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plus place and time of U.S. Women
Los Angeles, CA, USA 8-5-1984
1 Joan Benoit USA 2:24:52
2 Greta Waitz NOR 2:26:18
3 Rosa Mota POR 2:26:57
36 Julie Brown USA 2:47:33
Julie Isphording USA DNF

Seoul, KOR 9-23-1988
1 Rosa Mota POR 2:25:40
2 Lisa Martin AUS 2:25:53
3 Katrin Dorre GDR 2:26:21
17 Nancy Ditz USA 2:33:42
39 Margaret Groos USA 2:40:59
40 Cathy O'Brien USA 2:41:04

Barcelona, ESP 8-1-1992
1 Valentina Yegorova EUN 2:32:41
2 Yuko Arimori JPN 2:32:49
3 Lorraine Moller NZL 2:33:59
10 Cathy O'Brien USA 2:39:42
12 Francie Larrieu-Smith USA 2:41:09
21 Janis Klecker USA 2:47:17

Atlanta, GA, USA 7-28-1996
1 Fatuma Roba ETH 2:26:05
2 Valentina Yegorova RUS 2:28:05
3 Yuko Arimori JPN 2:28:39
10 Anne Marie Lauck USA 2:31:30
31 Linda Somers USA 2:36:58
Jenny Spangler USA DNF

Sydney, AUS 9-24-2000
1 Naoko Takahashi JPN 2:23:14
2 Lidia Simon ROU 2:23:22
3 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 2:24:45
19 Christine Clark USA 2:31:35

Athens, GRE 8-22-2004
1 Mizuki Noguchi JPN 2:26:20
2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:26:32
3 Deena Kastor USA 2:27:20
34 Jennifer Rhines USA 2:43:52
39 Colleen De Reuck USA 2:46:30

Beijing, CHN Sunday 8-17-2008
1 Constantina Dita ROU 2:26:44
2 Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:27:06
3 Chunxiu Zhou CHN 2:27:07
27 Blake Russell USA 2:33:13
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet USA DNF
Deena Kastor USA DNF

London, GBR Sunday 8-5-2012
11:00am BST: British Summer Time
or Midnight Sat. 8-4-2012 in Hawaii
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3

Shalane Flanagan
Desiree Davila
Rio de Janeiro, BRA 2016
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2
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Paris in 2020?

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians
Thanks to Ken Young and others at ARRS for compiling these race results.
Twin Cities Marathon 10/04/09
Several of the women I coach earned a qualifying time for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
Rock 'n' Roll Arizona
It was the best chance in January 2010 for U.S. women to get a 2012 Marathon Trials qualifying time.
Houston Marathon
Not everyone ran the USATF National Half Marathon Championships.
10th place at L.A. and official results say,
Yes...she made it!
From Boston April 2008, Photo c/o Victah Sailer and PhotoRun.
If you see an error in the list above or want to report an omission, drop me a line.
uhxccoach@yahoo.com
xcrunningcoach@yahoo.com
Sub 2:19 marathoners
If you are interested in the Men who are qualified for Houston.