The Women's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park on 27 August. A total of 54 runners began the race and twenty three nations were represented.Marathon – W Final . IAAF (27 August 2011). Retrieved on 27 August 2011.

The fastest entrant that year was Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, who had won the 2010 New York Marathon and finished third in London in April. Her compatriot Priscah Jeptoo (2011 Paris champion) and Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia (winner in Dubai) completed the three fastest athletes to start the race. Other fast Ethiopian and Kenyan entrants included Sharon Cherop, Bezunesh Bekele and Atsede Baysa. The 2009 runner-up Yoshimi Ozaki headed the Japanese team. Other major participants were Sweden's Isabella Andersson and Chinese duo Zhou Chunxiu and Zhu Xiaolin. The reigning champion Bai Xue was absent, as were the 2008 Olympic champion Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu and the two fastest runners that year (Mary Keitany and Liliya Shobukhova).Johnson, Len (21 August 2011). Women's Marathon – PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 27 August 2011.

A large group of 19 runners remained in the leading pack after 30 km, but a Kenyan trio of Kiplagat, Jeptoo and Cherop pulled away from the group after this point. With some 5 km to go, Kiplagat and Cherop collided at the drinks station. Kiplagat fell to the ground. Cherop slowed down and waited for her teammate until they both resumed running. Alt URL It was Kiplagat who went on to take the gold medal for Kenya (the first medal of the championships), while Jeptoo and Cherop finished in second and third. This was the first time that any country had won all the medals in a marathon at either the World Championships or the Olympic Games.Johnson, Len (27 August 2011). Women's Marathon – Kiplagat leads historical sweep for Kenya . IAAF. Retrieved on 27 August 2011. Bezunesh Bekele crossed the line for fourth place seven seconds later and Japan's Yukiko Akaba completed the top five.

The competition also served as the IAAF World Marathon Cup team race, which was decided by totalling the times of each nation's three fastest runners. The Kenyan women easily won the title, while China and Ethiopia were the silver and bronze medallists, respectively. This result represented the first time that the Japanese women had failed to win a team medal, since the competition was incorporated at the 1997 World Championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEdna KiplagatPriscah JeptooSharon Cherop

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record2:15:25London, Great Britain13 April 2003Championship record2:20:57Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005World Leading2:19:19London, Great Britain17 April 2011African Record2:18:47Chicago, IL, United States7 October 2001Asian Record2:19:12Berlin, Germany25 September 2005North, Central American and Caribbean record2:19:36London, Great Britain23 April 2006South American record2:27:41Boston, MA, United States18 April 1994European Record2:15:25London, Great Britain13 April 2003Oceanian record2:22:36Chicago, IL, United States22 October 2006

Qualification standards A timeB time 2:43:00

Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2011 09:00 Final

Results KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Edna Kiplagat 2:28:43 Priscah Jeptoo 2:29:00 Sharon Cherop 2:29:14 SB Bezunesh Bekele 2:29:21 Yukiko Akaba 2:29:35 Zhou Chunxiu 2:29:58 Isabellah Andersson 2:30:13 Wang Jiali 2:30:25 Marisa Barros 2:30:29 10 Remi Nakazato 2:30:52 11 Chen Rong 2:31:11 12 Aberu Kebede 2:31:22 13 Irene Jerotich Kosgei 2:31:29 SB 14 Atsede Baysa 2:31:37 15 Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko 2:31:58 16 Jia Chaofeng 2:31:58 17 Tera Moody 2:32:04 SB 18 Yoshimi Ozaki 2:32:31 19 Azusa Nojiri 2:33:42 20 Lishan Dula 2:33:47 21 Olena Burkovska 2:34:21 22 Mai Ito 2:35:16 23 Margarita Plaksina 2:35:39 24 Susan Partridge 2:35:57 25 Diana Lobačevskė 2:36:05 SB 26 Wang Xuequin 2:36:10 27 Lisa Stublić 2:36:41 28 Kim Sung-eun 2:37:05 SB 29 Caroline Rotich 2:37:07 SB 30 Kathy Newberry 2:37:28 SB 31 René Kalmer 2:38:16 32 Alisa McKaig 2:38:23 SB 33 Tetyana Holovchenko 2:39:25 SB 34 Lee Sook-Jung 2:40:23 35 Chung Yun-Hee 2:42:28 36 Bahar Doğan 2:42:56 37 Annerien van Schalkwyk 2:43:59 SB 38 Colleen De Reuck 2:44:35 SB 39 Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar 2:45:58 40 Zoila Gómez 2:46:44 SB 41 Judith Toribio 2:47:21 42 Alyson Dixon 2:50:51 43 Park Jun-Sook 3:03:34 44 Choi Bo-ra 3:10:06 45 Moleboheng Mafata 3:28:30 SB 46 Shariska Winterdal 3:49:48 SB Dire Tune Lucia Kimani Alessandra Aguilar Aselefech Mergia Jemena Misayauri Epiphanie Nyirabarame Yuliya Ruban Kateryna Stetsenko Tanith Maxwell

See also 2011 World Marathon Cup

References

External links Marathon results at IAAF website