# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 2 September 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

## Medallists

| Gold | Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN) |
| Silver | Zhou Chunxiu China (CHN) |
| Bronze | Reiko Tosa Japan (JPN) |

## 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

| World Record | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | London, Great Britain | 13 April 2003 |
| Championship Record | 2:20:57 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | Helsinki, Finland | 2005 |

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya (KEN) | 2:30:37 | SB |
| | Zhou Chunxiu | China (CHN) | 2:30:45 | |
| | Reiko Tosa | Japan (JPN) | 2:30:55 | SB |
| 4 | Zhu Xiaolin | China (CHN) | 2:31:21 | |
| 5 | Lidia Șimon | Romania (ROM) | 2:31:26 | SB |
| 6 | Kiyoko Shimahara | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:40 | SB |
| 7 | Rita Jeptoo | Kenya (KEN) | 2:32:03 | SB |
| 8 | Edith Masai | Kenya (KEN) | 2:32:22 | |
| 9 | Mara Yamauchi | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:32:55 | |
| 10 | Lyubov Morgunova | Russia (RUS) | 2:33:41 | |
| 11 | Zhang Shujing | China (CHN) | 2:33:46 | |
| 12 | Gulnara Vygovskaya | Russia (RUS) | 2:33:57 | |
| 13 | Nina Rillstone | New Zealand (NZL) | 2:33:58 | SB |
| 14 | Mari Ozaki | Japan (JPN) | 2:35:04 | |
| 15 | Madaí Pérez | Mexico (MEX) | 2:35:17 | |
| 16 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria (ALG) | 2:35:29 | |
| 17 | Anna Incerti | Italy (ITA) | 2:36:36 | SB |
| 18 | Yumiko Hara | Japan (JPN) | 2:36:40 | |
| 19 | Tracey Morris | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:36:40 | SB |
| 20 | Melanie Kraus | Germany (GER) | 2:37:20 | |
| 21 | Sun Weiwei | China (CHN) | 2:37:53 | |
| 22 | Askale Tafa | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:38:01 | |
| 23 | Yasuko Hashimoto | Japan (JPN) | 2:38:36 | |
| 24 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 2:38:56 | |
| 25 | Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai | Kenya (KEN) | 2:39:14 | |
| 26 | Deborah Toniolo | Italy (ITA) | 2:39:46 | SB |
| 27 | Anna Rahm | Sweden (SWE) | 2:41:15 | |
| 28 | Alina Gherasim | Romania (ROM) | 2:41:40 | |
| 29 | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu | Norway (NOR) | 2:41:57 | |
| 30 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia (SLO) | 2:42:03 | |
| 31 | Ann Alyanak | United States (USA) | 2:42:23 | |
| 32 | Nailiya Yulamanova | Russia (RUS) | 2:42:56 | |
| 33 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:43:28 | |
| 34 | Tabitha Tsatsa | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:44:20 | |
| 35 | Zoila Gómez | United States (USA) | 2:44:49 | |
| 36 | Anália Rosa | Portugal (POR) | 2:45:38 | SB |
| 37 | Wei Yanan | China (CHN) | 2:45:50 | |
| 38 | Dana Coons | United States (USA) | 2:46:12 | SB |
| 39 | Annemette Aagaard | Denmark (DEN) | 2:46:22 | |
| 40 | Bahar Doğan | Turkey (TUR) | 2:46:25 | |
| 41 | Nili Abramski | Israel (ISR) | 2:46:27 | |
| 42 | Mary Akor | United States (USA) | 2:47:06 | |
| 43 | Susanne Hahn | Germany (GER) | 2:47:29 | |
| 44 | Lim Kyung-Hee | South Korea (KOR) | 2:49:30 | SB |
| 45 | Chae Eun-Hee | South Korea (KOR) | 2:50:26 | |
| 46 | Eleni Donta | Greece (GRE) | 2:50:59 | |
| 47 | Zekiros Adanech | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:54:00 | |
| 48 | Lucilla Andreucci | Italy (ITA) | 2:56:19 | |
| 49 | Samia Akbar | United States (USA) | 2:56:27 | SB |
| 50 | Georgia Abatzidou | Greece (GRE) | 2:59:22 | SB |
| 51 | Patricia Gauquelin | French Polynesia (PYF) | 3:03:08 | SB |
| 52 | Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar | Mongolia (MGL) | 3:04:59 | SB |
| 53 | Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 3:11:45 | |
| 54 | Tanith Maxwell | South Africa (RSA) | 3:14:56 | |
| 55 | Poppy Mlambo | South Africa (RSA) | 3:23:55 | |
| 56 | Robe Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 3:26:45 | |
| 57 | Melissa Henderson | Belize (BIZ) | 3:52:35 | |
| | Luciah Kimani | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | DNF | |
| | Domingas Embana Togna | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | DNF | |
| | Lioudmila Kortchaguina | Russia (RUS) | DNF | |
| | Angélica Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | DNF | |
| | Dire Tune | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Luminița Talpoș | Romania (ROM) | DNF | |
| | Galina Bogomolova | Russia (RUS) | DNF | |
| | Nuţa Olaru | Romania (ROM) | DNF | |
| | Giovanna Volpato | Italy (ITA) | DNF | |
| | Shitaye Gemechu | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNS | |

## Team

| Place | Country | Mark |
| 1 | Kenya | 7:35:02 |
| 2 | China | 7:35:52 |
| 3 | Japan | 7:37:39 |
| 4 | Russia | 7:50:34 |
| 5 | Italy | 8:12:41 |
| 6 | United States | 8:13:24 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 8:58:46 |