Irish women finish 66th, 68th and 107th in Olympic Marathon

The Olympic Women's Marathon was held on Sunday, the 5th of August and three Irish women took part. The first Irish woman home was Linda Byrne in a time of 2:37:13 in 66th place. Just behind was Ava Hutchinson in 28th place in a time of 2:37:13. Both were very close to the 'A' standard of 2:37 which was used to qualify for the Olympics. The third Irish woman home was Caitriona Jennings who obviously had a tough time with a foot injury finishing well back in last place in a time of 3:22:11.

The split times for the three Irish women are shown below. Just to put into context how fast they are actually running, look at the 5k, 10k and Half-Marathon splits. The full results can be see HERE

Linda Byrne
Km    Ranking    Time    Time Behind Leader
5    86    18:00    +0:40
10    86    36:18    +1:32
15    85    54:39    +2:29
20    82    1:13:20    +3:54
Half    82    1:17:27    +4:14
25    75    1:32:02    +5:39
30    72    1:50:42    +7:58
35    71    2:09:53    +10:24
40    68    2:29:16    +13:06
Finish    66    2:37:13    +14:06

Ava Hutchinson
Km    Rk    Time    TBL
5    89    18:01    +0:41
10    87    36:18    +1:32
15    86    54:39    +2:29
20    84    1:13:20    +3:54
Half    83    1:17:27    +4:14
25    76    1:32:02    +5:39
30    70    1:50:41    +7:57
35    68    2:09:31    +10:02
40    67    2:28:42    +12:32
Finish    68    2:37:17    +14:10

Caitriona Jennings
Km    Rk    Time    TBL
5    107    18:36    +1:16
10    108    37:27    +2:41
15    110    56:35    +4:25
20    113    1:18:38    +9:12
Half    113    1:23:51    +10:38
25    110    1:43:24    +17:01
30    108    2:09:55    +27:11
35    108    2:39:22    +39:53
40    107    3:09:33    +53:23
Finish    107    3:22:11    +59:04