World Half Marathon Championships 2008
The 2008 Half Marathon World Championships (officially: IAAF / CAIXA World Half Marathon Championships ) were held on October 12, 2008 as a road race in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro . For the first time, the IAAF awarded this competition to South America, which was taking place for the 17th time .
The route was identical to the 12th Rio de Janeiro half marathon, which took place on the same day: a very flat point-to-point course with a difference in altitude of a good 20 meters, the one from São Conrado beach below the Pedra da Gávea mountain above Leblon , Ipanema , Copacabana and Botafogo to the finish in Flamengo .
While the women's race started at 8:45 am, the race of the men began half an hour later 200 meters from the 16,000 participants strong starting field of simultaneously launched people run . The temperature was 23 ° C, the humidity 78%.
Zersenay Tadese confidently defended his title from the 2007 road running world championships , took off before km 5 and became the first athlete to become world champion in the half marathon for the third time with a lead of almost two minutes. Also Lornah Kiplagat sat down early at km 7 on the front of the field and also safely won their third title.
Results
Individual ranking men
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zersenay Tadese | ERI | 59:56 |
2 | Patrick Makau Musyoki | KEN | 1:01:54 |
3 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | QAT | 1:01:57 |
4th | Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott | KEN | 1:01:58 |
5 | Yusei Nakao | JPN | 1:02:05 |
6th | Dieudonné Disi | RWA | 1:03:03 |
7th | Abebe Dinkesa | ETH | 1:03:04 |
8th | Marílson dos Santos | BRA | 1:03:14 |
Of 92 registered athletes, 90 started and 86 reached the finish. Stéphane Joly ( SUI ) finished 57th in 1:09:56.
Team ranking men
space | Country and athletes | Time (h) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Kenya Patrick Makau Musyoki (2nd) Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott (4th) Joseph Maregu (9th) |
3:07:24 1:01:54 1:01:58 1:03:32 |
2 |
Eritrea Zersenay Tadese (1st) Michael Tesfay (12th) Mogos Ahferom (25th) |
3:09:40 59:56 1:04:04 1:05:40 |
3 |
Qatar Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (3rd) Essa Ismail Rashed (10th) Ali Dawoud Sedam (19th) |
3:10:52 1:01:57 1:03:57 1:04:58 |
A total of 16 teams were rated.
Individual evaluation women
space | Athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lornah Kiplagat | NED | 1:08:37 |
2 | Aselefech Mergia | ETH | 1:09:57 |
3 | Pamela Chepchumba | KEN | 1:10:01 |
4th | Genet Done | ETH | 1:10:03 |
5 | Peninah Jerop Arusei | KEN | 1:10:12 |
6th | Abebu Gelan | ETH | 1:10:59 |
7th | Julia Mumbi Muraga | KEN | 1:11:11 |
8th | Atsede Habtamu | ETH | 1:11:13 |
60 of the 65 starters reached the finish line. María Díaz ( PUR , 33rd place) set a national record with 1:16:52.
Team ranking women
space | Country and athletes | Time (h) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Ethiopia Aselefech Mergia (2nd) Genet Getaneh (4th) Abebu Gelan (6th) |
3:30:59 1:09:57 1:10:03 1:10:59 |
2 |
Kenya Pamela Chepchumba (3rd) Peninah Jerop Arusei (5th) Julia Mumbi Muraga (7th) |
3:31:24 1:10:01 1:10:12 1:11:11 |
3 |
Japan Yukiko Akaba (10th) Miki Ohira (19th) Yuko Machida (22nd) |
3:40:58 1:11:39 1:14:27 1:14:52 |
A total of nine teams were rated.
Web links
- Half Marathon World Championship 2008 ( memo from March 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the IAAF website
- Website of the 12th Rio de Janeiro International Half Marathon
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Making history - the who, what and when of the World Half Marathon Championships ( Memento of October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). October 8, 2008
- ↑ Website of the Meia Maratona Internacional do Rio ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ IAAF: Emphatic third triumph; Tadese goes solo from 5km - Men's Race Report, Rio 2008 ( Memento from October 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). October 12, 2008
- ^ IAAF: Kiplagat saunters to another staggering victory - Women's Race Report, Rio 2008 ( Memento of October 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) . October 12, 2008