Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
| Women's marathon at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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A group of runners in the marathon, including eventual winner Tiki Gelana (leftmost green shirt).
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| Venue | Marathon course, central London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 118 from 67 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:23:07 OR | ||||||||||||
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Tiki Gelana |
 Ethiopia
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Priscah Jeptoo |
 Kenya
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Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova |
 Russia
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The women's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the Olympic marathon street course on 5 August.
The course started and finished on The Mall in central London. Runners completed one short circuit of 2.219 miles around part of the City of Westminster and then three longer circuits of 8 miles around Westminster, the Victoria Embankment and the City of London. The course was designed to pass many of London's best known landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall, Leadenhall Market, the Monument, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament.
Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia won the gold medal, completing the course in an Olympic record-breaking time of 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds. Kenya's Priscah Jeptoo finished second to win silver and Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, representing Russia, took bronze.
Prior to this event[update], the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
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