World Athletics Championships 1987 / women's marathon

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2. World Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline Marathon run
gender Women
Attendees 42 athletes from 27 countries
venue ItalyItaly Rome
Competition location Circuit through Rome
Competition phase 29th August
Medalists
gold medal Rosa Mota ( POR ) PortugalPortugal 
Silver medal Soy Ivanova ( URS ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
Bronze medal Jocelyne Villeton ( FRA ) FranceFrance 
Panoramic view of the city of Rome in 2004

The marathon of the women of the women at the World Athletics Championships 1987 was held on August 29, 1987 in the streets of the Italian capital Rome .

World Champion was the two-time European champion ( 1982 / 1986 ) Rosa Mota of Portugal . She won ahead of the Soviet runner Soja Ivanova . Bronze went to the French Jocelyne Villeton .

Records / best performances

Existing records / best performances

World best 2:21:06 h NorwayNorway Ingrid Kristiansen London Marathon , UK April 21, 1985
World championship record 2:28:09 h NorwayNorway Grete Waitz World Cup in Helsinki August 7, 1983

Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.

Record improvement

World champion Rosa Mota from Portugal improved the existing world championship record in the race on August 29th by 2:52 minutes to 2:25:17 hours.

Result

World Champion Rosa Mota (on the photo in 2008)
Bronze medalist Jocelyne Villeton (on the podium here in Rome)
Uta Pippig - Fourteen place

August 29, 1987

space Athlete country Time (h)
Gold medal icon.svg Pink Mota PortugalPortugal Portugal 2:25:17 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Soy Ivanova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 2:32:38
Bronze medal icon.svg Jocelyne Villeton FranceFrance France 2:32:53
04th Bente Moe NorwayNorway Norway 2:33:21
05 Alena Zuchlo Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 2:33:55
06th Yekaterina Khramenkova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 2:34:23
07th Nancy Ditz United StatesUnited States United States 2:34:54
08th Sinikka Keskitalo FinlandFinland Finland 2:35:16
09 Karolina Szabó HungaryHungary Hungary 2:36:18
10 Miyuki Yamashita Japan 1870Japan Japan 2:36:55
11 Angie Pain United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2:38:12
12 Antonella Bizioli ItalyItaly Italy 2:38:52
13 Mercedes Calleja SpainSpain Spain 2:38:58
14th Uta Pippig Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 2:39:30
15th Agnes Pardaens BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2:39:52
16 Odette Lapierre CanadaCanada Canada 2:40:20
17th Paula Fudge United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2:42:42
18th Genoveva Eichenmann SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2:43:07
19th Maria Luisa Irizar SpainSpain Spain 2:43:54
20th Emma Scaunich ItalyItaly Italy 2:44:32
21st Evy Palm SwedenSweden Sweden 2:44:41
22nd Veronique Marot United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2:45:02
23 Gabriela Wolf Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany 2:45:13
24 Christine Kennedy IrelandIreland Ireland 2:45:47
25th Hazel Stewart New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2:48:41
26th Eriko Asai Japan 1870Japan Japan 2:48:44
27 Marcianne Mukamurenzi Rwanda 1962Rwanda Rwanda 2:49:38
28 Rita Borralho PortugalPortugal Portugal 2:52:26
29 Dorothy Goertzen CanadaCanada Canada 2:53:11
30th Cornelia Melis ArubaAruba Aruba 2:59:31
31 Gina Coello HondurasHonduras Honduras 3:01:53
32 Maria del Pilar Menendez GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala 3:16:20
33 July Ogbourn GuamGuam Guam 3:50:56
DNF Cathy Twomey United StatesUnited States United States
Lisa Martin AustraliaAustralia Australia
Renata Kokowska PolandPoland Poland
Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones United StatesUnited States United States
Maria Rebelo FranceFrance France
Rita Marchisio ItalyItaly Italy
Monika Schäfer Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany
Angélica de Almeida Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil
Susan Stone CanadaCanada Canada

Web links and sources

Commons : World Athletics Championships 1987  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. Marathon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 3, 2020