1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
| 1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 1st |
| Date | September 19-20 |
| Host city | Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Events | 3 |
| Participation | 204 athletes from 36 nations |
The 1st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 19 and 20, 2001 in Tyneside, UK, and was run simultaneously with that year's Great North Run. A total of 204 athletes, 96 men, 84 women and 24 juniors, from 36 countries took part. Complete results were published.[1]
Though this competition was the first of its kind, it followed on from the 1991 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, which was held over the 15K distance.
Medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | ||||||
| Men | Benson Masya (KEN) | 1:00:24 | Antonio Silio (ARG) | 1:00:40 | Boay Akonay (TAN) | 1:00:45 |
| Junior (Boys) | Kassa Tadesse (ETH) | 1:04:51 | Meck Mothuli (RSA) | 1:05:01 | Francesco Ingargiola (ITA) | 1:05:18 |
| Women | Liz McColgan (GBR) | 1:08:53 | Megumi Fujiwara (JPN) | 1:09:21 | Rosanna Munerotto (ITA) | 1:09:38 |
| Team | ||||||
| Team Men | Kenya | 3:02:25 | United Kingdom | 3:04:54 | Brazil | 3:05:56 |
| Team Junior (Boys) | Italy | 3:17:39 | Ethiopia | 3:18:56 | South Africa | 3:20:04 |
| Team Women | Japan | 3:30:39 | United Kingdom | 3:33:03 | Romania | 3:33:27 |
Results
Men's
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson Masya | Kenya | 1:00:24 | ||
| Antonio Silio | Argentina | 1:00:40 | ||
| Boay Akonay | Tanzania | 1:00:45 | ||
| 4 | Lameck Aguta | Kenya | 1:00:55 | |
| 5 | Joseph Keino | Kenya | 1:01:06 | |
| 6 | Dave Lewis | Great Britain | 1:01:17 | |
| 7 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 1:01:18 | |
| 8 | Alejandro Gómez | Spain | 1:01:20 | |
| 9 | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya | 1:01:34 | |
| 10 | Paul Evans | Great Britain | 1:01:38 | |
| 11 | Xolile Yawa | South Africa | 1:01:48 | |
| 12 | Antoni Peña | Spain | 1:01:48 | |
| 13 | Koichi Fujita | Japan | 1:01:53 | |
| 14 | Francesco Panetta | Italy | 1:01:55 | |
| 15 | Malcolm Norwood | Australia | 1:01:56 | |
| 16 | Carl Thackery | Great Britain | 1:01:59 | |
| 17 | Bill Reifsnyder | United States | 1:02:00 | |
| 18 | Luca Barzaghi | Italy | 1:02:06 | |
| 19 | Junji Haraguchi | Japan | 1:02:08 | |
| 20 | Ronaldo da Costa | Brazil | 1:02:10 | |
| 21 | Pascal Fetizon | France | 1:02:11 | |
| 22 | Melese Feissa | Ethiopia | 1:02:14 | |
| 23 | Kamal Kohil | Algeria | 1:02:25 | |
| 24 | Delmir dos Santos | Brazil | 1:02:28 | |
| 25 | Severino Bernardini | Italy | 1:02:28 | |
| 26 | Mark Flint | Great Britain | 1:02:29 | |
| 27 | Kenjiro Jitsui | Japan | 1:02:33 | |
| 28 | Vincenzo Modica | Italy | 1:02:33 | |
| 29 | John Vermeule | Netherlands | 1:02:33 | |
| 30 | Bertrand Itsweire | France | 1:02:37 | |
| 31 | Steve Brace | Great Britain | 1:02:38 | |
| 32 | Róbert Štefko | Czechoslovakia | 1:02:41 | |
| 33 | Luigi Di Lello | Italy | 1:02:48 | |
| 34 | Hiroshi Tako | Japan | 1:02:51 | |
| 35 | James Kariuki | Kenya | 1:02:55 | |
| 36 | Marti ten Kate | Netherlands | 1:02:57 | |
| 37 | Meshack Mogotsi | South Africa | 1:03:03 | |
| 38 | Hendrik Thukwane | South Africa | 1:03:04 | |
| 39 | Alberto Juzdado | Spain | 1:03:08 | |
| 40 | Didier Bernard | France | 1:03:12 | |
| 41 | Philippe Rémond | France | 1:03:24 | |
| 42 | Gerard Kappert | Netherlands | 1:03:33 | |
| 43 | Naoto Suzuki | Japan | 1:03:33 | |
| 44 | Steffen Dittmann | Germany | 1:03:34 | |
| 45 | Carlos Bautista | Mexico | 1:03:46 | |
| 46 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 1:03:46 | |
| 47 | Wolde Silasse Melkessa | Ethiopia | 1:03:47 | |
| 48 | Rafael Zepeda | Mexico | 1:03:57 | |
| 49 | Ronny Ligneel | Belgium | 1:03:59 | |
| 50 | Rodrigo Gavela | Spain | 1:03:59 | |
| 51 | Gert Thys | South Africa | 1:04:03 | |
| 52 | Mirko Vindiš | Slovenia | 1:04:04 | |
| 53 | Bjørn Nordheggen | Norway | 1:04:06 | |
| 54 | Frank Bjørkli | Norway | 1:04:08 | |
| 55 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | 1:04:16 | |
| 56 | Kurt Stenzel | Germany | 1:04:24 | |
| 57 | Kidane Gebrmichael | Ethiopia | 1:04:25 | |
| 58 | Chad Bennion | United States | 1:04:30 | |
| 59 | Igor Šalamun | Slovenia | 1:04:31 | |
| 60 | Noel Berkeley | Ireland | 1:04:35 | |
| 61 | Walter af Donner | Sweden | 1:04:38 | |
| 62 | Martin Vrábel | Czechoslovakia | 1:04:39 | |
| 63 | Benjamin McIntosh | United States | 1:04:39 | |
| 64 | Roy Dooney | Ireland | 1:04:41 | |
| 65 | Antonio Rapisarda | France | 1:04:45 | |
| 66 | Axel Krippschock | Germany | 1:04:45 | |
| 67 | Mohamed Selmi | Algeria | 1:04:50 | |
| 68 | Roman Kejžar | Slovenia | 1:04:51 | |
| 69 | Jan van Rijthoven | Netherlands | 1:04:52 | |
| 70 | Chaouki Achour | Algeria | 1:04:53 | |
| 71 | Matthews Motshwarateu | South Africa | 1:04:54 | |
| 72 | Amit Neʼeman | Israel | 1:04:56 | |
| 73 | Evaldo Souza | Brazil | 1:04:59 | |
| 74 | Zachariah Ditetso | Botswana | 1:05:20 | |
| 75 | Ole Hansen | Denmark | 1:05:23 | |
| 76 | Rainer Wachenbrunner | Germany | 1:05:24 | |
| 77 | Jan Korevaar | Netherlands | 1:05:46 | |
| 78 | Gerry Healy | Ireland | 1:05:46 | |
| 79 | Juan Antonio Crespo | Spain | 1:05:47 | |
| 80 | Peter Troldborg | Denmark | 1:05:48 | |
| 81 | Terje Näss | Norway | 1:05:51 | |
| 82 | Roger Bjørkli | Norway | 1:05:52 | |
| 83 | Haji Bulbula | Ethiopia | 1:05:55 | |
| 84 | Demeke Bekele | Ethiopia | 1:06:03 | |
| 85 | Ángel Vizcarrondo | Puerto Rico | 1:06:07 | |
| 86 | Herman Decoux | Belgium | 1:06:12 | |
| 87 | Tom Maher | Ireland | 1:06:22 | |
| 88 | Chris Fox | United States | 1:06:52 | |
| 89 | Kelekwang Sera | Botswana | 1:07:26 | |
| 90 | Marc Ruell | Belgium | 1:08:16 | |
| 91 | Gerard Assoman | Ivory Coast | 1:08:27 | |
| 92 | Soro Bassirima | Ivory Coast | 1:09:13 | |
| 93 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 1:12:15 | |
| 94 | Salvador García | Mexico | 1:13:19 | |
| — | Aivar Tsarski | Estonia | DNF | |
| — | Mark Plaatjes | United States | DNF |
Women's
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz McColgan | Great Britain | 1:08:53 | ||
| Megumi Fujiwara | Japan | 1:09:21 | ||
| Rosanna Munerotto | Italy | 1:09:38 | ||
| 4 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 1:10:25 | |
| 5 | Miyoko Asahina | Japan | 1:10:27 | |
| 6 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia | 1:10:28 | |
| 7 | Eriko Asai | Japan | 1:10:51 | |
| 8 | Birgit Jerschabek | Germany | 1:10:53 | |
| 9 | Nadezhda Ilyina | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:10:58 | |
| 10 | Iulia Negura | Romania | 1:10:59 | |
| 11 | Akari Takemoto | Japan | 1:11:01 | |
| 12 | Andrea Wallace | Great Britain | 1:11:21 | |
| 13 | Päivi Tikkanen | Finland | 1:11:22 | |
| 14 | Gordon Bloch | United States | 1:11:34 | |
| 15 | Joy Smith | United States | 1:11:43 | |
| 16 | Colleen de Reuck | South Africa | 1:11:46 | |
| 17 | Alena Peterková | Czechoslovakia | 1:11:53 | |
| 18 | Annick Clouvel | France | 1:11:59 | |
| 19 | Aurica Buia | Romania | 1:12:03 | |
| 20 | Diane Bussa | United States | 1:12:15 | |
| 21 | Bente Moe | Norway | 1:12:20 | |
| 22 | Marjan Freriks | Netherlands | 1:12:23 | |
| 23 | Martha Ernstdóttir | Iceland | 1:12:25 | |
| 24 | Maria Guida | Italy | 1:12:26 | |
| 25 | Galina Ikonnikova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:12:27 | |
| 26 | Hilde Stavik | Norway | 1:12:29 | |
| 27 | Judit Nagy | Hungary | 1:12:43 | |
| 28 | Rizoneide Vanderley | Brazil | 1:12:46 | |
| 29 | Carla Beurskens | Netherlands | 1:12:46 | |
| 30 | Tatyana Titova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:12:48 | |
| 31 | Suzanne Rigg | Great Britain | 1:12:49 | |
| 32 | Emma Scaunich | Italy | 1:12:53 | |
| 33 | Ritva Lemettinen | Finland | 1:12:57 | |
| 34 | Kerstin Pressler | Germany | 1:13:00 | |
| 35 | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 1:13:01 | |
| 36 | Dominique Le Pechoux | France | 1:13:09 | |
| 37 | Marian Sutton | Great Britain | 1:13:09 | |
| 38 | Adriana Barbu | Romania | 1:13:14 | |
| 39 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 1:13:23 | |
| 40 | Susanne Nedergaard | Denmark | 1:13:25 | |
| 41 | Gabriela Wolf | Germany | 1:13:28 | |
| 42 | Grete Kirkeberg | Norway | 1:13:30 | |
| 43 | Jane Welzel | United States | 1:13:30 | |
| 44 | Tatyana Pentukova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:13:45 | |
| 45 | Ana Isabel Alonso | Spain | 1:13:49 | |
| 46 | Nicole Whiteford | South Africa | 1:13:53 | |
| 47 | balram maddheshiya | Ireland | 1:13:57 | |
| 48 | Debbi Morris | United States | 1:13:58 | |
| 49 | Odile Ohier | France | 1:14:04 | |
| 50 | Marianne van de Linde | Netherlands | 1:14:06 | |
| 51 | Grace de Oliveira | South Africa | 1:14:07 | |
| 52 | Soledad Castro Soliño | Spain | 1:14:08 | |
| 53 | Anita Palshøj | Denmark | 1:14:10 | |
| 54 | Anne van Schuppen | Netherlands | 1:14:14 | |
| 55 | Isabella Moretti | Switzerland | 1:14:25 | |
| 56 | Silva Vivod | Slovenia | 1:14:25 | |
| 57 | Viviany de Oliveira | Brazil | 1:14:29 | |
| 58 | Sally Eastall | Great Britain | 1:14:33 | |
| 59 | Andrea Fleischer | Germany | 1:15:17 | |
| 60 | Maria Lelut | France | 1:15:25 | |
| 61 | Sonja Laxton | South Africa | 1:15:26 | |
| 62 | Emebet Abossa | Ethiopia | 1:15:29 | |
| 63 | María Luisa Muñoz | Spain | 1:15:44 | |
| 64 | Nelly Glauser | Switzerland | 1:15:58 | |
| 65 | Sara Romé | Sweden | 1:16:07 | |
| 66 | Jocelyne Villeton | France | 1:16:19 | |
| 67 | Carmen Mingorance | Spain | 1:16:39 | |
| 68 | Marlie Marutiak | Netherlands | 1:16:47 | |
| 69 | Márta Visnyei | Hungary | 1:16:51 | |
| 70 | Gadissie Edato | Ethiopia | 1:17:09 | |
| 71 | Myriam Dumont | Belgium | 1:17:11 | |
| 72 | Christine Smith | Ireland | 1:17:13 | |
| 73 | Cathy Smith | Ireland | 1:17:32 | |
| 74 | Anette Nielsen | Denmark | 1:17:37 | |
| 75 | Marie-Christine Deurbroeck | Belgium | 1:18:21 | |
| 76 | Karen Gobby | Australia | 1:18:24 | |
| 77 | Mazal Shalom | Israel | 1:18:27 | |
| 78 | Fikirte Gebremichael | Ethiopia | 1:18:29 | |
| 79 | Debbie van Rensburg | South Africa | 1:19:33 | |
| 80 | Frances Murphy | Ireland | 1:20:42 | |
| 81 | Mary Brayley | Ireland | 1:21:08 | |
| 82 | Viviane Van Buggenhout | Belgium | 1:24:52 | |
| — | Kelly Lopes dos Santos/de Oliveira | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Ann-Catrin Nordman | Finland | DNF |
Junior Men's
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kassa Tadesse | Ethiopia | 1:04:51 | ||
| Meck Mothuli | South Africa | 1:05:01 | ||
| Francesco Ingargiola | Italy | 1:05:18 | ||
| 4 | Salvatore Orgiana | Italy | 1:05:40 | |
| 5 | Zeryihun Bekele | Ethiopia | 1:06:26 | |
| 6 | Isaac Radebe | South Africa | 1:06:36 | |
| 7 | Ottaviano Andriani | Italy | 1:06:41 | |
| 8 | Matteo Palumbo | Italy | 1:07:12 | |
| 9 | Tesfaye Etecha | Ethiopia | 1:07:39 | |
| 10 | Henno Haava | Estonia | 1:07:44 | |
| 11 | Enoch Skosana | South Africa | 1:08:27 | |
| 12 | Marcel Matanin | Czechoslovakia | 1:09:04 | |
| 13 | Rain Miljan | Estonia | 1:09:11 | |
| 14 | Dirk Berger | Germany | 1:09:18 | |
| 15 | Péter Werner | Hungary | 1:09:48 | |
| 16 | Zsolt Füleki | Hungary | 1:10:09 | |
| 17 | Yared Kebede | Ethiopia | 1:10:15 | |
| 18 | Christoph Melcher | Germany | 1:10:41 | |
| 19 | Jesús Alvarado | Spain | 1:11:49 | |
| 20 | Jan Diekow | Germany | 1:13:11 | |
| 21 | Dirk Schinkoreit | Germany | 1:13:51 | |
| 22 | János Bohus | Hungary | 1:14:15 | |
| 23 | Tobias Lindenmayer | Germany | 1:14:15 | |
| — | Maurizio Gemetto | Italy | DNF |
Team Results
Men's
| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Benson Masya Lameck Aguta Joseph Keino |
3:02:25 | |
| Great Britain | Dave Lewis Paul Evans Carl Thackery |
3:04:54 | |
| Brazil | Artur Castro Ronaldo da Costa Delmir dos Santos |
3:05:56 | |
| 4 | Spain | Alejandro Gómez Antoni Peña Alberto Juzdado |
3:06:16 |
| 5 | Italy | Francesco Panetta Luca Barzaghi Severino Bernardini |
3:06:29 |
| 6 | Japan | Koichi Fujita Junji Haraguchi Kenjiro Jitsui |
3:06:34 |
| 7 | South Africa | Xolile Yawa Meshack Mogotsi Hendrik Thukwane |
3:07:55 |
| 8 | France | Pascal Fetizon Bertrand Itsweire Didier Bernard |
3:08:00 |
| 9 | Netherlands | John Vermeule Martin ten Kate Gerard Kappert |
3:09:03 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | Melese Feissa Wolde Silasse Melkessa Kidane Gebrmichael |
3:10:26 |
| 11 | Algeria | Kamal Kohil Sid-Ali Sakhri Azzedine Sakhri |
3:10:27 |
| 12 | United States | Bill Reifsnyder Chad Bennion Benjamin McIntosh |
3:11:09 |
| 13 | Germany | Steffen Dittmann Kurt Stenzel Axel Krippschock |
3:12:43 |
| 14 | Slovenia | Mirko Vindiš Igor Šalamun Roman Kejžar |
3:13:26 |
| 15 | Norway | Bjørn Nordheggen Frank Bjørkli Terje Näss |
3:14:05 |
| 16 | Ireland | Noel Berkeley Roy Dooney Gerry Healy |
3:15:02 |
| 17 | Belgium | Ronny Ligneel Herman Decoux Marc Ruell |
3:18:27 |
| 18 | Mexico | Carlos Bautista Rafael Zepeda Salvador García |
3:21:02 |
| 19 | Botswana | Zachariah Ditetso Kelekwang Sera Kabo Gabaseme |
3:25:01 |
Women's
Junior Men's (Boys)
| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Francesco Ingargiola Salvatore Orgiana Ottaviano Andriani |
3:17:39 | |
| Ethiopia | Kassa Tadesse Zeryihun Bekele Tesfaye Etecha |
3:18:56 | |
| South Africa | Meck Mothuli Isaac Radebe Enoch Skosana |
3:20:04 | |
| 4 | Germany | Dirk Berger Christoph Melcher Jan Diekow |
3:33:10 |
| 5 | Hungary | Péter Werner Zsolt Füleki János Bohus |
3:34:12 |
Participation
The participation of 204 athletes (120 men/84 women) from 36 countries is reported.[1]
- Algeria (5)
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (2)
- Belgium (6)
- Botswana (3)
- Brazil (7)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (4)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- Denmark (5)
- Estonia (3)
- Ethiopia (13)
- Finland (3)
- France (10)
- Germany (13)
- Hungary (5)
- Iceland (1)
- Ireland (9)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (13)
- Ivory Coast (2)
- Japan (9)
- Kenya (5)
- Mexico (3)
- Netherlands (10)
- Norway (7)
- Poland (1)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Romania (4)
- South Africa (13)
- Spain (11)
- Slovenia (4)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (2)
- Tanzania (1)
- United Kingdom (10)
- United States (10)