1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 8th |
Date | October 3 |
Host city | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Events | 2 |
Participation | 192 athletes from 48 nations |
The 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 1999, in the city of Palermo, Italy. A total of 192 athletes, 119 men and 73 women, from 48 countries, took part. The course was traced through the historical centre of the town with the start/finish line on the "Foro Italico." [1] A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results were given. [2] [3]
Complete results were published. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men | Paul Tergat ( KEN) | 1:01:50 | Hendrick Ramaala ( RSA) | 1:01:50 | Tesfaye Jifar ( ETH) | 1:01:51 |
Women | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN) | 1:08:48 | Mizuki Noguchi ( JPN) | 1:09:12 | Catherine Ndereba ( KEN) | 1:09:23 |
Team | ||||||
Team Men | South Africa | 3:06:01 | Ethiopia | 3:06:03 | Kenya | 3:06:03 |
Team Women | Kenya | 3:27:40 | Japan | 3:30:06 | Russia | 3:31:49 |
†: Florina Pana from Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone [13] and disqualified. [14]
Rank | Country | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Kenya |
Tegla Loroupe Catherine Ndereba Joyce Chepchumba |
3:27:40 | |
Japan |
Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa Hiromi Katayama |
3:30:06 | |
Russia |
Valentina Yegorova Lyudmila Biktasheva Alina Ivanova |
3:31:49 | |
4 | Romania |
Luminița Talpoș Constantina Diţă Cristina Pomacu |
3:33:40 |
5 | Italy |
Agata Balsamo Rosaria Console Florinda Andreucci |
3:38:17 |
6 | Spain |
Ana Isabel Alonso María Abel Mónica Pont |
3:39:58 |
7 | Ethiopia |
Derartu Tulu Tereza Yohanes Alemitu Bekele Aga |
3:40:38 |
8 | Great Britain |
Marian Sutton Birhan Dagne Jo Lodge |
3:43:53 |
9 | South Africa |
Elana Meyer Theresa du Toit Azwindini Lukhwareni |
3:46:21 |
10 | United States |
Michelle Byrne Lynn Fitzsimmons Christine McNamara |
3:48:27 |
11 | Croatia |
Tijana Pavičić Slavica Brčić Kristinka Marković |
4:22:21 |
12 | Uzbekistan |
Irina Matrosova Yuliya Arfipova Aleksandra Rodigina |
4:39:55 |
— | Australia |
Susan Michelsson Silvana Trampuz Carolyn Schuwalov |
DNF |
The participation of 192 athletes (119 men/73 women) from 48 countries is reported. [4] Although announced, athletes from Equatorial Guinea, Moldova, Senegal, and Zambia did not show.
1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
---|---|
Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 8th |
Date | October 3 |
Host city | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Events | 2 |
Participation | 192 athletes from 48 nations |
The 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 1999, in the city of Palermo, Italy. A total of 192 athletes, 119 men and 73 women, from 48 countries, took part. The course was traced through the historical centre of the town with the start/finish line on the "Foro Italico." [1] A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results were given. [2] [3]
Complete results were published. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | ||||||
Men | Paul Tergat ( KEN) | 1:01:50 | Hendrick Ramaala ( RSA) | 1:01:50 | Tesfaye Jifar ( ETH) | 1:01:51 |
Women | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN) | 1:08:48 | Mizuki Noguchi ( JPN) | 1:09:12 | Catherine Ndereba ( KEN) | 1:09:23 |
Team | ||||||
Team Men | South Africa | 3:06:01 | Ethiopia | 3:06:03 | Kenya | 3:06:03 |
Team Women | Kenya | 3:27:40 | Japan | 3:30:06 | Russia | 3:31:49 |
†: Florina Pana from Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone [13] and disqualified. [14]
Rank | Country | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Kenya |
Tegla Loroupe Catherine Ndereba Joyce Chepchumba |
3:27:40 | |
Japan |
Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa Hiromi Katayama |
3:30:06 | |
Russia |
Valentina Yegorova Lyudmila Biktasheva Alina Ivanova |
3:31:49 | |
4 | Romania |
Luminița Talpoș Constantina Diţă Cristina Pomacu |
3:33:40 |
5 | Italy |
Agata Balsamo Rosaria Console Florinda Andreucci |
3:38:17 |
6 | Spain |
Ana Isabel Alonso María Abel Mónica Pont |
3:39:58 |
7 | Ethiopia |
Derartu Tulu Tereza Yohanes Alemitu Bekele Aga |
3:40:38 |
8 | Great Britain |
Marian Sutton Birhan Dagne Jo Lodge |
3:43:53 |
9 | South Africa |
Elana Meyer Theresa du Toit Azwindini Lukhwareni |
3:46:21 |
10 | United States |
Michelle Byrne Lynn Fitzsimmons Christine McNamara |
3:48:27 |
11 | Croatia |
Tijana Pavičić Slavica Brčić Kristinka Marković |
4:22:21 |
12 | Uzbekistan |
Irina Matrosova Yuliya Arfipova Aleksandra Rodigina |
4:39:55 |
— | Australia |
Susan Michelsson Silvana Trampuz Carolyn Schuwalov |
DNF |
The participation of 192 athletes (119 men/73 women) from 48 countries is reported. [4] Although announced, athletes from Equatorial Guinea, Moldova, Senegal, and Zambia did not show.