African Games 2019 / Athletics - Women's Half Marathon

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The women's half marathon at the 2019 African Games took place in Rabat on August 30th .

16 runners from eight countries took part in the competition. Yalemzerf Yehualaw won the gold medal with 1:10:26 h, which was also a new record in the African Games. Silver went to Degitu Azimeraw with 1:10:31 m and Meseret Belete won the bronze medal with 1:12:08 h.

Records

World record KenyaKenya Joyciline Jepkosgei 1:04:51 h Valencia Half Marathon , Spain October 22, 2017
Record of games EthiopiaEthiopia Mare Dibaba 1:10:47 h Africa Games in Maputo , Mozambique September 15, 2011

Result

August 30, 2019, 7:00 a.m.

space Athlete country Time (h)
Gold medal icon.svg Yalemzerf Yehualaw EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:10:26 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Degitu Azimeraw EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:10:31
Bronze medal icon.svg Meseret Belete EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 1:12:08
4th Bright Jepkurgat Jepkurgat KenyaKenya Kenya 1:12:29
5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi KenyaKenya Kenya 1:13:16
6th Fortunate Chidzivo ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1:13:47
7th Natalia Elisante Sulle TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 1:14:33
8th Lavinia Ndatjooli Haitope NamibiaNamibia Namibia 1:14:53
9 Linet Toroitich Chebet UgandaUganda Uganda 1:15:15
10 Dolshi Teklegergish EritreaEritrea Eritrea 1:15:25
11 Simret Merhawi Tewelde EritreaEritrea Eritrea 1:15:26
12 Kokob Solomon EritreaEritrea Eritrea 1:15:33
13 Beata Nandjala Naigambo NamibiaNamibia Namibia 1:24:28
14th Koutou Madiou ChadChad Chad 1:38:03
Caroline Jebet Korir KenyaKenya Kenya DNF
Sara Ramadhani Makera TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Web links and sources

  • Results on the 2019 African Games website
  • Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .