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Long distance running race at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
Women's marathon
at the 1991 World Championships
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
Date25 August 1991
Competitors39 from 25 nations
Winning time2:29:53
Medalists
gold medal Wanda Panfil   Poland
silver medal Sachiko Yamashita   Japan
bronze medal Katrin Dörre   Germany
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Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's marathon was one of the road events at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. It took place on 25 August 1991; the course started and finished at the National Stadium. The race was won by Poland's Wanda Panfil in 2:29:53, ahead of Sachiko Yamashita of Japan in second and Germany's Katrin Dörre in third.

Final ranking

Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wanda Panfil  Poland (POL) 2:29:53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sachiko Yamashita  Japan (JPN) 2:29:57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Dörre  Germany (GER) 2:30:10
4 Yuko Arimori  Japan (JPN) 2:31:08
5 Maria Rebelo  France (FRA) 2:32:05
6 Kamila Gradus  Poland (POL) 2:32:09
7 Manuela Machado  Portugal (POR) 2:32:33
8 Ramilya Burangulova  Soviet Union (URS) 2:33:00
9 Iris Biba  Germany (GER) 2:33:48
10 Sally Ellis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:35:09
11 Sally Eastall  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:36:16
12 Kumi Araki  Japan (JPN) 2:38:27
13 Joy Smith  United States (USA) 2:39:16
14 María Trujillo  United States (USA) 2:39:28
15 Fabiola Rueda  Colombia (COL) 2:41:51
16 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway (NOR) 2:43:11
17 Franziska Moser  Switzerland (SUI) 2:44:07
18 Pascaline Wangui  Kenya (KEN) 2:45:22
19 Ena Guevara  Peru (PER) 2:48:53
20 Françoise Bonnet  France (FRA) 2:48:57
21 Cornelia Melis  Aruba (ARU) 2:58:18
22 Yi-Lo Man  Hong Kong (HKG) 2:59:39
23 Gina Coello  Honduras (HON) 2:59:54 NR
24 Graciela Caizabanda  Ecuador (ECU) 3:00:03
– Chen Qingmei  China (CHN) DNF
Aurora Cunha  Portugal (POR)
Joke Kleijweg  Netherlands (NED)
Veronique Marot  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Ludmila Melicherová  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Rosa Mota  Portugal (POR)
Márcia Narloch  Brazil (BRA)
Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark (DEN)
Anna Villani  Italy (ITA)
Tatyana Zuyeva  Soviet Union (URS)
Laura Fogli  Italy (ITA)
Valentina Yegorova  Soviet Union (URS)
Gordon Bloch  United States (USA)
Isabel Canto  Guatemala (GUA)
Sandra Natal  Dominican Republic (DOM)

See also

References

  1. "Marathon women: 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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