Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
| Women's marathon at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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| Venue | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:32:41 | ||||||||||||
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Valentina Yegorova |
 Unified Team
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Yuko Arimori |
 Japan
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Lorraine Moller |
 New Zealand
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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.
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