The
Women's Marathon at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
in
Barcelona, Spain
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was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30
p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with
Bakombo Kungu from
Zaire
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finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish.
The winning margin was 8 seconds.
After finishing fourth,
Madina Biktagirova of the
Unified Team tested positive for
norephedrine
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), sold under many brand names, is a sympathomimetic agent used as a decongestant and appetite suppressant. It was once common in prescription drug, prescription and over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter cough and cold ...
and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a
drug test
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.
Medalists
Abbreviations
*''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds''
Records
Final ranking
See also
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1990 Women's European Championships Marathon (Split)
*
1991 Women's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)
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1992 Marathon Year Ranking
*
1993 Women's World Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
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1994 Women's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
References
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Marathon Info
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Marathons at the Olympics
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1988 Summer Olympics
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Women's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics