Half Marathon World Championships 2010

The 19th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (officially: 19th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Nanning ) were in 16 October 2010 Nanning held. The World Athletics Federation IAAF awarded the event to the Chinese metropolis in November 2008 at a council meeting in Monaco . This was the second time that the World Half Marathon Championships were held in Asia in New Delhi after 2004 .

A total of $ 245,000 in prize money was awarded. Of this, $ 30,000 each went to the overall winners. A team evaluation was carried out, which is formed by the sum of the times of the three fastest runners of a nation. In addition to the men's and women's elite races, an open fun run took place on the same route as part of the event .

The Eritrean world record holder Zersenay Tadese was aiming for his fifth title in a row. In the final stages of the race he led a group of four with the Kenyans Wilson Kiprop , Sammy Kirop Kitwara and Silas Kipruto . One by one, Kipruto and Kitwara fell from the group. In the final sprint, however, Kiprop narrowly prevailed against the defending champion. A few meters from the finish, Tadese had to admit defeat and hobbled injured across the finish line. The team victory went to Kenya for the fifth time in a row and for the 13th time overall.

In the women's race, a top group of five Ethiopians and four Kenyans formed at the beginning, with the Australian Nicole Chapple being the only non-African runner to follow. After a few kilometers, however, they lost touch. From the remaining group, runners gradually fell back until in the end only the Kenyan favorite Florence Jebet Kiplagat and the Ethiopian Dire Tune were together at the top. On the last kilometer, Kiplagat was finally able to launch the decisive attack and secure the victory before Tune. As in the previous year, the individual and team wins went to Kenya again.

It was the fourth time that the two individual winners came from the same country. In 1997, 1998 and 1999 Kenya had both winners of the individual ranking.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Wilson Kiprop	KEN	1:00:07
2	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	1:00:11
3	Sammy Kirop Kitwara	KEN	1:00:22
4th	Silas Kipruto	KEN	1:01:03
5	Samuel Tsegay	ERI	1:01:13 (SB)
6th	Titus Kwemoi Masai	KEN	1:01:24
7th	Lelisa Desisa	ETH	1:01:28
8th	Birhanu Bekele	ETH	1:01:28 (PB)

All 68 started runners reached the finish. Passang Passang ( BHU , 67th place, 1:16:43) set a national record.  

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Wilson Kiprop (1st) Sammy Kirop Kitwara (3rd) Silas Kipruto (4th)	3:01:32 1:00:07 1:00:22 1:01:03
2	Eritrea Zersenay Tadese (2nd) Samuel Tsegay (5th) Tewelde Estifanos (11th)	3:03:04 1:00:11 1:01:13 1:01:40
3	Ethiopia Lelisa Desisa (7th) Birhanu Bekele (8th) Asefa Mengstu (15th)	3:05:26 1:01:28 1:01:28 1:02:30

A total of eleven teams were rated.

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Florence Jebet Kiplagat	KEN	1:08:24
2	Dire Tune	ETH	1:08:34
3	Peninah Jerop Arusei	KEN	1:09:05
4th	Feyse Tadese	ETH	1:09:28 (PB)
5	Joyce Chepkirui	KEN	1:09:30 (PB)
6th	Meseret Mengistu	ETH	1:09:31 (PB)
7th	Fate Tola	ETH	1:09:38 (PB)
8th	Zhu Xiaolin	CHN	1:11:01

Of the 55 runners who started, 51 reached the finish.

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Kenya Florence Jebet Kiplagat (1st) Peninah Jerop Arusei (3rd) Joyce Chepkirui (5th)	3:26:59 1:08:24 1:09:05 1:09:30
2	Ethiopia Dire Tune (2nd) Feyse Tadese (4th) Meseret Mengistu (6th)	3:27:33 1:08:34 1:09:28 1:09:31
3	Japan Yoshimi Ozaki (9th) Ryōko Kizaki (10th) Azusa Nojiri (13th)	3:33:40 1:11:02 1:11:03 1:11:35

A total of ten teams were rated.

Web links

• World Half Marathon Championships Nanning 2010 ( Memento from May 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the IAAF website

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco ( Memento of October 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). November 20, 2009
2. ^ IAAF: $ 245,000 Prize Money; Course Map / Profile; Team Scoring - Nanning 2010 ( Memento from October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 13, 2010
3. ^ IAAF: Kiprop dethrones Tadese - Men's Race - Nanning 2010 ( Memento of October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 16, 2010
4. ^ IAAF: Kiplagat kicks to gold - Women's Race - Nanning 2010 ( Memento of October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 16, 2010
5. ^ IAAF: Kiprop and Kiplagat take home rare double Half Marathon champs victory - Nanning 2010 ( Memento of October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 16, 2010