2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 10th 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 7, 2001 in the city of Bristol

Bristol

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, UK

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, and was run simultaneously with that year's Bristol Half Marathon

Bristol Half Marathon

The Bristol Half Marathon is an annual road running event held on the streets of Bristol, UK. The route is at sea level and winds through the city centre, along the Avon Gorge and under the Clifton Suspension Bridge...

. A total of 200 athletes, 125 men and 75 women, from 52 countries took part.

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	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...	1:00:03 (PB)
2	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	1:00:04 (PB)
3	John Yuda Msuri	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...	1:00:12 (PB)
4	Hendrick Ramaala	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...	1:00:15
5	Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	ETH	1:00:24 (PB)
6	Evans Rutto Evans Rutto Evans Rutto is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in road running events. He made the fastest ever debut marathon by winning the 2003 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:50...	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...	1:00:43
7	Peter Chebet Peter Chebet Peter Kiplagat Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner.He won the Berkane International Road Race in 2001. At the 2002 Berlin Half Marathon he beat the field to finish in first place and also won the ten mile race at the Diecimiglia del Garda later that year...	KEN	1:00:56 (PB)
8	Christopher Cheboiboch Christopher Cheboiboch Christopher Cheboiboch is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He has won the Leipzig Marathon and the San Diego Marathon and was the runner-up at the 2002 New York City Marathon...	KEN	1:01:14
9	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...	MAR Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	1:01:41
10	Khalid Skah Khalid Skah Khalid Skah is a Moroccan athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Midelt, Morocco, Khalid Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner by winning the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991.His first major tournament on track was 1991 World...	MAR	1:01:41
11	Salah Hissou Salah Hissou Salah Hissou is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 m at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 m in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in...	MAR	1:01:56 (PB)
12	Phaustin Baha Sulle	TAN	1:02:15
13	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	1:02:15 (PB)
14	Abner Chipu Abner Chipu -Achievements:-Personal bests:3000 metres - 8:10.34 min 10,000 metres - 28:27.94 min Half marathon - 1:01:15 hrs Marathon - 2:12:46 hrs -References:...	RSA	1:02:18
15	Mostafa Errebbah Mostafa Errebbah Mostafa Errebbah is a Moroccan-born Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.He competed at the 2000 World Half Marathon Championships for Morocco. He then became an Italian citizen in January 2001, and finished fifteenth at the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships...	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...	1:02:19 (PB)

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	Ethiopia	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon... (1st) 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... (2nd) Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics... (5th)
2	Kenya	Evans Rutto Evans Rutto Evans Rutto is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in road running events. He made the fastest ever debut marathon by winning the 2003 Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:50... (6th) Peter Chebet Peter Chebet Peter Kiplagat Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner.He won the Berkane International Road Race in 2001. At the 2002 Berlin Half Marathon he beat the field to finish in first place and also won the ten mile race at the Diecimiglia del Garda later that year... (7th) Christopher Cheboiboch Christopher Cheboiboch Christopher Cheboiboch is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He has won the Leipzig Marathon and the San Diego Marathon and was the runner-up at the 2002 New York City Marathon... (8th)
3	Tanzania	John Yuda Msuri (3rd) Phaustin Baha Sulle (12th) Benedict Ako Benedict Ako Benedict Ako is a retired Tanzanian long-distance runner. Ako is a three-time champion of the Mount Meru Marathon in Arusha, Tanzania . He holds an "all-comers" record for the fastest marathon performance in Tanzania, 2:13:46, set August 1, 1993 in Arusha.-Achievements:-References:GeneralSpecific... (22nd)
4	Morocco	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two... (9th) Khalid Skah Khalid Skah Khalid Skah is a Moroccan athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Midelt, Morocco, Khalid Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner by winning the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1990 and 1991.His first major tournament on track was 1991 World... (10th) Salah Hissou Salah Hissou Salah Hissou is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 m at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 m in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in... (11th)
5	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala (4th) Abner Chipu Abner Chipu -Achievements:-Personal bests:3000 metres - 8:10.34 min 10,000 metres - 28:27.94 min Half marathon - 1:01:15 hrs Marathon - 2:12:46 hrs -References:... (14th) George Mofokeng George Mofokeng (marathoner) George Mofokeng is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who twice won the national marathon title in his native country: in 2006 and 2007.-Achievements:-References:... (27th)

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...	1:06:47 (CR)
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	1:07:36 (PB)
3	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...	ETH	1:08:17 (PB)
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 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...	1:08:23 (PB)
5	Jeļena Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...	LAT Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...	1:08:43 (PB)
6	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	RSA	1:08:56 (PB)
7	Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...	YUG Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....	1:09:51 (PB)
8	Isabella Ochichi Isabella Ochichi Isabella Bosibori Ochichi from Kenya was the silver medal winner in the final of the women's 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. She finished in a time of 14:48.19, about 2.5 seconds behind the winner, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.In 1997, aged 17, she competed in...	KEN	1:10:01
9	Yasuyo Iwamoto	JPN	1:10:06 (PB)
10	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 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...	1:10:11
11	Nuţa Olaru Nuţa Olaru Nuța Olaru 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 Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004....	ROM	1:10:27
12	Caroline Kwambai	KEN	1:10:27
13	Lyudmila Biktasheva	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...	1:10:31 (PB)
14	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	1:10:40 (PB)
15	Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...	TAN	1:10:43

Team


Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Kenya	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... (2nd) Isabella Ochichi Isabella Ochichi Isabella Bosibori Ochichi from Kenya was the silver medal winner in the final of the women's 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. She finished in a time of 14:48.19, about 2.5 seconds behind the winner, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.In 1997, aged 17, she competed in... (8th) Caroline Kwambai (12th)
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) Yasuyo Iwamoto (9th) Takako Kotorida Takako Kotorida was a Japanese long-distance runner. She has belonged DEODEO Athletic Club for Women.-Achievements:-Reference:... (25th)
3	Ethiopia	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold... (3rd) Meseret Kotu (17th) Teyba Erkesso Teyba Erkesso Teyba Erkesso Wako is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in road running as well as cross-country running.... (20th)
4	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	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... (1st) Liz Yelling Liz Yelling Elizabeth Anne Yelling is a British long-distance runner currently based in Poole, Dorset... (23rd) Annie Emmerson (31st)
5	Romania	Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon.... (10th) Nuţa Olaru Nuţa Olaru Nuța Olaru 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 Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004.... (11th) 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:... (14th)

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