1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon

Events at the 1995 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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Sunday August 5, 1995.

Medalists

Gold	Manuela Machado Portugal (POR)
Silver	Anuţa Cătună Romania (ROM)
Bronze	Ornella Ferrara Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2:21:06	April 21, 1985	London, United Kingdom
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Uta Pippig (GER)	2:25:11	April 17, 1995	Boston, United States

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
01 !	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:25:39
02 !	Anuţa Cătună (ROM)	2:26:25	NR
03 !	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:30:11
4	Małgorzata Sobańska (POL)	2:31:10
5	Ritva Lemettinen (FIN)	2:31:19
6	Mónica Pont (ESP)	2:31:53
7	Linda Somers (USA)	2:32:12
8	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:32:17
9	Sachiyo Seiyama (JPN)	2:33:07
10	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	2:33:18
11	Miki Igarashi (JPN)	2:34:34
12	Yukari Komatsu (JPN)	2:35:33
13	Kirsi Rauta (FIN)	2:35:39
14	Jane Salumäe (EST)	2:35:53
15	Kerryn McCann (AUS)	2:36:29
16	Kimberly Rosenquist-Jones (USA)	2:37:06
17	Ingmarie Nilsson (SWE)	2:37:17
18	Susan Mahony (AUS)	2:37:38
19	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:39:27
20	Nelly Glauser (SUI)	2:40:42
21	Maria Luisa Muñoz (ESP)	2:41:37
22	Trudi Thomson (GBR)	2:41:42
23	Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN)	2:42:03
24	Larisa Zyuzko (RUS)	2:42:12
25	Cathy Shum (IRL)	2:43:20
26	Nurten Tasdemir (TUR)	2:44:36
27	Aura Buia (ROM)	2:45:13
28	Alison Rose (GBR)	2:45:52
29	Nyla Carroll (NZL)	2:50:25
30	Chu Winnie Ng Lai (HKG)	3:01:08
31	Isabel Tum (GUA)	3:02:02
32	Gilda Mendez (PAN)	3:05:00
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Maria Guadalupe Loma (MEX)	DNF
—	Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN)	DNF
—	Birgit Jerschabek (GER)	DNF
—	Nadia Prasad (FRA)	DNF
—	Carole Rouillard (CAN)	DNF
—	Angelina Kanana (KEN)	DNF
—	Anita Håkenstad (NOR)	DNF
—	Rocío Ríos (ESP)	DNF
—	Marina Belyayeva (RUS)	DNF
—	Elaine Van Blunk (USA)	DNF
—	Nadezhda Ilyina (RUS)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Janet Mayal (BRA)	DNS

See also

• 1995 Marathon Year Ranking
• Women's Olympic Marathon (1996)

References

• Results