2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Sunday, 31 August 2003, starting at 14:20h local time.

Gold	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Mizuki Noguchi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Masako Chiba Japan (JPN)

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	888	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	16:45
2	630	Takami Ominami (JPN)	17:17
3	881	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	17:17
4	797	Stine Larsen (NOR)	17:17
5	328	Workenesh Tola (ETH)	17:17
10 KILOMETRES
1	888	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	34:02
2	324	Asha Gigi (ETH)	34:14
3	630	Takami Ominami (JPN)	34:14
4	708	Kenza Wahbi (MAR)	34:14
5	885	Luminiţa Talpoş (ROM)	34:15
15 KILOMETRES
1	888	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	51:19
2	885	Luminiţa Talpoş (ROM)	51:19
3	858	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	51:20
4	881	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	51:20
5	797	Stine Larsen (NOR)	51:20
20 KILOMETRES
1	888	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1:08:59
2	797	Stine Larsen (NOR)	1:09:00
3	975	Olivera Jevtić (SCG)	1:09:00
4	629	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	1:09:00
5	881	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:09:00
HALF MARATHON
1	885	Luminiţa Talpoş (ROM)	1:12:46
2	630	Takami Ominami (JPN)	1:12:46
3	888	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1:12:46
4	881	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:12:46
5	182	Zhang Shujing (CHN)	1:12:46
25 KILOMETRES
1	885	Luminiţa Talpoş (ROM)	1:26:34
2	629	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	1:26:34
3	888	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1:26:34
4	858	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	1:26:34
5	881	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:26:34
30 KILOMETRES
1	629	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	1:44:01
2	317	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	1:44:01
3	858	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	1:44:01
4	888	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1:44:01
5	881	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:44:01
35 KILOMETRES
1	881	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:00:47
2	629	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	2:00:51
3	632	Naoko Sakamoto (JPN)	2:00:57
4	858	Masako Chiba (JPN)	2:01:01
5	858	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	2:01:03
40 KILOMETRES
1	881	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:16:45
2	629	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	2:17:05
3	632	Naoko Sakamoto (JPN)	2:17:48
4	858	Masako Chiba (JPN)	2:17:49
5	858	Ham Bong-Sil (PRK)	2:17:57

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:23:55
	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	2:24:14
	Masako Chiba (JPN)	2:25:09
4	Naoko Sakamoto (JPN)	2:25:25
5	Ham Bong-sil (PRK)	2:25:31	NR
6	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	2:26:29
7	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)	2:26:33	SB
8	Olivera Jevtić (SCG)	2:26:49
9	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	2:26:53
10	Shitaye Gemechu (ETH)	2:27:26	SB
11	Nuţa Olaru (ROU)	2:28:24	SB
12	Zhang Shujing (CHN)	2:29:24
13	Beatriz Ros (ESP)	2:29:25	PB
14	Li Helan (CHN)	2:29:46	SB
15	María Abel (ESP)	2:30:15	SB
16	Lena Gavelin (SWE)	2:30:39	NR
17	Stine Larsen (NOR)	2:30:44
18	Luminiţa Talpoş (ROU)	2:30:49
19	Asha Gigi (ETH)	2:31:01	PB
20	Ulrike Maisch (GER)	2:31:21	PB
21	Rakiya Maraoui (FRA)	2:31:23	SB
22	Viktoriya Klimina (RUS)	2:31:45	SB
23	Annemette Jensen (DEN)	2:31:55	PB
24	Ri Kum-Sil (PRK)	2:32:08	PB
25	Larisa Zyuzko (RUS)	2:32:26
26	Marie Söderström (SWE)	2:32:27	SB
27	Takami Ominami (JPN)	2:32:31
28	Sandy Jacobson (CAN)	2:33:51	PB
29	Kim Jong-Sun (PRK)	2:34:12
30	Meseret Kotu (ETH)	2:34:19	SB
31	María Teresa Pulido (ESP)	2:34:37
32	Simona Staicu (HUN)	2:34:51
33	Jill Boaz (USA)	2:34:54	PB
34	Fatima Yvelain (FRA)	2:36:20
35	Kenza Wahbi (MAR)	2:36:29	PB
36	Jin Li (CHN)	2:37:10	SB
37	Linda Somers Smith (USA)	2:37:14	SB
38	Svetlana Demidenko (RUS)	2:37:19	SB
39	Jo Lodge (GBR)	2:37:56	SB
40	Irina Timofeyeva (RUS)	2:38:06	SB
41	Lucilla Andreucci (ITA)	2:38:22
42	Gloria Marconi (ITA)	2:38:26
43	Giovanna Volpato (ITA)	2:38:38
44	Nadia Ejjafini (BHR)	2:38:39	PB
45	Aurica Buia (ROU)	2:39:04
46	Workenesh Tola (ETH)	2:39:25
47	Jane Salumäe (EST)	2:39:36	SB
48	Zahia Dahmani (FRA)	2:40:34
49	Banuelia Katesigwa (TAN)	2:40:45
50	Fátima Silva (POR)	2:40:59
51	Mihaela Botezan (ROU)	2:41:13
52	Hanan Fahroun (MAR)	2:42:56	PB
53	Choi Kyung-Hee (KOR)	2:43:38
54	Hafida Gadi (FRA)	2:45:53
55	Tamara Lave (USA)	2:46:22	PB
56	Jong Yong-Ok (PRK)	2:50:21
57	Epiphanie Nyirabarame (RWA)	2:54:16	PB
58	Simona Viola (ITA)	2:54:27
59	Kelly Keane (USA)	2:55:26	SB
60	Sophie Gordon (PYF)	3:00:53
61	Priscilla Mamba (SWZ)	3:18:35	SB
62	Sonia Lopes (CPV)	3:21:59
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Fatima Hajjami (FRA)	DNF
—	Sylvia Mosqueda (USA)	DNF
—	Beatrice Omwanza (KEN)	DNF
—	Rie Matsuoka (JPN)	DNF
—	Constantina Diță (ROU)	DNF
—	Rosaria Console (ITA)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Anna Pichrtová (CZE)	DNS

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's marathon
• 2003 World Marathon Cup
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

• Results