2005 World Half Marathon Championships

The 14th Half Marathon World Championships (officially IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ) were held on October 1, 2005 in the Canadian city of Edmonton .

The start and finish were in William Hawrelak Park. It was a four and a half lap course to complete.

At 6 ° C and pouring rain, Fabiano Joseph sprinted over the Qatar-born Kenyan Mubarak Hassan Shami , who already believed himself to be the winner, at the finish line . The 19-year-old Tanzanian had won silver in the previous two years. In the women's race, Constantina Tomescu took the lead from the start, pulled away from the rest of the field at km 8 and ran a lead of over a minute to the finish. It was the first world title for the Romanian, who had won bronze in the marathon of the world championships in Helsinki three weeks earlier and in Beijing in 2008Olympic champion in the marathon. In the fight for the silver medal, Lornah Kiplagat from the Netherlands won against her former compatriot Susan Chepkemei from Kenya only on the finish line . The team standings (adding up the times of the three fastest runners of each nation) secured Ethiopia for the men, ahead of Eritrea, whose best runner Zersenay Tadese was injured, and Romania for the women.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Fabiano Joseph	Tanzania TAN	1:01:08
2	Mubarak Hassan Shami	Qatar QAT	1:01:09
3	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea ERI	1:01:13
4th	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	1:01:14
5	Abebe Dinkesa	Ethiopia 1996 ETH	1:01:53
6th	John Yuda Msuri	Tanzania TAN	1:02:11
7th	James Mwangi Macharia	Kenya KEN	1:02:25
8th	Kazuo Ietani	Japan JPN	1:02:26

Of 90 registered athletes, 87 started and 81 reached the finish. Marcel Tschopp ( LIE ) finished 72nd in 1:13:57. National records were set by Mubarak Hassan Shami ( Qatar , 1:01:09, 2nd place), Bat-Otschiryn Ser-Od ( Mongolia , 1:08:12, 56th place) and Rupert Green ( Jamaica , 1:12:59, 70th place). Liechtenstein Qatar Mongolia Jamaica

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Ethiopia 1996 Ethiopia Sileshi Sihine (4th) Abebe Dinkesa (5th) Lishan Yegezu (13th)	3:06:18 1:01:14 1:01:53 1:03:11
2	Eritrea Eritrea Yonas Kifle (3rd) Yared Asmerom (9th) Tesfayohannes Mesfin (12th)	3:07:05 1:01:13 1:02:44 1:03:08
3	Japan Japan Kazuo Ietani (8th) Takayuki Matsumiya (11th) Takanobu Ōtsubo (17th)	3:08:30 1:02:26 1:02:45 1:03:19

A total of 15 teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Constantina Tomescu	Romania ROU	1:09:17
2	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands NED	1:10:19
3	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya KEN	1:10:20
4th	Galina Bogomolova	Russia RUS	1:10:34
5	Mihaela Botezan	Romania ROU	1:10:36
6th	Madaí Pérez	Mexico MEX	1:10:37
7th	Lidija Grigoryeva	Russia RUS	1:11:01
8th	Nuța Olaru	Romania ROU	1:11:07

Of 71 registered athletes, 69 started and 64 reached the finish. Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler ( LIE ) finished 58th in 1:25:29. National records were set by Feri Marince Subnafeu ( Indonesia , 1:23:41, 56th place), Vivian Tang ( Singapore , 1:26:50, 59th place), Tamica Thomas ( Jamaica , 1:31:41, 61st place) and Chao Fong Leng ( Macau , 63rd place). Liechtenstein Indonesia Singapore Jamaica Macau

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Romania Romania Constantina Tomescu (1st) Mihaela Botezan (5th) Nuța Olaru (8th)	3:31:00 1:09:17 1:10:36 1:11:07
2	Russia Russia Galina Bogomolowa (4th) Lidija Grigorjewa (7th) Irina Timofejewa (11th)	3:33:05 1:10:34 1:11:01 1:11:30
3	Japan Japan Terumi Asoshina (12th) Hiromi Ōminami (13th) Yōko Yagi (14th)	3:35:42 1:11:45 1:11:57 1:12:00