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2012 London Olympic Games Women's Marathon - Previous Head-To-Head Performances
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

Most of the top women who will be competing at the Olympics Women's Marathon have met before in a marathon race. Here is our best list showing the past marathon matchups between the women who will be meeting for the Olympic Marathon on Sunday, August 5th. 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...

See also the full Women's Marathon Starter List (incl. additional finishes for competitors)

Women Tokyo - Feb 24, 2013 3 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:41 4 Albina Mayorova (RUS) 2:26:51 5 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:28:30 Dubai - Jan 25, 2013 7 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:26:05 9 Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:27:54 Turin - Nov 18, 2012 2 Hilda Kibet (NED) 2:25:46 3 Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:27:04 Yokohama - Nov 18, 2012 3 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:26:51 6 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:27:35 London Olympics - Aug 5, 2012 1 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23:07 2 Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 2:23:12 3 Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 2:23:29 4 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:23:56 5 Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (UKR) 2:24:32 6 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:24:48 7 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:25:11 8 Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:25:27 9 Albina Mayorova (RUS) 2:25:38 10 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:25:51 11 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:26:07 13 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:26:13 14 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:44 15 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:26:59 16 Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) 2:27:16 18 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:27:36 19 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:27:43 20 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:27:52 21 Ana Dulce Felix (POR) 2:28:12 23 Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:28:48 24 Hilda Kibet (NED) 2:28:52 25 Ines Melchor (PER) 2:28:54 26 Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:29:19 27 Rasa Drazdauskaité (LTU) 2:29:29 29 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:29:38 30 Rosaria CONSOLE (ITA) 2:30:09 31 Diane NUKURI (BDI) 2:30:13 32 Susanne HAHN (GER) 2:30:22 33 Nastassia STARAVOITAVA (BLR) 2:30:25 34 Sviatlana KOUHAN (BLR) 2:30:26 36 Karolina JARZYNSKA (POL) 2:30:57 38 Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM) 2:31:16 39 Jessica TRENGOVE (AUS) 2:31:17 40 Jessica DRASKAU-PETERSSON (DEN) 2:31:43 41 Yunhee CHUNG (KOR) 2:31:58 42 Aselefech MERGIA (ETH) 2:32:03 43 Gladys TEJEDA (PER) 2:32:07 44 Freya MURRAY (GBR) 2:32:14 45 Lidia SIMON (ROU) 2:32:46 46 Marisol ROMERO (MEX) 2:33:08 47 Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA (BRA) 2:33:15 48 Olena BURKOVSKA (UKR) 2:33:26 49 Kum-Ok KIM (PRK) 2:33:30 50 Karina PEREZ (MEX) 2:33:30 51 Erika ABRIL (COL) 2:33:33 52 Lisa Christina STUBLIC (CRO) 2:34:03 53 Maja NEUENSCHWANDER (SUI) 2:34:50 54 Andrea MAYR (AUT) 2:34:51 55 Wilma ARIZAPANA (PER) 2:35:09 56 Kyong-Hui JON (PRK) 2:35:17 57 Claire HALLISSEY (GBR) 2:35:39 58 Jiali WANG (CHN) 2:35:46 59 Rehaset MEHARI (ERI) 2:35:49 60 Iuliia ANDREEVA (KGZ) 2:36:01 61 Maria Elena ESPESO (ESP) 2:36:12 62 Lishan DULA (BRN) 2:36:20 63 Bahar DOGAN (TUR) 2:36:35 64 Erika OLIVERA (CHI) 2:36:41 65 Natalia CERCHES (MDA) 2:37:13 66 Linda BYRNE (IRL) 2:37:13 67 Ivana SEKYROVA (CZE) 2:37:14 68 Ava HUTCHINSON (IRL) 2:37:17 69 Natalia ROMERO (CHI) 2:37:47 70 Dailin BELMONTE (CUB) 2:38:08 71 Ana SUBOTIC (SRB) 2:38:22 72 Sultan HAYDAR (TUR) 2:38:26 73 Samira RAIF (MAR) 2:38:31 74 Mi-Gyong KIM (PRK) 2:38:33 75 Remalda KERGYTE (LTU) 2:39:01 76 Kyung-Hee LIM (KOR) 2:39:03 77 Sladana PERUNOVIC (MNE) 2:39:07 78 Olga DUBOVSKAYA (BLR) 2:39:12 79 Risa SHIGETOMO (JPN) 2:40:06 80 Amira BEN AMOR (TUN) 2:40:13 81 Tanith MAXWELL (RSA) 2:40:27 82 Maria PERALTA (ARG) 2:40:50 83 Rosa CHACHA (ECU) 2:40:57 86 Constantina DITA (ROU) 2:41:34 87 Leena PUOTINIEMI (FIN) 2:42:01 88 Zana JEREB (SLO) 2:42:50 89 Ummu KIRAZ (TUR) 2:43:07 90 Mamorallo TJOKA (LES) 2:43:15 91 Gabriela TRANA (CRC) 2:43:17 London - Apr 22, 2012 1 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 2 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:19:50 3 Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 2:20:14 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:53 8 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:24:59 12 Claire Hallissey (GBR) 2:27:44 13 Freya Murray (GBR) 2:28:10 14 Freya Murray (GBR) 2:28:10 14 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:29:57 15 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:29:57 18 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:32:34 19 Irvette Van Blerk (RSA) 2:33:41 Rotterdam - Apr 15, 2012 1 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:18:58 2 Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:23:44 Chongqing - Mar 17, 2012 1 Jiali Wang (CHN) 2:22:41 2 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:23:42 3 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:24:19 Nagoya - Mar 11, 2012 1 Albina Mayorova (RUS) 2:23:52 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:24:14 Tokyo - Feb 26, 2012 5 Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 2:26:46 6 Lishan Dula (BRN) 2:28:22 9 Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA) 2:29:17 Osaka - Jan 29, 2012 1 Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:23:23 2 Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (UKR) 2:24:46 Dubai - Jan 27, 2012 1 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:19:31 3 Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:19:52 10 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:25:41 14 Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:29:20 Houston - Jan 15, 2012 2 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:28:24 4 Ava Hutchinson (IRL) 2:35:33 5 Zsofia Erdelyi (HUN) 2:36:56 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon - Jan 14, 2012 1 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:25:38 2 Desireé Davila (USA) 2:25:55 3 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:26:06 Yokohama - Nov 20, 2011 1 Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) 2:26:32 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:26:49 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:24 5 René Kalmer (RSA) 2:29:59 New York City - Nov 6, 2011 3 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:23:38 4 Ana Dulce Felix (POR) 2:25:40 5 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:25:46 8 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:28:29 14 ALESSANDRA AGUILAR (ESP) 2:33:08 20 Diane Nukuri (BDI) 2:41:21 Dublin - Oct 31, 2011 1 Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:30:35 5 Linda Byrne (IRL) 2:36:21 10 Ava Hutchinson (IRL) 2:42:48 11 Caitriona Jennings (IRL) 2:43:06 Amsterdam - Oct 16, 2011 1 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:22:08 3 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:25:52 Chicago - Oct 9, 2011 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:18:20 6 Claire Hallissey (GBR) 2:29:27 Berlin - Sep 25, 2011 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:18 3 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:46 5 Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 2:25:01 6 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:25:32 7 Rosaria Console (ITA) 2:26:10 8 Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:26:33 Daegu World Championships - Aug 27, 2011 1 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:28:43 2 Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 2:29:00 6 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:29:58 7 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:30:13 8 Jiali Wang (CHN) 2:30:25 9 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:30:29 18 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:32:31 20 Lishan Dula (BRN) 2:33:47 21 Olena Burkovska (UKR) 2:34:21 27 Lisa Christina Stublic (CRO) 2:36:41 28 Sung-eun Kim (KOR) 2:37:05 31 René Kalmer (RSA) 2:38:16 36 Bahar Dogan (TUR) 2:42:56 Boston - Apr 18, 2011 2 Desireé Davila (USA) 2:22:38 5 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:24:52 8 Yolanda Caballero (COL) 2:26:17 Krakow - Apr 17, 2011 1 Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (UKR) 2:28:14 2 Nastassia Staravoitava (BLR) 2:34:08 London - Apr 17, 2011 1 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:19:19 2 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:20:15 3 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:20:46 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:24 8 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:24:33 14 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:28 18 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:27:57 24 Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:31:28 26 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:34:29 29 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:39:07 Rotterdam - Apr 10, 2011 2 Hilda Kibet (NED) 2:24:27 3 Lishan Dula (BRN) 2:26:56 4 Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:27:00 Los Angeles - Mar 20, 2011 3 Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:30:25 4 Diane Nukuri (BDI) 2:33:47 6 Albina Mayorova (RUS) 2:36:43 Yokohama - Feb 20, 2011 1 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:23:56 3 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:25:04 5 Karolina Jarzynska (POL) 2:27:16 Osaka - Jan 30, 2011 4 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:27:33 5 Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) 2:29:35 Dubai - Jan 21, 2011 1 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:22:45 3 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:23:41 Guangzhou - Nov 27, 2010 1 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:25:00 2 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:35 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 1 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:28:20 2 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:28:40 3 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:29:01 5 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:29:28 13 MARA YAMAUCHI (GBR) 2:31:38 18 CLAIRE HALLISSEY (GBR) 2:36:13 Frankfurt - Oct 31, 2010 4 Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:25:10 6 Hilda Kibet (NED) 2:26:23 10 Aniko Kalovics (HUN) 2:30:56 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:20:25 4 Desireé Davila (USA) 2:26:20 5 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:40 23 Diane Nukuri (BDI) 2:39:08 Berlin - Sep 26, 2010 5 Olena Burkovska (UKR) 2:28:31 7 Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA) 2:32:30 London - Apr 25, 2010 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:22:00 3 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:22:38 8 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:25:21 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:26:16 13 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:32:26 15 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:34:24 26 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:41:12 Los Angeles - Mar 21, 2010 1 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:25:38 4 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:28:28 Seoul - Mar 21, 2010 2 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:25:01 5 Sung-Eun Kim (KOR) 2:29:27 Osaka - Jan 31, 2010 2 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:25:44 4 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:11 6 Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) 2:27:34 Dublin - Oct 26, 2009 2 Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:33:26 3 Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:33:49 Chicago - Oct 11, 2009 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:25:56 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:31 Berlin World Championships - Aug 23, 2009 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:25:25 3 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:25:32 4 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:25:39 5 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:08 6 Marisa Barros (POR) 2:26:50 10 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:27:48 11 Desireé Davila (USA) 2:27:53 18 Lisa Jane Weightman (AUS) 2:30:42 20 Kum-Ok Kim (PRK) 2:31:24 22 Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:32:03 24 Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:33:05 25 Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:33:38 34 Susanne Hahn (GER) 2:38:39 43 Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA) 2:40:54 45 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:41:48 London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:11 2 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:23:12 3 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:24:24 12 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:29:02 Rome - Mar 22, 2009 2 Tatyana Filonyuk (UKR) 2:27:43 5 Anna Incerti (ITA) 2:29:33 Tokyo - Nov 16, 2008 1 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:23:30 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:03 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:56 3 Kara Goucher (USA) 2:25:53 8 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:30:04 Chicago - Oct 12, 2008 4 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:30:57 5 Desireé Davila (USA) 2:31:33 Beijing Olympics - Aug 17, 2008 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:44 3 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:27:07 4 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:27:16 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 8 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:51 9 Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 2:28:29 14 Anna INCERTI (ITA) 2:30:55 21 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:32:06 23 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:32:38 28 Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM) 2:33:29 32 Marisa BARROS (POR) 2:34:08 33 Lisa Jane WEIGHTMAN (AUS) 2:34:16 40 Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:35:22 42 Lucia KIMANI (BIH) 2:35:47 50 Bahar DOGAN (TUR) 2:37:12 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:14 6 Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 2:27:41 8 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:45 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 6 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:27:17 9 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:28:15 Osaka World Championships - Sep 2, 2007 2 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:30:45 9 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:32:55 London - Apr 22, 2007 1 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:20:38 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:55 5 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:24:46 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 7 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:29:47 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 3 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:22:36 5 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:24:25 11 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:30:39 Carpi - Oct 15, 2006 1 Aniko Kalovics (HUN) 2:26:44 2 Rosaria Console (ITA) 2:28:49 London - Apr 23, 2006 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:13 7 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:51 Chicago - Oct 9, 2005 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:21:30 8 Tatyana Petrova (RUS) 2:31:03 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 14, 2005 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:20:57 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:19 5 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:24:12 18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:26 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:42 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:22:50 6 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:26:32 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:52 New York City - Nov 7, 2004 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:23:10 7 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:28:21 14 Benita Willis (AUS) 2:38:03 Athens Olympics - Aug 22, 2004 20 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:37:31 33 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:42:54 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:52 17 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:39:16 London - Apr 13, 2003 1 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25 6 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:43 Edmonton World Championships - Aug 12, 2001 1 Lidia Simon (ROU) 2:26:01 10 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:30:38