1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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The 4th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships is an annual half marathon competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was contested from 1992 to 2005, and replaced by the IAAF World Road Running Championships, a 20 kilometres race which had its inaugural...

was held on October 1, 1995 in Montbéliard
Montbéliard
Montbéliard is a city in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.-History:...

Belfort
Belfort
Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. A total of 243 athletes, 147 men and 96 women, from 54 countries took part.

Individual

PositionCompetitorNationalityTime
1 Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo....

  KEN
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

1:01:45
2 Paul Yego
Paul Yego
Paul Yego is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1995 and won a silver medal finishing behind Moses Tanui- External links :...

  KEN 1:01:46
3 Charles Tangus
Charles Tangus
Charles Tangus is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1995 and won a bronze medal finishing third behind fellow Kenyan Paul Yego. He won the Berlin Half Marathon in 1996....

  KEN 1:01:50
4 Antonio Serrano
Antonio Serrano (athlete)
Antonio Serrano Sánchez is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:58.56 min *5000 metres - 13:22.40 min...

  ESP
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

1:01:56
5 Josia Thugwane
Josia Thugwane
Josia Thugwane is a South African athlete, best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

  RSA
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

1:02:28
6 Delmir dos Santos   BRA
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

1:02:32
7 Herder Vázquez   COL
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

1:02:32
8 Nobuyuki Sato
Nobuyuki Sato
Nobuyuki Sato is a former Japanese marathon runner. After finishing second in the Fukuoka Marathon 1998 with his career best of 2:08:48, he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.At the Olympics 2000, he finished in 41st place....

  JPN
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

1:02:36
9 Yoshifumi Miyamoto   JPN 1:02:38
10 Joaquim Pinheiro
Joaquim Pinheiro
Joaquim Pinheiro is a retired Portuguese runner.He competed in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Summer Olympics, both times without finishing the race.-Achievements:-External links:*...

  POR
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

1:02:40
11 Bartolomé Serrano
Bartolomé Serrano
Bartolomé Serrano is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the half marathon.He finished fourteenth at the 1998 World Half Marathon Championships in a personal best time of 1:01:43 hours.-References:...

  ESP 1:02:41
12 Vincenzo Modica
Vincenzo Modica
Vincenzo Modica is an Italian runner.-External links:...

  ITA
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

1:02:48
13 Danilo Goffi
Danilo Goffi
Danilo Goffi is an Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics...

  ITA 1:02:49
14 Oleg Strizhakov
Oleg Strizhakov
Oleg Strizhakov is a retired Russian long-distance runner.He won the silver medal in 10,000 metres at the 1994 Goodwill Games and finished thirteenth in the marathon race at the 1995 World Championships.-Achievements:-External links:*...

  RUS
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

1:02:54
15 Giacomo Leone
Giacomo Leone
Giacomo Leone is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best in the marathon on March 4, 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...

  ITA 1:02:54

Team

PositionTeamCompetitors
1   Kenya Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo....

 (1st)
Paul Yego
Paul Yego
Paul Yego is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1995 and won a silver medal finishing behind Moses Tanui- External links :...

 (2nd)
Charles Tangus
Charles Tangus
Charles Tangus is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1995 and won a bronze medal finishing third behind fellow Kenyan Paul Yego. He won the Berlin Half Marathon in 1996....

 (3rd)
2   Spain Antonio Serrano
Antonio Serrano (athlete)
Antonio Serrano Sánchez is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:58.56 min *5000 metres - 13:22.40 min...

 (4th)
Bartolomé Serrano
Bartolomé Serrano
Bartolomé Serrano is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the half marathon.He finished fourteenth at the 1998 World Half Marathon Championships in a personal best time of 1:01:43 hours.-References:...

 (11th)
Pablo Sierra (19th)
3   Italy Vincenzo Modica
Vincenzo Modica
Vincenzo Modica is an Italian runner.-External links:...

 (12th)
Danilo Goffi
Danilo Goffi
Danilo Goffi is an Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics...

 (13th)
Giacomo Leone
Giacomo Leone
Giacomo Leone is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best in the marathon on March 4, 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...

 (15th)

Individual

PositionCompetitorNationalityTime
1 Valentina Yegorova
Valentina Yegorova
Valentina Mikhailovna Yegorova is a long-distance runner from Russia. She was born in Cheboksary.Yegorova competed in the women's marathon for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain...

  RUS 1:09:58
2 Cristina Pomacu
Cristina Pomacu
Cristina Pomacu is a female long-distance runner from Romania who mainly competed in the marathon. She is a triple winner of the annual Belgrade Marathon , and twice won the silver medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships .She competed in the women's marathon at the 1994 European...

  ROM
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

1:10:22
3 Anuţa Cătună
Anuta Catuna
Anuţa Cătună is a former female long-distance runner from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:* *...

  ROM 1:10:28
4 Colleen De Reuck
Colleen De Reuck
Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...

  RSA 1:10:34
5 Alla Zhilyaeva
Alla Zhilyaeva
Alla Zhilyaeva is a female long-distance runner from Russia. She set a Russian national record for the women's 10,000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, with a time of 30:23.07.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:*...

  RUS 1:10:39
6 Elena Fidatof   ROM 1:10:39
7 Ana Isabel Alonso
Ana Isabel Alonso
Ana Isabel Alonso is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country in three Summer Olympics: 1988, 1996 and 2000. Her best finish came at her Olympic debut in Seoul, South Korea, where Alonso ended up in 25th place in the women's 10.000 metres race...

  ESP 1:10:43
8 Zahia Dahmani   FRA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

1:11:28
9 Maura Viceconte
Maura Viceconte
Maura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary...

  ITA 1:11:32
10 Rocío Ríos
Rocío Ríos
María Rocío Ríos Pérez is a retired female long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, finishing in fifth place....

  ESP 1:11:42
11 Aurica Buia
Aurica Buia
Aurica Buia is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon in Vienna, Austria on April 14, 1996.-Achievements:-References:...

  ROM 1:11:44
12 Kamila Gradus
Kamila Gradus
Kamila Gradus is a retired Polish marathon runner, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise...

  POL
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

1:11:45
13 Marleen Renders
Marleen Renders
Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...

  BEL
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

1:11:52
14 Lynn Doering   USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

1:11:54
15 Carmen Fuentes   ESP 1:12:01

Team

PositionTeamComptetitors
1   Romania Cristina Pomacu
Cristina Pomacu
Cristina Pomacu is a female long-distance runner from Romania who mainly competed in the marathon. She is a triple winner of the annual Belgrade Marathon , and twice won the silver medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships .She competed in the women's marathon at the 1994 European...

 (2nd)
Anuţa Cătună
Anuta Catuna
Anuţa Cătună is a former female long-distance runner from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:* *...

 (3rd)
Elena Fidatof (6th)
2   Russia Valentina Yegorova
Valentina Yegorova
Valentina Mikhailovna Yegorova is a long-distance runner from Russia. She was born in Cheboksary.Yegorova competed in the women's marathon for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain...

 (1st)
Alla Zhilyaeva
Alla Zhilyaeva
Alla Zhilyaeva is a female long-distance runner from Russia. She set a Russian national record for the women's 10,000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, with a time of 30:23.07.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:*...

 (5th)
Firiya Sultanova
Firiya Sultanova
Firiya Rifkatovna Sultanova-Zhdanova is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on June 21, 2003 in Duluth, Minnesota, clocking 2:27:05...

 (17th)
3   Spain Ana Isabel Alonso
Ana Isabel Alonso
Ana Isabel Alonso is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country in three Summer Olympics: 1988, 1996 and 2000. Her best finish came at her Olympic debut in Seoul, South Korea, where Alonso ended up in 25th place in the women's 10.000 metres race...

 (7th)
Rocío Ríos
Rocío Ríos
María Rocío Ríos Pérez is a retired female long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, finishing in fifth place....

 (10th)
Carmen Fuentes (15th)

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