2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships

The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for, with this competition replacing the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in the international sporting calendar. 140 athletes from 39 nations took part in the two races.iaaf.org - World Road Running Championships 2006 News

As well as individual honours, there is also a team event where the times of the first three runners home from each country are added together to produce the team standings. Only nations with at least three competitors entered in the race are eligible for this competition.

The race was notable for having the first disabled athlete to take part in a world championship athletics event. Mark Brown, who was competing for Gibraltar, lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1981.“Athletics opens up so many doors” – IAAF World Road Running Championships. IAAF.org. 2006-10-08

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.

The course

The total race distance was 20 kilometres, and consisted of four laps around a 5000-metre course. The race started and finished in front of the main building of the University of Debrecen (pictured left) on the northern edge of the city, and travelled in a clockwise direction around nearby parkland.

The runners started on Egyetem Square, outside the university, before heading around the circular Nagyerdei Avenue. Most of the course followed Nagyerdei Avenue, with two detours onto the roads inside the circle, passing the thermal baths and the Aquaticum Thermal & Wellness Hotel, before rounding the boating lake, passing the Nagyerdõ Stadium and the Hunguest Nagyerdõ Hotel. The race then headed back to Egyetem Square to complete the lap.

Medallists IndividualMen 56:01 56:41 57:15Women 1:03:21 1:03:23 1:03:47 TeamTeam Men 2:51:18 2:53:19 2:54:17Team Women 3:15:55 3:18:50 3:19:00

Race results Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team. Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Zersenay Tadesse 56:01 CR Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba 56:41 NR Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei 57:15 4 Wilson Busienei 57:21 NR 5 Wilfred Taragon 57:22 6 Deriba Merga 57:27 7 Tadesse Tola 57:27 8 Mubarak Hassan Shami 57:33 NR 9 Dieudonné Disi 57:42 NR 10 Yonas Kifle 57:49 11 Ryan Hall 57:54 12 Dickson Marwa 58:19 13 Martin Toroitich 58:26 14 Essa Ismail Rashed 58:31 15 Cuthbert Nyasango 58:43 16 Jamal Bilal Salem 58:55 17 Fred Mogaka 59:07 18 Lusapho April 59:09 19 James Theuri 59:11 20 Demssew Tsega 59:23 21 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 59:29 22 Iván Hierro 59:29 23 Migidio Bourifa 59:37 24 James Kibet 59:40 25 Antonello Petrei 59:45 26 Patrick Musyoki 59:54 27 Kazuo Ietani 59:56 28 Stephen Rogart 1:00:03 29 Sultan Khamis Zaman 1:00:07 30 Andrew Carlson 1:00:12 31 Moulay Ali Ouadih 1:00:15 32 Masayuki Tomura 1:00:24 33 Enos Matalane 1:00:25 34 Max King 1:00:26 35 Masatoshi Ibata 1:00:30 36 Ibrahim Fouliyeh 1:00:43 37 Juan Vargas 1:00:45 38 Henryk Szost 1:00:51 39 Iván Galán 1:00:55 40 Sergey Rybin 1:00:57 41 Francis Kirwa 1:00:57 42 João de Lima 1:00:59 43 Rafael Iglesias 1:01:00 44 Adriano Fortes 1:01:05 45 Martin Dent 1:01:15 46 Jussi Utriainen 1:01:24 47 Kahsay Kidane 1:01:34 48 Norman Dlomo 1:01:37 49 Fabio Mascheroni 1:01:38 50 Elson Gracioli 1:01:53 51 Pablo López 1:01:56 52 Juan Carlos Romero 1:01:57 53 Gian Marco Buttazzo 1:02:00 54 Tamás Tóth 1:02:04 55 Joseph Driscoll 1:02:11 57 Cian McLoughlin 1:02:22 58 Ernesto Zamora 1:02:23 59 Tomonori Michikata 1:02:29 60 Mphuthumi Ngedle 1:02:34 61 Balázs Csillag 1:02:45 62 George Mofokeng 1:02:59 63 Simon Munyutu 1:03:00 64 Mohamed Abou Serea 1:03:01 65 Kazuyoshi Shimozato 1:03:03 66 Alex Malinga 1:03:06 67 Christian Pflügl 1:03:07 68 Igor Teteryukov 1:03:14 68 Rik Ceulemans 1:03:14 69 Martin Beckmann 1:03:19 70 Joe McAlister 1:03:36 71 Solomon Tsige 1:03:48 72 Fernando Cabada Jr. 1:03:52 73 Aleksandr Moh 1:04:31 74 Roland Kedves 1:04:52 75 András Juhász 1:05:18 76 Dániel Soos 1:07:18 77 Wilson Aquiro 1:07:49 78 Mark Brown 1:12:11 79 Badboni El-Safadi 1:41:15 — Paulo dos Santos DNF — Yared Asmeron DNF — Lishan Yegezu DNF — Nicholas Kemboi DNF — Martin Hhaway Sulle DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Lornah Kiplagat 1:03:21 WR Constantina Diţă-Tomescu 1:03:23 NR Rita Sitienei Jeptoo 1:03:47 AR 4 Dire Tune 1:05:16 NR 5 Edith Masai 1:05:21 6 Kayoko Fukushi 1:05:32 NR 7 Yurika Nakamura 1:05:36 8 Natalya Berkut 1:05:42 9 Souad Aït Salem 1:06:11 10 Teyba Erkesso 1:06:15 11 Anikó Kálovics 1:06:20 12 Gulnara Vygovskaya 1:06:30 13 Natalya Kurbatova 1:06:33 14 Eunice Jepkorir 1:06:47 15 Irina Timofeyeva 1:07:10 16 Luminița Talpoș 1:07:11 17 Ashu Kasim 1:07:19 18 Anna Thompson 1:07:23 19 Ryoko Kizaki 1:07:52 20 Masami Sakata 1:08:13 21 Olesya Syreva 1:08:14 22 Simona Staicu 1:08:17 23 Alina Ivanova 1:08:27 24 Beáta Rakonczai 1:08:38 25 Mulu Seboka 1:08:59 26 Gloria Marconi 1:09:05 27 Susan Partridge 1:09:17 28 Lidia Șimon 1:09:22 29 Adriana Pirtea 1:09:30 30 Silvia Sommaggio 1:09:33 31 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu 1:09:37 32 Justyna Bąk 1:09:48 33 Paula Todoran 1:09:57 34 Živilė Balčiūnaitė 1:10:10 35 Ivana Iozzia 1:10:27 36 Selma Borst 1:10:37 37 Lisa Weightman 1:10:51 38 Wendy Nicholls/Jones 1:10:55 39 Hafida Gadi-Richard 1:11:07 40 Annie Bersagel 1:11:25 41 Ann Alyanak 1:11:48 42 Erin Nehus 1:11:51 43 Desireé Davila 1:11:56 44 Lauren Shelley 1:12:22 45 Maria Rodrigues 1:12:26 46 Yodit Mehari 1:12:27 47 Merel de Knegt 1:12:32 48 Sonja Friend-Uhl 1:12:41 49 Stefania Benedetti 1:12:57 50 Susana Díaz Escobar 1:13:09 51 Petra Teveli 1:13:24 52 Maria Silva 1:14:13 53 Rosa Barbosa 1:14:30 54 Antonia da Silva 1:15:16 55 Zsuzsanna Vajda 1:18:56 56 Sara Abou Hassan 1:19:55 57 Maria Laura Bazallo 1:20:58

Team results Men's Rank Country Team Time Robert Kipkorir KipchumbaWilson Kiprotich KebeneiWilfred Taragon 2:51:18 Zersenay TadesseYonas KifleTesfayohannes Mesfen 2:53:19 Deriba MergaTadesse TolaDemssew Tsega 2:54:17 4 Mubarak Hassan ShamiEssa Ismail RashedJamal Bilal Salem 2:54:59 5 Wilson BusieneiMartin ToroitichJames Kibet 2:55:27 6 Ryan HallAndrew CarlsonMax King 2:58:32 7 James TheuriMoulay Ali OuadihIbrahim Fouliyeh 3:00:09 8 Kazuo IetaniMasayuki TomuraMasatoshi Ibata 3:00:50 9 Migidio BourifaAntonello PetreiFabio Mascheroni 3:01:00 10 Lusapho AprilEnos MatalaneNorman Dlomo 3:01:11 11 Iván HierroIván GalánRafael Iglesias 3:01:24 12 João de LimaAdriano FortesElson Gracioli 3:03:57 13 Tamás TóthBalázs CsillagRoland Kedves 3:09:41

Women's Rank Country Team Time Rita Sitienei JeptooEdith MasaiEunice Jepkorir 3:15:55 Dire TuneTeyba ErkessoAshu Kasim 3:18:50 Kayoko FukushiYurika NakamuraRyoko Kizaki 3:19:00 4 Constantina Diţă-TomescuLuminița TalpoșLidia Șimon 3:19:56 5 Gulnara VygovskayaNatalya KurbatovaIrina Timofeyeva 3:20:13 6 Anikó KálovicsSimona StaicuBeáta Rakonczai 3:23:15 7 Lornah KiplagatSelma BorstMerel de Knegt 3:26:30 8 Gloria MarconiSilvia SommaggioIvana Iozzia 3:29:05 9 Anna ThompsonLisa WeightmanLauren Shelley 3:30:36 10 Annie BersagelAnn AlyanakErin Nehus 3:35:04 11 Maria RodriguesMaria SilvaRosa Barbosa 3:41:09

Participation The participation of 140 athletes (83 men/57 women) from 39 countries is reported.

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See also 2006 in athletics (track and field) IAAF Road running

References

External links IAAF World Road Running Championships - Debrecen 2006 - History debrecen2006.hu, website of the race organisers