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2012 London Olympic Games Women's Marathon - Announced Runners

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2012 London Olympic Games Women's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

Below are the announced starting lists for the Olympic Games Women's Marathon. The starting lists are in flux prior to the race and may change with withdrawals and replacements due to injury. As late as six days before the Aug. 5 race date, Freya Murray was approved as the late replacement for Paula Radcliffe who was injured and unable to toe the line at the start.

Below, find the women who will be participating in the Olympic Marathon - together with some of their top performances.

See also Head-to-Head Match-ups for a display showing past marathons where these women have run against each other.

ALG
SALEM, Souad Aït (33)
ARG
PERALTA, Maria (34) 2:40:50 (82 London Olympics 8/5/12)
AUS
TRENGOVE, Jessica (24) 2:25:59 (4 Toronto Waterfront 10/21/18)
2:26:29 (2 Gold Coast 7/1/18)
2:27:01 (10 London 4/23/17)
2:27:45 (1 Melbourne Marathon 10/18/15)
2:28:59 (9 World Championships Women's Marathon 2017 8/6/17)
WEIGHTMAN, Lisa Jane (33)
WILLIS, Benita (33) 2:22:36 (3 Chicago 10/22/06)
2:26:32 (6 London 4/17/05)
2:28:24 (2 Houston 1/15/12)
2:29:47 (7 London 4/22/07)
2:32:06 (21 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
AUT
MAYR, Andrea (32) 2:34:51 (54 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:41:52 (64 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
BDI
NUKURI, Diane (27) 2:27:50 (12 London 4/26/15)
2:29:13 (8 Chicago 10/11/15)
2:29:35 (3 Amsterdam 10/19/14)
2:29:54 (8 Boston 4/15/13)
2:30:09 (10 New York City 11/3/13)
BIH
KIMANI, Lucia (31) 2:35:47 (42 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
BLR
DUBOVSKAYA, Olga (28) 2:39:12 (78 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KOUHAN, Sviatlana (31) 2:29:37 (1 Brighton 4/15/12)
2:30:26 (34 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:33:18 (1 Odense 9/19/10)
2:35:13 (1 Bucuresti 10/17/10)
2:35:18 (2 Mainz 5/9/10)
STARAVOITAVA, Nastassia (29) 2:27:24 (2 Dusseldorf 4/29/12)
2:30:25 (33 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:34:08 (2 Krakow 4/17/11)
BRA
DA SILVA, Adriana Aparecida (31) 2:29:17 (8 Tokyo 2/26/12)
2:31:44 (11 London 4/21/13)
2:32:30 (7 Berlin 9/26/10)
2:33:15 (47 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:33:48 (8 Vienna 4/17/11)
BRN
DULA, Lishan (25) 2:26:56 (3 Rotterdam 4/10/11)
2:28:22 (6 Tokyo 2/26/12)
2:33:47 (20 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
2:34:55 (1 Brighton Marathon 4/12/15)
2:36:20 (62 London Olympics 8/5/12)
CHI
OLIVERA, Erika (36) 2:36:41 (64 London Olympics 8/5/12)
ROMERO, Natalia (32) 2:37:47 (69 London Olympics 8/5/12)
CHN
WANG, Jiali (26) 2:22:41 (1 Chongqing 3/17/12)
2:26:12 (1 Dalian 4/30/11)
2:26:34 (1 Zhengzhou 3/30/08)
2:29:31 (1 Beijing 10/24/10)
2:30:25 (8 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
ZHOU, Chunxiu (33) 2:19:51 (1 Seoul 3/12/06)
2:20:38 (1 London 4/22/07)
2:21:11 (2 Beijing 10/16/05)
2:23:24 (1 Seoul 3/13/05)
2:23:28 (1 Xiamen 3/27/04)
ZHU, Xiaolin (28) 2:23:57 (3 Beijing 10/20/02)
2:24:19 (3 Chongqing 3/17/12)
2:24:48 (5 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:26:08 (5 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
2:26:08 (1 Xiamen 3/31/07)
COL
ABRIL, Erika (34) 2:33:33 (51 London Olympics 8/5/12)
CABALLERO, Yolanda (30) 2:26:17 (8 Boston 4/18/11)
2:35:10 (14 Boston 4/15/13)
2:41:23 (19 New York City 11/3/13)
CRC
TRANA, Gabriela (32) 2:41:49 (14 Chicago 10/13/13)
2:43:17 (91 London Olympics 8/5/12)
CRO
STUBLIC, Lisa Christina (28) 2:34:03 (52 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:36:41 (27 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
CUB
BELMONTE, Dailin (26) 2:38:08 (70 London Olympics 8/5/12)
CZE
SEKYROVA, Ivana (40) 2:37:14 (67 London Olympics 8/5/12)
DEN
DRASKAU-PETERSSON, Jessica (34) 2:30:07 (9 Chicago 10/11/15)
2:30:53 (8 Zurich European Championships Marathon 8/16/14)
2:31:43 (40 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:34:56 (22 London 4/22/12)
2:36:14 (40 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
ECU
CHACHA, Rosa (29) 2:36:44 (41 Olympics 2020 (Women) 8/7/21)
2:37:50 (32 World Championships Women's Marathon 2017 8/6/17)
2:40:57 (83 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:42:00 (51 World Championships Women's Marathon 2023 8/26/23)
2:42:47 (7 Pan American Games Marathon - Women's 7/18/15)
ERI
MEHARI, Rehaset (23) 2:35:49 (59 London Olympics 8/5/12)
ESP
AGUILAR, Alessandra (34) 2:27:00 (4 Rotterdam 4/10/11)
2:27:03 (4 Rotterdam 4/14/13)
2:29:01 (1 Hamburg 4/26/09)
2:29:03 (3 Rotterdam 4/13/08)
2:29:19 (25 London Olympics 8/5/12)
ESPESO, Maria Elena (39) 2:36:12 (61 London Olympics 8/5/12)
VEIGA, Vanessa (33)
EST
TALTS, Evelin (35)
ETH
DIBABA, Mare (22) 2:19:52 (1 Xiamen 1/3/15)
2:19:52 (3 Dubai 1/27/12)
2:20:21 (2 Berlin 9/29/19)
2:20:35 (3 Boston 4/21/14)
2:21:25 (3 Abu Dhabi 12/17/22)
GELANA, Tiki (24) 2:18:58 (1 Rotterdam 4/15/12)
2:22:08 (1 Amsterdam 10/16/11)
2:23:07 (1 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:24:26 (3 Tokyo 2/22/15)
2:26:58 (8 London 4/13/14)
MERGIA, Aselefech (27) 2:19:31 (1 Dubai 1/27/12)
2:20:02 (1 Dubai 1/23/15)
2:22:38 (3 London 4/25/10)
2:22:45 (1 Dubai 1/21/11)
2:23:08 (3 London 4/23/17)
FIN
PUOTINIEMI, Leena (36) 2:42:01 (87 London Olympics 8/5/12)
GBR
HALLISSEY, Claire (29) 2:27:44 (11 London 4/22/12)
2:29:27 (5 Chicago 10/9/11)
2:35:39 (57 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:36:13 (18 New York City 11/7/10)
MURRAY, Freya (28) 2:28:10 (13 London 4/22/12)
2:32:14 (44 London Olympics 8/5/12)
RADCLIFFE, Paula (38) 2:15:25 (1 London 4/13/03)
2:17:18 (1 Chicago 10/13/02)
2:17:42 (1 London 4/17/05)
2:18:56 (1 London 4/14/02)
2:20:57 (1 Helsinki World Championships 8/14/05)
YAMAUCHI, Mara (38) 2:23:12 (2 London 4/26/09)
2:25:03 (3 Tokyo 11/16/08)
2:25:10 (1 Osaka 1/27/08)
2:25:13 (6 London 4/23/06)
2:25:41 (6 London 4/22/07)
GER
HAHN, Susanne (34) 2:28:49 (11 Frankfurt 10/30/11)
2:29:35 (1 Mainz 5/4/08)
2:30:22 (32 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:38:39 (34 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
MIKITENKO, Irina (39) 2:19:19 (1 Berlin 9/28/08)
2:22:11 (1 London 4/26/09)
2:22:18 (2 Berlin 9/25/11)
2:24:14 (1 London 4/13/08)
2:24:24 (7 London 4/17/11)
GRE
KEFALA, Konstadina (34)
HUN
ERDELYI, Zsofia (24) 2:36:56 (5 Houston 1/15/12)
2:39:04 (52 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
2:41:53 (8 Houston 1/19/14)
KALOVICS, Aniko (35) 2:26:44 (1 Carpi 10/15/06)
2:28:17 (1 Carpi 10/21/07)
2:29:04 (3 Rome 3/16/08)
2:29:24 (1 Turin 4/15/07)
2:30:56 (10 Frankfurt 10/31/10)
RAKONCZAI, Beáta (35)
INA
TRIYANINGSIH, (25)
IRL
BYRNE, Linda (26) 2:36:21 (5 Dublin 10/31/11)
2:37:13 (66 London Olympics 8/5/12)
HUTCHINSON, Ava (29) 2:35:33 (4 Houston 1/15/12)
2:37:17 (68 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:42:48 (10 Dublin 10/31/11)
JENNINGS, Caitriona (32) 2:37:57 (14 Dublin 10/27/19)
2:41:07 (1 Great Limerick Run 5/1/22)
2:43:06 (11 Dublin 10/31/11)
ITA
CONSOLE, Rosaria (32) 2:26:10 (7 Berlin 9/25/11)
2:26:45 (4 Berlin 9/20/09)
2:27:48 ( Paris 4/6/03)
2:28:04 (4 Paris 4/10/05)
2:28:49 (2 Carpi 10/15/06)
INCERTI, Anna (32) 2:25:32 (6 Berlin 9/25/11)
2:27:33 (4 Osaka 1/30/11)
2:27:42 (1 Milan 11/23/08)
2:28:58 (2 Turin 11/16/14)
2:29:10 (6 Nagoya 3/8/15)
STRANEO, Valeria (36) 2:23:44 (2 Rotterdam 4/15/12)
2:25:27 (2 Zurich 8/16/14)
2:25:27 (7 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:25:58 (2 Moscow World Championships 8/10/13)
2:26:33 (8 Berlin 9/25/11)
JPN
KIZAKI, Ryoko (27) 2:23:34 (1 Nagoya 3/10/13)
2:25:26 (2 Nagoya 3/9/14)
2:25:50 (2 Incheon 10/2/14)
2:26:32 (1 Yokohama 11/20/11)
2:27:16 (15 London Olympics 8/5/12)
OZAKI, Yoshimi (31) 2:23:30 (1 Tokyo 11/16/08)
2:23:56 (1 Yokohama 2/20/11)
2:24:14 (2 Nagoya 3/11/12)
2:25:25 (2 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
2:26:19 (2 Nagoya 3/9/08)
SHIGETOMO, Risa (24) 2:23:23 (1 Osaka 1/29/12)
2:24:22 (1 Osaka 1/29/17)
2:26:39 (2 Osaka 1/25/15)
2:31:28 (24 London 4/17/11)
2:31:54 (11 New York City 11/3/13)
KEN
JEPTOO, Priscah (28) 2:20:14 (3 London 4/22/12)
2:20:15 (1 London 4/21/13)
2:22:55 (1 Paris 4/10/11)
2:23:12 (2 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:24:16 (10 Valencia 12/1/19)
KEITANY, Mary (30) 2:17:01 (1 London 4/23/17)
2:18:37 (1 London 4/22/12)
2:19:19 (1 London 4/17/11)
2:20:58 (5 London 4/28/19)
2:22:48 (1 New York City 11/4/18)
KIPLAGAT, Edna (32) 2:19:50 (2 London 4/22/12)
2:20:21 (1 London 4/13/14)
2:20:46 (2 London 4/17/11)
2:21:18 (4 Berlin 9/16/18)
2:21:32 (2 London 4/21/13)
KGZ
ANDREEVA, Iuliia (28) 2:36:01 (60 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:40:34 (59 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
KOR
CHUNG, Yunhee (29) 2:31:58 (41 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KIM, Sung-Eun (23) 2:27:20 (4 Seoul 3/17/13)
2:28:20 (2 Seoul 3/15/15)
2:29:27 (5 Seoul 3/21/10)
2:29:31 (4 Seoul 3/16/14)
2:29:53 (4 Seoul 3/18/12)
LIM, Kyung-Hee (29) 2:39:03 (76 London Olympics 8/5/12)
LAT
LINA, Dace (30)
LES
TJOKA, Mamorallo (27) 2:43:15 (90 London Olympics 8/5/12)
LTU
DRAZDAUSKAITÉ, Rasa (31)
KERGYTE, Remalda (26) 2:39:01 (75 London Olympics 8/5/12)
LOBACEVSKE, Diana (31)
MAR
LABANI, Soumiya (37)
RAIF, Samira (38) 2:36:46 (3 Ottawa 5/30/10)
2:38:31 (73 London Olympics 8/5/12)
MDA
CERCHES, Natalia (36) 2:37:13 (65 London Olympics 8/5/12)
MEX
PEREZ, Karina (29) 2:33:30 (50 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:22:59 (4 Chicago 10/22/06)
2:24:44 (4 Chicago 10/8/17)
2:26:50 (11 Helsinki World Championships 8/14/05)
2:27:02 (15 London 4/17/11)
ROMERO, Marisol (29) 2:33:08 (46 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:41:50 (14 New York City 11/1/15)
MGL
LUVSANLUNDEG, Otgonbayar (30)
MNE
PERUNOVIC, Sladana (28) 2:39:07 (77 London Olympics 8/5/12)
MYA
SAN, Ni Lar (27)
NAM
JOHANNES, Helalia (31) 2:26:09 (12 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:30:35 (1 Dublin 10/31/11)
2:31:09 (7 Sydney Marathon 9/18/22)
2:31:22 (11 Olympics 2020 (Women) 8/7/21)
2:32:01 (19 World Championships Women's Marathon 2017 8/6/17)
NAIGAMBO, Beata (32) 2:26:57 (1 Valencia 11/15/15)
2:27:28 (3 Hamburg 4/26/15)
2:27:54 (9 Dubai 1/25/13)
2:29:20 (14 Dubai 1/27/12)
2:31:16 (38 London Olympics 8/5/12)
NED
KIBET, Hilda (31) 2:24:27 (2 Rotterdam 4/10/11)
2:25:46 (2 Turin 11/18/12)
2:26:23 (6 Frankfurt 10/31/10)
2:26:36 (5 Eindhoven 10/9/11)
2:26:42 (3 Rotterdam 4/14/13)
KIPLAGAT, Lornah (38) 2:22:22 (4 Osaka 1/26/03)
2:22:36 (2 Chicago 10/22/00)
2:23:43 (3 New York City 11/2/03)
2:23:55 (1 Osaka 1/27/02)
2:24:46 (5 London 4/22/07)
NZL
SMITH, Kim (30) 2:25:21 (8 London 4/25/10)
2:25:46 (5 New York City 11/6/11)
2:26:59 (14 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:27:35 (6 Yokohama 11/18/12)
2:28:49 (6 New York City 11/3/13)
PER
ARIZAPANA, Wilma (29) 2:35:09 (55 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:43:13 (49 World Championships Women's Marathon 2017 8/6/17)
MELCHOR, Ines (25) 2:26:48 (8 Berlin 9/28/14)
2:27:40 (2 Daegu 4/3/16)
2:28:18 (1 Santiago de Chile 4/12/15)
2:28:54 (24 London Olympics 8/5/12)
TEJEDA, Gladys (26) 2:25:57 (9 Seville 2/20/22)
2:26:26 (20 Valencia 12/4/22)
2:27:07 (6 Seville 2/23/20)
2:28:12 (2 Rotterdam 4/12/15)
2:29:55 (15 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
POL
JARZYNSKA, Karolina (30) 2:30:57 (36 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:33:19 (3 Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon and 1/2 Marathon 11/16/08)
POR
AUGUSTO, Jessica (30) 2:24:25 (6 London 4/13/14)
2:24:33 (8 London 4/17/11)
2:24:59 (8 London 4/22/12)
2:25:11 (6 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:25:30 (1 Hamburg 4/23/17)
BARROS, Marisa (32) 2:25:04 (3 Yokohama 2/20/11)
2:25:44 (2 Osaka 1/31/10)
2:26:03 (1 Seville 2/22/09)
2:26:13 (12 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:26:50 (6 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
FELIX, Ana Dulce (29) 2:25:15 (8 London 4/26/15)
2:25:24 (5 Valencia 12/2/18)
2:25:40 (4 New York City 11/6/11)
2:26:46 (7 London 4/13/14)
2:28:12 (20 London Olympics 8/5/12)
PRK
JON, Kyong-Hui (25) 2:35:17 (56 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KIM, Kum-Ok (23) 2:31:24 (20 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
2:33:30 (49 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:38:24 (49 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
2:38:33 (74 London Olympics 8/5/12)
ROU
DITA, Constantina (42) 2:21:30 (2 Chicago 10/9/05)
2:22:50 (2 London 4/17/05)
2:23:19 (3 Helsinki World Championships 8/14/05)
2:23:35 (2 Chicago 10/12/03)
2:23:43 (6 London 4/13/03)
SIMON, Lidia (38) 2:22:54 (1 Osaka 1/30/00)
2:23:22 (2 Sydney 9/24/00)
2:23:24 (1 Osaka 1/31/99)
2:24:15 (4 London 4/22/01)
2:24:46 (2 London 4/16/00)
RSA
KALMER, René (31) 2:38:16 (31 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
MAXWELL, Tanith (36) 2:34:24 (15 London 4/25/10)
2:39:07 (29 London 4/17/11)
2:40:27 (81 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:41:48 (45 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
VAN BLERK, Irvette (25) 2:33:41 (19 London 4/22/12)
RUS
MAYOROVA, Albina (35)
PETROVA, Tatyana (29) 2:25:53 (4 Dubai 1/16/09)
2:31:03 (8 Chicago 10/9/05)
2:36:44 (5 Honolulu 12/12/04)
SHOBUKHOVA, Liliya (34) 2:18:20 (1 Chicago 10/9/11)
2:20:15 (2 London 4/17/11)
2:20:25 (1 Chicago 10/10/10)
2:22:00 (1 London 4/25/10)
2:22:59 (4 Chicago 10/7/12)
RWA
MUKASAKINDI, Claudette (29)
SLO
JEREB, Zana (28) 2:42:50 (88 London Olympics 8/5/12)
SRB
JEVTIC, Olivera (35) 2:25:23 (1 Rotterdam 4/13/03)
2:26:49 (8 Saint-Denis 8/31/03)
2:27:34 (3 Boston 4/19/04)
2:29:38 (7 Boston 4/17/06)
SUBOTIC, Ana (28) 2:38:22 (71 London Olympics 8/5/12)
SUI
NEUENSCHWANDER, Maja (32) 2:26:49 (6 Berlin 9/27/15)
2:27:36 (8 Tokyo 2/28/16)
2:29:42 (10 Frankfurt 10/27/13)
2:34:27 (29 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
2:34:50 (53 London Olympics 8/5/12)
SVK
BERESOVA, Katarina (24)
SWE
ANDERSSON, Isabellah (31) 2:23:41 (3 Dubai 1/21/11)
2:25:10 (4 Frankfurt 10/31/10)
2:25:41 (10 Dubai 1/27/12)
2:26:05 (7 Dubai 1/25/13)
2:26:52 (5 Dubai 1/22/10)
TLS
NAPOLEAO, Juventina (23)
TUN
BEN AMOR, Amira (26) 2:40:13 (80 London Olympics 8/5/12)
TUR
DOGAN, Bahar (37) 2:36:35 (63 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:37:12 (50 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
2:42:56 (36 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
HAYDAR, Sultan (25) 2:24:44 (11 Dubai 1/23/15)
2:25:09 (2 Paris 4/15/12)
2:27:10 (3 Rome 3/17/13)
2:27:54 (10 Dubai 1/24/14)
2:29:41 (3 Istanbul 11/11/12)
KIRAZ, Ummu (29) 2:43:07 (89 London Olympics 8/5/12)
UGA
SUUTO, Jane (33)
UKR
BURKOVSKA, Olena (30) 2:27:07 (1 Hannover 5/5/13)
2:28:31 (5 Berlin 9/26/10)
2:29:45 (8 Nagoya 3/8/15)
2:33:26 (48 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:34:21 (21 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
FILONYUK, Tatyana (28) 2:26:24 (4 Rome 3/21/10)
2:27:43 (2 Rome 3/22/09)
2:28:40 (6 Paris 4/6/08)
HAMERA-SHMYRKO, Tetyana (29) 2:28:14 (1 Krakow 4/17/11)
USA
Davila, Desireé (29)
FLANAGAN, Shalane (31) 2:21:14 (3 Berlin 9/28/14)
2:22:02 (6 Boston 4/21/14)
2:25:26 (6 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/14/16)
2:25:38 (1 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12)
2:25:51 (9 London Olympics 8/5/12)
GOUCHER, Kara (34) 2:24:52 (5 Boston 4/18/11)
2:25:53 (3 New York City 11/2/08)
2:26:06 (3 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12)
2:26:07 (10 London Olympics 8/5/12)
2:27:48 (10 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
VEN
PINEDA, Yolimar (26)
ZIM
TAVENGWA, Sharon (28)


 

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