The Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, was held on Saturday August 9, 1997, with the start at 08:05h local time.

Medalists Gold Hiromi Suzuki Japan (JPN)Silver Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)Bronze Lidia Șimon Romania (ROM)

Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World record Ingrid Kristiansen 2:21:06 April 21, 1985 London, United Kingdom Championships record Rosa Mota 2:25:17 August 29, 1987 Rome, Italy Season best Tegla Loroupe 2:22:07 April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking RankAthleteCountryTimeNote Hiromi Suzuki 2:29:48 Manuela Machado 2:31:12 Lidia Șimon 2:31:55 4 Takako Tobise 2:32:18 5 Ornella Ferrara 2:33:10 6 Iris Biba 2:34:06 7 Sonja Krolik 2:35:28 8 Franziska Rochat-Moser 2:36:16 9 Yelena Razdrogina 2:36:37 10 Nobuko Fujimura 2:36:51 11 Anuța Cătună 2:38:38 12 Maria Polyzou 2:39:10 13 Franca Fiacconi 2:39:53 14 Christine Mallo 2:40:55 15 Elfenesh Alemu 2:41:00 16 Grete Kirkeberg 2:41:05 17 Maryse Le Gallo 2:41:08 18 Aurica Buia 2:41:45 19 Mariko Hara 2:42:00 20 Heather Turland 2:42:12 21 Rocío Ríos 2:42:18 22 Judit Földing-Nagy 2:42:21 23 Angharad Mair 2:42:31 24 Laura Fogli 2:43:28 25 Cheryl Collins 2:43:42 26 Olga Yudenkova 2:43:47 27 Anna Villani 2:43:58 28 Sally Goldsmith 2:44:20 29 Tomoe Abe 2:45:19 30 Nuţa Olaru 2:47:12 31 Elena Vinitskaya 2:47:57 32 Manuela Veith 2:48:45 33 Asselefech Assefa 2:48:54 34 Evelyne Mura 2:48:57 35 Danielle Sanderson 2:49:03 36 Julia Kirtland 2:49:43 37 Anfisa Kosacheva 2:50:29 38 Grace de Oliveira 2:50:36 39 Gaëlle Houitte 2:50:38 40 Jeanne Peterson 2:51:59 41 Irina Timofeyeva 2:53:01 42 Panayota Nikolakopoulou 2:54:03 43 Lo Man Yi 2:54:59 44 Alemitu Bekele 2:55:06 45 Georgia Ambatzidou 2:56:58 46 Marisol Vargas 2:58:22 47 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe 3:01:01 48 May Allison 3:01:26 49 Danuta Bartoszek 3:01:30 50 Rita Toto 3:04:05 51 Rosa Salinas 3:12:55 52 Gina Liseth Coello 3:17:33 53 Alexandra De Snoo 3:22:08 54 Gulsara Dadabayeva 3:30:45 —Gadisay Edato —Fatuma Roba —Jane Salumäe —Alina Tecuta —Sonia Maccioni —Birgit Jerschabek —Rosa Oliveira —Galina Baruk —Alena Mazouka —Alina Ivanova —Nicole Carroll —Anita Håkenstad —Josette Colomb-Janin —Mary Alico —Patty Valadka —Maria Elena Reyna —Lucia Rendon —Flor Venegas —Paraskevi Kastriti —Chrisoula Souma

See also Women's Olympic Marathon (1996) 1997 World Marathon Cup

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