Career
She set a number of Indonesian national records and remains the 3000 metres record holder (the others being beaten by Triyaningsih). She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her 1500 m run of 4:21.50 minutes proved to be a lifetime best.
She defeated a high profile field including Olympic fourth-placer Michiko Shimizu and double Asian medallist Sunita Rani.
She also entered the 10,000 m a finished fifth. She set lifetime bests over both distances, timing 15:54.45 minutes and 32:52.45 minutes, respectively.
Sutono retained two of her three titles at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games, topping the podium in the 1500 m and 5000 m events, but relinquishing the 10,000 m to Malaysia"s Yuan Yufang. She further established herself as among the continent"s best distance runners at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships.
The made her Indonesia"s first gold medallist at the championships since its initiation in 1973.
She returned to the Southeast Asian Games on two more occasions. Two games records came at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games as she held off Myanmar"s Pa Pa to claim a 5000 m/10,000 m double for the second time in her career. She was also a silver medallist in the 1500 m behind Pham Dinh Khanh Doan of Vietnam.
She came close to repeating her long-distance double but was narrowly beaten into second place in the 10,000 m by Vietnamese runner Doan Nu Truc Van.
The last major international outing of her career came on the highest stage. She was selected for the Indonesian Olympic team for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
She finished nineteenth in her qualifying group with a time of 16:34.14 minutes. 1500 metres – 4:21.50 (1997
3000 metres – 9:33.00 (1998)
5000 metres – 15:54.45 (1998)
10,000 metres – 32:52.45 (1998)
All information from IAAF profile.