Half Marathon World Championships 2009

The 16th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (officially: 16th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2009 - Birmingham ) were on 11 October 2009 in the British city of Birmingham just before the Birmingham Half Marathon held.

Prize money

The IAAF provided a total of US $ 245,000 in prize money. This amount was divided among the first six places in the individual and team rankings.

Prize money in US $

placement	Individual evaluation	Team evaluation
1.	30,000	15,000
2.	15,000	12,000
3.	10,000	9,000
4th	7,000	7,500
5.	5,000	6,000
6th	3,000	3,000

Results

Individual ranking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	059:35
2	Bernard Kiprop Kipyego	KEN	059:59
3	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	1:00:00
4th	Wilson Kipsang	KEN	1:00:08
5	Samuel Tsegay	ERI	1:00:17
6th	Wilson Kwambai Chebet	KEN	1:00:59
7th	Kenneth Kimutai Kiplimo	KEN	1:01:31
8th	Stephen Mokoka	RSA	1:01:36

Of 99 registered athletes, 98 started and 94 crossed the finish line.

Team ranking men

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Bernard Kiprop Kipyego (2nd) Wilson Kipsang (4th) Wilson Kwambai Chebet (6th)	3:01:06 0 59:59 1:00:08 1:00:59
2	Eritrea Zersenay Tadese (1st) Samuel Tsegay (5th) Adhanom Abraha (19th)	3:02:39 0 59:35 1:00:17 1:02:47
3	Ethiopia Tilahun Regassa (11th) Dereje Tesfaye (12th) Abebe Negewo (14th)	3:06:42 1:02:08 1:02:09 1:02:25

A total of 18 teams were rated.

Individual evaluation women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	1:06:36
2	Philes Moora Ongori	KEN	1:07:38
3	Aberu Kebede	ETH	1:07:39
4th	Caroline Cheptanui Kilel	KEN	1:08:16
5	Mestavet Tufa	ETH	1:09:11
6th	Tirfi Tsegaye	ETH	1:09:24
7th	Kimberley Smith	NZL	1:09:35
8th	Flomena Cheyech Daniel	KEN	1:09:44

All 59 registered starters reached the finish. Kimberley Smith, Elizet Banda ( ZAM , 54th place, 1:19:07) and Fong Leng Chao ( MAC , 58th place, 1:31:47) each set national records.   

Team ranking women

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (1st) Philes Ongori (2nd) Caroline Cheptanui Kilel (4th)	3:22:30 1:06:36 1:07:38 1:08:16
2	Ethiopia Aberu Kebede (3rd) Mestawet Tufa (5th) Tirfi Tsegaye (6th)	3:26:14 1:07:39 1:09:11 1:09:24
3	Russia Inga Abitowa (9th) Silwija Skworzowa (10th) Elsa Kirejewa (23rd)	3:31:23 1:09:53 1:09:56 1:11:34

A total of nine teams were rated.

Web links

• Half Marathon World Championships 2009 ( Memento from December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the IAAF website