| Host City: Seville, Spain |
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| Dates: August 20–29, 1999 |
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| Nations participating: 201 |
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| Athletes participating: 1821 |
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Main venue: Estadio Olímpico
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| She never ran another marathon but by becoming the first North Korean to capture any world title Jong Song-ok created history in Seville. With a best time of 2:29:54 from 1996 she was not even the PRK’s no. 1 in Seville, for Kim Chang-ok had run 2:27:02. Despite the temperature rising from 24ºC at the 9.05 am start to 32º by the finish, she clocked the startling national record time of 2:26:59 and won the closest World Championships marathon yet. With Naoko Takahashi out with a hip injury (on the morning of the race), Japanese hopes were pinned mainly on 1993 champion Asari but it was 21 year-old Ichihashi, whose previous best was 2:28:29, who fought it out for the gold, losing by just 3 seconds. A pack of 15 reached halfway in 1:14:30 but after 2 hours of running only Ichihashi, imon and Jong were able to stay with the Olympic Champion, Roba. Soon afterwards Roba burst away and it looked all over but with 4 kilometres to go she was caught by the two Asians, who battled to the finish, and was later overtaken also by imon. The second half was completed by the winner in 1:12:29, amazing running in the conditions. Japan comfortably won the World Cup team contest held in conjunction. |
| The Women's Marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain was held on Sunday August 29, 1999. |
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Marathon |
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29 August |
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Women's Marathon
| Song-Ok Yong's golden performance brought the People's Republic of Korea its first ever medal in a World Championship, winning the marathon with a time of 2:26.59., a new national record. The race had an homogeneous rhythm throughout its first half (35:26. at 10km, 1:10.34.at 20km). The leading group consisted of sixteen athletes, and was headed by the Romanians Simon and Catuna, respectively the bronze medallist in Athens '97 and the silver medallist in Goteborg '95. From 28km the Chinese Sun Yingjie and the Olympic champion Fatuma Roba steeped up the pace, and the group lost several members. The Ethiopian Roba took the first position, and set a fast pace only followed by Ari Ichihashi (JPN), Simon and Jong Song-Ok. The gold medallist of Goteborg '95 and silver medallist of Athens '97, Portugal's Manuela Machado, was 50 metres behind them. Further on Ichihashi and Jong left Roba and at 40km the Korean attacked and took the final advantage over the Japanese. Lidia Simon won the bronze medal beating Roba in the last metres of the race. |
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Final |
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| 1 |
Jong Song Ok |
PRK |
18 Aug 74 |
2.26.59 |
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| 2 |
Ari Ichihashi |
JPN |
22 Nov 77 |
2.27.02 |
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| 3 |
Lidia Simon |
ROU |
4 Sep 73 |
2.27.41 |
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| 4 |
Fatuma Roba |
ETH |
18 Dec 70 |
2.28.04 |
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| 5 |
Elfenesh Alemu |
ETH |
10 Jun 75 |
2.28.52 |
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| 6 |
Sonja Oberem |
GER |
24 Feb 73 |
2.28.55 |
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| 7 |
Manuela Machado |
POR |
9 Aug 63 |
2.29.11 |
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| 8 |
Kayoko Obata |
JPN |
18 Sep 71 |
2.29.11 |
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| 9 |
Claudia Dreher |
GER |
2 May 71 |
2.29.22 |
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| 10 |
Kim Chung Ok |
PRK |
27 May 75 |
2.29.26 |
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| 11 |
Esther Wanjiru-Maina |
KEN |
27 Mar 77 |
2.29.36 |
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| 12 |
Sun Yingjie |
CHN |
3 Oct 77 |
2.30.12 |
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| 13 |
Florina Pana |
ROU |
20 Jan 73 |
2.30.28 |
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| 14 |
Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova |
RUS |
29 Apr 61 |
2.30.45 |
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| 15 |
Ana Isabel Alonso |
ESP |
16 Aug 63 |
2.31.38 |
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| 16 |
Junko Asari |
JPN |
22 Sep 69 |
2.31.39 |
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| 17 |
Mayumi Ichikawa |
JPN |
3 May 76 |
2.32.01 |
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| 18 |
Marie Söderström-Lundberg |
SWE |
21 Oct 60 |
2.35.25 |
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| 19 |
Constantina Dita |
ROU |
23 Jan 70 |
2.36.28 |
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| 20 |
Silvana Trampuz |
ITA |
15 Sep 66 |
2.36.49 |
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| 21 |
Mónica Pont |
ESP |
3 Jun 69 |
2.36.57 |
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| 22 |
Manuela Zipse |
GER |
11 May 74 |
2.37.24 |
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| 23 |
Kerryn McCann |
AUS |
2 May 67 |
2.38.31 |
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| 24 |
Anke Laws |
GER |
3 Feb 75 |
2.38.57 |
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| 25 |
Alina Gherasim |
ROU |
10 Nov 71 |
2.39.29 |
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| 26 |
Gadissie Edatto |
ETH |
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2.40.03 |
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| 27 |
Elisabeth Mongudhi |
NAM |
15 Jun 70 |
2.40.07 |
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| 28 |
Angelines Rodriguez |
ESP |
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2.40.10 |
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| 29 |
Zinaida Semenova |
RUS |
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2.41.33 |
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| 30 |
Jane Salumae |
EST |
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2.41.50 |
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| 31 |
Fatima Silva |
POR |
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2.42.55 |
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| 32 |
Marie Boyd |
USA |
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2.44.16 |
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| 33 |
Maria Luisa Muñoz |
ESP |
6 May 59 |
2.45.00 |
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| 34 |
Lete Yesus Berehe |
ETH |
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2.45.28 |
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| 35 |
Maria Trujillo |
USA |
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2.46.36 |
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| 36 |
Mary Lynn Currier |
USA |
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2.48.05 |
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| 37 |
Mimi Corcoran |
USA |
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2.49.21 |
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| 38 |
Cindy Keeler |
USA |
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2.53.04 |
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| 39 |
Sarah Mahlangu |
RSA |
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2.54.12 |
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| 40 |
Anna Markelova |
TKM |
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2.58.04 |
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| 41 |
Gina Coello |
HON |
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2.58.11 |
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| 42 |
Gulsara Dadabayeva |
TJK |
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3.23.01 |
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Anuta Catuna |
ROM |
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DNF |
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Elizabeth McCaul |
RSA |
10 Oct 59 |
DNF |
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Maria Polizou |
GRE |
10 Nov 68 |
DNF |
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Nicole Carroll |
AUS |
14 Jan 72 |
DNF |
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Yelena Gundelakh |
RUS |
19 Apr 74 |
DNF |
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Naoko Takahashi |
JPN |
6 May 72 |
DNS |
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Colleen de Reuck |
RSA |
13 Apr 64 |
DNS |
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Franca Fiacconi |
ITA |
4 Oct 65 |
DNS |
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Irina Timofeyeva |
RUS |
5 Apr 70 |
DNF |
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Heather Turland |
AUS |
27 Apr 60 |
DNF |
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Christine Mallo Joly |
FRA |
26 Feb 66 |
DNF |
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Abebe Tola Eda |
ETH |
30 Jan 77 |
DNF |
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| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1999 |
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| 1 |
699 |
Elizabeth Mungudhi |
 NAM |
2:36:44 |
2:38:02 |
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785 |
Anuta Catuna |
 ROU |
2:27:34 |
2:33:49 |
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1023 |
Cindy Keeler |
 USA |
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| 4 |
537 |
Franca Fiacconi |
 ITA |
2:25:17 |
2:28:33 |
| 5 |
407 |
Claudia Dreher |
 GER |
2:27:55 |
2:27:55 |
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601 |
Esther Wanjiru Maina |
 KEN |
2:25:40 |
2:25:40 |
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803 |
Lidia Simon |
ROU |
2:23:24 |
2:23:24 |
| 8 |
303 |
Lete Yesus Berehe |
 ETH |
2:42:10 |
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| 9 |
272 |
María Luisa Muñoz |
 ESP |
2:28:59 |
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| 10 |
834 |
Yelena Gundelakh |
 RUS |
2:32:05 |
2:32:05 |
| 11 |
29 |
Nicole Carroll |
 AUS |
2:25:52 |
2:25:52 |
| 12 |
772 |
Song-Ok Jong |
 PRK |
2:29:54 |
2:30:48 |
| 13 |
423 |
Sonja Oberem |
GER |
2:28:02 |
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| 14 |
1047 |
Maria Trujillo |
USA |
2:39:28 |
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| 15 |
302 |
Elfenesh Alemu |
ETH |
2:30:19 |
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| 16 |
464 |
Maria Polizou |
 GRE |
2:33:40 |
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| 17 |
796 |
Florina Pana |
ROU |
2:30:23 |
2:30:23 |
| 18 |
997 |
Marie Boyd |
USA |
2:39:43 |
2:39:43 |
| 19 |
773 |
Chang-Ok Kim |
PRK |
2:27:02 |
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| 20 |
763 |
Maria Manuela Machado |
 POR |
2:25:09 |
2:25:09 |
| 21 |
805 |
Camelia Alina Tecuţă-Gherasim |
ROU |
2:28:37 |
2:30:14 |
| 22 |
1003 |
Mimi Corcoran |
USA |
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| 23 |
575 |
Junko Asari |
 JPN |
2:26:10 |
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| 24 |
814 |
Elizabeth McCaul |
 RSA |
2:52:27 |
2:52:27 |
| 25 |
277 |
Mónica Pont |
ESP |
2:27:53 |
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| 26 |
867 |
Zinaida Semenova |
RUS |
2:31:49 |
2:35:11 |
| 27 |
257 |
Ana Isabel Alonso |
ESP |
2:26:51 |
2:29:54 |
| 28 |
43 |
Silvana Trampuz |
AUS |
2:33:50 |
2:33:50 |
| 29 |
768 |
Fátima Silva |
POR |
2:36:10 |
2:36:10 |
| 30 |
309 |
Abeba Tolla |
ETH |
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| 31 |
350 |
Christine Mallo |
 FRA |
2:31:49 |
2:31:49 |
| 32 |
810 |
Colleen De Reuck |
RSA |
2:26:35 |
2:27:54 |
| 33 |
37 |
Kerryn McCann |
AUS |
2:28:44 |
2:28:44 |
| 34 |
956 |
Anna Markelova |
 TKM |
2:58:21 |
2:58:21 |
| 35 |
297 |
Jane Salumäe |
 EST |
2:27:04 |
2:30:40 |
| 36 |
579 |
Mayumi Ichikawa |
JPN |
2:27:57 |
2:27:57 |
| 37 |
1006 |
Mary Lynn Currier |
USA |
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| 38 |
308 |
Fatuma Roba |
ETH |
2:23:21 |
2:23:25 |
| 39 |
870 |
Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova |
RUS |
2:32:38 |
2:32:38 |
| 40 |
44 |
Heather Turland |
AUS |
2:36:26 |
2:36:26 |
| 41 |
952 |
Gulsara Dadabaeva |
 TJK |
3:30:45 |
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| 42 |
442 |
Manuela Zipse |
GER |
2:30:58 |
2:31:18 |
| 43 |
279 |
Angelines Rodriguez |
ESP |
2:35:28 |
2:35:28 |
| 44 |
872 |
Irina Timofeeva |
RUS |
2:27:46 |
2:27:46 |
| 45 |
787 |
Constantina Dita |
ROU |
2:34:35 |
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| 46 |
813 |
Sarah Mahlangu |
RSA |
2:41:53 |
2:41:53 |
| 47 |
167 |
Yingjie Sun |
 CHN |
2:25:45 |
2:37:11 |
| 48 |
305 |
Gadissie Edatto |
ETH |
2:32:36 |
2:32:36 |
| 49 |
934 |
Marie Söderström-Lundberg |
 SWE |
2:35:21 |
2:35:21 |
| 50 |
588 |
Kayoko Obata |
JPN |
2:26:18 |
2:26:18 |
| 51 |
425 |
Anke Laws |
GER |
2:33:05 |
2:33:05 |
| 52 |
578 |
Ari Ichihashi |
JPN |
2:28:29 |
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| 53 |
487 |
Gina Coello |
 HON |
2:59:37 |
2:59:37 |
| 54 |
592 |
Naoko Takahashi |
JPN |
2:21:47 |
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