Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
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Women's marathon at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sapporo | ||||||||||||
Date | 7 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 88 from 44 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:27:20 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's marathon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics started at 06:00 on 7 August 2021 in Sapporo.[1] Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won gold in 2:27:20 followed by world record holder and Kenyan teammate Brigid Kosgei with silver, and American Molly Seidel winning the bronze medal in her third-ever marathon.[2]
The race was moved north, from Tokyo to Sapporo because the latter is on average 4 °C (7 °F) cooler in August, as decided in 2019 by the IOC.[3] The start had been moved an hour earlier to 06:00 for the same reason. The two cities turned out to have almost the same temperature, as Sapporo recorded 25 °C (77 °F) at 06:00 when the race started and 29 °C (84 °F) at 08:30.[4]
The gifts for the competition were presented by Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom; World Athletics President.