European Athletics Championships 2018 / Women's marathon

discipline	Women's marathon
city	Berlin
place	Circuit through Berlin
Participants	56 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	August 12, 2018
Individual medal winner
gold	Wolha Masuronak ( BLR )
silver	Clémence Calvin ( FRA )
bronze	Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová ( CZE )
The first three teams in the Marathon Cup - not counted in the official medal classification -
gold	Belarus
silver	Italy
bronze	Spain

The marathon runners in
front of the Brandenburg Gate

The women's marathon at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 12 in the German capital Berlin . In addition to the individual evaluation, there was also a team evaluation, the so-called Marathon Cup, with the best three runners per country, whose times were added up. This Marathon Cup was held for the second time, but was not included in the official medal ranking.

The European champion was the Belarusian Wolha Masuronak . She won ahead of the French Clémence Calvin . The third place went to the Czech Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová .

Belarus won the Marathon Cup with Wolha Masuronak , Maryna Damanzewitsch and Nastassja Iwanowa . Italy - Sara Dossena , Catherine Bertone, Fatna Maraoui - won the silver medal. Bronze went to Spain - Trihas Gebre, Nina Sawina, Elena Loyo.

route

The race was held on a circuit in downtown Berlin. One lap was ten kilometers, in the last lap there was another additional loop - a section of the Straße des 17. Juni between the Großer Stern and the Brandenburg Gate .

The start and finish of the run were at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz . Sights such as the Great Tiergarten , the Berlin Victory Column , Bellevue Palace , the House of World Cultures , the Reichstag Building , the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten , the Brandenburg Gate , Pariser Platz , the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe , the Potsdamer Platz , the New National Gallery , the Bauhaus Archive as well as Kurfürstendamm and Tauentzienstrasse . The route ran through the districts of Charlottenburg , Tiergarten and Mitte .

Refreshment stations were on Reichpietschufer and Bellevue Palace. Water and sponges were distributed at Olof-Palme-Platz , at the Soviet memorial in the zoo and in the additional loop. There were showers at the Soviet Memorial in the Tiergarten and on Tauentzienstrasse.

Records

Existing records

World record	Paula Radcliffe	2:15:25 h	London Marathon , UK	April 13, 2003
European record
Championship record	Christelle Daunay	2:25:14 h	EM in Zurich , Switzerland	August 16, 2014

Championship record Marathon Cup

Existing record	Italy ( Valeria Straneo - 2:25:27 h, Anna Incerti - 2:29:58 h, Nadia Ejjafini - 2:32:34 h)	7:27:59 h	EM in Zurich , Switzerland	August 16, 2014
New record	Belarus ( Wolha Masuronak - 2:26:22 h, Maryna Damanzewitsch - 2:27:44 h, Nastassja Ivanova - 2:27:49 h)	7:21:54 h	EM in Berlin , Germany	August 12, 2018

Race course

In recent years, with two exceptions, European women runners have not played a major role in world-class marathons. The Russian Olympic bronze medalist Tatjana Petrowa was not here in Berlin in 2012 . The favorites, however, were the seventh of the Olympic marathon in 2012 and runner-up in 2013, Valeria Straneo. She was also Vice European Champion in 2014 .

With times of just over seventeen and a half minutes for the first two five-kilometer sections, the race was reasonably quick, but not particularly fast. Nevertheless, after only five thousand meters, a thirteen-man leading group with the French Clémence Calvin at the top moved away slightly. The group gradually became a bit smaller, but the gap between them and the closest pursuers was small. After twenty kilometers, the Belarusian Maryna Damanzewitsch led a top group of ten. Over the next five kilometers, three runners - the Belarusian Wolha Masuronak, the Czech Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová and Calvin - easily cleared themselves. Masuronak struggled with nosebleeds early on in the race. Obviously a small vein had burst or opened, it was constantly busy wiping the blood off by hand. The two Belarusians Damanzewitsch and Nastassja Iwanowa, the Italian Sara Dossena, the Swiss Martina Strähl and the Spanish Trihas Gebre followed three seconds behind. Damanzewitsch caught up with the three leaders in the further course. Iwanowa followed, just under ten seconds behind. Dossena and Strähl were three more seconds behind, while Gebre lost touch more and more.

At 35 km, Calvin, Masuronak and Vrabcová-Nývltová were back in the lead in three. Damanzewitsch was now running alone, fourteen seconds behind. Behind them Iwanowa, Dossena and Strähl had formed a group of three chasing packs, which were only 33 seconds behind the three leaders. This constellation changed little over the next few kilometers. With Masuronak at the helm, the leading group stayed together even longer. However, they increased their lead steadily so that they would settle the medals among themselves. Damanzewitsch was still the only fourth, while Dossena was able to break away from her group and worked out a few seconds ahead of Ivanova and Strähl.

The decision was not made until the end of this race. Wolha Masuronak became European champion after she had prevailed against her two colleagues in the final section. She won six seconds ahead of Clémence Calvin. Three more seconds behind, Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová won the bronze medal, which set a new Czech national record with its running time. The next runners crossed the finish line a little more than a minute behind. Maryna Damanzewitsch was fourth, five seconds behind her Nastassja Ivanova was fifth. Sara Dossena followed just four seconds back in sixth ahead of Martina Strähl, the Italian Catherine Bertone and Trihas Gebre.

Belarus won the team competition. With Wolha Masuronak as the winner, Maryna Damanzewitsch as fourth and Nastassja Iwanowa as fifth, three of the best five runners came from Belarus. With a time of 7:21:54 h, the team was more than six minutes faster than the Italian winners at the first edition of the Marathon Cup four years ago in Zurich. Italy finished second with Sara Dossena - sixth, Catherine Bertone - eighth and Fatna Maraoui - fourteen. Spain won bronze with Trihas Gebre - ninth place, Nina Sawina - thirteen place - and Elena Loyo - 23rd place.

Split times
Intermediate mark	Meanwhile	Leading	5 km time
5 km	17:31 min	Clémence Calvin with a top group of 13	17:38 min
10 km	35:12 min	Clémence Calvin with a top group of nine	17:41 min
15 km	52:26 min	Catherine Bertone with a top group of eight	17:12 min
20 km	1:10:09 h	Maryna Damanzewitsch with a top group of 10	17:21 min
25 km	1:27:12 h	Masuronak, Vrabcová-Nývltová, Calvin / Damanzewitsch, Iwanowa, Dossena, Strähl, Gebre 3 s back	17:03 min
30 km	1:44:35 h	Calvin, Masuronak, Vrabcová-Nývltová, Damanzewitsch / Iwanowa 8 s back / Dossena, Strähl 13 s back	17:23 min
35 km	2:01:42 h	Calvin, Masuronak, Vrabcová-Nývltová / Damanzewitsch 14 s to. / Iwanowa, Dossena, Strähl 33 s for.	17:07 min
40 km	2:19:03 h	Masuronak, Calvin, Vrabcová-Nývltová / Damanzewitsch 44 s to. / Dossena 1:04 min to. / Iwanowa, Strähl 1:10 min to.	17:21 min

The marathon runners in the heart of Berlin

European champion Wolha Masuronak, Belarus

Vice European Champion Clémence Calvin, France

Bronze medalist Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová, Czech Republic

Sara Dossena, Italy ( left ) - sixth place and Martina Strähl, Switzerland - seventh place

Catherine Bertone, Italy - eighth place

Trihas Gebre, Spain - ninth place

Fabienne Amrhein, Germany ( left ) - eleventh place / Tracy Barlow, Great Britain ( center ) - fifteenth place / Fatna Maraoui, Italy ( right ) - fourteenth place

Nina Sawina, Belarus - twelfth place

Result

August 12, 2018, 9:05 a.m. CEST

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
	Wolha Masuronak	Belarus	2:26:22
	Clémence Calvin	France	2:26:28
	Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová	Czech Republic	2:26:31 NO
4th	Maryna Damanzewitsch	Belarus	2:27:44 PB
5	Nastassja Ivanova	Belarus	2:27:49 SB
6th	Sara Dossena	Italy	2:27:53 PB
7th	Martina Strähl	Switzerland	2:28:07 PB
8th	Catherine Bertone	Italy	2:30:06
9	Trihas Gebre	Spain	2:32:13
10	Izabela Trzaskalska	Poland	2:33:43
11	Fabienne Amrhein	Germany	2:33:44 PB
12	Nina Sawina	Belarus	2:33:50
13	María Azucena Díaz	Spain	2:34:00
14th	Fatna Maraoui	Italy	2:34:48
15th	Tracy Barlow	Great Britain	2:35:00
16	Katharina Heinig	Germany	2:35:00
17th	Mikaela Larsson	Sweden	2:35:06 PB
18th	Ruth van der Meijden	Netherlands	2:35:44
19th	Olha Kotowska	Ukraine	2:35:56
20th	Bojana Bjeljac	Croatia	2:37:31 PB
21st	Sonia Samuels	Great Britain	2:37:36
22nd	Hanna Lindholm	Sweden	2:37:44
23	Elena Loyo	Spain	2:37:54
24	Marta Galimany	Spain	2:38:25
25th	Darja Mychajlowa	Ukraine	2:38:30 SB
26th	Gloria Priviletzio	Greece	2:38:39 PB
27	Milda Eimontė	Lithuania	2:38:58
28	Laura Hrebec	Switzerland	2:39:03 PB
29	Lizzie Lee	Ireland	2:40:12
30th	Caryl Jones	Great Britain	2:40:41 SB
31	Breege Connolly	Ireland	2:41:53
32	Malin Starfelt	Sweden	2:42:32
33	Gladys Ganiel O'Neill	Ireland	2:42:42
34	Nikolina Šustić	Croatia	2:42:44 PB
35	Tubay Erdal	Turkey	2:43:10
36	Ourania Rembouli	Greece	2:44:32
37	Ummu Kiraz	Turkey	2:45:28
38	Vyera Ovcharuk	Ukraine	2:46:45 SB
39	Karoline Moen Guidon	Switzerland	2:46:56
40	Fanni Gyurkó	Hungary	2:47:20
41	Nikolina Stepan	Croatia	2:47:55
42	Paula Todoran	Romania	2:47:58
43	Vaida Žūsinaitė	Lithuania	2:50:49
44	Elif Dağdelen	Turkey	2:50:59
45	Matea Matošević	Croatia	2:56:29
46	Laura Gotti	Italy	3:34:13
DNF	Iryna Somawa	Belarus
	Viktorija Chapilina	Ukraine
	Clara Simal	Spain
	Lily Partridge	Great Britain
	Cecilia Norrbom	Sweden
	Andrea Deelstra	Netherlands
	Ilona Marhele	Latvia
	Laura Hottenrott	Germany
	Charlotte Purdue	Great Britain
DNS	Sonia Tsekini-Boudouri	Greece

Team competition, marathon cup

The three best female runners from each country were included in the ranking, their times being added up to produce the result. However, the competition was not included in the official medal scoring.

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
	Belarus	Wolha Masuronak - 2:26:22 (1st) Maryna Damanzewitsch - 2:27:44 (4th) Nastassja Ivanova - 2:27:49 (5th)	7:21:54 CR
	Italy	Sara Dossena - 2:27:53 (6th) Catherine Bertone - 2:30:06 (8th) Fatna Maraoui - 2:34:48 (14th)	7:32:46
	Spain	Trihas Gebre - 2:32:13 Nina Sawina - 2:34:00 Elena Loyo - 2:37:54	7:44:06
4th	Great Britain	Tracy Barlow - 2:35:00 (15th) Sonia Samuels - 2:37:36 (21st) Caryl Jones - 2:40:41 (30.)	7:53:16
5	Switzerland	Martina Strähl - 2:28:07 (7th) Laura Hrebec - 2:39:03 (28th) Karoline Moen Guidon - 2:46:56 (39th)	7:54:04
6th	Sweden	Mikaela Larsson - 2:45:06 (17th) Hanna Lindholm - 2:37:44 (22.) Malin Starfelt - 2:42:32 (32nd)	7:55:21
7th	Ukraine	Olha Kotowska - 2:35:56 (19th) Darja Mychajlowa - 2:38:30 (25th) Vyera Ovcharuk - 2:46:56 (38th)	8:01:10
8th	Ireland	Lizzie Lee - 2:40:29 (29.) Breege Connolly - 2:41:53 (31st) Gladys Ganiel O'Neill - 2:42:42 (33rd)	8:04:46
9	Croatia	Bojana Bjeljac - 2:37:31 (20th) Nikolina Šustić - 2:42:44 (34th) Nikolina Stepan - 2:47:55 (41st)	8:08:09
10	Turkey	Tubay Erdal - 2:43:10 (35th) Ümmü Kiraz - 2:45:28 (37th) Elif Dağdelen - 2:50:59 (44th)	8:19:35
DNF	Germany	Fabienne Amrhein - 2:33:44 (11th) Katharina Heinig - 2:35:00 (16.) Laura Hottenrott - DNF	only two participants in the finish
DNS	Greece	Gloria Priviletzio - 2:38:39 (26.) Ourania Rembouli - 2:44:32 (36th) Sonia Tsekini-Boudouri - DNA

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  María Azucena Díaz, Spain - thirteen

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  Katharina Heinig, Germany ( right ) - sixteenth place / Ruth van der Meijden ( left ), Netherlands - eighteenth place

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  Mikaela Larsson, Sweden - seventeenth place

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  Bojana Bjeljac, Croatia - 20th place

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  Sonia Samuels, Great Britain - 21st place

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  Elena Loyo, Spain ( left ) - rank 23 / Vjera Ovtscharuk, Ukraine ( right ) - rank 38

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  Gloria Priviletzio, Greece - 26th place

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  v. l. From right: Caryl Jones, Great Britain - thirty place / Laura Hrebec, Switzerland - 28th place / Paula Todoran, Romania - 42nd place / Clara Simal, Spain - race not finished

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  Breege Connolly, Ireland - Rank 31

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  Nikolina Šustić, Croatia - 34th place

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  Ourania Rembouli, Greece - 36th place

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  Ümmü Kiraz, Turkey - 37th place

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  Fanni Gyurkó, Hungary ( left ) - forty place

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  Paula Todoran, Romania - 42nd place

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  Vaida Žūsinaitė, Lithuania - 43rd place

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  Laura Gotti, Italy - 46th place

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  Lily Patridge, Great Britain - Race Not Finished

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  Andrea Deelstra, Netherlands - race not finished

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  Ilona Marhele, Latvia - race not finished

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  Laura Hottenrott, Germany - race not finished

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  Charlotte Purdue, Great Britain - Race Not Finished

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 16, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 16, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 16, 2019

Video

• Masuronak wins marathon despite nosebleed, European Championships 2018, sports show on youtube.com, published on August 2, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, Marathon course on youtube.com, published on July 25, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2019