World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Facts & Figures
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WORLD ATHLETICS HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS FACTS & FIGURES Incorporating the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010-2012-2014-2016-2018) World Athletics Road Running Championships 2006/2007 Past Championships...............................................................................................1 Championship Records ..........................................................................................1 Past Medallists .......................................................................................................1 Overall Placing Table..............................................................................................6 Most Medals Won...................................................................................................7 Youngest & Oldest..................................................................................................8 Most Appearances by Athlete.................................................................................8 Most Appearances by Country ...............................................................................9 Country Index .......................................................................................................11 World & Area Road Records and Best Performances .........................................43 Progression of World & Area Road Records and Best Performances ..................47 National Records and Best Performances at Half Marathon ...............................52 Doping Disqualifications at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships ..55 GDYNIA 2020 ★ FACTS & FIGURES/PAST CHAMPS & MEDALLISTS 1 PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– These totals do not include athletes entered for the championships who never started, but teams are counted even if they did not finish Date Venue Countries Athletes Men (teams) Juniors (teams) Women (teams) WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS 19/20 Oct 92 Tyneside, GBR 36 204 96 (19) 24 (5) 84 (18) 3 Oct 93 Bruxelles, BEL 49 254 133 (28) 35 (8) 86 (18) 24 Sep 94 Oslo, NOR 48 214 127 (28) - 87 (17) 1 Oct 95 Montbéliard-Belfort, FRA 54 243 147 (32) - 96 (20) 29 Sep 96 Palma de Mallorca, ESP 53 206 134 (26) - 72 (15) 4 Oct 97 Košice, SVK 45 226 143 (32) - 83 (15) 27 Sep 98 Uster, SUI 54 236 139 (30) - 97 (18) 3 Oct 99 Palermo, ITA 48 192 119 (26) - 73 (13) 12 Nov 00 Veracruz, MEX 52 182 121 (25) - 61 (10) 7 Oct 01 Bristol, GBR 52 200 125 (25) - 75 (15) 5 May 02 Bruxelles, BEL 60 198 123 (21) - 75 (12) 4 Oct 03 Vilamoura, POR 49 171 98 (18) - 73 (13) 3 Oct 04 New Delhi, IND 55 152 91 (15) - 61 0(9) 1 Oct 05 Edmonton, CAN 43 156 87 (16) - 69 (12) WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 Oct 06 Debrecen, HUN 20K 39 140 83 (13) - 57 (11) 14 Oct 07 Udine, ITA H Mar 37 144 82 (17) - 62 0(9) WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 Oct 08 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 42 155 90 (16) - 65 (10) 11 Oct 09 Birmingham, GBR 39 157 98 (18) - 59 0(9) 16 Oct 10 Nanning, CHN 30 123 68 (11) - 55 (10) 6 Oct 12 Kavarna, BUL 41 146 86 (15) - 60 0(9) 29 Mar 14 København, DEN 56 203 113 (19) - 90 (15) 26 Mar 16 Cardiff, GBR 45 169 86 (14) - 83 (15) 24 Mar 18 Valencia, ESP 79 (+Refugee team) 279 157 (23) - 122 (20) 17 Oct 20 Gdynia, POL (Provisional entries) 61 (+Refugee team) 283 157 (26) - 126 (19) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Men 58:59 Zersenay Tadese ERI Udine 14 Oct 07 Team (three best half mar times) 2:58:54 Kenya Udine 14 Oct 07 Women 66:11 Netsanet Gudeta ETH Valencia 24 Mar 18 Team (three best half mar times) 3:22:30 Kenya Birmingham 11 Oct 09 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE PAST MEDALLISTS MEN Individuals 1992 Benson Masya KEN 60:24 Antonio Silio ARG 60:40 Boay Akonay TAN 60:45 H Mar 1993 Vincent Rousseau BEL 61:06 Steve Moneghetti AUS 61:10 Carl Thackery GBR 61:13 H Mar 1994 Khalid Skah MAR 60:27 German Silva MEX 60:28 Ronaldo da Costa BRA 60:54 H Mar 1995 Moses Tanui KEN 61:45 Paul Yego KEN 61:46 Charles Tangus KEN 61:50 H Mar 1996 Stefano Baldini ITA 61:17 Josphat Kiprono KEN 61:30 Tendai Chimusasa ZIM 62:00 H Mar 1997 Shem Kororia KEN 59:56 Moses Tanui KEN 59:58 Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN 60:00 H Mar 1998 Paul Koech KEN 60:01 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 60:24 Khalid Skah MAR 60:24 H Mar 1999 Paul Tergat KEN 61:50 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 61:50 Tesfaye Jifar ETH 61:51 H Mar 2000 Paul Tergat KEN 63:47 Faustin Baha TAN 63:48 Tesfaye Jifar ETH 63:50 H Mar 2001 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 60:03 Tesfaye Jifar ETH 60:04 John Yuda TAN 60:12 H Mar 2002 Paul Kosgei KEN 60:39 Jaouad Gharib MAR 60:42 John Yuda TAN 60:57 H Mar 2003 Martin Lel KEN 60:49 Fabiano Joseph TAN 60:52 Martin Sulle TAN 60:56 H Mar 2004 Paul Kirui KEN 62:15 Fabiano Joseph TAN 62:31 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah QAT 62:36 H Mar 2005 Fabiano Joseph TAN 61:08 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 61:09 Yonas Kifle ERI 61:13 H Mar 2006 Zersenay Tadese ERI 56:01 Robert Kipchumba KEN 56:41 Wilson Kiprotich KEN 57:15 20K 2007 Zersenay Tadese ERI 58:59 Patrick Makau KEN 59:02 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 59:05 H Mar 2008 Zersenay Tadese ERI 0:59:56 Patrick Makau KEN 0:61:54 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah QAT 0:61:57 H Mar 2009 Zersenay Tadese ERI 59:35 Benard Kipyego KEN 59:59 Dathan Ritzenhein USA 60:00 H Mar 2 GDYNIA 2020 ★ FACTS & FIGURES/PAST MEDALLISTS YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE 2010 Wilson Kiprop KEN 60:07 Zersenay Tadese ERI 60:11 Sammy Kitwara KEN 60:22 H Mar 2012 Zersenay Tadese ERI 60:19 Deressa Chimsa ETH 60:51 John Mwangangi KEN 61:01 H Mar 2014 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 59:08 Samuel Tsegay ERI 59:21 Guye Adola ETH 59:21 H Mar 2016 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 59:10 Bedan Karoki KEN 59:36 Mohamed Farah GBR 59:59 H Mar 2018 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 60:02 Abraham Cheroben BRN 60:22 Aron Kifle ERI 60:31 H Mar Scoring Teams (up to 2008 non-scoring finishers for scoring teams also won medals) 1992 Kenya 3:02:25 Great Britain & NI 3:04:54 Brazil 3:05:56 H Mar 1, Benson Masya 60:24 7, David Lewis 61:17 8, Artur Castro 61:18 4, Lameck Aguta 60:55 11, Paul Evans 61:38 21, Ronaldo da Costa 62:10 6, Joseph Keino 61:06 17, Carl Thackery 61:59 27, Delmir dos Santos 62:28 1993 Kenya 3:05:40 Australia 3:05:43 Great Britain & NI 3:06:10 H Mar 4, Lameck Aguta 61:15 2, Steve Moneghetti 61:10 3, Carl Thackery 61:13 13, Thomas Osano 62:10 7, John Andrews 61:37 15, Mark Flint 62:13 16, Joseph Cheromei 62:15 35, Pat Carroll 62:56 27, David Lewis 62:44 1994 Kenya 3:03:36 Mexico 3:03:47 Morocco 3:05:58 H Mar 4, Godfrey Kiprotich 61:01 2, German Silva 60:28 1, Khalid Skah 60:27 5, Shem Kororia 61:16 12, Martín Pitayo 61:38 18, Salah Hissou 62:20 6, Andrew Masai 61:19 14, Benjamín Parades 61:41 34, Abdelkadir Mouaziz 63:11 1995 Kenya 3:05:21 Spain 3:07:51 Italy 3:08:31 H Mar 1, Moses Tanui 61:45 4, Antonio Serrano 61:56 12, Vincenzo Modica 62:48 2, Paul Yego 61:46 11, Bartolomé Serrano 62:41 13, Danilo Goffi 62:49 3, Charles Tangus 61:50 19, Pablo Sierra 63:14 15, Giacomo Leone 62:54 1996 Italy 3:07:42 Spain 3:08:36 Japan 3:08:43 H Mar 1, Stefano Baldini 61:17 4, Carlos de la Torre 62:03 5, Toshiyuki Hayata 62:05 9, Giacomo Leone 62:48 8, Alejandro Gómez 62:47 12, Masatoshi Ibata 63:07 17, Vincenzo Modica 63:37 23, José Manuel García 63:46 14, Katsuhiko Hanada 63:31 1997 Kenya 2:59:54 South Africa 3:03:34 Ethiopia 3:03:46 H Mar 1, Shem Kororia 59:56 4, Hendrick Ramaala 60:07 7, Abraham Assefa 60:52 2, Moses Tanui 59:58 6, Gert Thys 60:23 11, Lemma Alemayehu 61:17 3, Kenneth Cheruiyot 60:00 42, Makhosonke Fika 63:04 18, Tesfaye Tola 61:37 1998 South Africa 3:02:21 Kenya 3:03:07 Ethiopia 3:05:18 H Mar 2, Hendrick Ramaala 60:24 1, Paul Koech 60:01 4, Ibrahim Seid 60:31 5, Gert Thys 60:37 10, Shem Kororia 61:30 19, Girma Alemayehu 62:07 9, Abner Chipu 61:20 11, John Gwako 61:36 29, Addis Abebe 62:40 1999 South Africa 3:06:01 Ethiopia 3:06:03 Kenya 3:06:03 H Mar 2, Hendrick Ramaala 61:50 3, Tesfaye Jifar 61:51 1, Paul Tergat 61:50 6, Abner Chipu 61:54 8, Tesfaye Tola 61:56 7, Laban Chege 61:54 10, Muleki Nobanda 62:17 9, Fekadu Degefu 62:16 11, Sammy Korir 62:19 2000 Kenya 3:11:38 Ethiopia 3:14:45 Belgium 3:18:35 H Mar 1, Paul Tergat 63:47 3, Tesfaye Jifar 63:50 15, Koen Allaert 65:41 4, Joseph Kimani 63:52 12, Ibrahim Seid 65:19 21, Guy Fays 66:21 5, David Ruto 63:59 14, Gemechu Kebede 65:36 24, Christian Nemeth 66:33 2001 Ethiopia 3:00:31 Kenya 3:02:53 Tanzania 3:05:18 H Mar 1, Haile Gebrselassie 60:03 6, Evans Rutto 60:43 3, John Yuda 60:12 2, Tesfaye Jifar 60:04 7, Peter Chebet 60:56 12, Faustin Baha 62:15 5, Tesfaye Tola 60:24 8, Chris Cheboiboch 61:14 22, Benedict Ako 62:41 2002 Kenya 3:04:42 Japan 3:07:12 Ethiopia 3:07:25 H Mar 1, Paul Kosgei 60:39 8, Atsushi Sato 61:37 5, Tesfaye Jifar 61:11 9, Charles Kamathi 62:01 17, Toshihide Kato 62:35 13, Amebesse Tolossa 62:19 10, Paul Kirui 62:02 19, Kurao Umeki 63:00 37, Worku Bikila 63:55 2003 Tanzania 3:03:01 Kenya 3:03:09 Ethiopia 3:07:34 H Mar 2, Fabiano Joseph 60:52 1, Martin Lel 60:49 9, Tesfaye Tola 61:35 3, Martin Sulle 60:56 4, John Cheruiyot Korir 61:02 11, Dereje Adere 62:47 5, John Yuda 61:13 6, Yusuf Songoka 61:18 16, Mesfin Hailu 63:12 2004 Kenya 3:07:55 Ethiopia 3:08:37 Uganda 3:13:48 H Mar 1, Paul Kirui 62:15 5, Solomon Tsige 62:42 7, Wilson Busienei 62:55 4, John Cheruiyot Korir 62:38 6, Alene Emere 62:52 13, Martin Toroitich 64:48 8, Wilson Kiprotich 63:02 9, Berhanu Addane 63:03 27, Joseph Nsubuga 66:05 2005 Ethiopia 3:06:18 Eritrea 3:07:05 Japan 3:08:30 H Mar 4, Sileshi Sihine 61:14