World Half Marathon Championships 2002

The 11th Half Marathon World Championships (officially IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ) took place on May 5, 2002 in the Belgian capital, Brussels . This is the second time since 1993 that Brussels has hosted the World Half Marathon Championships.

With cool temperatures of around 7 ° C as well as wind and rain, both the men's and women's races on the demanding course through Brussels city center were only decided on the home straight. In the women's category, Berhane Adere , who was third in the previous year, beat Susan Chepkemei , who came second for the third time in a row. Just behind, Jeļena Prokopčuka reached the finish in third place. The team classification (adding up the times of the three fastest runners in a country) was won by Kenya, ahead of Russia and Ethiopia. In the men's race, Paul Malakwen Kosgei beat Jaouad Gharib in the final sprint . As in the previous year , John Yuda Msuri followed at a considerable distance in third place. In the team competition, Kenya won ahead of Japan and Ethiopia.

Results

Individual ranking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	KEN	1:00:39
2	Jaouad Gharib	MAR	1:00:42
3	John Yuda Msuri	TAN	1:00:57
4th	Yonas Kifle	ERI	1:01:05
5	Tesfaye Jifar	ETH	1:01:11
6th	Shadrack Hoff	RSA	1:01:23
7th	Rachid Berradi	ITA	1:01:32
8th	Atsushi Satō	JPN	1:01:37

Of 124 registered athletes, 123 started and 118 reached the finish. Mohammed Mourhit was subsequently disqualified for doping .

Team ranking men

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Paul Malakwen Kosgei (1st) Charles Waweru Kamathi (9th) Paul Kiprop Kirui (10th)	3:04:42 1:00:39 1:02:01 1:02:02
2	Japan Atsushi Satō (8th) Toshihide Kato (17th) Kurao Umeki (19th)	3:07:12 1:01:37 1:02:35 1:03:00
3	Ethiopia Tesfaye Jifar (5th) Ambesse Tolosa (13th) Worku Bikila (37th)	3:07:25 1:01:11 1:02:19 1:03:55

A total of 21 teams were rated.

Individual evaluation women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Berhane Adere	ETH	1:09:06
2	Susan Chepkemei	KEN	1:09:13
3	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	1:09:15
4th	Mihaela Botezan	ROU	1:09:24
5	Pamela Chepchumba	KEN	1:09:30
6th	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	1:09:33
7th	Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot	KEN	1:09:39
8th	Marleen Renders	BEL	1:09:40

Of the 79 registered athletes, 75 started and 68 reached the finish.

Team ranking women

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Susan Chepkemei (2nd) Pamela Chepchumba (5th) Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot (7th)	3:28:22 1:09:13 1:09:30 1:09:39
2	Russia Svetlana Sakharova (12th) Lyudmila Petrowa (13th) Irina Safarowa (16th)	3:30:05 1:09:48 1:09:55 1:10:22
3	Ethiopia Berhane Adere (1st) Asha Gigi (17th) Leila Aman (18th)	3:30:58 1:09:06 1:10:42 1:11:10

A total of 12 teams were rated.

Web links

• World Half Marathon Championships 2002 on the IAAF website