1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Whmc logo 1998.png 244px IAAF 7th September 27 Uster, Zürich, Switzerland Switzerland 54 236 2 1997 Košice 1999 Palermo The 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. September 28, 1998 Paul Koech (KEN) dominates World Half Marathon Championships http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/News/index0374.html?Page=News IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004040751/http://www2.iaaf.org/WHM98/News/index0374.html?Page=News 2012-10-04 dead September 28, 1998 Loroupe leads all the way to historic title defence http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/News/index0374.html?Page=News IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004040751/http://www2.iaaf.org/WHM98/News/index0374.html?Page=News 2012-10-04 dead Complete results were published. IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS - KAVARNA 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES - Incorporating the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010) & the IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006/2007 https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/4338c03a-914e-4df3-ac47-68e78067142c.pdf IAAF September 1, 2013 September 27, 1998 7th IAAF Half Marathon Championships '98 – Official Results – Men http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/M/HMAR/Rf.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819132901/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/M/HMAR/Rf.html 2012-08-19 dead September 27, 1998 Results - 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Uster, SWITZERLAND - 27 SEP 1998 - Half Marathon - Men http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/7th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-923/results/men/half-marathon/final/result IAAF September 6, 2013 September 27, 1998 7th IAAF Half Marathon Championships '98 – Official Results – Women http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/W/HMAR/Rf.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819132805/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/W/HMAR/Rf.html 2012-08-19 dead September 27, 1998 Results - 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Uster, SWITZERLAND - 27 SEP 1998 - Half Marathon - Women http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/7th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-923/results/women/half-marathon/final/result IAAF September 6, 2013 September 27, 1998 7th IAAF Half Marathon Championships '98 – Official Team Results – Men http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/M/HMAR/Cf.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819133754/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/M/HMAR/Cf.html 2012-08-19 dead September 27, 1998 Results - 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Uster, SWITZERLAND - 27 SEP 1998 - Half Marathon - Men - Team http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/7th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-923/results/men/half-marathon/final/team IAAF September 6, 2013 September 27, 1998 7th IAAF Half Marathon Championships '98 – Official Team Results – Women http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/W/HMAR/Cf.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819132921/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm98/Results/data/W/HMAR/Cf.html 2012-08-19 dead September 27, 1998 Results - 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Uster, SWITZERLAND - 27 SEP 1998 - Half Marathon - Women - Team http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/7th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-923/results/women/half-marathon/final/team IAAF September 6, 2013 Medallists IndividualMenPaul Koech KEN 1:00:01 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1:00:24 Khalid Skah MAR 1:00:24 WomenTegla Loroupe KEN 1:08:29 Elana Meyer RSA 1:08:32 Lidia Șimon ROU 1:08:58 TeamTeam MenSouth Africa 3:02:21 3:03:07ETH 1996 3:05:18Team Women 3:29:43 3:32:19Spain 3:34:18 Race results Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Paul Koech KEN 1:00:01 PB Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1:00:24 Khalid Skah MAR 1:00:24 PB 4 Ibrahim Seid ETH 1996 1:00:31 PB 5 Gert Thys RSA 1:00:37 6 Antonio Silio ARG 1:00:45 NR 7 Luís Jesús POR 1:01:10 8 Tendai Chimusasa ZIM 1:01:14 9 Abner Chipu RSA 1:01:20 10 Shem Kororia KEN 1:01:30 11 John Gwako KEN 1:01:36 12 Ronaldo da Costa BRA 1:01:40 13 Joseph Kibor KEN 1:01:42 14 Bartolomé Serrano ESP 1:01:43 PB 15 Martín Fiz ESP 1:01:47 16 Luís Novo POR 1:01:50 PB 17 Carsten Jørgensen DEN 1:01:55 PB 18 Javier Cortés ESP 1:02:02 PB 19 Alemayehu Girma ETH 1996 1:02:07 PB 20 Janko Benša FR Yugoslavia 1:02:11 PB 21 Joseph Kimani KEN 1:02:15 22 Maxwell Zungu RSA 1:02:16 PB 23 Osamu Nara JPN 1:02:21 24 Carlos Patrício POR 1:02:22 25 Danilo Goffi Italy 1:02:24 26 Mohamed Ouaadi France 1:02:29 PB 27 Daniele Caimmi Italy 1:02:33 PB 28 Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi LBA 1977 1:02:39 PB 29 Addis Abebe ETH 1996 1:02:40 30 Atsushi Fujita JPN 1:02:45 31 Stéphane Schweickhardt SUI 1:02:48 32 Giacomo Leone Italy 1:02:49 33 Alene Emere ETH 1996 1:02:50 34 Kebede Tekeste ETH 1996 1:02:51 PB 35 Wilbroad Axweso TAN 1:02:52 36 Javier Caballero ESP 1:02:54 PB 37 João N'Tyamba ANG 1:02:54 PB 38 Marco Gielen NED 1:02:57 39 Alberto Chaíça POR 1:03:03 40 Mohamed Serbouti France 1:03:07 PB 41 José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero COL 1:03:08 42 Alfred Shemweta SWE 1:03:20 43 Francesco Ingargiola Italy 1:03:30 44 Valdenor dos Santos BRA 1:03:32 45 Juan Carlos Gutiérrez COL 1:03:42 46 Delfim Conceição POR 1:03:44 47 Carlos Grisales COL 1:03:47 48 Pedro Rojas COL 1:03:59 PB 49 Antonio Pérez ESP 1:04:06 50 Krzysztof Przybyła POL 1:04:07 PB 51 Ezael Thlobo RSA 1:04:08 52 Benedict Ako TAN 1:04:14 53 Richard Potts New Zealand 1:04:16 PB 54 André Ramos BRA 1:04:17 PB 55 Eryk Szostak POL 1:04:20 56 Jonathan Wyatt New Zealand 1:04:23 PB 57 Stephen Bwalya ZAM 1:04:26 58 Viktor Röthlin SUI 1:04:30 59 Alex Malinga UGA 1:04:33 PB 60 Joseph Nsengiyumya RWA 1962 1:04:40 PB 61 Vladimir Tsyamchik BLR 1:04:43 62 Sam Mwape ZAM 1:04:44 63 Bigboy Goromonzi ZIM 1:04:46 64 Katsuhiko Hanada JPN 1:04:53 65 Jean-Pierre Lautredoux France 1:04:59 66 Pavel Loskutov EST 1:05:00 PB 67 Elijah Mutandiro ZIM 1:05:03 68 Koji Kimura JPN 1:05:06 69 Craig Kirkwood New Zealand 1:05:08 70 Oliver Mintzlaff Germany 1:05:09 PB 71 Borislav Dević FR Yugoslavia 1:05:14 72 Michael Fietz Germany 1:05:15 73 Todd Reeser United States 1:05:18 74 Tekeye Gebrselassie NED 1:05:18 75 Hansjörg Brücker SUI 1:05:19 76 Toomas Tarm EST 1:05:21 PB 77 Eduardo do Nascimento BRA 1:05:27 78 Safari Ingi TAN 1:05:34 79 Gabriel Mazimpaka RWA 1962 1:05:35 80 Gavin Gaynor United States 1:05:36 PB 81 Peter van der Velden NED 1:05:47 82 Eric Morrison United States 1:05:50 83 Markus Gerber SUI 1:05:51 84 Jan Křižák SVK 1:05:56 PB 85 Patrick Phillips United States 1:05:58 PB 86 Ceslovas Kundrotas LTU 1988 1:05:59 87 Pavelas Fedorenko LTU 1988 1:05:59 88 Felix Mbuye ZAM 1:06:00 89 Peter Visser NED 1:06:00 90 Steffen Benecke Germany 1:06:04 91 Miroslav Sajler CZE 1:06:06 92 Joseph Nsubuga UGA 1:06:09 PB 93 Daniel Ferreira BRA 1:06:14 94 Ben Chesang UGA 1:06:29 PB 95 Margus Pirksaar EST 1:06:31 PB 96 Philip Rist SUI 1:06:32 97 Pavel Dudr CZE 1:06:34 98 Sipho Dlamini Swaziland 1:06:45 PB 99 Ali Awad LIB 1:06:50 100 Andrew Peskett New Zealand 1:06:51 PB 101 Vladimir Gusev KGZ 1:06:55 102 Pavel Faschingbauer CZE 1:06:56 103 Menon Ramsamy MRI 1:07:05 104 Jean-François Bertron France 1:07:06 105 Pascal Fetizon France 1:07:07 106 Jiří Hajzler CZE 1:07:15 107 Michael Wolf Germany 1:07:24 108 Patrick Ishyaka RWA 1962 1:07:42 109 Darrell General United States 1:07:48 110 Christian Fischer Germany 1:07:56 111 Ramiz Taipi FR Yugoslavia 1:08:18 112 Arunas Balciunas LTU 1988 1:08:28 113 Wiesław Figurski POL 1:08:31 114 Samuli Vasala FIN 1:08:43 115 Hidajet Bulic BIH 1:09:10 PB 116 Mehdi Chebli LIB 1:09:53 117 António Zeferino CPV 1:10:19 118 Omar Abdel Latif LIB 1:10:37 119 Kaare Sørensen DEN 1:10:39 120 Room Singh IND 1:10:40 PB 121 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev TKM 1997 1:10:49 122 Roland Wille LIE 1:10:56 123 Hari Singh IND 1:10:58 PB 124 Raj Pal IND 1:11:05 PB 125 Clement Omagoro UGA 1:11:15 PB 126 Josip Lacković CRO 1:11:48 127 Drago Paripović CRO 1:12:18 128 Robert Prejnjak CRO 1:12:28 129 José Luis Ebatela GEQ 1:13:01 PB 130 Eric Vamben MRI 1:13:38 131 Liam Byrne GIB 1:14:11 132 Judex Durhone MRI 1:15:14 133 Dovletmomed Nazarov TKM 1997 1:16:01 134 Louis Chichon GIB 1:16:18 135 Aleksandr Levdanskiy KGZ 1:19:25 — Diego Colorado COL DNF — Saša Ljubojević CRO DNF — Michele Gamba Italy DNF — Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev TKM 1997 DNF Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Tegla Loroupe KEN 1:08:29 Elana Meyer RSA 1:08:32 Lidia Șimon ROU 1:08:58 PB 4 Olivera Jevtić FR Yugoslavia 1:10:02 5 Annemari Sandell FIN 1:10:04 6 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1:10:10 7 Julia Vaquero ESP 1:10:33 8 Cristina Pomacu ROU 1:10:39 9 Yukiko Okamoto JPN 1:10:50 10 Leah Malot KEN 1:11:04 11 Albertina Dias POR 1:11:08 12 Alina Ivanova Russia 1:11:18 13 Svetlana Zakharova Russia 1:11:26 14 María Luisa Lárraga ESP 1:11:30 PB 15 Maria Guida Italy 1:11:31 16 Irma Heeren NED 1:11:35 17 Rakiya Maraoui France 1:11:44 18 Franziska Rochat SUI 1:11:47 19 Asha Gigi ETH 1996 1:11:49 PB 20 Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova Russia 1:11:53 21 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 1:12:09 22 Kazumi Matsuo JPN 1:12:12 23 Rocío Ríos ESP 1:12:15 24 Daria Nauer SUI 1:12:25 25 Zahia Dahmani France 1:12:27 26 Lucilla Andreucci Italy 1:12:34 27 Franca Fiacconi Italy 1:12:37 28 Jody Hawkins United States 1:12:38 29 Constantina Diţă-Tomescu ROU 1:12:42 30 Sylvia Renz Germany 1:12:44 31 Nicole Whiteford RSA 1:12:49 32 Maren Östringer Germany 1:12:49 33 Melissa Moon New Zealand 1:13:06 34 Mayumi Ichikawa JPN 1:13:16 35 Aurica Buia ROU 1:13:44 36 Annemette Jensen DEN 1:13:47 37 Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk BLR 1:13:47 38 Rosa Oliveira POR 1:13:52 39 Alena Peterková CZE 1:13:58 40 Annick Clouvel France 1:14:02 41 Jackline Torori KEN 1:14:03 42 Shelly Steely United States 1:14:06 43 Yelena Mazovka BLR 1:14:16 44 Irina Šafářová Russia 1:14:28 45 Takako Kotorida JPN 1:14:32 46 Leila Aman ETH 1996 1:14:36 47 Elsabet Truneh ETH 1996 1:14:37 PB 48 Birgit Jerschabek Germany 1:14:45 49 Satoko Karita JPN 1:14:48 51 Christine McNamara United States 1:15:01 52 Liz Yelling/Talbot Great Britain 1:15:06 PB 53 Dorota Gruca-Giezek POL 1:15:12 54 Florinda Andreucci Italy 1:15:14 55 Clarisse Rasoarizay MAD 1:15:43 56 Helána Barócsi HUN 1:15:48 56 Martha Ernstdóttir ISL 1:15:48 57 Pan Jinhong CHN 1:15:56 58 Wang Yanfang CHN 1:15:56 59 Marietjie McDermott RSA 1:15:56 60 Fátima Cabral POR 1:16:05 61 Trina Painter United States 1:16:10 62 Kim Pawelek United States 1:16:22 63 Inga Juodeškienė LTU 1988 1:16:23 64 Debbie Percival Great Britain 1:16:25 65 Yelena Makolova BLR 1:16:31 66 Ursula Jeitziner SUI 1:16:40 67 Alison Wyeth Great Britain 1:16:44 68 Elisabeth Krieg-Ruprecht SUI 1:16:50 69 Dita Hebelková CZE 1:17:20 PB 70 Anna-Ursula Olbrecht SUI 1:17:20 71 Maria Bradley Great Britain 1:17:25 72 Yigezu Tsehay ETH 1996 1:17:30 PB 73 Maree Bunce New Zealand 1:17:51 74 Eti Einer ISR 1:18:01 PB 75 Asegedech Gizaw ETH 1996 1:18:13 76 Lydia Mafula RSA 1:18:14 77 Mirjana Glisovic FR Yugoslavia 1:18:52 78 Vilija Birbalaitė LTU 1988 1:19:21 79 Sue Reinsford Great Britain 1:19:30 80 Mable Chiwama ZAM 1:19:34 81 Dana Janecková SVK 1:19:50 82 Suzana Čirić FR Yugoslavia 1:20:10 83 Luz Fabiola Rueda COL 1:20:24 84 Chanda Mwansa ZAM 1:20:47 85 Jean Mpundu ZAM 1:21:22 86 Annie Coathalem France 1:21:39 87 Irena Šádková CZE 1:21:40 88 Ines Cronjäger Germany 1:21:52 89 Anna Markelova TKM 1997 1:22:13 PB 90 Rigzen Angmo IND 1:31:36 91 Esperanza Obono GEQ 1:33:59 92 Kristinka Marković CRO 1:34:04 93 Sarbjett Kaur IND 1:34:06 — Natalia Bendzik BLR DNF — Chantal Dällenbach France DNF — Sonia Maccioni Italy DNF — Nuta Olaru ROU DNF Team Results Men's Rank Country Team Time RSA Hendrick RamaalaGert ThysAbner Chipu 3:02:21 KEN Paul KoechShem KororiaJohn Gwako 3:03:07 ETH 1996 Ibrahim SeidAlemayehu GirmaAddis Abebe 3:05:18 4 POR Luís JesúsLuís NovoCarlos Patrício 3:05:22 5 ESP Bartolomé SerranoMartín FizJavier Cortés 3:05:32 6 Italy Danilo GoffiDaniele CaimmiGiacomo Leone 3:07:46 7 BRA Ronaldo da CostaValdenor dos SantosAndré Ramos 3:09:29 8 JPN Osamu NaraAtsushi FujitaKatsuhiko Hanada 3:09:59 9 France Mohamed OuaadiMohamed SerboutiJean-Pierre Lautredoux 3:10:35 10 COL José Orlando Sánchez GuerreroJuan Carlos GutiérrezCarlos Grisales 3:10:37 11 ZIM Tendai ChimusasaBigboy GoromonziElijah Mutandiro 3:11:03 12 SUI Stéphane SchweickhardtViktor RöthlinHansjörg Brücker 3:12:37 13 TAN Wilbroad AxwesoBenedict AkoSafari Ingi 3:12:40 14 New Zealand Richard PottsJonathan WyattCraig Kirkwood 3:13:47 15 NED Marco GielenTekeye GebrselassiePeter van der Velden 3:14:02 16 ZAM Stephen BwalyaSam MwapeFelix Mbuye 3:15:10 17 FR Yugoslavia Janko BenšaBorislav DevićRamiz Taipi 3:15:43 18 Germany Oliver MintzlaffMichael FietzSteffen Benecke 3:16:28 19 United States Todd ReeserGavin GaynorEric Morrison 3:16:44 20 EST Pavel LoskutovToomas TarmMargus Pirksaar 3:16:52 21 POL Krzysztof PrzybyłaEryk SzostakWiesław Figurski 3:16:58 22 UGA Alex MalingaJoseph NsubugaBen Chesang 3:17:11 23 RWA 1962 Joseph NsengiyumyaGabriel MazimpakaPatrick Ishyaka 3:17:57 24 CZE Miroslav SajlerPavel DudrPavel Faschingbauer 3:19:36 25 LTU 1988 Ceslovas KundrotasPavelas FedorenkoArunas Balciunas 3:20:26 26 LIB Ali AwadMehdi ChebliOmar Abdel Latif 3:27:20 27 IND Room SinghHari SinghRaj Pal 3:32:43 28 MRI Menon RamsamyEric VambenJudex Durhone 3:35:57 29 CRO Josip LackovićDrago ParipovićRobert Prejnjak 3:36:34 — TKM 1997 Charygeldiy AllaberdiyevDovletmomed NazarovParakhat Kurtgeldiyev DNF Women's Rank Country Team Time KEN Tegla LoroupeJoyce ChepchumbaLeah Malot 3:29:43 ROU Lidia ȘimonCristina PomacuConstantina Diţă-Tomescu 3:32:19 ESP Julia VaqueroMaría Luisa LárragaRocío Ríos 3:34:18 4 Russia Alina IvanovaSvetlana ZakharovaFiriya Sultanova-Zhdanova 3:34:37 5 JPN Yukiko OkamotoKazumi MatsuoMayumi Ichikawa 3:36:18 6 Italy Maria GuidaLucilla AndreucciFranca Fiacconi 3:36:42 7 RSA Elana MeyerNicole WhitefordMarietjie McDermott 3:37:17 8 France Rakiya MaraouiZahia DahmaniAnnick Clouvel 3:38:13 9 Germany Sylvia RenzMaren ÖstringerBirgit Jerschabek 3:40:18 10 SUI Franziska RochatDaria NauerUrsula Jeitziner 3:40:52 11 ETH 1996 Asha GigiLeila AmanElsabet Truneh 3:41:02 12 POR Albertina DiasRosa OliveiraFátima Cabral 3:41:05 13 United States Jody HawkinsShelly SteelyChristine McNamara 3:41:45 14 BLR Galina Karnatsevich/BarukYelena MazovkaYelena Makolova 3:44:34 15 Great Britain Liz Yelling/TalbotDebbie PercivalAlison Wyeth 3:48:15 16 FR Yugoslavia Olivera JevtićMirjana GlisovicSuzana Čirić 3:49:04 17 CZE Alena PeterkováDita HebelkováIrena Šádková 3:52:58 18 ZAM Mable ChiwamaChanda MwansaJean Mpundu 4:01:43 Participation The participation of 236 athletes (139 men/97 women) from 54 countries is reported. 22em (1) (1) (5) (1) Brazil (5) (1) China (2) (6) (5) (7) (3) (2) (3) ETH 1996 (10) (2) France (10) Germany (9) (2) (1) (1) India (5) (1) Italy (10) Japan (9) (10) (2) (3) LBA 1977 (1) (1) LTU 1988 (5) (1) (3) (1) Netherlands (5) New Zealand (6) Poland (4) (8) (5) Russia (4) RWA 1962 (3) (2) South Africa (9) Spain (8) Swaziland (1) Sweden (1) Switzerland (10) (3) TKM 1997 (4) (4) United Kingdom (5) United States (10) FR Yugoslavia (6) (6) (3) See also 1998 in athletics (track and field) References External links Official website IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Half Marathon Championships Category:World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Uster Category:Sport in the canton of Zurich Category:1998 in international sports