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Events at the 2001 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——2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, "Canada was held on Sunday August 12," 2001.

Medalists※

Gold	Lidia Șimon Romania (ROM)
Silver	Reiko Tosa Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Svetlana Zakharova Russia (RUS)

Abbreviations※

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records※

Standing records prior——to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:20:43	September 26, 1999	Berlin, Germany
Event Record	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17	August 29, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	2:23:11	January 28, 2001	Osaka, Japan

Intermediates※

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	17:07
2	352	Kathrin Weßel (GER)	17:59
3	483	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	17:59
4	690	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	17:59
5	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	17:59
10 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	33:54
2	483	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	35:14
3	481	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	35:14
4	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	35:14
5	58	Marleen Renders (BEL)	35:14
15 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	51:11
2	483	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	53:03
3	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	53:03
4	690	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	53:03
5	481	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	53:03
20 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	1:08:27
2	483	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	1:10:22
3	343	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:10:22
4	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	1:10:22
5	690	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	1:10:22
HALF MARATHON
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	1:12:17
2	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	1:14:08
3	690	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	1:14:08
4	343	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:14:08
5	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	1:14:08
25 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	1:25:26
2	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	1:27:01
3	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	1:27:01
4	483	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	1:27:01
5	497	Florence Barsosio (KEN)	1:27:01
30 KILOMETRES
1	640	Constantina Diță (ROM)	1:44:28
2	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	1:45:08
3	483	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	1:45:08
4	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	1:45:08
5	235	Shitaye Gemechu (ETH)	1:45:09
35 KILOMETRES
1	483	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	2:02:06
2	481	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	2:02:06
3	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	2:02:07
4	717	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	2:02:07
5	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:02:17
40 KILOMETRES
1	483	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	2:18:43
2	650	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	2:18:49
3	481	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	2:19:02
4	717	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	2:19:02
5	343	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:20:09

Final ranking※

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Lidia Șimon (ROM)	2:26:01
	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	2:26:06
	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	2:26:18
4	Yoko Shibui (JPN)	2:26:33
5	Sonja Krolik (GER)	2:28:17
6	Florence Barsosio (KEN)	2:28:36
7	Shitaye Gemechu (ETH)	2:28:40	PB
8	Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)	2:28:54
9	Kazumi Matsuo (JPN)	2:29:57
10	Constantina Diță (ROM)	2:30:38	PB
11	Irina Timofeyeva (RUS)	2:30:48
12	Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova (RUS)	2:30:58	SB
13	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:31:10
14	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:32:45
15	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	2:33:05
16	Yun Sun-Sook (KOR)	2:33:09
17	Bruna Genovese (ITA)	2:33:13
18	Marleen Renders (BEL)	2:33:25
19	Meseret Kotu (ETH)	2:33:43	PB
20	Rosaria Console (ITA)	2:34:11
21	Tiziana Alagia (ITA)	2:34:45
22	Rie Matsuoka (JPN)	2:34:45
23	Melanie Kraus (GER)	2:34:51
24	Marie Söderström-Lundberg (SWE)	2:35:00
25	Maria Abel (ESP)	2:35:09
26	Sara Ferrari (ITA)	2:36:07
27	María Luisa Larraga (ESP)	2:36:20
28	Marta Fernández (ESP)	2:37:09
29	Griselda González (ESP)	2:37:52
30	Alina Gherasim (ROM)	2:38:19
31	Tadelesh Birra (ETH)	2:39:10
32	Jill Gaitenby (USA)	2:39:20
33	Tina Connelly (CAN)	2:40:16
34	Sandy Jacobson (CAN)	2:40:24
35	Eva Sanz (ESP)	2:41:16
36	Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM)	2:42:23
37	Takami Ominami (JPN)	2:42:25
38	Isabelle Ledroit (CAN)	2:43:30
39	Teresa Duffy (IRL)	2:43:33
40	Susan Michelsson (AUS)	2:46:14
41	Michelle Simonaitis (USA)	2:46:20	SB
42	Rosa Gutierrez (GUA)	2:49:08
43	Danuta Bartoszek (CAN)	2:50:06
44	Tania Jones (CAN)	2:50:46
45	Rachel Cook (USA)	2:53:21
46	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	2:54:12
47	Alexa Babakhanian (ARM)	2:56:57
48	Magda Castillo (HON)	2:57:17	NR
49	Margarita Conde (GUA)	3:03:03	PB
50	Angelina Cornelio (GUA)	3:12:21
51	Herlinda Xol (GUA)	3:14:29
52	Lindiwe Maziya (SWZ)	3:23:19
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Elfenesh Alemu (ETH)	DNF
—	Cristiana Pomacu (ROM)	DNF
—	Jennifer Tonkin (USA)	DNF
—	Kathrin Ullrich (GER)	DNF
—	Zahia Dahmani (FRA)	DNF
—	Irina Matrosova (UZB)	DNF

See also※

• Women's Olympic Marathon (2000)
• 2001 Marathon Year Ranking
• 2001 World Marathon Cup

References※

• Results
• IAAF