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]
1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 8th |
Date | October 3 |
Host city | Palermo, Sicily, Italy ![]() |
Events | 2 |
Participation | 192 athletes from 48 nations |
Complete results were published.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Medallists
editEvent | 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
editMen's
editWomen's
edit†: Florina Pana from Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone[13] and disqualified.[14]
Team results
editMen's
editWomen's
editRank | 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
editThe 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.
- Algeria (5)
- Australia (4)
- Belarus (3)
- Belgium (5)
- Brazil (4)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Cape Verde (1)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Croatia (6)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Denmark (2)
- Ecuador (1)
- Egypt (3)
- Estonia (3)
- Ethiopia (10)
- France (7)
- Germany (4)
- Greece (2)
- Honduras (1)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (10)
- Japan (10)
- Kenya (10)
- Lebanon (3)
- Malta (1)
- Morocco (1)
- Mexico (4)
- Netherlands (3)
- New Zealand (2)
- Palestine (2)
- Poland (2)
- Portugal (5)
- Romania (5)
- Russia (5)
- Rwanda (2)
- Slovakia (2)
- South Africa (10)
- Spain (7)
- Sudan (3)
- Swaziland (3)
- Tajikistan (1)
- Tanzania (3)
- Uganda (3)
- United Kingdom (7)
- United States (10)
- Uzbekistan (5)
- Yemen (3)
- Yugoslavia (4)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Palermo course, IAAF, archived from the original on 2012-10-04, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ 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
- ^ Kenyans Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat win the 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, IAAF, October 2, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ 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
- ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Results - Men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Results - Women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Team Results - Men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - men - team, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Team Results - Women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - women - team, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ Pana tests positive for steroid, CNN Sports Illustrated, December 6, 1999, archived from the original on September 7, 2013, retrieved September 7, 2013
- ^ 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