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2008 USA Women's Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifiers

For the Boston Trials, athletes were required to meet one of the qualifying times in one of two distances: the Marathon and 10,000M. Runners meeting the A-Standard time in the Marathon are provided with an all-expenses paid trip to the Trials, whereas others are invited to enter, but must pay their own way.

The 2008 Olympic Trials Standards:
A-Standard (trip to the Trials is paid)
Marathon - 2:39:00 and under
B-Standard
Marathon 2:39:01-2:47:00
10,000M - 33:00 and under

New Qualifying Standards for 2008
For each Olympics Trials, new qualifying standards are set and in various distances. For the 2008 Women's Trials, the 10,000M distance was added as an alternative method to qualify for the trials. We're not sure why this was - either to suggest that a runner having a...