2008 Beijing Olympic Games Women's Marathon - Previous Head-To-Head Performances
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

The women who will be competing at the Olympics Women's Marathon have met before. Here is our best list showing the past marathon matchups between the women who will be meeting for the Olympic Marathon on Sunday, August 17th. While some will have been better than others on any given day - this list will show you the rise and fall of these women and how they have fared against each other over the years...

Women Tokyo - Feb 24, 2013 3 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:41 6 Helaria Johannes (NAM) 2:29:30 London Olympics - Aug 5, 2012 6 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:24:48 12 Helaria Johannes (NAM) 2:26:09 14 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:44 26 Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:29:19 29 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:29:38 30 Rosaria CONSOLE (ITA) 2:30:09 32 Susanne HAHN (GER) 2:30:22 45 Lidia SIMON (ROU) 2:32:46 London - Apr 22, 2012 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:53 10 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:27:04 11 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:27:04 27 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:40:08 Houston - Jan 15, 2012 2 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:28:24 6 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:37:37 New York City - Nov 6, 2011 10 Galina Bogomolova (RUS) 2:29:03 14 ALESSANDRA AGUILAR (ESP) 2:33:08 Frankfurt - Oct 30, 2011 6 Nadia Ejjafini (ITA) 2:26:15 11 Susanne Hahn (GER) 2:28:49 Berlin - Sep 25, 2011 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:18 3 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:46 6 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:25:32 7 Rosaria Console (ITA) 2:26:10 London - Apr 17, 2011 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:24 14 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:28 17 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:27:02 32 Yurika Nakamura (JPN) 2:41:22 34 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:41:34 Guangzhou - Nov 27, 2010 2 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:35 3 Kim Kum-ok (PRK) 2:27:06 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 6 Christelle Daunay (FRA) 2:29:29 9 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:29:53 13 MARA YAMAUCHI (GBR) 2:31:38 16 SALINA KOSGEI (KEN) 2:34:14 Dublin - Oct 25, 2010 5 Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) 2:30:39 9 Pauline Curley (IRL) 2:43:57 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 5 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:40 18 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:14 London - Apr 25, 2010 7 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:18 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:26:16 11 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:31:00 14 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:46 18 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:36:20 Boston - Apr 19, 2010 3 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:28:35 5 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:29:12 7 Yurika Nakamura (JPN) 2:30:40 14 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:36:04 Yokohama - Nov 15, 2009 3 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:29:13 4 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:29:57 New York City - Nov 1, 2009 3 Christelle Daunay (FRA) 2:29:16 4 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:29:27 5 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:31:53 Chicago - Oct 11, 2009 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:31 5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:28:38 6 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:28:50 Berlin World Championships - Aug 23, 2009 1 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:15 5 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:08 15 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:29:55 22 Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:32:03 23 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:32:42 25 Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:33:38 26 Epiphanie Nyirabarame (RWA) 2:33:59 34 Susanne Hahn (GER) 2:38:39 47 Martha Komu (KEN) 2:42:14 London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:11 2 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:23:12 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:06 5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:25:30 7 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:26:22 9 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:26:54 17 Yesenia Centeno (ESP) 2:40:13 Boston - Apr 20, 2009 1 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:32:16 2 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:32:17 San Antonio - Nov 16, 2008 1 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:28:54 2 Liza Hunter-Galvan (NZL) 2:29:37 Tokyo - Nov 16, 2008 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:03 5 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:30:34 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:30:42 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:56 5 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:29:14 6 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:29:25 7 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:29:28 8 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:30:04 Beijing Olympics - Aug 17, 2008 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:27:06 4 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:27:16 5 Martha Komu (KEN) 2:27:23 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 7 Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:27:31 8 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:51 10 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:29:28 13 Yurika NAKAMURA (JPN) 2:30:19 14 Anna INCERTI (ITA) 2:30:55 15 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:31:16 16 Nina RILLSTONE (NZL) 2:31:16 17 Bruna GENOVESE (ITA) 2:31:31 19 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:31:47 20 Christelle DAUNAY (FRA) 2:31:48 21 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:32:06 22 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:16 23 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:32:38 24 Monika DRYBULSKA (POL) 2:32:39 26 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:33:12 27 Blake RUSSELL (USA) 2:33:13 29 Vincenza SICARI (ITA) 2:33:31 35 Liza HUNTER-GALVAN (NZL) 2:34:51 38 Melanie KRAUS (GER) 2:35:17 43 Sandra RUALES (ECU) 2:35:53 44 Kate SMYTH (AUS) 2:36:10 45 Yesenia Centeno (ESP) 2:36:25 46 Ana DIAS (POR) 2:36:25 49 Tabitha TSATSA (ZIM) 2:37:10 Boston - Apr 21, 2008 1 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:25:25 4 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:28:12 6 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:30:52 7 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:33:56 Boston Trials - Apr 20, 2008 1 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:29:35 3 Blake Russell (USA) 2:32:40 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:14 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:24:39 3 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:25:37 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:26:30 7 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:27:42 9 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:28:33 Seoul - Mar 16, 2008 4 Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) 2:29:20 5 Lee Eun-jung (KOR) 2:29:32 Seville - Feb 24, 2008 1 Ana Dias (POR) 2:29:20 1 Ana Dias (POR) 2:29:22 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 6 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:17 10 Christelle Daunay (FRA) 2:28:24 Houston - Jan 13, 2008 1 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:24:40 4 ZUZANA TOMAS (SVK) 2:39:26 Tokyo - Nov 18, 2007 1 Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:21:37 2 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:23:31 3 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:27:35 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:09 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:23:32 3 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:26:13 5 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:29:08 Frankfurt - Oct 28, 2007 1 Melanie Kraus (GER) 2:28:56 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:29:12 Chicago - Oct 7, 2007 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:49 4 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:14 5 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:38:30 6 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:39:04 Berlin - Sep 30, 2007 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:23:17 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:51 4 Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:26:54 Osaka World Championships - Sep 2, 2007 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:30:37 9 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:32:55 15 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:35:17 London - Apr 22, 2007 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:21:45 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:24:13 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 7 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:29:47 8 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:30:44 10 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:39:11 Boston - Apr 16, 2007 2 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:29:58 3 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:30:16 5 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:35:09 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 1 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:25:05 3 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:26:58 6 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:27:54 7 Nina Rillstone (NZL) 2:31:19 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:20:42 2 Galina Bogomolova (RUS) 2:20:47 3 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:22:36 4 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:22:59 6 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:25:37 11 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:30:39 14 Kate Smyth (AUS) 2:33:39 Berlin - Sep 24, 2006 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:21:34 2 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:23:22 Nashville - Apr 29, 2006 3 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:39:10 3 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:35:15 London - Apr 23, 2006 1 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:19:36 4 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:21:52 5 Galina Bogomolova (RUS) 2:21:58 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:13 8 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:28:40 Boston - Apr 17, 2006 2 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:23:48 3 Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:24:11 4 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:25:28 7 Olivera Jevtic (SRB) 2:29:38 Los Angeles - Mar 19, 2006 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:25:26 4 NUTA OLARU (ROU) 2:30:30 Tokyo - Nov 20, 2005 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:55 5 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:38 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 1 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:24:41 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:25:30 5 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:27:15 7 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:27:40 15 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:33:49 Chicago - Oct 9, 2005 1 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:21:25 6 Blake Russell (USA) 2:29:10 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 14, 2005 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:20:57 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:22:01 11 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:26:50 18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:26 37 Dire Tune (ETH) 2:39:13 Boston - Apr 18, 2005 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:25:13 3 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:29:51 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:34 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42 6 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:26:32 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:52 14 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:42 Osaka - Jan 30, 2005 1 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:22:56 5 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:01 Tokyo - Nov 21, 2004 1 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:26:34 8 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:32:07 New York City - Nov 7, 2004 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:10 5 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:26:51 9 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:29:57 14 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:38:03 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 2 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:24:33 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:01 9 Blake Russell (USA) 2:32:04 Athens Olympics - Aug 22, 2004 1 Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:26:20 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:26:32 3 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:27:20 5 Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:28:44 9 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:04 10 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:32:50 25 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:40:13 Boston - Apr 19, 2004 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:24:27 3 Olivera Jevtic (SRB) 2:27:34 London - Apr 18, 2004 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:28:10 17 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:39:16 Saint Louis - Apr 3, 2004 2 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:29:38 4 Blake Russell (USA) 2:30:32 Chicago - Oct 12, 2003 1 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:23:07 3 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:24:53 9 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:29:00 12 Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:31:34 Berlin - Sep 28, 2003 4 Ana Dias (POR) 2:28:49 6 Monika Drybulska (POL) 2:29:57 8 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:30:58 Saint-Denis - Aug 31, 2003 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:23:55 2 Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:24:14 8 Olivera Jevtic (SRB) 2:26:49 9 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:53 11 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:28:24 13 Beatriz Ros (ESP) 2:29:25 London - Apr 13, 2003 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:19:55 3 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:21:16 7 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:24:01 14 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:32:58 Chicago - Oct 13, 2002 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:18 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:19:26 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:21:31 6 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:26:53 Boston - Apr 15, 2002 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:21:12 6 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:29:02 8 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:30:26 London - Apr 14, 2002 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:18:56 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:22:31 4 Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:22:46 Tokyo - Nov 18, 2001 2 Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:25:29 3 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:25:35 New York City - Nov 4, 2001 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:13 7 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:26:58 Edmonton World Championships - Aug 12, 2001 1 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:26:01 2 Reiko Tosa (JPN) 2:26:06 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:18 17 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:33:13 London - Apr 22, 2001 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:24:04 4 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:24:15 6 Nuta Olaru (ROU) 2:25:18 Boston - Apr 16, 2001 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:23:53 6 Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:28:50 9 Bruna Genovese (ITA) 2:30:39 Chicago - Oct 22, 2000 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:21:33 3 Irina Timofeyeva (RUS) 2:29:13 London - Apr 16, 2000 2 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:24:46 10 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:28:11