1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 8th |
Date | October 3 |
Host city | Palermo, Sicilia, Italy |
Nations participating | 48 |
Athletes participating | 192 |
Races | 2 |
The 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 1999 in the city of Palermo, Italy. A total of 192 athletes, 119 men and 73 women, from 48 countries took part. The course was traced through the historical centre of the town with the start/finish line on the "Foro Italico."[1] A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.[2][3]
Complete results were published.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Contents
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 1:01:50 | Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) | 1:01:50 | Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:01:51 |
Women | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 1:08:48 | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 1:09:12 | Catherine Ndereba (KEN) | 1:09:23 |
Team | ||||||
Team Men | South Africa | 3:06:01 | Ethiopia | 3:06:03 | Kenya | 3:06:03 |
Team Women | Kenya | 3:27:40 | Japan | 3:30:06 | Russia | 3:31:49 |
Race Results
Men's
Women's
†: Florina Pana from Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone[13] and disqualified.[14]
Team Results
Men's
Women's
Rank | Country | Team | Time |
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Kenya | Tegla Loroupe Catherine Ndereba Joyce Chepchumba |
3:27:40 | |
Japan | Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa Hiromi Katayama |
3:30:06 | |
Russia | Valentina Yegorova Lyudmila Biktasheva Alina Ivanova |
3:31:49 | |
4 | Romania | Luminița Talpoș Constantina Diţă Cristina Pomacu |
3:33:40 |
5 | Italy | Agata Balsamo Rosaria Console Florinda Andreucci |
3:38:17 |
6 | Spain | Ana Isabel Alonso María Abel Mónica Pont |
3:39:58 |
7 | Ethiopia | Derartu Tulu Tereza Yohanes Alemitu Bekele Aga |
3:40:38 |
8 | Great Britain | Marian Sutton Birhan Dagne Jo Lodge |
3:43:53 |
9 | South Africa | Elana Meyer Theresa du Toit Azwindini Lukhwareni |
3:46:21 |
10 | United States | Michelle Byrne Lynn Fitzsimmons Christine McNamara |
3:48:27 |
11 | Croatia | Tijana Pavičić Slavica Brčić Kristinka Marković |
4:22:21 |
12 | Uzbekistan | Irina Matrosova Yuliya Arfipova Aleksandra Rodigina |
4:39:55 |
— | Australia | Susan Michelsson Silvana Trampuz Carolyn Schuwalov |
DNF |
Participation
The participation of 192 athletes (119 men/73 women) from 48 countries is reported.[4] Although announced, athletes from Equatorial Guinea, Moldova, Senegal, and Zambia did not show.
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See also
References
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