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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)	2:25:08 (1 Rome 3/18/07) 2:27:21 (4 Prague 5/13/12) 2:27:41 (6 London 4/13/08) 2:28:22 (1 Thessaloníki 4/16/06) 2:28:29 (9 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
ARG
PERALTA, Maria (34)	2:40:50 (82 London Olympics 8/5/12)
AUS
TRENGOVE, Jessica (24)	2:31:17 (39 London Olympics 8/5/12)
WEIGHTMAN, Lisa Jane (33)	2:30:42 (18 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:34:16 (33 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
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)
BDI
NUKURI, Diane (27)	2:30:13 (31 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:33:47 (4 Los Angeles 3/20/11) 2:39:08 (23 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:41:21 (20 New York City 11/6/11)
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 (9 Tokyo 2/26/12) 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) 2:34:11 (4 Valencia 11/18/12)
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) 2:36:20 (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 (6 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)
CRC
TRANA, Gabriela (32)	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)	2:31:43 (40 London Olympics 8/5/12)
ECU
CHACHA, Rosa (29)	2:40:57 (83 London Olympics 8/5/12)
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) 2:29:01 (1 Hamburg 4/26/09) 2:29:03 (3 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:29:19 (26 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:33:08 (14 New York City 11/6/11)
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 (3 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:23:25 (2 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:28:48 (23 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:30:25 (3 Los Angeles 3/20/11)
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) 2:28:28 (4 Los Angeles 3/21/10) 2:29:53 (4 Dublin 10/25/10)
MERGIA, Aselefech (27)	2:19:31 (1 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:22:38 (3 London 4/25/10) 2:22:45 (1 Dubai 1/21/11) 2:25:02 (2 Paris 4/5/09) 2:25:32 (3 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
FIN
PUOTINIEMI, Leena (36)	2:42:01 (87 London Olympics 8/5/12)
GBR
HALLISSEY, Claire (29)	2:27:44 (12 London 4/22/12) 2:29:27 (6 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) 2:28:10 (14 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)
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)	2:29:54 (4 Amsterdam 10/19/03)
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)	2:43:06 (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) 2:29:33 (5 Rome 3/22/09) 2:29:38 (29 London Olympics 8/5/12)
STRANEO, Valeria (36)	2:23:44 (2 Rotterdam 4/15/12) 2:25:27 (8 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:26:33 (8 Berlin 9/25/11) 2:27:04 (3 Turin 11/18/12)
JPN
KIZAKI, Ryoko (27)	2:26:32 (1 Yokohama 11/20/11) 2:27:16 (16 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:27:34 (6 Osaka 1/31/10) 2:29:35 (5 Osaka 1/30/11)
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) 2:31:28 (24 London 4/17/11) 2:40:06 (79 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KEN
JEPTOO, Priscah (28)	2:20:14 (3 London 4/22/12) 2:22:55 (1 Paris 4/10/11) 2:23:12 (2 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:27:02 (1 Turin 11/14/10) 2:29:00 (2 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
KEITANY, Mary (30)	2:18:37 (1 London 4/22/12) 2:19:19 (1 London 4/17/11) 2:23:38 (3 New York City 11/6/11) 2:23:56 (4 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:29:01 (3 New York City 11/7/10)
KIPLAGAT, Edna (32)	2:19:50 (2 London 4/22/12) 2:20:46 (3 London 4/17/11) 2:25:38 (1 Los Angeles 3/21/10) 2:27:52 (20 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:28:20 (1 New York City 11/7/10)
KGZ
ANDREEVA, Iuliia (28)	2:36:01 (60 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KOR
CHUNG, Yunhee (29)	2:31:58 (41 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KIM, Sung-Eun (23)	2:29:27 (5 Seoul 3/21/10) 2:29:53 (4 Seoul 3/18/12) 2:37:05 (28 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
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)	2:29:29 (27 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:29:47 (2 Turin 11/13/11)
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)
ROMERO, Marisol (29)	2:33:08 (46 London Olympics 8/5/12)
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)	2:30:35 (1 Dublin 10/31/11) 2:32:30 (5 Dublin 10/27/08) 2:33:26 (2 Dublin 10/26/09) 2:35:01 (6 Dublin 10/29/12) 2:35:22 (40 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
NAIGAMBO, Beata (32)	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) 2:33:05 (24 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:33:29 (28 Beijing Olympics 8/17/08)
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) 2:28:52 (24 London Olympics 8/5/12)
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 (15 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:27:35 (6 Yokohama 11/18/12) 2:29:28 (5 New York City 11/7/10)
PER
ARIZAPANA, Wilma (29)	2:35:09 (55 London Olympics 8/5/12)
MELCHOR, Ines (25)	2:28:54 (25 London Olympics 8/5/12)
TEJEDA, Gladys (26)	2:32:07 (43 London Olympics 8/5/12)
POL
JARZYNSKA, Karolina (30)	2:27:16 (5 Yokohama 2/20/11) 2:29:10 (3 Frankfurt 10/25/09) 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)	2:24:33 (8 London 4/17/11) 2:24:59 (8 London 4/22/12) 2:25:11 (7 London Olympics 8/5/12)
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 (13 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:26:50 (6 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
FELIX, Ana Dulce (29)	2:25:40 (4 New York City 11/6/11) 2:26:30 (2 Zurich 4/17/11) 2:28:12 (21 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) 2:38:33 (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)	2:29:59 (5 Yokohama 11/20/11) 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)	2:23:52 (1 Nagoya 3/11/12) 2:25:38 (9 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:26:51 (4 Tokyo 2/24/13) 2:28:06 (7 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/26/10) 2:31:46 (4 San Diego 5/31/09)
PETROVA, Tatyana (29)	2:23:29 (3 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:25:01 (5 Berlin 9/25/11) 2:25:53 (4 Dubai 1/16/09) 2:25:59 (1 Los Angeles 5/25/09) 2:26:46 (5 Tokyo 2/26/12)
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)	2:34:50 (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)	2:25:09 (2 Paris 4/15/12) 2:29:41 (3 Istanbul 11/11/12) 2:38:26 (72 London Olympics 8/5/12)
KIRAZ, Ummu (29)	2:43:07 (89 London Olympics 8/5/12)
UGA
SUUTO, Jane (33)
UKR
BURKOVSKA, Olena (30)	2:28:31 (5 Berlin 9/26/10) 2:33:26 (48 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:34:21 (21 Daegu World Championships 8/27/11)
FILONYUK, Tatyana (28)	2:27:43 (2 Rome 3/22/09) 2:28:34 (4 Rome 3/21/10) 2:28:40 (6 Paris 4/6/08)
HAMERA-SHMYRKO, Tetyana (29)	2:23:58 (1 Osaka 1/27/13) 2:24:32 (5 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:24:46 (2 Osaka 1/29/12) 2:28:14 (1 Krakow 4/17/11)
USA
DAVILA, Desireé (29)	2:22:38 (2 Boston 4/18/11) 2:25:55 (2 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:26:20 (4 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:27:53 (11 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09) 2:31:33 (5 Chicago 10/12/08)
FLANAGAN, Shalane (31)	2:25:38 (1 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:25:51 (10 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:28:40 (2 New York City 11/7/10)
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 (11 London Olympics 8/5/12) 2:27:48 (10 Berlin World Championships 8/23/09)
VEN
PINEDA, Yolimar (26)
ZIM
TAVENGWA, Sharon (28)