1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Whmc logo 1997.png 125px IAAF 6th October 4 Košice, Slovakia Slovakia 45 226 3 1996 Palma de Mallorca 1998 Zürich The 6th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 1997, in the city of Košice, Slovakia. A total of 228 athletes, 144 men and 84 women, from 45 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. Reineri Giorgio October 4, 1997 Kenya wins 6th IAAF/VSZ World Half Marathon Championships – Winner Shem Kororia & Moses Tanui both under 60 minutes http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/News/Oct4men.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130928060421/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/News/Oct4men.html 2013-09-28 dead Reineri Giorgio October 4, 1997 Loroupe (KEN) dominates women's half marathon final, but Rumania takes team title http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/News/Oct4women.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130928060427/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/News/Oct4women.html 2013-09-28 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 http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/4338c03a-914e-4df3-ac47-68e78067142c.pdf IAAF September 1, 2013 6th IAAF/VSZ World Half Marathon Championships – Men Results http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/resmen.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927030742/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/resmen.html 2013-09-27 dead 6th IAAF/VSZ World Half Marathon Championships – Women Results http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/reswomen.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926215721/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/reswomen.html 2013-09-26 dead 6th IAAF/VSZ World Half Marathon Championships – Men Team Results http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/resmenteam.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031424/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/resmenteam.html 2013-09-27 dead 6th IAAF/VSZ World Half Marathon Championships – Women Team Results http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/reswomenteam.html IAAF September 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926215731/http://www2.iaaf.org/whm97/Results/reswomenteam.html 2013-09-26 dead Medallists IndividualMenShem Kororia KEN 59:56Moses Tanui KEN 59:58Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN 1:00:00 WomenTegla Loroupe KEN 1:08:14 Cristina Pomacu ROU 1:08:43 Lidia Șimon ROU 1:09:05 TeamTeam Men 2:59:54South Africa 3:03:34ETH 1996 3:03:46Team Women 3:27:40 3:27:57Japan 3:31:38 Race results Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Shem Kororia KEN 59:56 CR Moses Tanui KEN 59:58 Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN 1:00:00 4 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1:00:07 5 Mohamed Mourhit BEL 1:00:18 6 Gert Thys RSA 1:00:23 7 Abraham Assefa ETH 1996 1:00:52 8 Luís Jesús POR 1:00:56 NR 9 Stefano Baldini Italy 1:01:01 10 Laban Chege KEN 1:01:13 11 Lemma Alemayehu ETH 1996 1:01:17 12 Michael Fietz Germany 1:01:18 13 Stéphane Schweickhardt SUI 1:01:26 14 Eduardo do Nascimento BRA 1:01:27 15 Wilbroad Axweso TAN 1:01:28 16 Jan Pešava CZE 1:01:31 17 Alejandro Gómez ESP 1:01:36 18 Tesfaye Tola ETH 1996 1:01:37 19 Tendai Chimusasa ZIM 1:01:42 20 Jean-Pierre Lautredoux France 1:01:43 21 Bartolomé Serrano ESP 1:01:44 22 Nicolae Negru ROU 1:01:45 23 Osamu Nara JPN 1:02:06 24 Abel Chimukoko ZIM 1:02:07 25 Herder Vázquez COL 1:02:09 26 Joshua Chelanga KEN 1:02:12 27 Michele Gamba Italy 1:02:13 28 Noriaki Igarashi JPN 1:02:15 29 Róbert Štefko SVK 1:02:15 30 Antonio Peña ESP 1:02:15 31 Yoshifumi Miyamoto JPN 1:02:16 32 Carlos de la Torre ESP 1:02:42 33 Elisvaldo de Carvalho BRA 1:02:42 34 Carlos Grisales COL 1:02:43 35 Alene Emere ETH 1996 1:02:44 36 Antonio Armuzzi Italy 1:02:46 37 Imre Berkovics HUN 1:02:46 38 Marco Gielen NED 1:02:48 39 José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero COL 1:02:49 40 Tamás Kliszek HUN 1:02:50 41 Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi LBA 1977 1:02:57 42 Makhosonke Fika RSA 1:03:04 43 Giovanni Ruggiero Italy 1:03:06 44 Alcidio Costa POR 1:03:08 45 Alemayehu Girma ETH 1996 1:03:08 46 Fungai Kapanyota ZIM 1:03:12 47 Hakim Bagy France 1:03:14 48 Ronny Ligneel BEL 1:03:14 49 José Carlos Adán ESP 1:03:15 50 Joaquim Pinheiro POR 1:03:18 51 Zoltán Holba HUN 1:03:19 52 Migidio Bourifa Italy 1:03:22 53 David Taylor Great Britain 1:03:24 54 Viktor Röthlin SUI 1:03:29 55 Valeriy Kuzman Russia 1:03:34 56 Rainer Huth Germany 1:03:39 57 Janko Benša FR Yugoslavia 1:03:41 58 Lee Troop Australia 1:03:43 59 João Junqueira POR 1:03:47 60 Alberto Chaíça POR 1:03:59 61 Alan Chilton Great Britain 1:03:59 62 Aleksandr Kuzin UKR 1:04:06 63 Pat Carroll Australia 1:04:09 64 Pavel Kokin Russia 1:04:10 65 Faustin Saktay TAN 1:04:29 66 Jeffrey Spillane New Zealand 1:04:31 67 Jens Karrass Germany 1:04:34 68 Anton Nikolesko Russia 1:04:35 69 Percy Sephoda LES 1:04:35 70 Kokichi Kawamoto JPN 1:04:36 71 Jean-Pierre Monciaux France 1:04:36 72 Benno Piskur SLO 1:04:41 73 Petr Pipa SVK 1:04:42 74 Vladimír Vašek CZE 1:04:44 75 Todd Reeser United States 1:04:45 76 Wiesław Figurski POL 1:04:48 77 Vladimir Tsyamchik BLR 1:04:52 78 Khomojoo Kapane LES 1:04:58 79 Hansjörg Brücker SUI 1:04:59 80 Glynn Tromans Great Britain 1:05:00 81 Darrell General United States 1:05:10 82 Mykola Rudyk UKR 1:05:15 83 Józef Kazanecki POL 1:05:23 84 Miroslav Vanko SVK 1:05:24 85 Drago Paripović CRO 1:05:29 86 Markus Gerber SUI 1:05:29 87 Mark Steinle Great Britain 1:05:36 88 Ali Awad LIB 1:05:38 89 Ramiz Taipi FR Yugoslavia 1:05:46 90 Zsolt Bacskai HUN 1:05:53 91 Vladimir Tonchinskiy BLR 1:06:02 92 Jan Bláha CZE 1:06:14 93 Daniel Ferreira BRA 1:06:15 94 Robert Petro SVK 1:06:25 95 Vladimir Gusev KGZ 1:06:30 96 Ian Hudspith Great Britain 1:06:35 97 Boris Batuyev BLR 1:06:38 98 Marek Sukiennik POL 1:06:41 99 Dov Kremer ISR 1:06:48 100 Yuriy Gichun UKR 1:06:51 101 Pavel Faschingbauer CZE 1:06:51 102 Eric Morrison United States 1:06:59 103 Kopamo Pekile LES 1:07:04 104 Sérgio da Silva BRA 1:07:10 105 Neema Tuluway TAN 1:07:13 106 Amit Neʼeman ISR 1:07:14 107 Thabiso Ralekhetla LES 1:07:17 108 Leonid Pykhteyev KGZ 1:07:19 109 Ali Al-Dosari BHR 1972 1:07:19 110 János Szemán HUN 1:07:29 111 Jos Maes BEL 1:07:40 112 Abdi Djama France 1:07:44 113 David Morris United States 1:07:46 114 Darius Gruzdys LTU 1988 1:07:48 115 Robert Sádek SVK 1:07:51 116 Bogdan Krupa UKR 1:07:54 117 James Herald United States 1:08:01 118 Zarislav Gapeyenko BLR 1:08:14 119 Macbeth Akakwansa UGA 1:08:18 120 Sentso Retere LES 1:08:27 121 Abdullah Al-Dosari BHR 1972 1:08:48 122 Rustam Radjapov TKM 1997 1:08:54 123 Vujadin Alempic FR Yugoslavia 1:09:15 124 Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev TKM 1997 1:09:18 125 Hayk Khojumyan ARM 1:09:28 126 Islam Dugum BIH 1992 1:09:51 127 Hidajet Bulic BIH 1992 1:09:51 128 Hsu Gi-Sheng TPE 1:09:56 129 Mehdi Chebli LIB 1:10:03 130 Robert Prejnjak CRO 1:10:04 131 Adra Mocha ISR 1:10:28 132 Ivica Škopac CRO 1:11:36 133 Željko-Franjo Letonija CRO 1:12:15 134 Dovletmomed Nazarov TKM 1997 1:12:18 135 Hussein Awada LIB 1:14:03 136 Kaido Koppel EST 1:16:35 137 Jacques Diab LIB 1:18:11 138 Aleksandr Levdanskiy KGZ 1:19:23 — Sead Kondo BIH 1992 DNF — Tomix da Costa BRA DNF — Josip Lacković CRO DNF — Cyrille Ballester France DNF — Adam Motlagale RSA DNF — Panayiotis Karimalis GRE DNS Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Tegla Loroupe KEN 1:08:14 Cristina Pomacu ROU 1:08:43 Lidia Șimon ROU 1:09:05 4 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1:09:07 5 Nuta Olaru ROU 1:09:52 6 Katrin Heinig Germany 1:09:56 7 Lyudmila Petrova Russia 1:10:02 8 Rocío Ríos ESP 1:10:06 9 Mari Sotani JPN 1:10:13 10 Svetlana Zakharova Russia 1:10:29 11 Delilah Asiago KEN 1:10:36 12 Noriko Geji JPN 1:10:37 13 Hiromi Katayama JPN 1:10:48 14 Aurica Buia ROU 1:11:01 15 Alina Tecuţă/Gherasim ROU 1:11:02 16 Petra Wassiluk Germany 1:11:03 17 Viktoria Nenasheva Russia 1:11:14 18 Iris Biba Germany 1:11:17 19 Lucia Subano KEN 1:11:39 20 Hellen Kimaiyo KEN 1:11:42 21 Christine Mallo France 1:11:43 22 Silvia Skvortsova Russia 1:11:53 23 Makiko Ito JPN 1:12:08 24 Lucilla Andreucci Italy 1:12:21 25 Sonja Deckers BEL 1:12:27 26 Kore Alemu ETH 1996 1:12:30 27 Eyerusalem Kuma ETH 1996 1:12:36 28 Abebe Tola ETH 1996 1:12:42 29 Laura Fogli Italy 1:12:43 30 Mónica Pont ESP 1:12:44 31 Helena Javornik SLO 1:12:51 32 Nadir de Siqueira BRA 1:13:05 33 Katrina Price United States 1:13:07 34 Ursula Jeitziner SUI 1:13:10 35 Lydia Mafula RSA 1:13:12 36 Yelena Plastinina UKR 1:13:20 37 María Luisa Muñoz ESP 1:13:33 38 Lee-Ann McPhillips New Zealand 1:13:42 39 Yelena Makolova BLR 1:13:43 40 Angela Joiner Great Britain 1:13:44 41 Kristijna Loonen NED 1:13:48 42 Irina Šafářová Russia 1:13:53 43 Sally Goldsmith Great Britain 1:14:08 44 Leila Aman ETH 1996 1:14:15 45 Sonia Maccioni Italy 1:14:18 46 Line Kuster France 1:14:20 47 Simone Kuster France 1:14:24 48 Luciene de Deus BRA 1:14:25 49 Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk BLR 1:14:42 50 Tatyana Glazyr UKR 1:14:44 51 Ludmila Melicherová SVK 1:14:45 52 Susan Michelsson Australia 1:14:51 53 Jenny Crain United States 1:15:05 54 Maria Trujillo United States 1:15:08 55 Alta Lohann RSA 1:15:11 56 Amanda Wright-Allen Great Britain 1:15:21 57 Angelines Rodríguez ESP 1:15:23 58 Natalya Galushko BLR 1:15:26 59 Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella United States 1:16:09 60 Alla Zadorozhnaya BLR 1:16:11 61 Lete Yesus ETH 1996 1:16:34 62 Ágnes Jakab HUN 1:16:38 63 Vilija Birbalaitė LTU 1988 1:16:50 64 Nina Korvryzkina UKR 1:16:56 65 Stephanie Manel France 1:17:02 66 Renee Kruse United States 1:17:11 67 Dana Janecková SVK 1:17:45 68 Monika Deverová CZE 1:17:50 69 Muriel Linsolas France 1:18:03 70 Nili Avramski ISR 1:18:15 71 Tracey Swindell Great Britain 1:19:40 72 Alena Mocariová SVK 1:20:02 73 Alena Pochybová SVK 1:21:22 74 Anna Balosakova SVK 1:22:10 75 Adelaide Malepa LES 1:25:55 76 Kristinka Marković CRO 1:28:36 77 Ekateríni Fotopoúlou GRE 1:33:29 — Yelena Mazovka BLR DNF — Christina Mai Germany DNF — Jacky Newton Great Britain DNF — Patrizia Ragno Italy DNF — Elana Meyer RSA DNF — Tatyana Dzhabrayilova UKR DNF — Agata Balsamo Italy DNS Team Results Men's Rank Country Team Time KEN Shem KororiaMoses TanuiKenneth Cheruiyot 2:59:54 RSA Hendrick RamaalaGert ThysMakhosonke Fika 3:03:34 ETH 1996 Abraham AssefaLemma AlemayehuTesfaye Tola 3:03:46 4 ESP Alejandro GómezBartolomé SerranoAntonio Peña 3:05:35 5 Italy Stefano BaldiniMichele GambaAntonio Armuzzi 3:06:00 6 JPN Osamu NaraNoriaki IgarashiYoshifumi Miyamoto 3:06:37 7 ZIM Tendai ChimusasaAbel ChimukokoFungai Kapanyota 3:07:01 8 POR Luís JesúsAlcidio CostaJoaquim Pinheiro 3:07:22 9 COL Herder VázquezCarlos GrisalesJosé Orlando Sánchez Guerrero 3:07:41 10 HUN Imre BerkovicsTamás KliszekZoltán Holba 3:08:55 11 Germany Michael FietzRainer HuthJens Karrass 3:09:31 12 France Jean-Pierre LautredouxHakim BagyJean-Pierre Monciaux 3:09:33 13 SUI Stéphane SchweickhardtViktor RöthlinHansjörg Brücker 3:09:54 14 BRA Eduardo do NascimentoElisvaldo de CarvalhoDaniel Ferreira 3:10:24 15 BEL Mohammed MourhitRonny LigneelJos Maes 3:11:12 16 Russia Valeriy KuzmanPavel KokinAnton Nikolesko 3:12:19 17 SVK Róbert ŠtefkoPetr PipaMiroslav Vanko 3:12:21 18 Great Britain David TaylorAlan ChiltonGlynn Tromans 3:12:23 19 CZE Jan PešavaVladimír VašekJan Bláha 3:12:29 20 TAN Wilbroad AxwesoFaustin SaktayNeema Tuluway 3:13:10 21 UKR Aleksandr KuzinMykola RudykYuriy Gichun 3:16:12 22 LES Percy SephodaKhomojoo KapaneKopamo Pekile 3:16:37 23 POL Wiesław FigurskiJózef KazaneckiMarek Sukiennik 3:16:52 24 United States Todd ReeserDarrell GeneralEric Morrison 3:16:54 25 BLR Vladimir TsyamchikVladimir TonchinskiyBoris Batuyev 3:17:32 26 FR Yugoslavia Janko BenšaRamiz TaipiVujadin Alempic 3:18:42 27 ISR Dov KremerAmit NeʼemanAdra Mocha 3:24:30 28 CRO Drago ParipovićRobert PrejnjakIvica Škopac 3:27:09 29 LIB Ali AwadMehdi ChebliHussein Awada 3:29:44 30 TKM 1997 Rustam RadjapovCharygeldiy AllaberdiyevDovletmomed Nazarov 3:30:30 31 KGZ Vladimir GusevLeonid PykhteyevAleksandr Levdanskiy 3:33:12 — BIH 1992 Islam DugumHidajet BulicSead Kondo DNF Women's Rank Country Team Time ROU Cristina PomacuLidia ȘimonNuta Olaru 3:27:40 KEN Tegla LoroupeJoyce ChepchumbaDelilah Asiago 3:27:57 JPN Mari SotaniNoriko GejiHiromi Katayama 3:31:38 4 Russia Lyudmila PetrovaSvetlana ZakharovaViktoria Nenasheva 3:31:45 5 Germany Katrin HeinigPetra WassilukIris Biba 3:32:16 6 ESP Rocío RíosMónica PontMaría Luisa Muñoz 3:36:23 7 ETH 1996 Kore AlemuEyerusalem KumaAbebe Tola 3:37:48 8 Italy Lucilla AndreucciLaura FogliSonia Maccioni 3:39:22 9 France Christine MalloLine KusterSimone Kuster 3:40:27 10 Great Britain Angela JoinerSally GoldsmithAmanda Wright-Allen 3:43:13 11 United States Katrina PriceJenny CrainMaria Trujillo 3:43:20 12 BLR Yelena MakolovaGalina Karnatsevich/BarukNatalya Galushko 3:43:51 13 UKR Yelena PlastininaTatyana GlazyrNina Korvryzkina 3:45:00 14 SVK Ludmila MelicherováDana JaneckováAlena Mocariová 3:52:32 — RSA Lydia MafulaAlta LohannElana Meyer DNF Participation The participation of 226 athletes (143 men/83 women) from 45 countries is reported. 22em (1) Australia (3) BHR 1972 (2) (9) Belgium (4) BIH 1992 (3) Brazil (7) (1) (3) (6) (5) (1) ETH 1996 (10) France (10) Germany (7) (1) (6) (4) Italy (9) Japan (8) (10) (3) (4) (6) LBA 1977 (1) LTU 1988 (2) Netherlands (2) New Zealand (2) Poland (3) (5) (6) Russia (8) (10) (2) South Africa (7) Spain (9) Switzerland (5) (3) TKM 1997 (3) (1) (8) United Kingdom (10) United States (10) FR Yugoslavia (3) (3) See also 1997 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 Slovakia Category:1997 in international sports Category:Sport in Košice Category:October 1997 sports events in Europe