Half marathon world championships 2018

The winner Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor just before the finish

The 23rd Half Marathon World Championships (officially: IAAF / Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 ) were held in Valencia on March 24, 2018 . The World Athletics Federation IAAF awarded the event to the Spanish city at its meeting on March 10, 2016. This was the second time the competition was held in Spain after Palma de Mallorca hosted the 5th World Half Marathon Championships in 1996 .

Amateur athletes had the opportunity to take part in a mass race that started at the same time as the men's elite field. The women's elite field started 25 minutes earlier. The competition course was a circuit with start and finish on the grounds of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències .

315 athletes from 87 nations were nominated for the elite races. According to the organizers, around 14,200 entries from 83 countries were submitted for the open mass race.

In the women's category, Netsanet Gudeta Kebede from Ethiopia won . With her winning time of 1:06:11 hours she achieved a new half marathon world record for all-women races and undercut Lornah Kiplagat's old record by 14 seconds. In the men's race, the Kenyan Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor won the half marathon world championships for the third time in a row. For both men and women, Ethiopia won the team ranking, which is calculated by adding up the times of the three best places in a nation.

Results

Men

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor	KEN	1:00:02
2	Abraham Cheroben	BRN	1:00:22
3	Aron Kifle	ERI	1:00:31
4th	Ever Yimer	ETH	1:00:33
5	Done Molla	ETH	1:00:47
6th	Betesfa Getahun	ETH	1:00:54
7th	Amanuel Mesel	ERI	1:00:58
8th	Julien Wanders	SUI	1:01:03

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Ethiopia Jemal Yimer (4th) Doneeh Molla (5th) Betesfa Getahun (6th)	3:02:14 1:00:33 1:00:47 1:00:54
2	Kenya Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (1st) Leonard Kiplimo Barsoton (12th) Barselius Kipyego (15th)	3:02:40 1:00:02 1:01:14 1:01:24
3	Bahrain Abraham Cheroben (2nd) Aweke Ayalew (11th) Albert Rop (13th)	3:02:52 1:00:22 1:01:09 1:01:21

Women

Individual evaluation

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Netsanet Gudeta Kebede	ETH	1:06:11
2	Joyciline Jepkosgei	KEN	1:06:54
3	Pauline Kaveke Kamulu	KEN	1:06:56
4th	Eunice Chumba	BRN	1:07:17
5	Zeineba Yimer	ETH	1:08:07
6th	Meseret Belete	ETH	1:08:09
7th	Desi Mokonin	BRN	1:08:10
8th	Bekelech Gudeta	ETH	1:08:12

Team evaluation

space	Country and athletes	Time (h)
1	Ethiopia Netsanet Gudeta Kebede (1st) Zeineba Yimer (5th) Meseret Belete (6th)	3:22:27 1:06:11 1:08:07 1:08:09
2	Kenya Joyciline Jepkosgei (2nd) Pauline Kaveke Kamulu (3rd) Ruth Chepngetich (13th)	3:23:03 1:06:54 1:06:56 1:09:12
3	Bahrain Eunice Chumba (4th) Desi Mokonin (7th) Dalila Abdulkadir (9th)	3:23:39 1:07:17 1:08:10 1:08:12

Web links

• Official IAAF website for the World Half Marathon Championships
• Local Organizing Committee website (Spanish and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tampere and Valencia to host 2018 IAAF World Athletics Series events - IAAF Council Meeting, Day 1 ( English ) March 10, 2016. Accessed November 11, 2017.
2. ↑ Opening of registration for mass race marks one-year countdown for IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 ( English ) March 24, 2017. Accessed November 11, 2017.
3. ↑ The IAAF / Trinidad Alfonso WHM Valencia 2018 beats another record with over 14,500 participants in the half marathon ( English ) March 21, 2018. Accessed March 26, 2017.
4. ↑ Note: The absolute world record at the time of the race was held by the Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei with 1:04:51 hours.
5. ↑ Phil Minshull: Gudeta shatters world half marathon record in Valencia ( English ) March 24, 2018. Accessed March 26, 2018.
6. ↑ Phil Minshull: Hat trick of world half marathon titles for Kamworor ( English ) March 24, 2018. Accessed March 26, 2018.