# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon

The women's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held in Budapest on 26 August 2023.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Brigid Kosgei (KEN) | 2:14:04 | Chicago, United States | 13 October 2019 |
| Championship record | Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH) | 2:18:11 | Eugene, United States | 18 July 2022 |
| World Leading | Rosemary Wanjiru (KEN) | 2:16:28 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 March 2023 |
| African Record | Brigid Kosgei (KEN) | 2:14:04 | Chicago, United States | 13 October 2019 |
| Asian Record | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 2:19:12 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2005 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Emily Sisson (USA) | 2:18:29 | Chicago, United States | 09 October 2022 |
| South American Record | Gladys Tejeda (PER) | 2:25:57 | Seville, Spain | 20 February 2022 |
| European Record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:15:25 | London, Great Britain | 13 April 2003 |
| Oceanian record | Sinead Diver (AUS) | 2:21:34 | Valencia, Spain | 04 December 2022 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:28:00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 26 August | 07:00 | Final |

## Results

The final was started on 26 August at 06:59.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Note |
| | Amane Beriso Shankule | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:24:23 | SB |
| | Gotytom Gebreslase | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:24:34 | SB |
| | Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi | Morocco (MAR) | 2:25:17 | |
| 4 | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | Israel (ISR) | 2:25:38 | SB |
| 5 | Yalemzerf Yehualaw | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:26:13 | |
| 6 | Rosemary Wanjiru | Kenya (KEN) | 2:26:42 | |
| 7 | Selly Chepyego Kaptich | Kenya (KEN) | 2:27:09 | |
| 8 | Nazret Weldu | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:27:23 | SB |
| 9 | Lindsay Flanagan | United States (USA) | 2:27:47 | |
| 10 | Dolshi Tesfu | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:28:54 | |
| 11 | Melat Yisak Kejeta | Germany (GER) | 2:29:04 | |
| 12 | Giovanna Epis | Italy (ITA) | 2:29:10 | |
| 13 | Mizuki Matsuda | Japan (JPN) | 2:29:15 | |
| 14 | Rebecca Cheptegei | Uganda (UGA) | 2:29:34 | SB |
| 15 | Natasha Wodak | Canada (CAN) | 2:30:09 | SB |
| 16 | Lisa Jane Weightman | Australia (AUS) | 2:30:50 | |
| 17 | Keira D'Amato | United States (USA) | 2:31:35 | SB |
| 18 | Mercyline Chelangat | Uganda (UGA) | 2:31:40 | |
| 19 | Rika Kaseda | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:53 | SB |
| 20 | Sayaka Sato [ja] | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:57 | SB |
| 21 | Doreen Chesang | Uganda (UGA) | 2:32:11 | |
| 22 | Alisa Vainio | Finland (FIN) | 2:32:14 | |
| 23 | Ümmü Kiraz | Turkey (TUR) | 2:33:23 | PB |
| 24 | Nóra Szabó [hu] | Hungary (HUN) | 2:33:28 | |
| 25 | Rkia El Moukim | Morocco (MAR) | 2:33:54 | |
| 26 | Moira Stewartová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2:34:02 | |
| 27 | Meritxell Soler [ca] | Spain (ESP) | 2:34:38 | |
| 28 | Gulshanoi Satarova | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2:35:06 | SB |
| 29 | Silvia Ortiz [de] | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:35:09 | |
| 30 | Natasha Cockram | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:35:34 | SB |
| 31 | Galbadrakhyn Khishigsaikhan | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:35:38 | SB |
| 32 | Li Zhixuan | China (CHN) | 2:35:48 | |
| 33 | Bojana Bjeljac | Croatia (CRO) | 2:35:49 | SB |
| 34 | Citlali Cristian Moscote | Mexico (MEX) | 2:36:03 | |
| 35 | Zaida Ramos | Peru (PER) | 2:36:23 | |
| 36 | Militsa Mircheva | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2:36:45 | SB |
| 37 | Clementine Mukandanga | Rwanda (RWA) | 2:37:09 | SB |
| 38 | Marta Galimany | Spain (ESP) | 2:37:10 | SB |
| 39 | Hanne Verbruggen | Belgium (BEL) | 2:37:15 | |
| 40 | Monika Jackiewicz [pl] | Poland (POL) | 2:37:18 | |
| 41 | Sarah Klein | Australia (AUS) | 2:37:31 | |
| 42 | Mokulubete Blandina Makatisi | Lesotho (LES) | 2:37:49 | SB |
| 43 | Isobel Batt-Doyle | Australia (AUS) | 2:37:53 | |
| 44 | Risper Biyaki [es] | Mexico (MEX) | 2:38:29 | |
| 45 | Irvette van Zyl | South Africa (RSA) | 2:38:32 | SB |
| 46 | Loreta Kancyte | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:38:52 | |
| 47 | Valdilene dos Santos Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 2:39:58 | |
| 48 | Zhang Deshun | China (CHN) | 2:40:17 | |
| 49 | Alina Armas | Namibia (NAM) | 2:40:49 | SB |
| 50 | Julia Mayer [de] | Austria (AUT) | 2:41:54 | |
| 51 | Rosa Chacha | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:42:00 | |
| 52 | Andreia Hessel | Brazil (BRA) | 2:42:23 | SB |
| 53 | Nicolasa Condori | Peru (PER) | 2:42:25 | |
| 54 | Nina Chydenius [fi] | Finland (FIN) | 2:42:36 | |
| 55 | Fortunate Chidzivo | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:43:28 | |
| 56 | Argentina Valdepeñas Cerna | Mexico (MEX) | 2:43:35 | |
| 57 | Katalin Kovács-Garami | Hungary (HUN) | 2:44:02 | |
| 58 | Susanna Sullivan | United States (USA) | 2:44:24 | |
| 59 | Karen Ehrenreich | Denmark (DEN) | 2:44:46 | |
| 60 | Solange Jesus | Portugal (POR) | 2:45:08 | |
| 61 | Sasha Gollish | Canada (CAN) | 2:45:09 | SB |
| 62 | Aydee Loayza Huaman | Peru (PER) | 2:45:40 | |
| 63 | Neja Kršinar | Slovenia (SLO) | 2:46:55 | SB |
| 64 | Mirela Saturnino De Andrade | Brazil (BRA) | 2:47:29 | |
| 65 | Tsao Chun-yu | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2:55:33 | |
| | Amina Bettiche | Algeria (ALG) | DNF | |
| | Cavaline Nahimana | Burundi (BDI) | DNF | |
| | Rose Chelimo | Bahrain (BHR) | DNF | |
| | Andrea Paola Bonilla | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF | |
| | Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| | Tsehay Gemechu | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Zhanna Mamazhanova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | DNF | |
| | Shyline Jepkorir Toroitich | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| | Adrijana Pop Arsova [mk] | North Macedonia (MKD) | DNF | |
| | Aleksandra Lisowska | Poland (POL) | DNF | |
| | Beverly Ramos | Puerto Rico (PUR) | DNF | |
| | Yayla Gönen | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |
| | Alia Saeed Mohammed | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | DNS | |