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2009 World Championships Women’s Marathon Previous Head-To-Heads

MarathonGuide Staff

Aug 23, 2009

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There are few international female marathoners in the world and there are fewer top women able to compete in such a high-caliber field at the 2009 World Championships Women’s Marathon. Here is our best list displaying past marathon match-ups and their finishes at these previous races. This list highlights some of the most competitive runners around the globe, many who have never raced in such a deep international field. While this list is no guarantee of what will unfold, it may be an indicator of their talents as many prepare themselves for their first World Championship event. The Women’s Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, August 23rd.

Women
World Championships Women’s Marathon 2017 – Aug 6, 2017
19Helalia JOHANNES (NAM)2:32:01
30Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM)2:37:24
Rio de Janeiro Olympics – Aug 14, 2016
41Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM)2:36:32
49Kum-Ok KIM (PRK)2:38:24
56Helalia JOHANNES (NAM)2:39:55
69Adriana Aparecida DA SILVA (BRA)2:43:22
London – Apr 26, 2015
4Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:23:53
14Alessandra Aguilar (ESP)2:29:45
18Mary Davies (NZL)2:34:22
21Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:36:55
Dubai – Jan 23, 2015
1Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:20:02
16Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:27:24
2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon – Women – Jul 27, 2014
5Helalia Johannes (NAM)2:32:02
11Beata Naigambo (NAM)2:39:23
Boston – Apr 21, 2014
24Lidia Simon (ROU)2:36:47
26Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:37:29
Chicago – Oct 13, 2013
3Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:26:42
5Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:26:42
5Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:27:49
London – Apr 21, 2013
3Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:24:43
4Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:25:14
8Alevtina BIKTIMIROVA (RUS)2:30:02
11Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA)2:31:44
18Yoko SHIBUI (JPN)2:37:35
Boston – Apr 15, 2013
6Kara Goucher (USA)2:28:11
10Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)2:30:09
23Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:42:57
Tokyo – Feb 24, 2013
3Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:26:41
5Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:28:30
Yokohama – Nov 18, 2012
3Marisa Barros (POR)2:26:51
8Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:31:43
London Olympics – Aug 5, 2012
5Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:24:48
10Kara Goucher (USA)2:26:07
12Helalia JOHANNES (NAM)2:26:09
12Marisa Barros (POR)2:26:13
13Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:26:44
18Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:27:43
25Alessandra Aguilar (ESP)2:29:19
32Susanne HAHN (GER)2:30:22
38Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM)2:31:16
42Aselefech MERGIA (ETH)2:32:03
45Lidia SIMON (ROU)2:32:46
47Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA)2:33:15
49Kum-Ok KIM (PRK)2:33:30
58Jiali WANG (CHN)2:35:46
81Tanith MAXWELL (RSA)2:40:27
London – Apr 22, 2012
7Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:24:53
9Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:25:59
Chongqing – Mar 17, 2012
1Jiali Wang (CHN)2:22:41
2Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:23:42
3Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:24:19
5Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:28:21
Nagoya – Mar 11, 2012
2Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:24:14
4Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:25:02
8Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:26:08
Dubai – Jan 27, 2012
1Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:19:31
4Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:20:30
8Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:23:13
14Beata Naigambo (NAM)2:29:20
Dublin – Oct 31, 2011
1Helalia Johannes (NAM)2:30:35
3Olga Glok (RUS)2:33:26
Frankfurt – Oct 30, 2011
9Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)2:28:08
11Susanne Hahn (GER)2:28:49
Berlin – Sep 25, 2011
2Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:22:18
3Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:23:46
Daegu World Championships – Aug 27, 2011
4Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:29:21
5Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:29:35
6Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:29:58
8Jiali Wang (CHN)2:30:25
9Marisa Barros (POR)2:30:29
11Rong Chen (CHN)2:31:11
14Atsede Bayisa (Ethiopia)2:31:37
17Tera Moody (USA)2:32:04
18Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:32:31
Dalian – Apr 30, 2011
1Jiali Wang (CHN)2:26:12
2Rong Chen (CHN)2:26:49
5Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:29:46
Boston – Apr 18, 2011
5Kara Goucher (USA)2:24:52
6Dire Tune (ETH)2:25:08
London – Apr 17, 2011
4Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:23:42
5Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:23:50
6Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:24:09
7Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:24:24
11Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN)2:25:40
12Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:26:28
26Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:34:29
29Tanith Maxwell (RSA)2:39:07
Yokohama – Feb 20, 2011
1Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:23:56
3Marisa Barros (POR)2:25:04
Dubai – Jan 21, 2011
1Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:22:45
5Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:25:08
Guangzhou – Nov 27, 2010
1Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:25:00
2Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:26:35
Beijing – Oct 24, 2010
1Jiali Wang (CHN)2:29:31
2Rong Chen (CHN)2:29:46
Chicago – Oct 10, 2010
1Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:23:40
3Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:26:40
10Tera Moody (USA)2:30:53
11Fiona Docherty (NZL)2:32:17
Berlin – Sep 26, 2010
2Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:24:58
3Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:26:10
4Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)2:26:21
7Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA)2:32:30
London – Apr 25, 2010
3Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:22:38
4Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:23:17
6Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:24:55
11Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:31:00
13Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:32:26
15Tanith Maxwell (RSA)2:34:24
22Fiona Docherty (NZL)2:37:55
Boston – Apr 19, 2010
8Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:31:14
9Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS)2:31:48
13Paige Higgins (USA)2:36:00
Osaka – Jan 31, 2010
2Marisa Barros (POR)2:25:44
4Lidia Simon (ROU)2:27:11
New York City – Nov 1, 2009
2Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:29:00
4Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:29:27
9YURI KANO (JPN)2:39:05
Chicago – Oct 11, 2009
1Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:26:31
9Tera Moody (USA)2:32:59
Berlin World Championships – Aug 23, 2009
2Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:25:25
3Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:25:32
4Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:25:39
5Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:26:08
6Marisa Barros (POR)2:26:50
7Yuri Kano (JPN)2:26:57
8Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS)2:27:08
9Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS)2:27:39
10Kara Goucher (USA)2:27:48
13Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:29:39
14Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN)2:29:53
15Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:29:55
16Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:30:03
17Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)2:30:07
20Kum-Ok Kim (PRK)2:31:24
21Irene Limika (KEN)2:31:29
22Lidia Simon (ROM)2:32:03
23Dire Tune (ETH)2:32:42
24Beata Naigambo (NAM)2:33:05
25Alessandra Aguilar (ESP)2:33:38
26Epiphanie Nyirabarame (RWA)2:33:59
27Atsede Bayisa (Ethiopia)2:36:04
28Tera Moody (USA)2:36:39
29Olga Glok (RUS)2:36:57
30Paige Higgins (USA)2:37:11
31Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:37:43
32Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:38:23
33Yong-Ok Jong (PRK)2:38:29
34Susanne Hahn (GER)2:38:39
35Mary Davies (NZL)2:38:48
36Tara Quinn-Smith (CAN)2:39:19
37Risper Jemeli Kimaiyo (KEN)2:39:23
38Patrizia Morceli (SUI)2:39:37
40Judith Ramírez (MEX)2:40:18
41Fiona Docherty (NZL)2:40:18
43Adriana Aparecida da Silva (BRA)2:40:54
44Shireen Crumpton (NZL)2:41:31
45Tanith Maxwell (RSA)2:41:48
46Annemette Aagaard (DEN)2:42:03
47Martha Komu (KEN)2:42:14
48Chol Sun Kim (PRK)2:42:18
49Patricia Lossouarn (FRA)2:42:40
50Laurence Klein (FRA)2:42:47
London – Apr 26, 2009
1Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:22:11
4Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:25:06
8Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:26:29
10Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:27:42
11Yuri Kano (JPN)2:28:44
12Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:29:02
Boston – Apr 20, 2009
2Dire Tune (ETH)2:32:17
3Kara Goucher (USA)2:32:25
4Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:33:08
Paris – Apr 5, 2009
1Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:24:42
2Aselefech Mergia (ETH)2:25:02
Osaka – Jan 25, 2009
1Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:23:42
2Yukiko Akaba (JPN)2:25:40
5Lidia Simon (ROU)2:27:14
Dubai – Jan 16, 2009
1Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:24:02
9Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:29:13
Tokyo – Nov 16, 2008
1Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:23:30
2Yuri Kano (JPN)2:24:27
4Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:25:51
6Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:30:42
New York City – Nov 2, 2008
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:23:56
2Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:25:43
3Kara Goucher (USA)2:25:53
7Dire Tune (ETH)2:29:28
8Lidia Simon (ROU)2:30:04
9Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:30:38
Frankfurt – Oct 26, 2008
1Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)2:26:22
3Melanie Kraus (GER)2:28:20
4Irene Limika (KEN)2:28:31
Chicago – Oct 12, 2008
2Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS)2:29:32
7Bezunesh Bekele (ETH)2:32:41
8Paige Higgins (USA)2:33:06
Beijing Olympics – Aug 17, 2008
3Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:27:07
4Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:27:16
5Martha Komu (KEN)2:27:23
8Lidia Simon (ROU)2:27:51
15Dire Tune (ETH)2:31:16
18Luminita TALPOS (ROU)2:31:41
22Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:32:16
23Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:32:38
28Beata NAIGAMBO (NAM)2:33:29
32Marisa BARROS (POR)2:34:08
38Melanie KRAUS (GER)2:35:17
40Helalia Johannes (NAM)2:35:22
43Sandra RUALES (ECU)2:35:53
Vienna – Apr 27, 2008
1Luminita Talpos (ROU)2:26:43
2Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:29:01
Boston – Apr 21, 2008
1Dire Tune (ETH)2:25:25
2Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS)2:25:27
7Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:33:56
London – Apr 13, 2008
1Irina Mikitenko (GER)2:24:14
2Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:24:39
5Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:26:45
14Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:36:34
Rotterdam – Apr 13, 2008
1Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:25:12
3Alessandra Aguilar (ESP)2:29:03
Nagoya – Mar 9, 2008
2Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)2:26:19
3Yuri Kano (JPN)2:26:39
Osaka – Jan 27, 2008
2Tomo Morimoto (JPN)2:25:34
6Lidia Simon (ROU)2:27:17
Xiamen – Jan 5, 2008
4Rong Chen (CHN)2:27:09
7Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:32:21
Frankfurt – Oct 28, 2007
1Melanie Kraus (GER)2:28:56
2Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:29:12
Osaka World Championships – Sep 2, 2007
2Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:30:45
32Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS)2:42:56
Nagano – Apr 15, 2007
2Dire Tune (ETH)2:28:59
3Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:29:34
Rotterdam – Apr 15, 2007
3Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS)2:31:02
4Atsede Bayisa (ETH)2:33:54
8Martha Komu (KEN)2:45:01
Xiamen – Mar 31, 2007
1Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:26:08
2Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:29:27
Osaka – Jan 28, 2007
3Yuri Kano (JPN)2:24:43
10Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:34:15
Chicago – Oct 22, 2006
6Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:25:37
8Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:27:08
11Lidia Simon (ROU)2:30:39
Koln – Oct 8, 2006
1Luminita Zaituc (GER)2:28:30
2Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:29:45
Xiamen – Mar 25, 2006
1Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:26:32
2Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:28:27
New York City – Nov 6, 2005
6Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:27:21
15Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:33:49
Beijing – Oct 16, 2005
2Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:21:11
3Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:27:35
Helsinki World Championships – Aug 14, 2005
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:20:57
5Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:24:12
37Dire Tune (ETH)2:39:13
London – Apr 17, 2005
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:17:42
5Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:26:29
Xiamen – Mar 26, 2005
1Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:29:58
2Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:31:11
New York City – Nov 7, 2004
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:23:10
6Luminita Zaituc (GER)2:28:15
Beijing – Oct 17, 2004
2Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:28:42
11Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:37:56
Chicago – Oct 10, 2004
2Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:24:33
3Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:25:01
Athens Olympics – Aug 22, 2004
8Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:31:56
9Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:32:04
33Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:42:54
London – Apr 18, 2004
2Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:26:02
6Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:28:10
Xiamen – Mar 27, 2004
1Chunxiu Zhou (CHN)2:23:28
8Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:34:47
Chicago – Oct 12, 2003
1Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:23:07
9Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:29:00
Saint-Denis – Aug 31, 2003
9Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:26:53
11Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:28:24
London – Apr 13, 2003
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:15:25
5Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:23:14
Beijing – Oct 20, 2002
3Xiaolin Zhu (CHN)2:23:57
5Weiwei Sun (CHN)2:25:15
Chicago – Oct 13, 2002
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:17:18
3Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:21:22
4Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:21:31
London – Apr 14, 2002
1Paula Radcliffe (GBR)2:18:56
2Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:22:31
3Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:22:33
New York City – Nov 4, 2001
3Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:25:13
6Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:26:18
Edmonton World Championships – Aug 12, 2001
1Lidia Simon (ROU)2:26:01
3Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:26:18
4Yoko Shibui (JPN)2:26:33
8Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:28:54
London – Apr 22, 2001
2Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:24:04
4Lidia Simon (ROU)2:24:15
6Nuta Olaru (ROU)2:25:18
Boston – Apr 16, 2001
3Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:27:18
7Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:29:23
Honolulu – Dec 10, 2000
1Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:28:33
2Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:28:51
New York City – Nov 5, 2000
1Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)2:25:45
12Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:32:35
London – Apr 16, 2000
2Lidia Simon (ROU)2:24:46
8Lyubov Morgunova (RUS)2:26:33
10Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)2:28:11

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