Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain 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 finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from 31 countries. Nine of them did not finish.

After finishing fourth, Madina Biktagirova of the Unified Team tested positive for norephedrine and became the first Olympic marathoner disqualified for failing a drug test.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valentina Yegorova Unified Team |
| - | - |
| Silver | Yuko Arimori Japan |
| Bronze | Lorraine Moller New Zealand |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics :

| World Record | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 2:21:06 | April 21, 1985 | London, United Kingdom |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | Joan Benoit (USA) | 2:24:52 | August 5, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Season Best | Olga Markova (RUS) | 2:23:43 | April 20, 1992 | Boston, United States |

## Final ranking

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Valentina Yegorova (EUN) | 2:32:41 |
| | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | 2:32:49 |
| | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 2:33:59 |
| 4. | Sachiko Yamashita (JPN) | 2:36:26 |
| 5. | Katrin Dörre (GER) | 2:36:48 |
| 6. | Mun Gyong-ae (PRK) | 2:37:03 |
| 7. | Manuela Machado (POR) | 2:38:22 |
| 8. | Ramilya Burangulova (EUN) | 2:38:46 |
| 9. | Colleen De Reuck (RSA) | 2:39:03 |
| 10. | Cathy O'Brien (USA) | 2:39:42 |
| 11. | Karolina Szabó (HUN) | 2:40:10 |
| 12. | Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) | 2:41:09 |
| 13. | Sally Eastall (GBR) | 2:41:20 |
| 14. | Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) | 2:41:48 |
| 15. | Birgit Jerschabek (GER) | 2:42:45 |
| 16. | Véronique Marot (GBR) | 2:42:55 |
| 17. | Márcia Narloch (BRA) | 2:44:32 |
| 18. | Emma Scaunich (ITA) | 2:46:14 |
| 19. | Odette Lapierre (CAN) | 2:46:18 |
| 20. | Anna Villani (ITA) | 2:46:44 |
| 21. | Janis Klecker (USA) | 2:47:17 |
| 22. | Wanda Panfil (POL) | 2:47:27 |
| 23. | Bettina Sabatini (ITA) | 2:50:09 |
| 24. | Alena Peterková (TCH) | 2:53:30 |
| 25. | Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) | 2:54:21 |
| 26. | Małgorzata Birbach (POL) | 2:54:33 |
| 27. | Sally Ellis (GBR) | 2:54:41 |
| 28. | Pascaline Wangui (KEN) | 2:56:46 |
| 29. | Yumi Kokamo (JPN) | 2:58:18 |
| 30. | Addis Gezahegn (ETH) | 2:58:27 |
| 31. | Janete Mayal (BRA) | 3:00:23 |
| 32. | Elena Murgoci (ROU) | 3:01:46 |
| 33. | Vilma Peña (CRC) | 3:03:34 |
| 34. | Ena Guevara (PER) | 3:05:50 |
| 35. | Ana Gutiérrez (ISV) | 3:14:02 |
| 36. | Jen Allred (GUM) | 3:14:45 |
| 37. | Christine Bakombo (ZAI) | 3:29:10 |
| — | Aurora Cunha (POR) | DNF |
| — | Olga Appell (MEX) | DNF |
| — | Franziska Moser (SUI) | DNF |
| — | Đặng Thị Tèo (VIE) | DNF |
| — | Lizanne Bussieres (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Maria Rebelo (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Cornelia Melis (ARU) | DNF |
| — | Marguerite Buist (NZL) | DNF |
| — | Lisa Ondieki (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Madina Biktagirova (EUN) | DSQ |
