Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

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The women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Paris, France, on 11 August 2024. This will be the 11th time that the women's marathon is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Background

The women's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1984.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date
World record  Tigst Assefa (ETH) 2:11.53[2] Berlin, Germany 24 September 2023
Olympic record  Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23.07 London, Great Britain 5 August 2012
World leading  Sutume Kebede (ETH) 2:15.55[3] Tokyo, Japan 3 March 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time
Africa (records)  Tigst Assefa (ETH) 2:11.53 WR
Asia (records)  Honami Maeda (JPN) 2:18.59
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 2:13:44
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Emily Sisson (USA) 2:18.29
Oceania (records)  Sinead Diver (AUS) 2:21:34
South America (records)  Florencia Borelli (ARG) 2:24.18

Qualification

For the women's marathon event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 95 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 2:26.50 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Results

The event is scheduled to be held on 11 August, starting at 08:00 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Marathon women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Marathon women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Records – Marathon women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.