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Events at the 2005 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	women
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 race at the——2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on 14 August in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Paula Radcliffe set the "pace of the race," leading all the way from start——to finish. Constantina Tomescu was able——to keep up with Radcliffe the longest. But began to fall behind after the 25 km mark and "at the end found herself overtaken by," the defending champion Catherine Ndereba.

Medalists※

Gold	Paula Radcliffe Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Catherine Ndereba Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Constantina Tomescu Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations※

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Intermediates※

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	16:47
2	423	Yumiko Hara (JPN)	16:47
3	207	Asha Gigi (ETH)	16:47
4	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	16:50
5	214	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	16:50
10 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	33:23
2	423	Yumiko Hara (JPN)	33:23
3	207	Asha Gigi (ETH)	33:23
4	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	33:26
5	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	33:26
15 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	49:53
2	423	Yumiko Hara (JPN)	49:54
3	207	Asha Gigi (ETH)	49:54
4	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	49:54
5	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	49:56
20 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:06:16
2	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	1:06:17
3	450	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	1:06:18
4	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:06:18
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	1:06:39
HALF MARATHON
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:09:49
2	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:09:52
3	450	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	1:09:52
4	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	1:09:53
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	1:10:19
25 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:22:47
2	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	1:22:48
3	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:22:50
4	450	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	1:23:00
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	1:23:42
30 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:39:22
2	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	1:39:33
3	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:39:38
4	450	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	1:40:30
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	1:41:03
35 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	1:56:14
2	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	1:56:42
3	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	1:56:59
4	450	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	1:58:29
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	1:58:35
40 KILOMETRES
1	281	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:13:22
2	456	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:14:09
3	601	Constantina Tomescu (ROM)	2:15:16
4	214	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	2:16:06
5	125	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	2:16:33

Final ranking※

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:20:57	CR
	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:22:01	SB
	Constantina Diță (ROM)	2:23:19
4	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	2:23:30	PB
5	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	2:24:12
6	Yumiko Hara (JPN)	2:24:20
7	Rita Jeptoo (KEN)	2:24:22	PB
8	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	2:25:46
9	Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (KEN)	2:26:14	SB
10	Megumi Oshima (JPN)	2:26:29
11	Madaí Pérez (MEX)	2:26:50	PB
12	Halina Karnatsevich (BLR)	2:27:14	PB
13	Dorota Gruca (POL)	2:27:46	PB
14	Jong Yong-Ok (PRK)	2:29:43	PB
15	Mari Ozaki (JPN)	2:30:28
16	Asha Gigi (ETH)	2:30:38
17	Ryoko Eda (JPN)	2:31:16
18	Mara Yamauchi (GBR)	2:31:26	PB
19	Rosaria Console (ITA)	2:32:47
20	Alina Ivanova (RUS)	2:32:53
21	Aurica Buia (ROM)	2:33:20	PB
22	Shitaye Gemechu (ETH)	2:34:01
23	Oh Song-Suk (PRK)	2:34:07
24	Ryang Gum-Hwa (PRK)	2:34:35
25	Hayley Haining (GBR)	2:34:41	PB
26	Turena Johnson-Lane (USA)	2:34:43	PB
27	Anna Pichrtová (CZE)	2:34:45
28	Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR)	2:35:08
29	Beatrice Omwanza (KEN)	2:35:48
30	Jill Boaz (USA)	2:36:29	SB
31	Isabel Eizmendi (ESP)	2:36:41
32	Ana Dias (POR)	2:36:50
33	Shireen Crumpton (NZL)	2:37:03	PB
34	Irina Permitina (RUS)	2:38:16
35	Emily Levan (USA)	2:38:32	PB
36	Jennifer Crain (USA)	2:39:02	SB
37	Dire Tune (ETH)	2:39:13
38	Nadezhda Wijenberg (NED)	2:39:36	SB
39	Liza Hunter-Galvan (NZL)	2:39:47
40	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:39:58
41	Nadia Ejjafini (BHR)	2:41:51	SB
42	Maija Oravamäki (FIN)	2:43:31	SB
43	Clarisse Rasoarizay (MAD)	2:43:58	SB
44	Oh Jung-hee (KOR)	2:47:42
45	Rebecca Moore (NZL)	2:50:36
46	Epiphanie Nyirabarame (RWA)	2:52:11
47	Hafida Narmouch (MAR)	2:52:41
48	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:53:08
49	Nili Abramski (ISR)	2:54:08
50	Mary Akor (USA)	2:57:18
51	Mamokete Lechela (LES)	3:03:26	SB
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Debbie Mason (GBR)	DNF
—	Kenza Wahbi (MAR)	DNF
—	Fabiola William John (TAN)	DNF
—	Kay Ulrich (NZL)	DNF
—	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	DNF
—	Zhor El Kamch (MAR)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Sandra Ruales (Ecuador)	DNS
—	Agueda Amaral (TLS)	DNS

See also※

• 2005 World Marathon Cup

External links※

• IAAF results