2005 World Marathon Cup

World Marathon Cup in Helsinki sport June 2020 The 2005 World Marathon Cup was the 11th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Helsinki, Finland, inside of the 2005 World Championships. Athletes participated as teams in the men's and women's competitions, while medals were awarded by the International Association of Athletics Federations to individual world champions. 67 Runners from 11 countries (36 men and 31 women) formed the number of total athletes at the competition's start. Each country was permitted to present up to five runners in each of the two races. The sum results of their top three participants determined placement. Moroccan runner Jaouad Gharib successfully defended his world championship title in the men's marathon, while Japan's national team won the Cup for the second consecutive time, beating their opponents from Kenya by eight minutes. Meanwhile, the Kenyan women's finished first, bringing Kenya its first team victory in the country's history of eleven World Marathon Cup appearances.http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/road.htm IAAF WORLD MARATHON CUP gbrathletics.com 10 November 2012 Results + Team men# Nations Time 1 6:38:39 2 6:46:38 3 6:52:14 + Team women# Nations Time 1 7:12:37 2 7:16:35 3 7:27:04 + Individual men# Athlete Time 20px Jaouad Gharib, Morocco 2:10:10 20px Christopher Isengwe, Tanzania 2:10:21 (PB) 20px Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japan 2:11:16 (SB)4 20px Toshinari Takaoka, Japan 2:11:535 20px Samson Ramadhani, Tanzania 2:12:08 (SB)6 20px Alex Malinga, Uganda 2:12:12 (NR)7 20px Paul Biwott, Kenya 2:12:398 20px Julio Rey, Spain 2:12:519 20px Brian Sell, United States 2:13:27 (SB)10 20px Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Brazil 2:13:40 (SB) +Individual women# Athlete Time Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:20:57 (CR) Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:22:01 (SB) Constantina Tomescu ROM 2:23:19 4 Derartu Tulu ETH 1996 2:23:30 (PB) 5 Zhou Chunxiu CHN 2:24:12 6 Yumiko Hara JPN 2:24:20 7 Rita Jeptoo KEN 2:24:22 (PB) 8 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2:25:46 9 Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai KEN 2:26:14 (SB) 10 Megumi Oshima JPN 2:26:29 See also 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon References External links IAAF web site Category:World Marathon Cup World Category:2005 World Championships in Athletics Category:Marathons in Finland