2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 9th 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 November 12, 2000 in the city of Veracruz

Veracruz

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, Mexico

Mexico

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. A total of 182 athletes, 121 men and 61 women, from 52 countries took part.

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paul Tergat Paul Tergat Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...	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...	1:03:47
2	Phaustin Baha Sulle	TAN Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...	1:03:48
3	Tesfaye Jifar Tesfaye Jifar Tesfaye Jifar born April 23, 1976) is a male Ethiopian long-distance runner.Jifar won the New York City Marathon in 2001, his time 2:07:43 remains the course record. The same year he was second at the Tokyo Marathon and won the Saint Silvester Marathon held in Brazil...	ETH Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...	1:03:50
4	Joseph Kimani	KEN	1:03:52
5	David Ruto	KEN	1:03:59
6	John Gwako John Gwako John Gwako is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner.He won the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 1997, setting a course record at the time.-Achievements:-External links:...	KEN	1:04:16
7	Zebedayo Bayo Zebedayo Bayo Zebedayo Bayo is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague in 2000.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*10,000 metres - 28:21.60 min...	TAN	1:04:25
8	Óscar Fernández Óscar Fernández (athlete) Óscar Fernández Giralda is a retired male long-distance runner from Spain. He set his personal best in the marathon on December 12, 2003 in Fukuoka, Japan.-Achievements:-References:...	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...	1:04:25
9	Marco Mazza Marco Mazza Marco Mazza is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and half marathon.His personal best time in the 10,000 metres is 27:44.05 minutes, achieved in April 2002 in Camaiore...	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...	1:04:26
10	Noureddine Betim	ALG Algeria Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...	1:04:40
11	Toshiyuki Hayata	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...	1:04:55
12	Seid Ibrahim	ETH	1:05:19
13	Faustino Reynoso	MEX Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	1:05:34
14	Gemechu Kebede	ETH	1:05:36
15	Koen Allaert	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...	1:05:41

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	Kenya	Paul Tergat Paul Tergat Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many... (1st) Joseph Kimani (4th) David Ruto (5th)
2	Ethiopia	Tesfaye Jifar Tesfaye Jifar Tesfaye Jifar born April 23, 1976) is a male Ethiopian long-distance runner.Jifar won the New York City Marathon in 2001, his time 2:07:43 remains the course record. The same year he was second at the Tokyo Marathon and won the Saint Silvester Marathon held in Brazil... (3rd) Seid Ibrahim (12th) Gemechu Kebede (14th)
3	Belgium	Koen Allaert (15th) Guy Fays (21st) Christiano Nemeth (24th)
4	Japan	Toshiyuki Hayata (11th) Satoshi Irifune Satoshi Irifune Satoshi Irifune is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.In the 10,000 metres he finished 20th at the 1999 World Championships... (18th) Jun Shida (38th)
5	Italy	Marco Mazza Marco Mazza Marco Mazza is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and half marathon.His personal best time in the 10,000 metres is 27:44.05 minutes, achieved in April 2002 in Camaiore... (9th) Migidio Bourifa Migidio Bourifa Migidio Bourifa is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races.He formerly competed for Morocco.He finished tenth in the marathon at the 2002 European Championships... (32nd) Daniele Caimmi Daniele Caimmi Daniele Caimmi is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. His personal best marathon time is 2:08:59 hours, achieved in December 2002 in Milan.He finished tenth at the 1999 World Championships,... (36th)

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	GBR United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1:09:07
2	Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei is a female Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. In 2001 she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the Great North Run, as well as winning the silver medal in the World Half Marathon Championships...	KEN	1:09:40
3	Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon Lidia Simon Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics....	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...	1:10:24
4	Mizuki Noguchi Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005....	JPN	1:11:11
5	Pamela Chepchumba Pamela Chepchumba Pamela Chepchumba is an athlete from Kenya. Her best achievements are from cross country running....	KEN	1:11:33
6	Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon....	ROM	1:11:52
7	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	1:12:06
8	Yukiko Okamoto	JPN	1:12:20
9	Yasuko Hashimoto Yasuko Hashimoto Yasuko Hashimoto is a Japanese long-distance runner, whose main event is the marathon. She won the 2007 edition of the Nagoya Marathon, clocking 2:28:49. Her personal best was set in 2005...	JPN	1:12:54
10	Milena Glusac	USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1:13:53
11	Lydia Grigoryeva	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...	1:14:26
12	Stine Larsen Stine Larsen Stine Larsen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.In her younger days she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the inaugural European Under 23 Championships in 1997, finishing behind Olivera Jevtic and Annemari Sandell. She finished twelfth at the 2000...	NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	1:14:39
13	Galina Aleksandrova	RUS	1:15:02
14	Selma Cândida dos Reis	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...	1:15:16
15	Wilma van Onna	NED Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	1:15:17

Team


Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Romania	Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon Lidia Simon Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.... (3rd) Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon.... (6th) 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... (7th)
2	Japan	Mizuki Noguchi Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005.... (4th) Yukiko Okamoto (8th) Yasuko Hashimoto Yasuko Hashimoto Yasuko Hashimoto is a Japanese long-distance runner, whose main event is the marathon. She won the 2007 edition of the Nagoya Marathon, clocking 2:28:49. Her personal best was set in 2005... (9th)
3	Russia	Lydia Grigoryeva (11th) Galina Aleksandrova (13th) Zinaida Semenova Zinaida Semenova Zinaida Semenova is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on October 7, 2001 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, clocking 2:26:51. Semenova is a three-time winner of the annual Twin Cities Marathon.... (22nd)
4	Ethiopia	Aster Bacha (17th) Abeba Tolla (20th) Meseret Kotu (27th)
5	United States	Milena Glusac (10th) Kristin Beaney (23rd) Shelly Steely Shelly Steely Anne Rochelle "Shelly" Steely Ramirez is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for the United States... (35th)

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