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Marathon Women’s Olympic Medalists

By Mike Rosenbaum, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women’s marathon from the Summer Olympic games.

  • 1984
    GOLD Joan Benoit, USA 2:24:52
    SILVER Grete Waitz, NOR 2:26:18
    BRONZE Rosa Mota, POR 2:26:57

  • 1988
    GOLD Rosa Mota, POR 2:25:40
    SILVER Lisa Martin, AUS 2:25:53
    BRONZE Katrin Dörre, GDR 2:26:21

  • 1992
    GOLD Valentina Yegorova, EUN 2:32:41
    SILVER Yuko Arimori, JPN 2:32:49
    BRONZE Lorraine Moller, NZL 2:33:59

  • 1996
    GOLD Fatuma Roba, ETH 2:26:05
    SILVER Valentina Yegorova, RUS 2:28:05
    BRONZE Yuko Arimori, JPN 2:28:39

  • 2000
    GOLD Naoko Takahashi, JPN 2:23:14
    SILVER Lidia Simon, ROM 2:23:22
    BRONZE Joyce Chepchumba, KEN 2:24:45

  • 2004
    GOLD Mizuki Noguchi, JPN 2:26:20
    SILVER Catherine Ndereba, KEN 2:26:32
    BRONZE Deena Kastor, USA 2:27:20

  • 2008
    GOLD Constantina Tomescu, ROU 2:26:44
    SILVER Catherine Ndereba, KEN 2:27:06
    BRONZE Chunxiu Zhou, CHN 2:27:07


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