# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 14 August on the Sambadrome.

## Summary

At 9:30 in the morning, the race started with temperatures around 19 °C (66 °F). The pack stayed bunched, with Mare Dibaba, Visiline Jepkesho, Rose Chelimo, Volha Mazuronak and Tirfi Tsegaye each taking their turns in the spotlight. The racing got serious, the pack was down to seven at 30 kilometres with American Desiree Linden the closest pursuer but unable to get back with the group. Shalane Flanagan was consistently toward the back of the group, then she began to fall off. As Flanagan and Mazuronak struggled with the group, the remaining five African runners surged, the gap grew. Chelimo was the next to drop off the group.
Eunice Kirwa never held the lead and Jemima Sumgong only asserted herself in the last 5 kilometers. When she did the pack strung out to a straight line, former race walker Mazuronak and Tsegaye falling off the back. At a water station, Dibaba was the last to fall off, and then there were two. World Championship bronze medalist and Nagoya Champion Kirwa shadowing London Champion Sumgong until the final kilometer. Then Sumgong expanded the gap in the long final straight into the finish. By the finish of the race, the temperature had risen to 26 °C (79 °F).
Three sets of twins finished the marathon; two of the Luik triplets from Estonia, the Hahner twins from Germany and the Kim sisters from North Korea.
The medals were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC member, Morocco and Hiroshi Yokokawa, Council Member of the IAAF.

## Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2:15:25 | London, United Kingdom | 13 April 2003 |
| Olympic record | Tiki Gelana (ETH) | 2:23:07 | London, United Kingdom | 5 August 2012 |
| 2016 World leading | Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH) | 2:19:41 | Dubai, UAE | 22 January 2016 |

## Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 9:30 | Finals |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality/region | Time | Notes |
| | Jemima Sumgong | Kenya | 2:24:04 | |
| | Eunice Kirwa | Bahrain | 2:24:13 | |
| | Mare Dibaba | Ethiopia | 2:24:30 | |
| 4 | Tirfi Tsegaye | Ethiopia | 2:24:47 | |
| 5 | Volha Mazuronak | Belarus | 2:24:48 | |
| 6 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 2:25:26 | SB |
| 7 | Desiree Linden | United States | 2:26:08 | SB |
| 8 | Rose Chelimo | Bahrain | 2:27:36 | |
| 9 | Amy Cragg | United States | 2:28:25 | |
| 10 | Kim Hye-song | North Korea | 2:28:36 | SB |
| 11 | Kim Hye-gyong | North Korea | 2:28:36 | |
| 12 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 2:29:32 | |
| 13 | Valeria Straneo | Italy | 2:29:44 | SB |
| 14 | Kayoko Fukushi | Japan | 2:29:53 | |
| 15 | Gladys Tejeda | Peru | 2:29:55 | SB |
| 16 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal | 2:30:39 | |
| 17 | Diana Lobačevskė | Lithuania | 2:30:48 | |
| 18 | Milly Clark | Australia | 2:30:53 | |
| 19 | Tomomi Tanaka | Japan | 2:31:12 | |
| 20 | Fionnuala McCormack | Ireland | 2:31:22 | PB |
| 21 | Iwona Lewandowska | Poland | 2:31:41 | |
| 22 | Jessica Trengove | Australia | 2:31:44 | |
| 23 | Monika Stefanowicz | Poland | 2:32:49 | |
| 24 | Lanni Marchant | Canada | 2:33:08 | |
| 25 | Catherine Bertone | Italy | 2:33:29 | |
| 26 | Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová | Czech Republic | 2:33:51 | |
| 27 | Lilia Fisikowici | Moldova | 2:34:05 | PB |
| 28 | Alyson Dixon | Great Britain | 2:34:11 | |
| 29 | Maja Neuenschwander | Switzerland | 2:34:27 | |
| 30 | Sonia Samuels | Great Britain | 2:34:36 | |
| 31 | Lisa Jane Weightman | Australia | 2:34:41 | |
| 32 | Madaí Pérez | Mexico | 2:34:42 | |
| 33 | Olha Kotovska | Ukraine | 2:34:57 | SB |
| 34 | Azucena Díaz | Spain | 2:35:02 | |
| 35 | Krista DuChene | Canada | 2:35:29 | |
| 36 | Jovana de la Cruz | Peru | 2:35:49 | |
| 37 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 2:35:50 | |
| 38 | Vaida Žūsinaitė | Lithuania | 2:35:53 | |
| 39 | Yiu Kit Ching | Hong Kong | 2:36:11 | NR |
| 40 | Jessica Draskau-Petersson | Denmark | 2:36:14 | |
| 41 | Beata Naigambo | Namibia | 2:36:32 | |
| 42 | Ahn Seul-ki | South Korea | 2:36:50 | |
| 43 | Angie Orjuela | Colombia | 2:37:05 | |
| 44 | Anja Scherl | Germany | 2:37:23 | |
| 45 | Maryna Damantsevich | Belarus | 2:37:34 | |
| 46 | Mai Ito | Japan | 2:37:37 | |
| 47 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 2:37:39 | |
| 48 | Margarita Hernández | Mexico | 2:38:15 | |
| 49 | Kim Kum-ok | North Korea | 2:38:24 | |
| 50 | Kenza Dahmani | Algeria | 2:38:37 | |
| 51 | Anne-Mari Hyryläinen | Finland | 2:39:02 | |
| 52 | Zsófia Erdélyi | Hungary | 2:39:04 | |
| 53 | Yue Chao | China | 2:39:09 | |
| 54 | Sitora Hamidova | Uzbekistan | 2:39:45 | PB |
| 55 | Anne Holm Baumeister | Denmark | 2:39:49 | |
| 56 | Helalia Johannes | Namibia | 2:39:55 | |
| 57 | Lizzie Lee | Ireland | 2:39:57 | |
| 58 | Esma Aydemir | Turkey | 2:39:59 | |
| 59 | Iuliia Andreeva | Kyrgyzstan | 2:40:34 | |
| 60 | Andrea Deelstra | Netherlands | 2:40:49 | |
| 61 | Ilona Marhele | Latvia | 2:41:02 | |
| 62 | Viktoriia Poliudina | Kyrgyzstan | 2:41:37 | |
| 63 | Dina Lebo Phalula | South Africa | 2:41:46 | |
| 64 | Andrea Mayr | Austria | 2:41:52 | |
| 65 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary | 2:42:03 | |
| 66 | Svitlana Stanko-Klymenko | Ukraine | 2:42:26 | |
| 67 | Mayada Al-Sayad | Palestine | 2:42:28 | |
| 68 | Nyakisi Adero | Uganda | 2:42:39 | SB |
| 69 | Adriana Aparecida da Silva | Brazil | 2:43:22 | |
| 70 | Lim Kyung-hee | South Korea | 2:43:31 | |
| 71 | Beverly Ramos | Puerto Rico | 2:43:52 | |
| 72 | Munkhzaya Bayartsogt | Mongolia | 2:43:55 | |
| 73 | Erika Abril | Colombia | 2:44:05 | |
| 74 | Manuela Soccol | Belgium | 2:44:18 | |
| 75 | Alina Armas | Namibia | 2:44:20 | |
| 76 | Breege Connolly | Ireland | 2:44:41 | |
| 77 | Marina Khmelevskaya | Uzbekistan | 2:45:06 | |
| 78 | Marily dos Santos | Brazil | 2:45:08 | |
| 79 | Hua Shaoqing | China | 2:45:09 | |
| 80 | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea | 2:45:21 | |
| 81 | Anna Hahner | Germany | 2:45:32 | |
| 82 | Lisa Hahner | Germany | 2:45:33 | |
| 83 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 2:45:37 | |
| 84 | Els Rens | Belgium | 2:45:52 | |
| 85 | Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar | Mongolia | 2:45:55 | |
| 86 | Visiline Jepkesho | Kenya | 2:46:05 | |
| 87 | Nataliya Lehonkova | Ukraine | 2:46:08 | |
| 88 | Ourania Rebouli | Greece | 2:46:32 | |
| 89 | O. P. Jaisha | India | 2:47:19 | |
| 90 | Maor Tiyouri | Israel | 2:47:27 | |
| 91 | Jane Vongvorachoti | Thailand | 2:47:27 | |
| 92 | Rutendo Nyahora | Zimbabwe | 2:47:32 | |
| 93 | Yolimar Pineda | Venezuela | 2:47:34 | |
| 94 | Mariya Korobitskaya | Kyrgyzstan | 2:47:53 | |
| 95 | Silvia Paredes | Ecuador | 2:48:01 | |
| 96 | Christine Kalmer | South Africa | 2:48:24 | |
| 97 | Lily Luik | Estonia | 2:48:29 | |
| 98 | Tereza Master | Malawi | 2:48:34 | NR |
| 99 | María Elena Calle | Ecuador | 2:48:39 | |
| 100 | Rosa Chacha | Ecuador | 2:48:52 | |
| 101 | Paula Todoran | Romania | 2:48:54 | |
| 102 | Dailín Belmonte | Cuba | 2:48:58 | |
| 103 | Sofia Riga | Greece | 2:49:07 | |
| 104 | Matea Matošević | Croatia | 2:50:00 | |
| 105 | Érika Olivera | Chile | 2:50:29 | |
| 106 | Ariana Hilborn | Latvia | 2:50:51 | |
| 107 | Katarína Berešová | Slovakia | 2:50:54 | |
| 108 | Militsa Mircheva | Bulgaria | 2:51:06 | |
| 109 | Chirine Njeim | Lebanon | 2:51:08 | |
| 110 | Rosa Godoy | Argentina | 2:52:31 | |
| 111 | Sultan Haydar | Turkey | 2:53:57 | |
| 112 | Meryem Erdoğan | Turkey | 2:54:04 | |
| 113 | Hsieh Chien-ho | Chinese Taipei | 2:54:18 | |
| 114 | Leila Luik | Estonia | 2:54:38 | |
| 115 | Carmen Martínez | Paraguay | 2:56:43 | |
| 116 | Lucia Kimani | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:58:22 | |
| 117 | Rosemary Quispe | Bolivia | 2:58:32 | |
| 118 | Panayiota Vlahaki | Greece | 2:59:12 | |
| 119 | Marija Vrajić | Croatia | 2:59:24 | |
| 120 | Kavita Tungar | India | 2:59:29 | |
| 121 | Sara Ramadhani | Tanzania | 3:00:03 | |
| 122 | Irina Smolnikova | Kazakhstan | 3:00:31 | |
| 123 | Natalia Romero | Chile | 3:01:29 | |
| 124 | Mary Joy Tabal | Philippines | 3:02:27 | |
| 125 | Viviana Chavez | Argentina | 3:03:23 | |
| 126 | Claudette Mukasakindi | Rwanda | 3:05:57 | |
| 127 | Chen Yu-hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 3:09:13 | |
| 128 | Graciete Santana | Brazil | 3:09:15 | |
| 129 | Niluka Geethani Rajasekara | Sri Lanka | 3:11:05 | |
| 130 | Natthaya Thanaronnawat | Thailand | 3:11:31 | |
| 131 | Neo Jie Shi | Singapore | 3:15:18 | |
| 132 | Sarah Attar | Saudi Arabia | 3:16:11 | |
| 133 | Nary Ly | Cambodia | 3:20:20 | |
| – | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland | DNF | |
| – | Helah Kiprop | Kenya | DNF | |
| – | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | Israel | DNF | |
| – | Anna Incerti | Italy | DNF | |
| – | Christelle Daunay | France | DNF | |
| – | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | DNF | |
| – | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | DNF | |
| – | Inés Melchor | Peru | DNF | |
| – | Kellys Arias | Colombia | DNF | |
| – | Olivera Jevtić | Serbia | DNF | |
| – | Estela Navascués | Spain | DNF | |
| – | Liina Luik | Estonia | DNF | |
| – | María Peralta | Argentina | DNF | |
| – | Tigist Tufa | Ethiopia | DNF | |
| – | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | DNF | |
| – | Nastassia Ivanova | Belarus | DNF | |
| – | Shitaye Eshete | Bahrain | DNF | |
| – | Gulzhanat Zhanatbek | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| – | Daniela Cârlan | Romania | DNF | |
| – | Slađana Perunović | Montenegro | DNF | |
| – | Sara Moreira | Portugal | DNF | |
| – | Koutar Boulaid | Morocco | DNF | |
| – | Daneja Grandovec | Slovenia | DNF | |
| – | Irvette van Zyl | South Africa | DNS | |