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Olympic Female Marathon Winners
Below are the gold medal winners for each Olympic Games marathon for men. There is much more information about the Olympic marathon, including trivia about some of these winners and history of the marathon. See also the winners of the male race, which has been held since the first Games in 1896.
| Year | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Joan Benoit | USA | 2:24:52 |
| 1988 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2:25:40 |
| 1992 | Valentina Yegorova | URS | 2:32:41 |
| 1996 | Fatuma Roba | ETH | 2:26.05 |
| 2000 | Naoko Takahashi | JPN | 2:23:14 |
| 2004 | Mizuki Noguchi | JPN | 2:26:20 |
| 2008 | Constantina Tomescu | Romania | 2:26.44 |
Related Pages
- All about the Olympic Marathon and other Athletics Events
- poll: which record time will be broken next—100m or marathon?
- More information about the sport of Athletics
- List of Olympic Sports
