The women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 11 August 2024, the 11th time that the women's marathon has been contested at the Summer Olympics.
| Women's marathon at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Paris[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Winning time | 2:22:55 OR | ||||||||||||
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Sifan Hassan's winning margin of three seconds was the narrowest of any women's marathon at the Olympics.
Background
editThe women's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1984.
In its four-decade-long Olympic history since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the women's marathon occured on the last day of the athletics program for the first time, with the men's race scheduled a day before. According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program."[2]
Course
editThe marathon course began at the Hôtel de Ville and traversed many of the host city's most iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre before concluding at the Les Invalides. Paris officials have stated the route has taken inspiration from la marche de femmes. Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as one of the more challenging Olympic marathons.[3][4]
Records
edit| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Location | Date |
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| World record |  Tigst Assefa (ETH)
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2:11:53[5] | Berlin, Germany | 24 September 2023 |
| Olympic record | Tiki Gelana (ETH)
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2:23:07 | London, Great Britain | 5 August 2012 |
| World leading | Sutume Kebede (ETH)
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2:15:55[6] | Tokyo, Japan | 3 March 2024 |
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time |
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| Africa (records) | Tigst Assefa (ETH)
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2:11:53 WR |
| Asia (records) |  Honami Maeda (JPN)
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2:18:59 |
| Europe (records) |  Sifan Hassan (NED)
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2:13:44 |
| North, Central America |  Emily Sisson (USA)
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2:18:29 |
| Oceania (records) |  Sinead Diver (AUS)
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2:21:34 |
| South America (records) |  Florencia Borelli (ARG)
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2:24:18 |
Qualification
editFor the women's marathon event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 95 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 2:26.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8]
Results
editThe event was held on 11 August 2024 starting at 08:00 (UTC+2) in the morning with 91 athletes taking part.[1] Sifan Hassan was placed first in an Olympic record of 2:22:55.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Women's Marathon - Start list" (PDF). Olympics.com. 10 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 marathon route revealed: A challenging race through history and incredible monuments". International Olympic Committee. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 reveals routes for Olympic marathon and mass event run | News | Paris 24 | Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Lorge Butler, Sarah; Dalek, Brian (4 August 2024). "What You'll Want to Know About the Paris Olympics Marathon Course". Runner's World. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Marathon women". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Marathon women". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Records – Marathon women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Women's Marathon - Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. 11 August 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympic marathon: Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins women's race". Le Monde. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Une réclamation éthiopienne rejetée sur le marathon féminin des JO de Paris 2024 après un incident dans le final". L'Équipe (in French). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.