2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 14th 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...

were held in Edmonton

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on 1 October 2005. This was the final World Half Marathon Championships to be staged, the competition being replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006. A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43 countries took part.

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	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...	1:01:08
2	Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.He won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title....	QAT Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	1:01:09 (NR)
3	Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...	ERI Eritrea Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...	1:01:13
4	Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Sihine achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003...	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...	1:01:14
5	Abebe Dinkesa	ETH	1:01:53 (PB)
6	John Yuda Msuri	TAN	1:02:11
7	James Mwangi Macharia	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...	1:02:25
8	Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He finished eighth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition....	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...	1:02:26
9	Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Tesfit is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races. He was born in Asmara....	ERI	1:02:44 (PB)
10	Norman Dlomo Norman Dlomo Norman Dlomo is a South African long-distance runner.Dlomo finished tenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships...	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...	1:02:45
11	Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races. He holds the Asian record and Japanese record over 25 km and 30 km. He has a twin brother, Yuko, who is also a top-level marathon runner....	JPN	1:02:45
12	Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the half marathon and cross-country running.-Achievements:-Personal bests:5000 metres - 13:27.06 min 10,000 metres - 28:19.88 min...	ERI	1:03:08 (PB)
13	Leshane Yegezu	ETH	1:03:11
14	Wilson Kipkemei Busienei Wilson Busienei Wilson Kipkemei Busienei is an Ugandan long-distance runner. He is best known for winning three gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He has represented his country at the World Championship level in cross country running and road running and on the track. He took part in the 2004 Summer...	UGA Uganda Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...	1:03:12
15	Ryan Shay Ryan Shay Ryan Shay was an American professional long-distance runner. He was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and attended the University of Notre Dame. He was married to Alicia Craig, also an American distance runner...	USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1:03:13

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	Ethiopia	Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Sihine achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003... (4th) Abebe Dinkesa (5th) Leshane Yegezu (13th)
2	Eritrea	Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008... (3rd) Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Tesfit is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races. He was born in Asmara.... (9th) Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the half marathon and cross-country running.-Achievements:-Personal bests:5000 metres - 13:27.06 min 10,000 metres - 28:19.88 min... (12th)
3	Japan	Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani Kazuo Ietani is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He finished eighth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.... (8th) Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races. He holds the Asian record and Japanese record over 25 km and 30 km. He has a twin brother, Yuko, who is also a top-level marathon runner.... (11th) Takanobu Otsubo Takanobu Otsubo Takanobu Otsubo is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He finished seventeenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.... (17th)
4	Qatar	Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.He won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title.... (2nd) Sultan Khamis Zaman Sultan Khamis Zaman Onèsphore Nkunzimana is a male long distance runnerHis first major competition was the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished ninth in the 5000 metres... (19th) Ahmed Jumah Jaber Ahmed Jumah Jaber Ahmed Jumah Jaber is a Qatari long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.Notable results include a 38th place at the 2004 Olympic Games, a 23rd place at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, a fifth place at the 2006 Asian Games, and a 29th place at the 2007 World Road Running... (23rd)
5	Kenya	James Mwangi Macharia (7th) Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul (16th) Julius Kibet Koskei (21st)

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Constantina Tomescu Constantina Tomescu Constantina Diţă , is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and 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...	1:09:17 (SB)
2	Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since...	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...	1:10:19 (SB)
3	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	1:10:20
4	Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon....	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...	1:10:34 (PB)
5	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	1:10:36 (SB)
6	Madaí Pérez Madaí Pérez Madaí Pérez Carrillo is a Mexican long-distance runner. She represented Mexico in the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- Career :...	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...	1:10:37 (PB)
7	Lidiya Grigoryeva	RUS	1:11:01 (SB)
8	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	1:11:07
9	Merima Hashim Merima Hashim Merima Hashim is an Ethiopian long distance runner who started competing internationally in the late 1990s mainly in the 10000 metres and half marathon distances....	ETH	1:11:09 (PB)
10	Adriana Pirtea Adriana Pirtea Adriana Pirtea is an American long-distance runner who made her marathon debut in the Chicago Marathon held on October 7, 2007 with a second place finish...	ROM	1:11:10
11	Irina Timofeyeva Irina Timofeyeva Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon. She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing 7th in the marathon race...	RUS	1:11:30
12	Terumi Asoshina Terumi Asoshina Terumi Asoshina is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.She finished twelfth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition....	JPN	1:11:45
13	Hiromi Ominami Hiromi Ominami Hiromi Ominami is a Japanese long-distance runner. Her twin sister is Takami Ominami, also a world class marathon runner with a personal best of 2:23:43.-Achievements:...	JPN	1:11:57
14	Yoko Yagi Yoko Yagi Yoko Yagi is a Japanese long-distance runner.She finished fourteenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.-Personal bests:...	JPN	1:12:00
15	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...	ETH	1:12:12

Team


Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Romania	Constantina Tomescu Constantina Tomescu Constantina Diţă , is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon.... (1st) Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon.... (5th) 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.... (8th)
2	Russia	Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon.... (4th) Lidiya Grigoryeva (7th) Irina Timofeyeva Irina Timofeyeva Irina Nikolayevna Timofeyeva is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in running the marathon. She won the Singapore Marathon in 2005 and the Paris Marathon in 2006. She ran for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing 7th in the marathon race... (11th)
3	Japan	Terumi Asoshina Terumi Asoshina Terumi Asoshina is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.She finished twelfth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.... (12th) Hiromi Ominami Hiromi Ominami Hiromi Ominami is a Japanese long-distance runner. Her twin sister is Takami Ominami, also a world class marathon runner with a personal best of 2:23:43.-Achievements:... (13th) Yoko Yagi Yoko Yagi Yoko Yagi is a Japanese long-distance runner.She finished fourteenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.-Personal bests:... (14th)
4	Ethiopia	Merima Hashim Merima Hashim Merima Hashim is an Ethiopian long distance runner who started competing internationally in the late 1990s mainly in the 10000 metres and half marathon distances.... (9th) Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province... (15th) Letay Nagash (19th)
5	Great Britain & Northern Ireland 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...	Mara Yamauchi Mara Yamauchi Mara Rosalind Yamauchi is a British long distance track, and road running athlete. She currently holds the second fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind the world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe.... (18th) Hayley Haining Hayley Haining Hayley Haining is a British runner who was nominated as a reserve for the British team for the 2008 Olympic Games.-Running career:... (24th) Susan Partridge (25th)

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