1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
Long distance running race at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
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The women's marathon was one of the road events at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. It took place on 25 August 1991; the course started and finished at the National Stadium. The race was won by Poland's Wanda Panfil in 2:29:53, ahead of Sachiko Yamashita of Japan in second and Germany's Katrin Dörre in third.
| Women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium, Tokyo | |||||||||
| Date | 25 August 1991 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:29:53 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Final ranking
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wanda Panfil |  Poland |
2:29:53 | |
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Sachiko Yamashita |  Japan |
2:29:57 | |
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Katrin Dörre |  Germany |
2:30:10 | |
| 4 | Yuko Arimori | Japan |
2:31:08 | |
| 5 | Maria Rebelo |  France |
2:32:05 | |
| 6 | Kamila Gradus | Poland |
2:32:09 | |
| 7 | Manuela Machado |  Portugal |
2:32:33 | |
| 8 | Ramilya Burangulova |  Soviet Union |
2:33:00 | |
| 9 | Iris Biba | Germany |
2:33:48 | |
| 10 | Sally Ellis |  Great Britain & N.I. |
2:35:09 | |
| 11 | Sally Eastall | Great Britain & N.I. |
2:36:16 | |
| 12 | Kumi Araki | Japan |
2:38:27 | |
| 13 | Joy Smith |  United States |
2:39:16 | |
| 14 | María Trujillo | United States |
2:39:28 | |
| 15 | Fabiola Rueda |  Colombia |
2:41:51 | |
| 16 | Sissel Grottenberg |  Norway |
2:43:11 | |
| 17 | Franziska Moser |  Switzerland |
2:44:07 | |
| 18 | Pascaline Wangui |  Kenya |
2:45:22 | |
| 19 | Ena Guevara |  Peru |
2:48:53 | |
| 20 | Françoise Bonnet | France |
2:48:57 | |
| 21 | Cornelia Melis |  Aruba |
2:58:18 | |
| 22 | Yi-Lo Man |  Hong Kong |
2:59:39 | |
| 23 | Gina Coello |  Honduras |
2:59:54 | NR |
| 24 | Graciela Caizabanda |  Ecuador |
3:00:03 | |
| – | Chen Qingmei |  China |
DNF | |
| Aurora Cunha | Portugal | |||
| Joke Kleijweg |  Netherlands | |||
| Veronique Marot | Great Britain & N.I. | |||
| Ludmila Melicherová |  Czechoslovakia | |||
| Rosa Mota | Portugal | |||
| Márcia Narloch |  Brazil | |||
| Dorthe Rasmussen |  Denmark | |||
| Anna Villani |  Italy | |||
| Tatyana Zuyeva | Soviet Union | |||
| Laura Fogli | Italy | |||
| Valentina Yegorova | Soviet Union | |||
| Gordon Bloch | United States | |||
| Isabel Canto |  Guatemala | |||
| Sandra Natal |  Dominican Republic | |||