Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
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| Women's marathon at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:32:41 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
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.[1] 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.[2]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Valentina Yegorova Unified Team
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| Silver | Yuko Arimori Japan
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| Bronze | Lorraine Moller New Zealand
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Abbreviations
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record |  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) |
2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 |  London, United Kingdom
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| Olympic Record |  Joan Benoit (USA) |
2:24:52 | August 5, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States
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| Season Best |  Olga Markova (RUS) |
2:23:43 | April 20, 1992 | Boston, United States
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Final ranking
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See also
[edit]- 1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)
- 1992 Marathon Year Ranking
- 1993 Women's World Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
- 1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
References
[edit]- Specific
- ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). "B: BAA to Bush, George W.". Running Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Source for Today's Runner. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7360-3734-1.
- General
- (in French) Marathon Info
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