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1993 World Championships In Athletics – Women's Marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Sunday August 15, 1993. Medalists Abbreviations *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' Records Intermediates Final ranking See also * Women's Olympic Marathon (1992) * 1993 Marathon Year Ranking References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1993 World Championships In Athletics - Women's Marathon M Marathons at the World Athletics Championships 1993 marathons Women's marathons World Championships in Athletics marathon Marathons in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon (sport)
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896. The distance did not become standardized until 1921. The distance is also included in the World Athletics Championships, which began in 1983. It is the only running road race included in both championship competitions (walking races on the roads are also contested in both). History Origin The name ''Marathon'' comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that, while he was taking part in the Battle of Marathon, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PR China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen MacLeod
Karen Nicolson ( MacLeod; 4 April 1958 – 8 June 2021) was a British long-distance runner. She represented Great Britain running the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also represented her native Scotland in the 1994 Commonwealth Games marathon. Marathons Karen MacLeod grew up on Skye. After leaving Skye she came late into athletics, at the age of 24 running in the Bath Half Marathon to raise funds for cancer research, from which her father had died. Though within a short time she took part in the world cross-country championships in 1985, 1986 and 1987. In 1987 she won the Scottish National cross-country Championship. MacLeod ran the 10,000m at the 1990 Commonwealth Games finishing 12th in a race won by compatriot Liz McColgan. She then switched to the longer distance of marathon and enjoyed success in the early 1990s by winning the Bordeaux Marathon, Majorca Marathon and Seville Marathon. In the 1991 Carpi Marathon she finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judit Földing-Nagy
Judit Földing-Nagy (in Hungary: ''Földingné Nagy Judit'', born 9 December 1965) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the marathon. She was born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron. She is the current Hungarian record-holder in marathon. She was a bronze medallist at the IAU 100 km European Championships in 2012. (2016-02-06). Retrieved on 2016-05-07. Achievements 2012 – 100 km World Championship in Seregno, Italy - 6th 2012 – 100 km European Championship in Seregno, Italy - 3rdPersonal bests * |
Marian Sutton
Marian Rosemarie Sutton (born 7 October 1963) is an English long-distance runner. She won the Chicago Marathon twice and competed for Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics and several IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, placing eighth in marathon. Sutton came to prominence as a marathon runner when she finished fifth in the 1995 Chicago Marathon. Then determined to qualify for the 1996 Summer Olympics she with coach Bud Baldaro scheduled training to cope with the heat expected in Atlanta. However, she was not selected for the British team with Karen MacLeod and Suzanne Rigg taking the final two places alongside Liz McColgan. This snub spurred Sutton on to win the Chicago Marathon in 1996 and completed the double win a year later. Sutton was selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millenniu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Rybicka (runner)
Anna Rybicka (born 28 March 1977) is a Polish fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1977 births Living people Polish female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Poland Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Gdynia Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish sportswomen 20th-century Polish women {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Rebelo
Maria Rebelo (divorced Rebelo-Lelut; born 29 January 1956 in Ílhavo, Baixo Vouga, Portugal) is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best of 2:29:04 hours in the marathon in 1991. Rebelo rose to prominence in the 1986 season by winning the Paris Marathon in the time of 2:32:16. Winner of her first national marathon title in 1990, Maria Rebelo took third at the 1990 European Championships at Split, finishing behind the Portuguese Rosa Mota and the Soviet Valentina Yegorova. She ran the best performance of her career on 21 April 1991 by completing the London Marathon in 2:29:04, then she placed fifth at the 1991 World Championships at Tokyo in 2:32:05. Selected to run at the 1992 Olympic Games, Rebelo did not finish. She won two more French national marathon championships in 1993 and 1994. International competitions Road race wins *Paris Marathon: 1986 (2:32:16) *Paris Half Marathon Paris Half Marathon (''French: Semi-marathon de Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akemi Matsuno
(born April 27, 1968) is a retired female long-distance runner from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... International competitions References * 1968 births Living people Japanese sportsperson-politicians Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firiya Sultanova
Firaya Rifkatovna Sultanova-Zhdanova (russian: Фирая Рифкатовна Султанова-Жданова; born April 29, 1961, in Tyukovo, Tatarstan) is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on June 21, 2003, in Duluth, Minnesota, clocking 2:27:05. Sultanova represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., where she failed to reach the final of the women's 10,000 metres competition. International competitions Professional marathons References * *marathoninfo 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatarstan Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners Olympic female marathon runners Olympic athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamila Gradus
Kamila Gradus (born 19 March 1967 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie) is a retired Polish marathon runner, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ... in Atlanta, Georgia. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise See also * Polish records in athletics References * * 1967 births Living people Polish female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Athletes from Warsaw Legia Warsaw athletes 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jones (athlete)
Kim Jones (born May 2, 1958) is a retired American marathoner and road runner. Author of the autobiography, Dandelion Growing Wild. Early life and education Kim Jones was born on May 2, 1958, in Sonoma, California. She had a successful high school running career, winning states titles in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and mile. Distance running career Jones became a marathoner after seeing Joan Samuelson's victory in the first women's Olympic marathon. She ran her first marathon in 1984, finishing with a time of 2:48:48. She soon began working with coach Benji Durden, himself an elite marathoner, and posted a second-place finish at the 1985 Twin Cities Marathon, with a time of 2:35:59. Jones competed in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships, but she did not finish after hurting her ankle. In 1988, she finished 5th in the Olympic Marathon Trials with a time of 2:32:16. At the 1991 Berlin Marathon, she ran her lifetime best of 2:26:40 while finishing second. Her time in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frith Van Der Merwe
Frith van der Merwe (born 26 May 1964) is a South African long-distance athlete. Running career She competed several times in the South African ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon, in the late 1980s and early 1990s with success, setting female records for both up and down runs. Her 1989 record time of 5:54:43 in the down run was broken by Gerda Steyn in 2023. Her 1989 record time of 3:30:36 in the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon was broken by Gerda Steyn in 2022. Her best times in shorter distances were: 8 km 26:42 10 km 33:18 Germany, 1993 15 km 49:54 Belville, 1989 21.1 km 71:11 Voet of Africa, 1990 42.2 km 2:27 SA Champs, 1990 50 km 3:08 City to City, 1989 Personal life She married Michael Ivan Agliotti (b. 2 January 1957, d 25 May 1997) on 22 April 1995. She started studying at University of the Witwatersrand. She is a teacher. She is currently teaching in Benoni, Gauteng Benoni is a town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
