# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish. The winning margin was 8 seconds.
After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valentina Yegorova Unified Team |
| Silver | Yuko Arimori Japan |
| Bronze | Lorraine Moller New Zealand |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 | London, United Kingdom |
| Olympic Record | Joan Benoit (USA) | 2:24:52 | August 5, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Season Best | Olga Markova (RUS) | 2:23:43 | April 20, 1992 | Boston, United States |

## Final ranking

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Valentina Yegorova (EUN) | 2:32:41 |
| | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | 2:32:49 |
| | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 2:33:59 |
| 4. | Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) | 2:36:26 |
| 5. | Katrin Dörre (GER) | 2:36:48 |
| 6. | Mun Gyong-ae (PRK) | 2:37:03 |
| 7. | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:38:22 |
| 8. | Ramilya Burangulova (EUN) | 2:38:46 |
| 9. | Colleen De Reuck (RSA) | 2:39:03 |
| 10. | Cathy O'Brien (USA) | 2:39:42 |
| 11. | Karolina Szabó (HUN) | 2:40:10 |
| 12. | Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) | 2:41:09 |
| 13. | Sally Eastall (GBR) | 2:41:20 |
| 14. | Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) | 2:41:48 |
| 15. | Birgit Jerschabek (GER) | 2:42:45 |
| 16. | Véronique Marot (GBR) | 2:42:55 |
| 17. | Márcia Narloch (BRA) | 2:44:32 |
| 18. | Emma Scaunich (ITA) | 2:46:14 |
| 19. | Odette Lapierre (CAN) | 2:46:18 |
| 20. | Anna Villani (ITA) | 2:46:44 |
| 21. | Janis Klecker (USA) | 2:47:17 |
| 22. | Wanda Panfil (POL) | 2:47:27 |
| 23. | Bettina Sabatini (ITA) | 2:50:09 |
| 24. | Alena Peterková (TCH) | 2:53:30 |
| 25. | Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) | 2:54:21 |
| 26. | Małgorzata Birbach (POL) | 2:54:33 |
| 27. | Sally Ellis (GBR) | 2:54:41 |
| 28. | Pascaline Wangui (KEN) | 2:56:46 |
| 29. | Yumi Kokamo (JPN) | 2:58:18 |
| 30. | Addis Gezahegn (ETH) | 2:58:27 |
| 31. | Janete Mayal (BRA) | 3:00:23 |
| 32. | Elena Murgoci (ROU) | 3:01:46 |
| 33. | Vilma Peña (CRC) | 3:03:34 |
| 34. | Ena Guevara (PER) | 3:05:50 |
| 35. | Ana Gutiérrez (ISV) | 3:14:02 |
| 36. | Jen Allred (GUM) | 3:14:45 |
| 37. | Christine Bakombo (ZAI) | 3:29:10 |
| — | Aurora Cunha (POR) | DNF |
| — | Olga Appell (MEX) | DNF |
| — | Franziska Moser (SUI) | DNF |
| — | Đặng Thị Tèo (VIE) | DNF |
| — | Lizanne Bussieres (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Maria Rebelo (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Cornelia Melis (ARU) | DNF |
| — | Marguerite Buist (NZL) | DNF |
| — | Lisa Ondieki (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Madina Biktagirova (EUN) | DSQ |