1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships

1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships Senior Marathon relay 222 28 Manaus, Brazil 18–19 April 1998 1st: US$20,0002nd: $10,0003rd: $5000 1st: $120,0002nd: $60,0003rd: $30,000 2 1996 Copenhagen The 1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships was the fourth and final edition of the global, international marathon relay competition, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).IAAF World Road Relay Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-22. The event took place on 18–19 April in Manaus, Brazil with the participation of 222 athletes from 28 nations. The women's race took place on Saturday 18 April, starting at 9:00 AM Amazon Standard Time, and featured twelve national teams comprising a total 72 athletes.Startlist - Women Saturday, April 18, 1998 - 9:00. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22. The men's race took place on Sunday 19 April, also starting at 9:00 AM Amazon Standard Time, and featured 25 national teams comprising a total 150 athletes.Startlist - Men Sunday, April 19, 1998 - 9:00. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22. Each national team consisted of six athletes, who alternately covered six stages to complete the 42.195 km marathon distance. The first, third and fifth stages were of 5 km, the second and fourth stages were of 10 km, and the final stage covered the remaining 7.195 km.IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2019-08-22. Rather than using the traditional baton associated with relay races, athletes passed a wrist band to their compatriots at end of each leg.Women's Start. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22. Prize money totalling US$420,000 was awarded to the athletes of the medal-winning teams: $120,000 for the winning team, $60,000 for the silver medallists and $30,000 for third place, with the winnings split evenly between the team's six athletes.Ethiopian women emerge victorious from inferno of Manaus. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22.Reineri, Giorgio (1998-04-19). Kenya dominate men’s relay . IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22. The Ethiopian and Kenyan teams took the top two spots in both races, with the Ethiopian women being victorious in a time of 2:21:15 hours and the Kenyan men coming out on top in a time of 2:01:13 hours. These represented two title defences, as both teams won those races at the previous edition in 1996. Romania took the bronze medals in the women's race and the host nation, Brazil, came third in the men's race – the second time it reached the podium after being men's runners-up at the 1996 championships.Results - Women Saturday, April 18, 1998 - 9:00. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22.Results - Men Sunday, April 19, 1998 - 9:00. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-22. Race summary The women's race took place in difficult weather conditions, with high humidity and a temperature around 34 C. Kenya's Jackline Maranga led the pack in the first stage at 15:39 minutes, with Ethiopia's Yimenashu Taye 19 seconds in arrears and Japan's Takako Kotorida another 20 seconds back. On the second leg Gete Wami overhauled Kenya's Jane Omoro to put Ethiopia in first place, while Alina Tecuţă had the second fastest time to bring Romania into third place. Ethiopia extended its lead in the third leg through stage winner Genet Gebregiorgis and Miyo Nakano brought Japan to third again. A strong leg four by Cristina Pomacu returned Romania to third place and Alla Zhilyaeva won the stage to bring Russia back up the ranks. Ayelech Worku cemented Ethiopia's lead by completing the fifth stage eleven seconds faster than Kenya's Naomi Mugo, now over a minute behind, while Romania's Constantina Diță pulled further away from fourth-placed Japan. Kenya's Sally Barsosio attempted to close down Ethiopia's Merima Denboba in the final leg, but was unable to do so, finishing over half a minute behind the Ethiopian despite her leg of 24:09 minutes. The conditions severely affected some of the teams: Russia trailed by three and a half minutes in the first leg due to Yelena Motalova struggling, Mexico's Judith Ramirez took nearly seven minutes longer than Russia's Zhilyaeva to finish her 10K fourth leg, and Ecuador's Sara Nivisela took nearly four minutes longer to complete the 5-kilometre fifth leg than did Ethiopia's Ayelech Worku. The following morning, the weather conditions proved a little more amenable to the male runners, with humidity dropping to 85% and the temperature falling to 28 C. John Kibowen led off the Kenyan team as front runner and was narrowly edged out by Ethiopia's Million Wolde in the first stage, with both recording 13:44 minutes for the 5 km, and a battle for third emerged between Brazil's Elenilson da Silva and Portugal's Hélder Ornelas some 15 seconds adrift. Stage two saw Kenya emerge as clear leaders as Paul Koech gained 49 seconds on his Ethiopian rival Ayele Mezgebu. Behind them, Japan's Tomoaki Kunichika pulled level Alberto Maravilha (Portugal) and Tomix da Costa (Brazil) in the chase for third as the athletes neared the mid-point. Benjamin Limo completed the fourth leg 24 seconds faster than the rest of the field to keep Kenya's lead. Brazil's Ronaldo da Costa gained a ten-second gap in third, with Japan (Masatoshi Ibata) and Portugal (Angelo Pacheco) both slowing in fourth and fifth. Tom Nyariki made it three consecutive stage wins for Kenya in the fifth leg, gaining over 40 seconds over second placed Ethiopian Tesfaye Tolla. Elijah Mutandiko's 33-minute 10K leg (second fastest of the stage) brought Zimbabwe into fifth place, as Portugal fell back. Ethiopia rallied in the fifth stage with Fita Bayisa running 5 km in 14:16 minutes to draw nearer to Kenya's John Kosgei. A poor run from Ethiopia's Alene Emere saw Kenyan Paul Malakwen Kosgei ease to victory with over two and a half minutes to spare. Consistency saw Brazil claim third place, with Sergio Goncalves da Silva finishing around a minute after the Ethiopian. Zimbabwe's Abel Chimukoko had the second fastest time of the final stage, which saw his mostly-barefooted team overhaul Japan for fourth place by a margin of three seconds. Denmark's Jorgen Gamborg failed to complete his last leg – the only athlete at the competition to do so – meaning his team was eliminated. Medal summary Men's raceJohn KibowenPaul KoechBenjamin LimoTom NyarikiJohn KosgeiPaul Malakwen Kosgei 2:01:13Million WoldeAyele MezgebuBerhanu AldaneTesfaye TolaFita BayisaAlene Emire 2:03:47Elenilson da SilvaTomix da CostaRonaldo da CostaDaniel FerreiraLeonardo GuedesSergio da Silva 2:04:50Women's raceYimenashu TayeGete WamiGenet GebregiorgisAsha GigiAyelech WorkuMerima Denboba 2:21:15Jackline MarangaJane OmoroLeah MalotSusan ChepkemeiNaomi MugoSally Barsosio 2:21:49Stela OlteanuAlina TecuţăMariana ChirilaCristina PomacuConstantina DițăLuminita Gogârlea 2:24:13 Results June 2025 Men's race Key: #A9F5A9 Fastest in stage solid 1px #AAAAAA PlaceTeamAthleteStageTime 1 — — 2:01:13John Kibowen 1 13:44Paul Koech 2 28:40Benjamin Limo 3 14:04Tom Nyariki 4 29:33John Kosgei 5 14:28Paul Malakwen Kosgei 6 20:44 2 — — 2:03:47Million Wolde 1 13:44Ayele Mezgebu 2 29:29Berhanu Aldane 3 14:29Tesfaye Tola 4 30:14Fita Bayisa 5 14:16Alene Emere 6 21:35 3 — — 2:04:50Elenilson da Silva 1 13:59Tomix da Costa 2 30:14Ronaldo da Costa 3 14:28Daniel Lopes Ferreira 4 30:11Leonardo Guedes 5 14:43Sergio Goncalves da Silva 6 21:15 4 — — 2:05:19Michael Ngaseke 1 14:21Bigboy Goromonzi 2 30:29Kingstone Maringe 3 14:59Elijah Mutandiko 4 30:00Tendai Chinhahu 5 14:40Abel Chimukoko 6 20:50 5 — — 2:05:22Mitsuhiro Okuyama 1 14:29Tomoaki Kunichika 2 29:43Masatoshi Ibata 3 14:40Akira Manai 4 30:14Shinichi Akiyoshi 5 14:35Takaki Morikawa 6 21:39 6 — — 2:06:22Hélder Ornelas 1 14:00Alberto Maravilha 2 30:13Angelo Pacheco 3 14:52Jose Santos 4 30:57Rui Borges 5 15:09Alberto Chaíça 6 21:11 7 — — 2:06:55Jacinto Navarrete 1 14:41Diego Colorado 2 30:00Mauricio Ladino 3 14:31Edgar Sanchez 4 30:26Juan Jaramillo 5 15:19Juan Carlos Gutierrez 6 21:58 8 — — 2:06:56Aaron Gabonewe 1 14:13Richard Mavuso 2 31:33Makhosonke Fika 3 15:00Simon Morolong 4 30:31Johannes Edwin Job 5 14:29Shadrack Hoff 6 21:10 9 — — 2:07:19Gustavo Castillo 1 14:12Alejandro Coatepitzin 2 30:25Ruben Garcia 3 14:39Ignacio Fragoso 4 31:36Fidel Torres 5 14:47Samuel Retiz 6 21:40 10 — — 2:08:22Mohamed Serbouti 1 14:24Mikael Thomas 2 30:12Augusto Gomes 3 14:46Arnaud Crepieux 4 31:29Ahmed El Asery 5 15:08Cyrille Ballester 6 22:23 11 — — 2:09:59Julian Moorhouse 1 14:30Dale Loughlin 2 31:11James Starling 3 15:10Ian Hudspith 4 31:39Justin Pugsley 5 15:18Glenn Stewart 6 22:11 12 — — 2:10:51Julio Chuqui 1 14:44Franklin Tenorio 2 30:21Jose Revelo 3 15:45Nestor Quinapanta 4 31:48Edy Punina 5 15:38Miguel Romero 6 22:35 13 — — 2:10:53Juan José Cruz 1 14:37Antonio Ibanez 2 30:49Javier Carriqueo 3 15:34Jose Luis Luna 4 32:00Juan Carlos de Bastos 5 15:29Oscar Raimo 6 22:24 14 — — 2:11:13Lervis Arias 1 14:33Tomas Zarraga 2 31:08Leonel Guevara 3 16:10José Alejandro Semprún 4 31:07Pedro Mora 5 15:39Luis Prieto 6 22:36 15 — — 2:12:39Mike Donnelly 1 14:47Daniel Mayer 2 31:36Teddy Mitchell 3 16:23Peter De La Cerda 4 32:29Mike Tansely 5 15:08Tim Gargiulo 6 22:16 16 — — 2:14:42Marcos Silva 1 16:14Washington Veleda 2 32:30Patricio Melo 3 16:42Néstor García 4 30:50Cristian Rosales 5 15:07Nicolas Pereira 6 23:19 17 — — 2:15:16Maximo Poma 1 15:35Policarpio Calizaya 2 32:38Juan Carlos Echalar 3 15:27Mariano Mamani 4 33:01Miguel Nina 5 15:42Geovanny Morejon 6 22:53 18 — — 2:17:03Mauricio Díaz 1 14:53Daniel Herrera 2 32:31Eduardo Carrasco 3 15:41Leonidas Rivadeneira 4 34:12Wilson Wall 5 16:09Jaime Valenzuela 6 23:37 19 — — 2:18:49Joel Pineda 1 15:26Julio Cutipa 2 31:56Jorge Vara 3 16:34Iban Acosta 4 34:24Costantino Leon 5 16:18Miguel Mamani 6 24:11 20 — — 2:20:47Simon Alvarado 1 15:48Agustin Moran 2 32:48Said Gomez 3 16:00Raul Castro 4 34:46Robert Smits 5 17:01Guillermo Ramirez 6 24:24 21 — — 2:24:59Andrew Smith 1 16:07Neecharran Ramnauth 2 34:06Kelvin Johnson 3 16:13Errol Peters 4 35:35Yubraj Jaichand 5 16:17Odinga Bascome 6 26:41 22 — — 2:26:59William Panadero 1 16:10Ramon Aranda 2 34:07Lucas Panadero 3 17:19Christian Gonzalez 4 36:40Isaac Figueredo 5 17:56Carlos Barrientos 6 24:47 23 — — 2:27:01David Rueben 1 17:32Ken Mova 2 34:20Anton Lopa 3 17:23David Kania 4 33:56Jeffrey Kaile 5 18:31Gumsie Taulobi 6 25:19 24 — — 2:29:01Jurmain Bijlhout 1 17:24Radjinder Patan 2 36:05Andre Joekoe 3 17:10Steven Vismale 4 33:50Roy Niamut 5 18:32Aziez Nandlal 6 26:00 — — — DNFDaw Nielsen 1 14:50Dennis Jensen 2 30:37Brian Jensen 3 15:05Carsten Jørgensen 4 30:06Johnny Moller 5 15:17Jorgen Gamborg 6 DNF Women's race Key: #A9F5A9 Fastest in stage solid 1px #AAAAAA PlaceTeamAthleteStageTime 1 — — 2:21:15Yimenashu Taye 1 15:58Gete Wami 2 33:07Genet Gebregiorgis 3 16:18Asha Gigi 4 35:00Ayelech Worku 5 16:18Merima Denboba 6 24:34 2 — — 2:21:49Jackline Maranga 1 15:39Jane Omoro 2 34:06Leah Malot 3 16:33Susan Chepkemei 4 34:53Naomi Mugo 5 16:29Sally Barsosio 6 24:09 3 — — 2:24:13Stela Olteanu 1 16:24Alina Tecuţă 2 33:42Mariana Chirila 3 17:15Cristina Pomacu 4 34:33Constantina Diță 5 16:42Luminita Gogirlea 6 25:37 4 — — 2:25:49Takako Kotorida 1 16:18Masae Ueoka 2 33:52Miyo Nakano 3 16:53Yukiko Okamoto 4 35:50Megumi Tanaka 5 17:08Yumi Sato 6 25:48 5 — — 2:29:36Carmen Ayala-Troncoso 1 17:07Christine McNamara 2 35:44Victoria Mitchell 3 17:07Cindy James 4 36:19Blake Phillips 5 16:51Michele Chalmers 6 26:28 6 — — 2:30:04Yelena Motalova 1 19:03Lyudmila Petrova 2 35:33Oksana Zheleznyak 3 17:26Alla Zhilyaeva 4 34:10Yelena Kopytova 5 16:48Viktoriya Nenasheva 6 27:05 7 — — 2:31:42Liu Jianying 1 16:49Yang Siju 2 35:12Liu Dong 3 18:04Wang Mingxia 4 36:15Wang Qingfen 5 17:44Wang Dongmei 6 27:38 8 — — 2:32:55Ana Claudia de Souza 1 16:59Maria Lucia Vieira 2 37:01Celia dos Santos 3 17:08Rosangela Pereira Farias 4 37:03Solange de Souza 5 17:42Selma Candida dos Reis 6 27:02 9 — — 2:35:39Celine Rajot 1 16:48Edunge Pitel 2 38:05Stephanie Berthevas 3 17:52Marie Christine Danpa 4 38:09Yanma Belkacem 5 17:55Veronique Bertel 6 26:50 10 — — 2:37:33Truzanne Swanepoel 1 16:46Ronell Thomas 2 36:32Zena Wilsnach 3 18:06Sarah Jane Nkala 4 38:57René Kalmer 5 19:57Charne Rademeyer 6 27:15 11 — — 2:40:20Janeth Caizalitín 1 16:49Yolanda Quinbita 2 39:43Lilian Guerra 3 18:10Wilma Guerra 4 37:19Sara Nivisela 5 20:15Maria Paredes 6 28:04 12 — — 2:44:02Margarita Tapia 1 18:09Madaí Pérez 2 38:59Kayla Betancourt 3 19:16Judith Ramirez 4 41:03Giselle Bautista 5 18:23Sonia Betancourt 6 28:12 Participation 20em (6) (6) (12) (6) (6) (6) (6) (12) (12) (12) (6) (6) (12) (12) (12) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (12) (6) (12) (6) (6) (6) References 1998 World Road Relay Championships World Road Relay Championships World Road Relay Championships Category:April 1998 sports events in South America Category:International sports competitions in Manaus Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Brazil Category:Marathons in Brazil Category:1998 in international sports