World Half Marathon Championships 1993

The 2nd Half Marathon World Championships (officially IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ) took place on October 3, 1993 in the Belgian capital, Brussels . 254 participants - 133 men, 35 juniors and 86 women - from 49 countries started. The separate junior ranking was abolished after this event.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	1:01:06
2	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	1:01:10
3	Carl Thackery	GBR	1:01:13
4th	Lameck Aguta	KEN	1:01:15
5	Valdenor dos Santos	BRA	1:01:17
6th	Antonio Fabián Silio	ARG	1:01:35
7th	John Andrews	OUT	1:01:37
8th	Adam Motlagale	RSA	1:01:42

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 9: Rainer Wachenbrunner ( GER ), 1:02:00
• 24: Bernd Bürger ( GER ), 1:02:40
• 49: Klaus-Peter Nabein ( GER ), 1:03:38
• 68: Thierry Constantin ( SUI ), 1:04:19
• 73: Pierre Délèze ( SUI ), 1:04:32
• 84: Axel Kripschock ( GER ), 1:05:15
• 106: Uwe Hohnsdorf ( GER ), 1:07:34
• 115: Roland Wille ( LIE ), 1:09:46 h.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Lameck Aguta (4th) Thomas Osano (13th) Joseph Cheromei (16th)	3:05:40 1:01:15 1:02:10 1:02:15
2	Australia Steve Moneghetti (2nd) John Andrews (7th) Patrick Carroll (35th)	3:05:43 1:01:10 1:01:37 1:02:56
3	United Kingdom Carl Thackery (3rd) Mark Flint (15th) Dave Lewis (27th)	3:06:10 1:01:13 1:02:13 1:02:44

Germany finished eleventh in 3:08:16 h.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Conceição Ferreira	POR	1:10:07
2	Mari Tanigawa	JPN	1:10:09
3	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	1:10:12
4th	Miyoko Asahina	JPN	1:10:15
5	Elena Murgoci	ROU	1:10:17
6th	Anuța Cătună	ROU	1:10:39
7th	Iulia Negură	ROU	1:11:22
8th	Albertina Machado	POR	1:11:39

Participants from German-speaking countries:

• 29: Dörte Köster ( GER ), 1:13:41
• 30: Kerstin Herzberg ( GER ), 1:13:42
• 56: Andrea Fleischer ( GER ), 1:15:50
• 80: Maria Wille ( LIE ), 1:29:43
• DNF: Gabriela Wolf ( GER )

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Romania Elena Murgoci (5th) Anuța Cătună (6th) Iulia Negură (7th)	3:32:18 1:10:17 1:10:39 1:11:22
2	Japan Mari Tanigawa (2nd) Miyoko Asahina (4th) Akari Takemoto (10th)	3:32:22 1:10:09 1:10:15 1:11:58
3	Portugal Conceição Ferreira (1st) Albertina Machado (8th) Rosa Oliveira (15th)	3:34:12 1:10:07 1:11:39 1:12:26

Germany finished ninth in 3:43:13 h.

Juniors

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Meck Mothuli	RSA	1:02:11
2	Biruk Bekele	ETH	1:03:32
3	Isaac Radebe	RSA	1:03:35

Participants from Germany:

• 22: Thorsten Matthes, 1:10:01
• 26: Patrick Heinlein, 1:11:14
• 29: Nikolaus Rama, 1:11:57
• DNF: Guido Streit

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	South Africa Meck Mothuli (1st) Isaac Radebe (3rd) Frank Pooe (4th)	3:09:46 1:02:11 1:03:35 1:04:00
2	Ethiopia Biruk Bekele (2nd) Tegenu Abebe (5th) Yifru Fekadu Yifru (9th)	3:13:34 1:03:32 1:04:19 1:05:43
3	Italy Giovanni Ruggiero (7th) Rosario Daidone (8th) Ottaviano Andriani (11th)	3:17:12 1:05:21 1:05:35 1:06:16

Germany finished sixth in 3:33:12 h.

Web links

• World Half Marathon Championships Birmingham 2009 - Facts & Figures on the IAAF website