Listed by Nation and Athlete Count Time Name Nat. Pos. Venue Date 1 2:25:52 Nicky Carroll AUS (4) London 18-Apr-1999 2:26:52 Carroll - 2 (5) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:29:21 Carroll - 3 (1) Sacramento 05-Dec-1999 2 2:25:59 Kerryn McCann AUS (5) London 16-Apr-2000 2:28:44 McCann - 2 (7) London 18-Apr-1999 3 2:32:37 Susan Hobson AUS (10) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 4 2:36:49*Silvana Trampuz AUS (20) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 AUS = 4 5 2:23:43 Marleen Renders BEL (1) Paris 09-Apr-2000 2:23:58 Renders - 2 (2) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 BEL = 1 6 2:29:13 Elena Makolova BLR (1) Duluth 19-Jun-1999 7 2:32:43 Elena Vinitskaya BLR (1) Las Vegas 01-Feb-1999 BLR = 2 8 2:32:17 Viviany de Oliveira BRA (9) London 18-Apr-1999 BRA = 1 9 2:32:23 Erika Olivera CHI (5) Rotterdam 18-Apr-1999 CHI = 1 10 2:25:32 Ren Xiujuan CHN (1) Jinan 02-Apr-2000 11 2:29:20 Ai Dongmei CHN (1) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 2:30:18 Ai - 2 (6) Boston 17-Apr-2000 12 2:30:12 Sun Yingjie CHN (12) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:30:29 Sun - 2 (7) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:31:19 Sun - 3 (2) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 2:31:22 Sun - 4 (8) Boston 17-Apr-2000 13 2:30:28 Zhang Shujing CHN (2) Jinan 02-Apr-2000 2:32:19 Zhang - 2 (5) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 14 2:30:43 Lu Jingbo CHN (3) Jinan 02-Apr-2000 15 2:31:25 Li Yunxia CHN (3) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 16 2:32:59 Wang Yanfang CHN (7) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 CHN = 7 17 2:27:58 Martha Tenorio ECU (5) Boston 19-Apr-1999 2:31:49 Tenorio - 2 (9) Boston 17-Apr-2000 ECU = 1 18 2:29:54 Ana Isabel Alonso ESP (3) Rotterdam 18-Apr-1999 2:30:21 Alonso - 2 (1) Rotterdam 16-Apr-2000 2:31:38 Alonso - 3 ESP (15) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 19 2:31:12 Griselda Gonzalez ESP (1) Barcelona 19-Mar-2000 20 2:32:34 Maria Luisa Munoz ESP (1) Valencia 06-Feb-2000 ESP = 3 21 2:28:56 Jane Salumae EST (4) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:30:40 Salumae - 2 (2) Roma 21-Mar-1999 EST = 1 22 2:23:25 Fatuma Roba ETH (1) Boston 19-Apr-1999 2:26:27 Roba - 2 (3) Boston 17-Apr-2000 2:27:05 Roba - 3 (2) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:28:04 Roba - 4 (4) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 23 2:24:47 Elfenesh Alemu ETH (4) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 2:24:55 Alemu - 2 (1) Nagano 09-Apr-2000 2:28:52 Alemu - 3 (5) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:28:59 Alemu - 4 (2) Nagano 18-Apr-1999 24 2:26:09 Derartu Tulu ETH (6) London 16-Apr-2000 25 2:29:57 Gadissa Edato ETH (2) Venice 24-Oct-1999 2:32:11 Edato - 2 (2) Roma 01-Jan-2000 2:32:36 Edato - 3 (3) Roma 21-Mar-1999 26 2:31:44 Tadelech Birra ETH (3) Torino 26-Mar-2000 ETH = 5 27 2:31:48 Christine Mallo FRA (4) Rotterdam 18-Apr-1999 FRA = 1 28 2:28:42 Marian Sutton GBR (7) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 GBR = 1 29 2:24:35 Katrin Dörre-Heinig GER (1) Hamburg 25-Apr-1999 2:28:41 Dörre-Heinig - 2 (3) New York 07-Nov-1999 30 2:27:55 Claudia Dreher GER (1) Hannover 16-May-1999 2:29:22 Dreher - 2 (9) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:32:08 Dreher - 3 (10) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 31 2:28:55 Sonja Oberem GER (6) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:31:03 Oberem - 2 (8) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 32 2:31:18 Manuela (Veith) Zipse GER (2) Hamburg 25-Apr-1999 2:31:37 Zipse - 2 (1) Hamburg 16-Apr-2000 GER = 4 33 2:31:45 Simone Staicu HUN (6) Paris 04-Apr-1999 34 2:32:22 Judit Nagy-Földing HUN (1) Lisboa 28-Nov-1999 2:32:27 Nagy-Földing - 2 (2) Torino 02-May-1999 HUN = 2 35 2:25:57 Maria Guida ITA (1) Carpi 10-Oct-1999 2:26:12 Guida - 2 (7) London 16-Apr-2000 2:28:28 Guida - 3 (1) Torino 02-May-1999 36 2:28:33 Franca Fiacconi ITA (1) Praha 23-May-1999 2:29:49 Fiacconi - 2 (4) New York 07-Nov-1999 2:30:20 Fiacconi - 3 (1) Padova 30-Apr-2000 37 2:28:54 Sonia Maccioni ITA (1) Venice 24-Oct-1999 38 2:29:36 Maura Viceconte ITA (1) Roma 21-Mar-1999 39 2:30:20 Ornella Ferrara ITA (7) Boston 17-Apr-2000 40 2:31:06 Bruna Genovese ITA (3) Venice 24-Oct-1999 ITA = 6 41 2:22:12 Eri Yamaguchi JPN (1) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:32:15 Yamaguchi - 2 (11) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 42 2:22:19 Naoko Takahashi JPN (1) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 43 2:22:56 Harumi Hiroyama JPN (2) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 44 2:24:36 Reiko Tosa JPN (2) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 45 2:25:14 Kayoko Obata JPN (5) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 2:26:18 Obata - 2 (4) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:29:11 Obata - 3 (8) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 46 2:26:39 Yuko Arimori JPN (3) Boston 19-Apr-1999 2:31:22 Arimori - 2 (9) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 47 2:26:58 Takami Ominami JPN (3) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 48 2:27:02 Ari Ichihashi JPN (2) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 49 2:27:05 Tomoe Abe JPN (6) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:28:01 Abe - 2 (6) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 2:29:09 Abe - 3 (1) Senshu 20-Feb-2000 50 2:27:42 Aki Fujikawa JPN (7) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 51 2:27:55 Midori Fumoto JPN (4) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 52 2:27:57 Mayumi Ichikawa JPN (2) Nagoya 14-Mar-1999 2:32:01 Ichikawa - 2 (17) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 53 2:28:10 Taeko Terauchi JPN (8) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:28:31 Terauchi - 2 (6) London 18-Apr-1999 54 2:28:32 Hiromi Ominami JPN (5) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 2:30:19 Ominami - 2 (3) Nagoya 14-Mar-1999 55 2:28:52 Mineko Yamanouchi JPN (3) Paris 04-Apr-1999 2:30:35 Yamanouchi - 2 (8) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:31:30 Yamanouchi - 3 (2) Rotterdam 16-Apr-2000 56 2:29:00 Masako Chiba JPN (5) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 57 2:29:12 Chika Horie JPN (4) Nagano 09-Apr-2000 58 2:29:23 Noriko Geji JPN (7) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 59 2:29:32 Yukari Komatsu JPN (6) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 60 2:30:10 Junko Kataoka JPN (6) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 61 2:30:34 Mitsuko Sugihara JPN (8) Boston 19-Apr-1999 62 2:30:42 Shiki Terasaki JPN (6) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 63 2:31:22 Hiromi Igarashi JPN (7) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 64 2:31:25 Aki Fujikawa JPN (8) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 65 2:31:29 Hiromi Suzuki JPN (9) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 66 2:31:39 Junko Asari JPN (16) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 67 2:32:10 Ryoko Ichikawa JPN (9) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 68 2:32:11 Ai Sugihara JPN (10) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 69 2:32:14 Kazumi Matsuo JPN (1) Sapporo 29-Aug-1999 70 2:32:20 Hiroko Kinuki JPN (9) Nagoya 12-Mar-2000 71 2:32:30 Mayumi Kumagai JPN (6) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 72 2:32:40 Tomoko Kai JPN (11) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 73 2:32:41 Masae Ueoka JPN (4) Nagoya 14-Mar-1999 74 2:33:00 Azumi Miyazaki JPN (11) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 JPN = 34 75 2:20:43 Tegla Loroupe KEN (1) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 2:22:48 Loroupe - 2 (1) Rotterdam 18-Apr-1999 2:23:46 Loroupe - 3 (2) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:24:33 Loroupe - 4 (1) London 16-Apr-2000 2:32:04 Loroupe - 5 (1) Roma 01-Jan-2000 76 2:23:22 Joyce Chepchumba KEN (1) London 18-Apr-1999 2:24:57 Chepchumba - 2 (3) London 16-Apr-2000 2:25:59 Chepchumba - 3 (1) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 77 2:23:31 Esther Wanjiru KEN (3) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 2:25:40 Wanjiru - 2 (3) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:29:36 Wanjiru - 3 (11) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 78 2:25:29 Lornah Kiplagat KEN (1) Amsterdam 17-Oct-1999 2:30:12 Kiplagat - 2 (5) Boston 17-Apr-2000 79 2:26:00 Margaret Okayo KEN (2) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 80 2:26:11 Catherine Ndereba KEN (1) Boston 17-Apr-2000 2:27:34 Ndereba - 2 (2) New York 07-Nov-1999 2:28:27 Ndereba - 3 (6) Boston 19-Apr-1999 81 2:26:38 Susan Chepkemei KEN (2) Rotterdam 18-Apr-1999 82 2:27:58 Florence Barsosio KEN (1) Torino 26-Mar-2000 83 2:29:47 Angelina Kanana KEN (8) London 18-Apr-1999 84 2:30:30 Esther Kiplagat KEN (13) London 16-Apr-2000 85 2:31:25 Milkah Chepkieny KEN (4) Paris 09-Apr-2000 2:32:46 Chepkieny - 2 (9) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 86 2:31:50 Lucia Subano KEN (4) Venice 24-Oct-1999 87 2:32:55 Esther Barmasai KEN (7) Paris 04-Apr-1999 KEN = 13 88 2:26:27 Irina Bogacheva KGZ (2) Boston 17-Apr-2000 2:27:46 Bogacheva - 2 (5) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 2:28:46 Bogachova - 3 (1) San Diego 23-May-1999 2:30:32 Bogacheva - 4 (1) Los Angeles 14-Mar-1999 2:32:36 Bogacheva - 5 (1) Honolulu 12-Dec-1999 KGZ = 1 89 2:24:06 Adriana Fernandez MEX (2) London 18-Apr-1999 2:25:05 Fernandez - 2 (1) New York 07-Nov-1999 2:25:42 Fernandez - 3 (4) London 16-Apr-2000 MEX = 1 90 2:28:45 Nadezhda Ilyina-Wijenberg NED (1) Eindhoven 10-Oct-1999 NED = 1 91 2:27:30 Malgorzata Sobanska POL (3) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 2:31:02 Sobanska - 2 (3) Nagano 19-Apr-1999 92 2:29:27 Anila Nikiel POL (5) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 2:30:03 Nikiel - 2 (2) Torino 26-Mar-2000 93 2:31:41 Renata Paradowska POL (9) Boston 19-Apr-1999 2:31:59 Paradowska - 2 (8) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 94 2:32:49 Krystyna Kuta POL (1) Palermo 08-Dec-1999 POL = 4 95 2:25:09 Maria Manuela Machado POR (3) London 18-Apr-1999 2:26:41 Machado - 2 (9) London 16-Apr-2000 2:29:11 Machado - 3 (7) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 POR = 1 96 2:26:59 Jong Song-ok PRK (1) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:32:30 Jong - 2 (3) Pyongyang 09-Apr-2000 97 2:29:08 Ham Pong-sil PRK (12) London 16-Apr-2000 98 2:29:26 Kim Chang-ok PRK (10) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 99 2:31:28 Hong Myong Hui PRK (1) Pyongyang 09-Apr-2000 100 2:31:29 Ri Kum-Sil PRK (4) Beijing 09-Oct-1999 101 2:31:49 Kang Gum Sin PRK (2) Pyongyang 09-Apr-2000 102 2:32:58 O Song Suk PRK (4) Pyongyang 09-Apr-2000 PRK = 7 103 2:22:54 Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon ROM (1) Osaka 30-Jan-2000 2:23:24 Slavuteanu-Simon - 2 (1) Osaka 31-Jan-1999 2:24:46 Slavuteanu-Simon - 3 (2) London 16-Apr-2000 2:27:41 Slavuteanu-Simon - 4 (3) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 104 2:26:11 Cristina Costea ROM (1) Paris 04-Apr-1999 2:29:53 Costea - 2 (1) Marrakech 31-Jan-1999 105 2:28:17 Alina Tecuta-Gherasim ROM (2) Paris 09-Apr-2000 2:30:14 Tecuta-Gherasim - 2 (4) Paris 04-Apr-1999 106 2:29:46 Anuta Catuna ROM (4) Boston 17-Apr-2000 2:32:05 Catuna - 2 (6) New York 07-Nov-1999 107 2:30:23 Florina Pana+ ROM (1) Bordeaux 18-Apr-1999 2:30:28 Pana+ - 2 (13) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 108 2:30:56 Cristina Pomacu ROM (5) Paris 04-Apr-1999 109 2:36:28*Constantina Dita ROM (19) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 ROM = 7 110 2:27:17 Elana Meyer RSA (3) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 2:27:18 Meyer - 2 (5) London 18-Apr-1999 2:32:09 Meyer - 3 (10) Boston 17-Apr-2000 111 2:27:30 Colleen De Reuck RSA (4) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 2:27:54 De Reuck - 2 (4) Boston 19-Apr-1999 RSA = 2 112 2:26:26 Valentina Yegorova RUS (2) Nagano 09-Apr-2000 2:28:08 Yegorova - 2 (3) Tokyo 21-Nov-1999 2:28:41 Yegorova - 3 (1) Nagano 18-Apr-1999 113 2:26:33 Lyubov Morgunova RUS (8) London 16-Apr-2000 2:27:43 Morgunova - 2 (1) Nagoya 14-Mar-1999 2:29:21 Morgunova - 3 (2) Amsterdam 17-Oct-1999 114 2:27:08 Svetlana Zakharova RUS (3) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 2:28:11 Zakharova - 2 (10) London 16-Apr-2000 2:32:54 Zakharova - 3 (2) Los Angeles 14-Mar-1999 115 2:27:45 Irina Timofeyeva RUS (2) Paris 04-Apr-1999 2:30:01 Timofeyeva - 2 (3) Paris 09-Apr-2000 2:31:21 Timofeyeva - 3 (5) New York 07-Nov-1999 116 2:28:27 Alla Zhilyayeva RUS (3) Nagano 09-Apr-2000 2:30:00 Zhilyayeva - 2 (2) San Diego 23-May-1999 2:31:27 Zhilyayeva - 3 (1) Reims 24-Oct-1999 117 2:28:46 Zinaida Semyonova RUS (11) London 16-Apr-2000 118 2:29:13 Ludmila Petrova RUS (7) Boston 19-Apr-1999 119 2:30:03 Albina Gallyamova RUS (2) Duluth 19-Jun-1999 2:31:02 Gallyamova - 2 (3) San Diego 23-May-1999 2:32:24 Gallyamova - 3 (9) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 120 2:30:45 Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova RUS (14) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 2:32:21 Sultanova-Zhdanova - 2 (11) Boston 17-Apr-2000 2:32:38 Sultanova-Zhdanova - 3 (1) Cleveland 02-May-1999 121 2:31:14 Ramilya Burangulova RUS (14) London 16-Apr-2000 122 2:32:05 Yelena Gundelakh RUS (1) Moscow 16-May-1999 RUS = 11 123 2:25:51 Franziska Rochat-Moser SUI (2) Boston 19-Apr-1999 124 2:32:38 Daria Nauer SUI (8) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 SUI = 2 125 2:35:25*Marie Soderstrom-Lundberg SWE (18) Sevilla 29-Aug-1999 SWE = 1 126 2:31:43 Serap Aktas TUR (7) Berlin 26-Sep-1999 TUR = 1 127 2:31:52 Tatiana Pozdnyakova UKR (1) Providence 14-Nov-1999 2:32:25 Pozdnyakova - 2 (1) Houston 16-Jan-2000 128 2:32:32 Olga Kovpotina UKR (2) Reims 24-Oct-1999 UKR = 2 129 2:28:34 Libbie Hickman USA (6) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 130 2:32:34 Kristy Johnston USA (10) Chicago 24-Oct-1999 USA = 2 *Given Olympic "A" standard for top-20 finish at 1999 World Championships +Since given lifetime drug ban