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:28 | |
| 5 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain (ESP) | 2:32:38 | |
| 6 | Emma Quaglia | Italy (ITA) | 2:34:16 | SB |
| 7 | Madaí Pérez | Mexico (MEX) | 2:34:23 | SB |
| 8 | Kim Hye-Gyong | North Korea (PRK) | 2:35:49 | |
| 9 | Deena Kastor | United States (USA) | 2:36:12 | SB |
| 10 | Susan Partridge | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:36:24 | |
| 11 | Jessica Trengove | Australia (AUS) | 2:37:11 | SB |
| 12 | Diana Lobačevskė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:37:48 | |
| 13 | Aberu Kebede | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:38:04 | |
| 14 | Kim Hye-Song | North Korea (PRK) | 2:38:28 | |
| 15 | Lishan Dula | Bahrain (BHR) | 2:38:47 | SB |
| 16 | Sonia Samuels | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:38:47 | SB |
| 17 | Sin Yong-Sun | North Korea (PRK) | 2:39:22 | |
| 18 | Dorothy McMahan | United States (USA) | 2:39:52 | SB |
| 19 | Ding Changqin | China (CHN) | 2:40:13 | |
| 20 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:41:09 | SB |
| 21 | Albina Mayorova | Russia (RUS) | 2:41:19 | |
| 22 | Nadezhda Leonteva | Russia (RUS) | 2:42:49 | |
| 23 | Jeannette Faber | United States (USA) | 2:44:03 | SB |
| 24 | Lucy Wangui Kabuu | Kenya (KEN) | 2:44:06 | SB |
| 25 | Alina Armas | Namibia (NAM) | 2:45:09 | |
| 26 | Alevtina Biktimirova | Russia (RUS) | 2:45:11 | |
| 27 | Tatyana Aryasova | Russia (RUS) | 2:45:27 | |
| 28 | Wei Xiaojie | China (CHN) | 2:46:46 | |
| 29 | Kalliopi Astropekaki | Greece (GRE) | 2:47:12 | |
| 30 | Remalda Kergytė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:47:30 | |
| 31 | Kateryna Karmanenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:48:18 | SB |
| 32 | Kim Seong-Eun | South Korea (KOR) | 2:48:46 | |
| 33 | Carmen Oliveras | France (FRA) | 2:48:58 | |
| 34 | Cao Mojie | China (CHN) | 2:49:15 | |
| 35 | Renate Wyss | Switzerland (SUI) | 2:50:41 | |
| 36 | Karina Córdoba | Argentina (ARG) | 2:51:07 | SB |
| 37 | Mary Davies | New Zealand (NZL) | 2:51:24 | |
| 38 | Iuliia Andreeva | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2:53:16 | |
| 39 | Erika Abril | Colombia (COL) | 2:55:13 | |
| 40 | Lauren Shelley | Australia (AUS) | 2:55:40 | SB |
| 41 | Karina Neipán | Argentina (ARG) | 2:56:02 | SB |
| 42 | Tanith Maxwell | South Africa (RSA) | 2:56:37 | SB |
| 43 | Zuleima Amaya | Venezuela (VEN) | 2:58:22 | |
| 44 | Lanni Marchant | Canada (CAN) | 3:01:54 | SB |
| 45 | Nicole Chapple | Australia (AUS) | 3:05:49 | |
| 46 | Daneja Grandovec | Slovenia (SLO) | 3:10:46 | SB |
| | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea (ERI) | DQ | |
| | Érika Olivera | Chile (CHI) | DNF | |
| | Chen Yu-Hsuan | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | DNF | |
| | He Yinli | China (CHN) | DNF | |
| | Jia Chaofeng | China (CHN) | DNF | |
| | Jane Fardell | Australia (AUS) | DNF | |
| | Yolymar Pineda | Venezuela (VEN) | DNF | |
| | Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| | María Peralta | Argentina (ARG) | DNF | |
| | Leena Ekandjo | Namibia (NAM) | DNF | |
| | Feyse Tadese | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Kim Mi-Gyong | North Korea (PRK) | DNF | |
| | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Tiki Gelana | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Mizuki Noguchi | Japan (JPN) | DNF | |
| | Meseret Hailu | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar | Mongolia (MGL) | DNF | |
| | Sultan Haydar | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |
| | Ümmü Kiraz | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |
| | Helalia Johannes | Namibia (NAM) | DNF | |
| | Slađana Perunović | Montenegro (MNE) | DNF | |
| | Krista DuChene | Canada (CAN) | DNF | |
| | Beata Naigambo | Namibia (NAM) | DNF | |
| | Maria McCambridge | Ireland (IRL) | DNF | |
| | Patricia Morceli Bühler | Switzerland (SUI) | DNS | |
| | Rosa Chacha | Ecuador (ECU) | DNS | |