Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Doha Corniche
Date	9 December
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Medalists
Zhou Chunxiu    China   Kiyoko Shimahara    Japan   Kayoko Obata    Japan
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Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games
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
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 competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 9 December 2006 at the Marathon Street Circuit in Doha Corniche.^[1]

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:15:25	London, United Kingdom	13 April 2003
Asian Record	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	2:19:12	Berlin, Germany	25 September 2005
Games Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:21:47	Bangkok, Thailand	6 December 1998

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	2:27:03
	Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN)	2:30:34
	Kayoko Obata (JPN)	2:30:38
4	Jo Bun-hui (PRK)	2:42:34
5	Choi Kyong-hee (KOR)	2:44:20
6	Jong Yong-ok (PRK)	2:48:49
7	Kim Eun-jung (KOR)	2:54:33
8	Luvsanlkhündegiin Otgonbayar (MGL)	2:59:55
9	Ci Wang (CHN)	3:08:10
—	Maria-Pia Nehmé (LIB)	DNF

• Results