1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition8th
DateOctober 3
Host cityPalermo, Sicily, Italy Italy
Events2
Participation192 athletes from
48 nations

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 were given.[2][3]

Complete results were published.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Tergat  Kenya 1:01:50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 1:01:50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tesfaye Jifar  Ethiopia 1:01:51
4 Abdellah Béhar  France 1:01:53
5 Eduardo Henriques  Portugal 1:01:53
6 Abner Chipu  South Africa 1:01:54
7 Laban Chege  Kenya 1:01:54
8 Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 1:01:56
9 Fekadu Degefu  Ethiopia 1:02:16
10 Mluleki Nobanda  South Africa 1:02:17
11 Sammy Korir  Kenya 1:02:19
12 Gert Thys  South Africa 1:02:24
13 Kamiel Maase  Netherlands 1:02:33
14 Toshiyuki Hayata  Japan 1:02:35
15 Faustin Baha  Tanzania 1:02:41
16 Gebremariam Gebremedhin  Ethiopia 1:02:46
17 Philip Rugut  Kenya 1:02:59
18 Rachid Berradi  Italy 1:03:03
19 Larbi Zéroual  France 1:03:05
20 Alberto Chaíça  Portugal 1:03:08
21 Toshiaki Tezuka  Japan 1:03:20
22 Araya Berhane  Ethiopia 1:03:24
23 Shigeru Aburaya  Japan 1:03:26
24 Rachid Ziar  Algeria 1:03:32
25 Teodoro Cuñado  Spain 1:03:33
26 Javier Caballero  Spain 1:03:39
27 Mohamed Serbouti  France 1:03:41
28 Jafred Lorone  Uganda 1:03:44
29 José Ramos  Portugal 1:03:49
30 Tsuyoshi Ogata  Japan 1:03:50
31 Antonio Martins  France 1:03:55
32 Jumanne Tuluway  Tanzania 1:03:57
33 Antonio Serrano  Spain 1:03:58
34 Hakim Bagy  France 1:03:58
35 Koen Allaert  Belgium 1:04:00
36 Giacomo Leone  Italy 1:04:00
37 Roberto Barbi  Italy 1:04:02
38 Aiduna Aitnafa  Netherlands 1:04:02
39 Said Boumhandi  Morocco 1:04:10
40 Mark Steinle  Great Britain 1:04:11
41 Scott Larson  United States 1:04:14
42 Alejandro Cuahtepizi  Mexico 1:04:32
43 José Dias  Portugal 1:04:32
44 Christian Nemeth  Belgium 1:04:42
45 Vladimir Tsyamchik  Belarus 1:04:44
46 John Sence  United States 1:04:55
47 Kim Gillard  Australia 1:05:04
48 Marco Gielen  Netherlands 1:05:08
49 António Resende  Portugal 1:05:11
50 Kevin Odiorne  United States 1:05:19
51 Amar Dahbi  Algeria 1:05:19
51 Kamal Kohil  Algeria 1:05:19
52 Sebastiano Mazzara  Italy 1:05:20
53 Sebastian Bürklein  Germany 1:05:21
54 Ahmed Abd El-Mangoud  Egypt 1:05:34
55 Pavel Loskutov  Estonia 1:05:45
56 Rachid Boulenouar  Algeria 1:05:47
57 Miguel Bravo  Mexico 1:05:47
58 Nick Jones  Great Britain 1:05:57
59 Drago Paripović  Croatia 1:05:58
60 Stéphane Rousseau  Belgium 1:06:10
61 Delmir dos Santos  Brazil 1:06:13
62 David Taylor  Great Britain 1:06:13
63 Alphonse Munyeshyaka  Rwanda 1:06:21
64 Masayuki Kobayashi  Japan 1:06:26
65 Borislav Dević  Yugoslavia 1:06:32
66 Francis Yiga  Uganda 1:06:47
67 Oscar Fernández  Spain 1:06:50
68 Fouly Salem  Egypt 1:06:50
69 Zarislav Gapeyenko  Belarus 1:06:52
70 Christian Fischer  Germany 1:06:54
71 Sipho Dlamini  Swaziland 1:06:59
72 Jan Křižák  Slovakia 1:07:00
73 Toomas Tarm  Estonia 1:07:08
74 Ali Awad  Lebanon 1:07:10
75 Ahmed Abdel Rasool Badry  Egypt 1:07:17
76 Leszek Lewandowski  Poland 1:07:25
77 Margus Pirksaar  Estonia 1:07:32
78 Pavel Faschingbauer  Czech Republic 1:07:39
79 Isaiah Dlamini  Swaziland 1:07:42
80 Oliver Mintzlaff  Germany 1:07:42
81 Lucky Bhembe  Swaziland 1:07:44
82 Vasilios Zabélis  Greece 1:07:47
83 Glynn Tromans  Great Britain 1:07:49
84 Jeff Campbell  United States 1:07:50
85 Job Sikoria  Uganda 1:08:30
86 Michael Fietz  Germany 1:08:33
87 Francisco Bautista  Mexico 1:08:38
88 Sokhibdjan Sharipov  Tajikistan 1:08:50
89 Gabriel Mazimpaka  Rwanda 1:08:51
90 Nedeljko Ravić  Croatia 1:08:55
91 António Zeferino  Cape Verde 1:09:05
92 Seif Eldin El-Nur  Sudan 1:09:10
93 Joseph Sterlino  Sudan 1:09:27
94 Shadrack Hoff  South Africa 1:09:44
95 Cordero Roy Vargas  Costa Rica 1:10:02
96 Ahmed Boulahia  Algeria 1:10:07
97 Ramiz Taipi  Yugoslavia 1:10:11
98 Mohamed Al-Khawlani  Yemen 1:10:11
99 Vladimir Tonchinskiy  Belarus 1:10:12
100 Ivica Škopac  Croatia 1:10:13
101 Miguel Romero  Ecuador 1:13:19
102 Hussein Awada  Lebanon 1:13:35
103 Ihab Salama  Palestine 1:13:41
104 Omar Abdel Latif  Lebanon 1:14:05
105 Weldon Johnson  United States 1:14:58
106 Frederick Baldacchino  Malta 1:14:58
107 Khalid Al-Estashi  Yemen 1:15:40
108 Vasiliy Andreyev  Uzbekistan 1:16:35
109 Abdel Salam Al-Dabaji  Palestine 1:18:48
— Daniel Ferreira  Brazil DNF
— Geraldo Francisco de Assis  Brazil DNF
— Luíz Antônio dos Santos  Brazil DNF
— Michele Gamba  Italy DNF
— Shem Kororia  Kenya DNF
— Ali Mohamad  Sudan DNF
— John Nada Saya  Tanzania DNF
— Yevgeniy Nujdin  Uzbekistan DNF
— Esmail Al-Dawla  Yemen DNF
— Silvio Guerra  Ecuador DNS
— Nestor Jarni  Ecuador DNS
— Ahmed Aly Aly  Egypt DNS
— Wael Anwar Adan  Egypt DNS
— José Luis Ebatela Nvó  Equatorial Guinea DNS
— Diosdado Edjang Ndemesogo  Equatorial Guinea DNS
— Sergey Zabavski  Tajikistan DNS
— Joseph Nsubuga  Uganda DNS
— Santino Diang  Sudan DNS
— Gabriel Ndour  Senegal DNS
— Malick Seck  Senegal DNS
— Medson Chibwe  Zambia DNS
— Vincent Hatuleke  Zambia DNS
— Sam Mfula Mwape  Zambia DNS
— Mohammed S.A. Salama  Palestine DNS

Women's

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 1:08:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mizuki Noguchi  Japan 1:09:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 1:09:23
4 Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 1:09:29
5 Reiko Tosa  Japan 1:09:36
6 Valentina Yegorova  Russia 1:09:59
7 Elana Meyer  South Africa 1:10:20
8 Luminița Talpoș  Romania 1:10:33
9 Lyudmila Biktasheva  Russia 1:10:35
10 Alina Ivanova  Russia 1:11:15
11 Hiromi Katayama  Japan 1:11:18
12 Constantina Diţă  Romania 1:11:22
13 Margaret Okayo  Kenya 1:11:29
14 Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 1:11:33
15 Ana Isabel Alonso  Spain 1:11:38
16 Cristina Pomacu  Romania 1:11:45
17 Satomi Matsuo  Japan 1:11:48
18 Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 1:11:53
19 Agata Balsamo  Italy 1:11:58
20 Jane Omoro  Kenya 1:12:10
21 Olivera Jevtić  Yugoslavia 1:12:32
22 Marian Sutton  Great Britain 1:12:36
23 Rosaria Console  Italy 1:12:46
24 María Abel  Spain 1:13:08
25 Lyubov Morgunova  Russia 1:13:25
26 Ritsuko Sasaki  Japan 1:13:26
27 Florinda Andreucci  Italy 1:13:33
28 Tereza Yohanes  Ethiopia 1:13:38
29 Birhan Dagne  Great Britain 1:13:41
30 Fatima Hajjami  France 1:13:55
31 Gabrielle OʼRourke  New Zealand 1:14:12
32 Gitte Karlshøj  Denmark 1:14:15
33 Lucilla Andreucci  Italy 1:15:05
34 Susan Michelsson  Australia 1:15:07
35 Mónica Pont  Spain 1:15:12
36 Alemitu Bekele  Ethiopia 1:15:27
37 Marlene Fortunato  Brazil 1:15:29
38 Teyba Erkesso  Ethiopia 1:15:48
39 Michelle Byrne  United States 1:15:55
40 Lynn Fitzsimmons  United States 1:16:14
41 Christine McNamara  United States 1:16:18
42 Marie Boyd  United States 1:16:37
43 Annemette Jensen  Denmark 1:16:47
44 Asegedech Gizaw  Ethiopia 1:16:53
45 Silvana Trampuz  Australia 1:17:12
46 Stefanija Statkuvienė  Belgium 1:17:30
47 Theresa du Toit  South Africa 1:17:33
48 Jo Lodge  Great Britain 1:17:36
49 Krystyna Pieczulis  Poland 1:18:02
50 Azwindini Lukhwareni  South Africa 1:18:28
51 Carlien Cornelissen  South Africa 1:18:37
52 Shireen Crumpton  New Zealand 1:19:21
53 Kelly Liljeblad  United States 1:19:23
54 Nili Avramski  Israel 1:20:20
55 Yeoryía Abatzídou  Greece 1:20:45
56 Dana Janecková  Slovakia 1:21:28
57 Vesna Stevanović  Yugoslavia 1:21:34
58 Sarah Mahlangu  South Africa 1:22:01
59 Margarita Cabello  Mexico 1:22:28
60 Tijana Pavičić  Croatia 1:25:58
61 Slavica Brčić  Croatia 1:25:59
62 Irina Matrosova  Uzbekistan 1:28:25
63 Kristinka Marković  Croatia 1:30:24
64 Gina Coello  Honduras 1:30:27
65 Yuliya Arfipova  Uzbekistan 1:35:45
66 Aleksandra Rodigina  Uzbekistan 1:35:45
— Carolyn Schuwalov  Australia DNF
— Sonja Deckers  Belgium DNF
— Milka Mihailova  Bulgaria DNF
— Annick Clouvel  France DNF
— Sonia Maccioni  Italy DNF
— Iulia Olteanu  Romania DNF
— Valentina Enaki  Moldova DNS
— Mable Chiwama  Zambia DNS
— Florina Pana  Romania DQ†

†: Florina Pana from  Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone[13] and disqualified.[14]

Team results

Men's

Rank Country Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa Hendrick Ramaala
Abner Chipu
Mluleki Nobanda		 3:06:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ethiopia Tesfaye Jifar
Tesfaye Tola
Fekadu Degefu		 3:06:03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kenya Paul Tergat
Laban Chege
Sammy Korir		 3:06:03
4  France Abdellah Béhar
Larbi Zéroual
Mohamed Serbouti		 3:08:39
5  Portugal Eduardo Henriques
Alberto Chaíça
José Ramos		 3:08:50
6  Japan Toshiyuki Hayata
Toshiaki Tezuka
Shigeru Aburaya		 3:09:21
7  Italy Rachid Berradi
Giacomo Leone
Roberto Barbi		 3:11:05
8  Spain Teodoro Cuñado
Javier Caballero
Antonio Serrano		 3:11:10
9  Netherlands Kamiel Maase
Aiduna Aitnafa
Marco Gielen		 3:11:43
10  United States Scott Larson
John Sence
Kevin Odiorne		 3:14:28
11  Algeria Rachid Ziar
Amar Dahbi
Kamal Kohil		 3:14:10
12  Belgium Koen Allaert
Christian Nemeth
Stéphane Rousseau		 3:14:52
13  Great Britain Mark Steinle
Nick Jones
David Taylor		 3:16:21
14  Mexico Alejandro Cuahtepizi
Miguel Bravo
Francisco Bautista		 3:18:57
15  Uganda Jafred Lorone
Francis Yiga
Job Sikoria		 3:19:01
16  Egypt Ahmed Abd El-Mangoud
Fouly Salem
Ahmed Abdel Rasool Badry		 3:19:41
17  Germany Sebastian Bürklein
Christian Fischer
Oliver Mintzlaff		 3:19:57
18  Estonia Pavel Loskutov
Toomas Tarm
Margus Pirksaar		 3:20:25
19  Belarus Vladimir Tsyamchik
Zarislav Gapeyenko
Vladimir Tonchinskiy		 3:21:48
20  Swaziland Sipho Dlamini
Isaiah Dlamini
Lucky Bhembe		 3:22:25
21  Croatia Drago Paripović
Nedeljko Ravić
Ivica Škopac		 3:25:06
22  Lebanon Ali Awad
Hussein Awada
Omar Abdel Latif		 3:34:50
—  Brazil Delmir dos Santos
Daniel Ferreira
Geraldo Francisco de Assis		 DNF
—  Sudan Seif Eldin El-Nur
Joseph Sterlino
Ali Mohamad		 DNF
—  Tanzania Faustin Baha
Jumanne Tuluway
John Nada Saya		 DNF
—  Yemen Mohamed Al-Khawlani
Khalid Al-Estashi
Esmail Al-Dawla		 DNF

Women's

Rank Country Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kenya Tegla Loroupe
Catherine Ndereba
Joyce Chepchumba		 3:27:40
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan Mizuki Noguchi
Reiko Tosa
Hiromi Katayama		 3:30:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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.

See also

References

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  2. ^ Mackay, Duncan, Kenyans Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat win the 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, IAAF, archived from the original on 2012-10-04, retrieved September 7, 2013
  3. ^ Kenyans Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat win the 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, IAAF, October 2, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  4. ^ a b 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 (PDF), IAAF, retrieved September 1, 2013
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  14. ^ Larsson, Peter (March 28, 2010), All-time women's best half-marathon - performances annulled due to doping offense, Track and Field all-time Performances Homepage, retrieved September 7, 2013
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