The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. The competition was replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006 and 2007, but revived as IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2008.

A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43 countries took part. The four and a half lap course begins and ends in Hawrelak Park. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race and for the women's race.

Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.

Medallists IndividualMen 1:01:08 1:01:09 1:01:13 Women 1:09:17 1:10:19 1:10:20 TeamTeam Men 3:06:18 3:07:05 3:08:30Team Women 3:31:00 3:33:05 3:35:42

Race results Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Fabiano Joseph 1:01:08 Mubarak Hassan Shami 1:01:09 NR Yonas Kifle 1:01:13 4 Sileshi Sihine 1:01:14 5 Abebe Dinkessa 1:01:53 PB 6 John Yuda 1:02:11 7 James Mwangi Macharia 1:02:25 8 Kazuo Ietani 1:02:26 9 Yared Asmeron 1:02:44 10 Norman Dlomo 1:02:45 11 Takayuki Matsumiya 1:02:45 12 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 1:03:08 PB 13 Lishan Yegezu 1:03:11 14 Wilson Busienei 1:03:12 15 Ryan Shay 1:03:13 16 Paul Kimaiyo 1:03:17 17 Takanobu Otsubo 1:03:19 18 Solomon Tsige 1:03:23 19 Sultan Khamis Zaman 1:03:31 20 Jason Hartmann 1:03:32 21 Julius Kibet 1:03:50 22 Antonio Peña 1:03:52 23 Ahmed Jumaa Jaber 1:04:06 PB 24 Yoshihiro Yamamoto 1:04:15 25 Gilbert Okari 1:04:17 26 Ayele Setegne 1:04:21 27 Sylvester Moleko 1:04:33 28 Keenetse Moswasi 1:04:42 29 Julio César Pérez 1:04:49 PB 30 Matt Downin 1:04:53 31 Jeffrey Gwebu 1:04:57 32 Fabio Mascheroni 1:04:57 33 Jason Lehmkuhle 1:04:58 34 Odilón Cuahutle 1:04:59 35 Brett Cartwright 1:05:10 36 José Souza 1:05:24 PB 37 Fernando Rey 1:05:28 38 Javier Cortés 1:05:36 39 Kaelo Mosalagae 1:05:58 PB 40 Nicholas Kemboi 1:06:04 41 Toshihiro Iwasa 1:06:14 42 Luis Collazo 1:06:15 43 José Eloy 1:06:17 44 Jeremy Deere 1:06:19 SB 45 Raúl Mora 1:06:20 46 Carlos Jaramillo 1:06:22 47 Matthew McInnes 1:06:28 SB 48 César Lam 1:06:30 49 Mike Morgan 1:06:46 50 Ndabili Bashingili 1:06:47 51 Nicolas Kiprono 1:06:59 52 Andrew Smith 1:07:23 53 Asaf Bimro 1:07:46 54 Anuradha Cooray 1:08:02 55 Miguel Ángel Gamonal 1:08:09 56 Bat-Ochir Ser-Od 1:08:12 NR 57 James Kibet 1:08:36 58 Leonidas Rivadeneira 1:08:52 59 Egide Manirakiza 1:09:19 60 Róbert Štefko 1:09:32 61 Mukat Derbe 1:09:36 62 Kabo Gabaseme 1:09:56 63 Coolboy Ngamole 1:10:00 64 Ernest Ndjissipou 1:10:01 65 Linos Chintali 1:10:11 66 Mark Bomba 1:10:39 67 Wodage Zvadya 1:11:09 68 Ryan Day 1:11:20 69 Frederic Burquier 1:11:30 PB 70 Rupert Green 1:12:59 NR 71 Gregory McKenzie 1:13:27 PB 72 Marcel Tschopp 1:13:57 73 Curtis Cox 1:14:52 74 Samson Kiflemariam 1:14:56 75 Andrew Gutzmore 1:14:56 PB 76 Fouly Salem 1:15:03 77 Richard Jones 1:17:30 78 Kun Sio Pan 1:17:42 79 Lindson Lynch 1:18:09 80 Kani Simons 1:19:32 81 Michael Alexander 1:24:07 — Elson Gracioli DNF — Jean-Paul Niyonsaba DNF — Eric Quiros DNF — El Hassan Lahssini DNF — Ali Al-Dawoodi DNF — Alex Malinga DNF — Roath Ban DNS — Abebe Mekonnen DNS — Osama S. Mabrouk DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Constantina Diţă-Tomescu 1:09:17 SB Lornah Kiplagat 1:10:19 SB Susan Chepkemei 1:10:20 4 Galina Bogomolova 1:10:34 PB 5 Mihaela Botezan 1:10:36 SB 6 Madaí Pérez 1:10:37 PB 7 Lidiya Grigoryeva 1:11:01 SB 8 Nuța Olaru 1:11:07 9 Merima Hashim 1:11:09 PB 10 Adriana Pirtea 1:11:10 11 Irina Timofeyeva 1:11:30 12 Terumi Asoshina 1:11:45 13 Hiromi Ominami 1:11:57 14 Yoko Yagi 1:12:00 15 Derartu Tulu 1:12:12 16 Caroline Kilel 1:12:13 SB 17 Akane Taira 1:12:23 18 Mara Yamauchi 1:12:40 19 Letay Nagash 1:12:43 20 Nina Rillstone 1:13:03 21 Lioudmila Kortchaguina 1:13:15 22 Sisay Measo 1:13:35 PB 23 Deborah Toniolo 1:13:36 24 Hayley Haining 1:13:39 25 Susan Partridge 1:13:49 26 Živilė Balčiūnaitė 1:13:54 27 Luminița Talpoș 1:14:01 28 Nicole Stevenson 1:14:26 29 Anastasiya Padalinskaya 1:14:26 PB 30 Alina Ivanova 1:14:27 31 Vincenza Sicari 1:14:33 32 Lauren Shelley 1:14:36 33 Tara Quinn-Smith 1:14:58 34 Josephine Deemay 1:15:07 35 Christelle Daunay 1:15:27 36 Carmen Oliveras 1:15:42 37 Ivana Iozzia 1:15:46 38 Laura Turner 1:16:11 39 Tina Connelly 1:16:12 40 María Luisa Lárraga 1:16:12 41 Dolores Pulido 1:16:19 42 Rosângela Faria 1:16:28 43 Jenny Spangler 1:16:41 44 Rosa Barbosa 1:16:48 45 María José Pueyo 1:16:50 46 Stephanie Bylander 1:16:58 47 Yesenia Centeno 1:17:48 48 Dorothy McMaham 1:18:44 49 Lisa Harvey 1:19:03 50 Alla Zhilyayeva 1:19:25 51 Marcella Mancini 1:19:30 52 Debbie Robinson/Mason 1:19:32 53 Michelle Lafleur 1:20:36 54 Lourdes Cruz 1:22:04 55 Nili Avramski 1:22:34 56 Feri Marince Subnafeu 1:23:41 NR 57 Yolanda Mercado 1:25:09 58 Kerstin Mennenga 1:25:29 59 Vivian Tang 1:26:50 NR 60 Mable Chiwama 1:28:45 61 Tamica Thomas 1:31:41 NR 62 Merrecia James 1:31:54 PB 63 Chao Fong Leng 1:35:08 NR 64 Mona Mahmoud 1:36:55 — Eyerusalem Kuma DNF — Zahia Dahmani DNF — Hafida Gadi-Richard DNF — Arieta Martin DNF — Salina Kosgei DNF — Selenge Avdiigerel DNS — Zuleima Amaya DNS

Team Results Men's Rank Country Team Time Sileshi SihineAbebe DinkessaLishan Yegezu 3:06:18 Yonas KifleYared AsmeronTesfayohannes Mesfen 3:07:05 Kazuo IetaniTakayuki MatsumiyaTakanobu Otsubo 3:08:30 4 Mubarak Hassan ShamiSultan Khamis ZamanAhmed Jumaa Jaber 3:08:46 5 James Mwangi MachariaPaul KimaiyoJulius Kibet 3:09:32 6 Ryan ShayJason HartmannMatt Downin 3:11:38 7 Norman DlomoSylvester MolekoJeffrey Gwebu 3:12:15 8 Antonio PeñaFernando ReyJavier Cortés 3:14:56 9 Keenetse MoswasiKaelo MosalagaeNdabili Bashingili 3:17:27 10 Wilson BusieneiNicolas KipronoJames Kibet 3:18:47 11 Jeremy DeereMatthew McInnesAndrew Smith 3:20:10 12 Raúl MoraCarlos JaramilloLeonidas Rivadeneira 3:21:34 13 Ayele SetegneAsaf BimroMukat Derbe 3:21:43 14 Rupert GreenGregory McKenzieAndrew Gutzmore 3:41:22 15 Curtis CoxRichard JonesMichael Alexander 3:56:29 — José SouzaJosé EloyElson Gracioli DNF

Women's Rank Country Team Time Constantina Diţă-TomescuMihaela BotezanNuța Olaru 3:31:00 Galina BogomolovaLidiya GrigoryevaIrina Timofeyeva 3:33:05 Terumi AsoshinaHiromi OminamiYoko Yagi 3:35:42 4 Merima HashimDerartu TuluLetay Nagash 3:36:04 5 Mara YamauchiHayley HainingSusan Partridge 3:40:08 6 Lioudmila KortchaguinaNicole StevensonTara Quinn-Smith 3:42:39 7 Deborah TonioloVincenza SicariIvana Iozzia 3:43:55 8 María Luisa LárragaDolores PulidoMaría José Pueyo 3:49:21 9 Laura TurnerJenny SpanglerStephanie Bylander 3:49:50 — Christelle DaunayCarmen OliverasZahia Dahmani DNF — Tamica ThomasMerrecia JamesArieta Martin DNF — Susan ChepkemeiCaroline KilelSalina Kosgei DNF

Participation The participation of 156 athletes (87 men/69 women) from 43 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from , , and did not show.

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See also 2005 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official website