1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 1st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 19 and 20, 2001 in Tyneside, UK, and was run simultaneously with that year's Great North Run. A total of 204 athletes, 96 men, 84 women and 24 juniors, from 36 countries took part. Complete results were published.

1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	1st
Date	September 19-20
Host city	Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Events	3
Participation	204 athletes from 36 nations
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Though this competition was the first of its kind, it followed on from the 1991 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, which was held over the 15K distance.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Benson Masya (KEN)	1:00:24	Antonio Silio (ARG)	1:00:40	Boay Akonay (TAN)	1:00:45
Junior (Boys)	Kassa Tadesse (ETH)	1:04:51	Meck Mothuli (RSA)	1:05:01	Francesco Ingargiola (ITA)	1:05:18
Women	Liz McColgan (GBR)	1:08:53	Megumi Fujiwara (JPN)	1:09:21	Rosanna Munerotto (ITA)	1:09:38
Team
Team Men	Kenya	3:02:25	United Kingdom	3:04:54	Brazil	3:05:56
Team Junior (Boys)	Italy	3:17:39	Ethiopia	3:18:56	South Africa	3:20:04
Team Women	Japan	3:30:39	United Kingdom	3:33:03	Romania	3:33:27

Results

Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Benson Masya	Kenya	1:00:24
	Antonio Silio	Argentina	1:00:40
	Boay Akonay	Tanzania	1:00:45
4	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	1:00:55
5	Joseph Keino	Kenya	1:01:06
6	Dave Lewis	Great Britain	1:01:17
7	Artur Castro	Brazil	1:01:18
8	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	1:01:20
9	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	1:01:34
10	Paul Evans	Great Britain	1:01:38
11	Xolile Yawa	South Africa	1:01:48
12	Antoni Peña	Spain	1:01:48
13	Koichi Fujita	Japan	1:01:53
14	Francesco Panetta	Italy	1:01:55
15	Malcolm Norwood	Australia	1:01:56
16	Carl Thackery	Great Britain	1:01:59
17	Bill Reifsnyder	United States	1:02:00
18	Luca Barzaghi	Italy	1:02:06
19	Junji Haraguchi	Japan	1:02:08
20	Ronaldo da Costa	Brazil	1:02:10
21	Pascal Fetizon	France	1:02:11
22	Melese Feissa	Ethiopia	1:02:14
23	Kamal Kohil	Algeria	1:02:25
24	Delmir dos Santos	Brazil	1:02:28
25	Severino Bernardini	Italy	1:02:28
26	Mark Flint	Great Britain	1:02:29
27	Kenjiro Jitsui	Japan	1:02:33
28	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	1:02:33
29	John Vermeule	Netherlands	1:02:33
30	Bertrand Itsweire	France	1:02:37
31	Steve Brace	Great Britain	1:02:38
32	Róbert Štefko	Czechoslovakia	1:02:41
33	Luigi Di Lello	Italy	1:02:48
34	Hiroshi Tako	Japan	1:02:51
35	James Kariuki	Kenya	1:02:55
36	Marti ten Kate	Netherlands	1:02:57
37	Meshack Mogotsi	South Africa	1:03:03
38	Hendrik Thukwane	South Africa	1:03:04
39	Alberto Juzdado	Spain	1:03:08
40	Didier Bernard	France	1:03:12
41	Philippe Rémond	France	1:03:24
42	Gerard Kappert	Netherlands	1:03:33
43	Naoto Suzuki	Japan	1:03:33
44	Steffen Dittmann	Germany	1:03:34
45	Carlos Bautista	Mexico	1:03:46
46	Sid-Ali Sakhri	Algeria	1:03:46
47	Wolde Silasse Melkessa	Ethiopia	1:03:47
48	Rafael Zepeda	Mexico	1:03:57
49	Ronny Ligneel	Belgium	1:03:59
50	Rodrigo Gavela	Spain	1:03:59
51	Gert Thys	South Africa	1:04:03
52	Mirko Vindiš	Slovenia	1:04:04
53	Bjørn Nordheggen	Norway	1:04:06
54	Frank Bjørkli	Norway	1:04:08
55	Azzedine Sakhri	Algeria	1:04:16
56	Kurt Stenzel	Germany	1:04:24
57	Kidane Gebrmichael	Ethiopia	1:04:25
58	Chad Bennion	United States	1:04:30
59	Igor Šalamun	Slovenia	1:04:31
60	Noel Berkeley	Ireland	1:04:35
61	Walter af Donner	Sweden	1:04:38
62	Martin Vrábel	Czechoslovakia	1:04:39
63	Benjamin McIntosh	United States	1:04:39
64	Roy Dooney	Ireland	1:04:41
65	Antonio Rapisarda	France	1:04:45
66	Axel Krippschock	Germany	1:04:45
67	Mohamed Selmi	Algeria	1:04:50
68	Roman Kejžar	Slovenia	1:04:51
69	Jan van Rijthoven	Netherlands	1:04:52
70	Chaouki Achour	Algeria	1:04:53
71	Matthews Motshwarateu	South Africa	1:04:54
72	Amit Neʼeman	Israel	1:04:56
73	Evaldo Souza	Brazil	1:04:59
74	Zachariah Ditetso	Botswana	1:05:20
75	Ole Hansen	Denmark	1:05:23
76	Rainer Wachenbrunner	Germany	1:05:24
77	Jan Korevaar	Netherlands	1:05:46
78	Gerry Healy	Ireland	1:05:46
79	Juan Antonio Crespo	Spain	1:05:47
80	Peter Troldborg	Denmark	1:05:48
81	Terje Näss	Norway	1:05:51
82	Roger Bjørkli	Norway	1:05:52
83	Haji Bulbula	Ethiopia	1:05:55
84	Demeke Bekele	Ethiopia	1:06:03
85	Ángel Vizcarrondo	Puerto Rico	1:06:07
86	Herman Decoux	Belgium	1:06:12
87	Tom Maher	Ireland	1:06:22
88	Chris Fox	United States	1:06:52
89	Kelekwang Sera	Botswana	1:07:26
90	Marc Ruell	Belgium	1:08:16
91	Gerard Assoman	Ivory Coast	1:08:27
92	Soro Bassirima	Ivory Coast	1:09:13
93	Kabo Gabaseme	Botswana	1:12:15
94	Salvador García	Mexico	1:13:19
—	Aivar Tsarski	Estonia	DNF
—	Mark Plaatjes	United States	DNF

Women's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Liz McColgan	Great Britain	1:08:53
	Megumi Fujiwara	Japan	1:09:21
	Rosanna Munerotto	Italy	1:09:38
4	Anuța Cătună	Romania	1:10:25
5	Miyoko Asahina	Japan	1:10:27
6	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	1:10:28
7	Eriko Asai	Japan	1:10:51
8	Birgit Jerschabek	Germany	1:10:53
9	Nadezhda Ilyina	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:10:58
10	Iulia Negura	Romania	1:10:59
11	Akari Takemoto	Japan	1:11:01
12	Andrea Wallace	Great Britain	1:11:21
13	Päivi Tikkanen	Finland	1:11:22
14	Gordon Bloch	United States	1:11:34
15	Joy Smith	United States	1:11:43
16	Colleen de Reuck	South Africa	1:11:46
17	Alena Peterková	Czechoslovakia	1:11:53
18	Annick Clouvel	France	1:11:59
19	Aurica Buia	Romania	1:12:03
20	Diane Bussa	United States	1:12:15
21	Bente Moe	Norway	1:12:20
22	Marjan Freriks	Netherlands	1:12:23
23	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	1:12:25
24	Maria Guida	Italy	1:12:26
25	Galina Ikonnikova	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:12:27
26	Hilde Stavik	Norway	1:12:29
27	Judit Nagy	Hungary	1:12:43
28	Rizoneide Vanderley	Brazil	1:12:46
29	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	1:12:46
30	Tatyana Titova	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:12:48
31	Suzanne Rigg	Great Britain	1:12:49
32	Emma Scaunich	Italy	1:12:53
33	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	1:12:57
34	Kerstin Pressler	Germany	1:13:00
35	Wanda Panfil	Poland	1:13:01
36	Dominique Le Pechoux	France	1:13:09
37	Marian Sutton	Great Britain	1:13:09
38	Adriana Barbu	Romania	1:13:14
39	Rocío Ríos	Spain	1:13:23
40	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	1:13:25
41	Gabriela Wolf	Germany	1:13:28
42	Grete Kirkeberg	Norway	1:13:30
43	Jane Welzel	United States	1:13:30
44	Tatyana Pentukova	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:13:45
45	Ana Isabel Alonso	Spain	1:13:49
46	Nicole Whiteford	South Africa	1:13:53
47	balram maddheshiya	Ireland	1:13:57
48	Debbi Morris	United States	1:13:58
49	Odile Ohier	France	1:14:04
50	Marianne van de Linde	Netherlands	1:14:06
51	Grace de Oliveira	South Africa	1:14:07
52	Soledad Castro Soliño	Spain	1:14:08
53	Anita Palshøj	Denmark	1:14:10
54	Anne van Schuppen	Netherlands	1:14:14
55	Isabella Moretti	Switzerland	1:14:25
56	Silva Vivod	Slovenia	1:14:25
57	Viviany de Oliveira	Brazil	1:14:29
58	Sally Eastall	Great Britain	1:14:33
59	Andrea Fleischer	Germany	1:15:17
60	Maria Lelut	France	1:15:25
61	Sonja Laxton	South Africa	1:15:26
62	Emebet Abossa	Ethiopia	1:15:29
63	María Luisa Muñoz	Spain	1:15:44
64	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	1:15:58
65	Sara Romé	Sweden	1:16:07
66	Jocelyne Villeton	France	1:16:19
67	Carmen Mingorance	Spain	1:16:39
68	Marlie Marutiak	Netherlands	1:16:47
69	Márta Visnyei	Hungary	1:16:51
70	Gadissie Edato	Ethiopia	1:17:09
71	Myriam Dumont	Belgium	1:17:11
72	Christine Smith	Ireland	1:17:13
73	Cathy Smith	Ireland	1:17:32
74	Anette Nielsen	Denmark	1:17:37
75	Marie-Christine Deurbroeck	Belgium	1:18:21
76	Karen Gobby	Australia	1:18:24
77	Mazal Shalom	Israel	1:18:27
78	Fikirte Gebremichael	Ethiopia	1:18:29
79	Debbie van Rensburg	South Africa	1:19:33
80	Frances Murphy	Ireland	1:20:42
81	Mary Brayley	Ireland	1:21:08
82	Viviane Van Buggenhout	Belgium	1:24:52
—	Kelly Lopes dos Santos/de Oliveira	Brazil	DNF
—	Ann-Catrin Nordman	Finland	DNF

Junior Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kassa Tadesse	Ethiopia	1:04:51
	Meck Mothuli	South Africa	1:05:01
	Francesco Ingargiola	Italy	1:05:18
4	Salvatore Orgiana	Italy	1:05:40
5	Zeryihun Bekele	Ethiopia	1:06:26
6	Isaac Radebe	South Africa	1:06:36
7	Ottaviano Andriani	Italy	1:06:41
8	Matteo Palumbo	Italy	1:07:12
9	Tesfaye Etecha	Ethiopia	1:07:39
10	Henno Haava	Estonia	1:07:44
11	Enoch Skosana	South Africa	1:08:27
12	Marcel Matanin	Czechoslovakia	1:09:04
13	Rain Miljan	Estonia	1:09:11
14	Dirk Berger	Germany	1:09:18
15	Péter Werner	Hungary	1:09:48
16	Zsolt Füleki	Hungary	1:10:09
17	Yared Kebede	Ethiopia	1:10:15
18	Christoph Melcher	Germany	1:10:41
19	Jesús Alvarado	Spain	1:11:49
20	Jan Diekow	Germany	1:13:11
21	Dirk Schinkoreit	Germany	1:13:51
22	János Bohus	Hungary	1:14:15
23	Tobias Lindenmayer	Germany	1:14:15
—	Maurizio Gemetto	Italy	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Kenya	Benson Masya Lameck Aguta Joseph Keino	3:02:25
	Great Britain	Dave Lewis Paul Evans Carl Thackery	3:04:54
	Brazil	Artur Castro Ronaldo da Costa Delmir dos Santos	3:05:56
4	Spain	Alejandro Gómez Antoni Peña Alberto Juzdado	3:06:16
5	Italy	Francesco Panetta Luca Barzaghi Severino Bernardini	3:06:29
6	Japan	Koichi Fujita Junji Haraguchi Kenjiro Jitsui	3:06:34
7	South Africa	Xolile Yawa Meshack Mogotsi Hendrik Thukwane	3:07:55
8	France	Pascal Fetizon Bertrand Itsweire Didier Bernard	3:08:00
9	Netherlands	John Vermeule Martin ten Kate Gerard Kappert	3:09:03
10	Ethiopia	Melese Feissa Wolde Silasse Melkessa Kidane Gebrmichael	3:10:26
11	Algeria	Kamal Kohil Sid-Ali Sakhri Azzedine Sakhri	3:10:27
12	United States	Bill Reifsnyder Chad Bennion Benjamin McIntosh	3:11:09
13	Germany	Steffen Dittmann Kurt Stenzel Axel Krippschock	3:12:43
14	Slovenia	Mirko Vindiš Igor Šalamun Roman Kejžar	3:13:26
15	Norway	Bjørn Nordheggen Frank Bjørkli Terje Näss	3:14:05
16	Ireland	Noel Berkeley Roy Dooney Gerry Healy	3:15:02
17	Belgium	Ronny Ligneel Herman Decoux Marc Ruell	3:18:27
18	Mexico	Carlos Bautista Rafael Zepeda Salvador García	3:21:02
19	Botswana	Zachariah Ditetso Kelekwang Sera Kabo Gabaseme	3:25:01

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Japan	Megumi Fujiwara Miyoko Asahina Eriko Asai	3:30:39
	Great Britain	Liz McColgan Andrea Wallace Suzanne Rigg	3:33:03
	Romania	Anuța Cătună Iulia Negura Aurica Buia	3:33:27
4	Italy	Rosanna Munerotto Maria Guida Emma Scaunich	3:34:57
5	United States	Gordon Bloch Joy Smith Diane Bussa	3:35:32
6	Commonwealth of Independent States	Nadezhda Ilyina Galina Ikonnikova Tatyana Titova	3:36:13
7	Germany	Birgit Jerschabek Kerstin Pressler Gabriela Wolf	3:37:21
8	Norway	Bente Moe Hilde Stavik Grete Kirkeberg	3:38:19
9	France	Annick Clouvel Dominique Le Pechoux Odile Ohier	3:39:12
10	Netherlands	Marjan Freriks Carla Beurskens Marianne van de Linde	3:39:15
11	South Africa	Colleen de Reuck Nicole Whiteford Grace de Oliveira	3:39:46
12	Spain	Rocío Ríos Ana Isabel Alonso Soledad Castro Soliño	3:41:20
13	Ethiopia	Fatuma Roba Emebet Abossa Gadissie Edato	3:43:06
14	Denmark	Susanne Nedergaard Anita Palshøj Anette Nielsen	3:45:12
15	Ireland	Ursula Noctor Christine Smith Cathy Smith	3:48:42
16	Belgium	Myriam Dumont Marie-Christine Deurbroeck Viviane Van Buggenhout	4:00:24
—	Brazil	Rizoneide Vanderley Viviany de Oliveira Kelly Lopes dos Santos/de Oliveira	DNF
—	Finland	Päivi Tikkanen Ritva Lemettinen Ann-Catrin Nordman	DNF

Junior Men's (Boys)

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Italy	Francesco Ingargiola Salvatore Orgiana Ottaviano Andriani	3:17:39
	Ethiopia	Kassa Tadesse Zeryihun Bekele Tesfaye Etecha	3:18:56
	South Africa	Meck Mothuli Isaac Radebe Enoch Skosana	3:20:04
4	Germany	Dirk Berger Christoph Melcher Jan Diekow	3:33:10
5	Hungary	Péter Werner Zsolt Füleki János Bohus	3:34:12

Participation

The participation of 204 athletes (120 men/84 women) from 36 countries is reported.

• Algeria (5)
• Argentina (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belgium (6)
• Botswana (3)
• Brazil (7)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (4)
• Czechoslovakia (4)
• Denmark (5)
• Estonia (3)
• Ethiopia (13)
• Finland (3)
• France (10)
• Germany (13)
• Hungary (5)
• Iceland (1)
• Ireland (9)
• Israel (2)
• Italy (13)
• Ivory Coast (2)
• Japan (9)
• Kenya (5)
• Mexico (3)
• Netherlands (10)
• Norway (7)
• Poland (1)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Romania (4)
• South Africa (13)
• Spain (11)
• Slovenia (4)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Tanzania (1)
• United Kingdom (10)
• United States (10)

See also

• 1992 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 1992-2005 Facts & Figures (Internet Archive)