2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday 12 October 2008 , IAAF.org, Retrieved 2008-02-06

This event was first announced as the 2008 IAAF World Road Running Championships, but in November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the IAAF World Road Running Championships would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

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.

Medallists IndividualMen 59:56 1:01:54 1:01:57 Women 1:08:37 1:09:57 1:10:01 TeamTeam Men 3:07:24 3:09:40 3:10:52Team Women 3:30:59 3:31:24 3:40:58

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 59:56 CR Patrick Makau Musyoki 1:01:54 Ahmed Hassan Abdullah 1:01:57 SB 4 Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott 1:01:58 5 Yusei Nakao 1:02:05 6 Dieudonné Disi 1:03:03 7 Abebe Dinkessa 1:03:04 8 Marilson dos Santos 1:03:14 9 Joseph Maregu 1:03:32 10 Essa Ismail Rashed 1:03:57 PB 11 Sylvain Rukundo 1:04:02 SB 12 Michael Tesfay 1:04:04 SB 13 Eshetu Wondemu 1:04:11 14 Raji Assefa 1:04:32 15 Ignacio Cáceres 1:04:39 16 Michael Shelley 1:04:44 17 Pedro Mora 1:04:45 SB 18 Dereje Tesfaye 1:04:57 19 Ali Dawoud Sedam 1:04:58 SB 20 Giomar da Silva 1:05:07 SB 21 Jason Lehmkuhle 1:05:17 22 Tshamano Setone 1:05:20 23 Anatoliy Rybakov 1:05:38 24 James Theuri 1:05:38 25 Mogos Ahferom 1:05:40 PB 26 Iván Galán 1:05:42 27 João de Lima 1:05:46 28 Franck de Almeida 1:05:52 SB 29 Yemane Teame 1:05:56 PB 30 Yevgeniy Rybakov 1:05:59 31 Andrew Smith 1:06:10 32 Yukihiro Kitaoka 1:06:26 33 Mikhail Lemaev 1:06:35 34 Javier Díaz 1:06:37 35 Rod Koborsi 1:06:46 36 Sultan Khamis Zaman 1:06:50 SB 37 Kazuo Ietani 1:06:57 38 Keenetse Moswasi 1:07:08 SB 39 Jeffrey Gwebu 1:07:08 40 Felix Kibore 1:07:10 PB 41 Kaelo Mosalagae 1:07:12 SB 42 Jorge Cabrera 1:07:26 SB 43 Dmitriy Semyonov 1:07:40 44 Fabrice Jaouen 1:07:41 45 Gervais Hakizimana 1:07:57 46 Cristinel Irimia 1:08:11 47 Jesper Faurschou 1:08:14 48 Artur Kozłowski 1:08:24 49 Tetsuo Nishimura 1:08:34 50 Vladimir Guerra 1:08:36 51 Ivanildo dos Anjos 1:08:38 52 Moorosi Soke 1:08:41 53 Steve Sundell 1:08:47 54 Lameck Mosoti 1:08:49 55 Ulises Sanguinetti 1:09:08 56 Rolando Pillco 1:09:51 PB 57 Stéphane Joly 1:09:56 PB 58 Cleveland Forde 1:10:20 PB 59 Kabo Gabaseme 1:10:33 SB 60 Miguel Ángel Almachi 1:10:34 PB 61 Didimo Sánchez 1:10:36 62 Julien Moreau 1:10:40 63 Siphesihle Mdluli 1:10:47 SB 64 Ernesto Zamora 1:11:01 SB 65 Vasyl Matviychuk 1:11:12 66 Oswaldo Belandria 1:11:23 67 Stephen Mokoka 1:11:45 68 Wilson Videla 1:11:53 69 Mark Tucker 1:12:04 SB 70 Julio César Pérez 1:12:42 SB 71 Richard Jones 1:13:01 SB 72 Paulo Buenaño 1:13:02 73 Patrick Gildea 1:14:06 74 Gustavo Comba 1:14:35 75 Thibaud Naël 1:14:50 76 Fernando Blanco 1:14:50 77 Wang Enjun 1:15:19 PB 78 Gustavo López 1:15:33 PB 79 Alejandro Cuahtepizi 1:16:53 SB 80 Bernardo Jiménez 1:17:39 81 Guido Benedetti 1:17:44 82 Delvis Sánchez 1:18:02 83 Masato Kihara 1:20:05 84 Ryan Kirkpatrick 1:20:50 85 Chan Chan Kit 1:25:14 86 Dario Nuñez 1:28:24 — Deriba Merga DNF — Mekubo Mogusu DNF — Tim Rogers DNF — Lindihaya Mthangayi DNF — Samson Kiflemariam DNS — Jussi Utriainen DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Lornah Kiplagat 1:08:37 SB Aselefech Mergia 1:09:57 PB Pamela Chepchumba 1:10:01 4 Genet Getaneh 1:10:03 PB 5 Peninah Arusei 1:10:12 6 Abebu Gelan 1:10:59 PB 7 Julia Mombi Muraga 1:11:11 8 Atsede Habtamu 1:11:13 9 Luminița Talpoș 1:11:16 SB 10 Yukiko Akaba 1:11:39 11 Meseret Mengistu 1:12:03 PB 12 Furtuna Zegergish 1:12:16 SB 13 Dulce Félix 1:12:56 14 Pauline Ngigi 1:12:58 15 Yesenia Centeno 1:13:01 16 Azucena Díaz 1:13:30 17 Maria Baldaia 1:13:42 SB 18 Olesya Syreva 1:14:08 19 Miki Ohira 1:14:27 20 Lyudmila Biktasheva 1:14:33 21 Melissa White 1:14:37 22 Yuko Machida 1:14:52 23 Ikuyo Yamashita 1:15:05 24 Dorothy McMaham 1:15:14 25 Kristen Nicolini 1:15:15 26 Angeline Nyiransabimana 1:15:23 SB 27 Stephanie Herbst 1:15:25 PB 28 Maria Sig Møller 1:15:30 29 Rosa Godoy 1:15:31 PB 30 Jill Steffens 1:16:02 PB 31 Christine Bardelle 1:16:17 32 Dorota Gruca-Giezek 1:16:46 33 María Díaz 1:16:52 NR 34 Marizete dos Santos 1:17:04 SB 35 Maria Isabel Montilla 1:17:19 36 Yolanda Fernández 1:17:27 37 Sharon Tavengwa 1:18:30 38 Yamna Oubouhou 1:18:39 39 Angélica Sánchez 1:18:49 40 Wendy Nicholls/Jones 1:18:52 41 Zenaida Maldonado 1:19:28 PB 42 Zuleima Amaya 1:20:01 43 Tatyana Khmeleva-Aryasova 1:20:06 44 Judith Ramírez 1:20:18 45 Edielza Guimarães 1:20:25 46 Sonia Calizaya 1:20:34 SB 47 Michelle Ross-Cope 1:20:43 48 Oksana Sklyarenko 1:21:11 SB 49 Roxana Preussler 1:22:29 50 Estela María Martínez 1:22:51 51 Magdalena Luca 1:23:37 52 Mileydy Jaimes 1:23:38 53 Susana Rebolledo 1:24:18 54 Jiang Chengcheng 1:26:20 SB 55 Paula Todoran 1:27:51 56 Rosa America Rodríguez 1:28:49 57 Rosângela Faria 1:29:11 58 Andreina De La Rosa 1:29:30 PB 59 Marisol Redón 1:31:20 SB 60 Chao Fong Leng 1:38:08 SB — Marizete Rezende DNF — Carmen Vallés DNF — Alina Ivanova DNF — Ntombesintu Mfunzi DNF — Johanna van Schalkwyk DNF

Team results

Men's Rank Country Team Time Patrick Makau MusyokiStephen Kipkoech KibiwottJoseph Maregu 3:07:24 Zersenay TadesseMichael TesfayMogos Ahferom 3:09:40 Ahmed Hassan AbdullahEssa Ismail RashedAli Dawoud Sedam 3:10:52 4 Abebe DinkessaEshetu WondemuRaji Assefa 3:11:47 5 Marilson dos SantosGiomar da SilvaJoão de Lima 3:14:07 6 Dieudonné DisiSylvain RukundoGervais Hakizimana 3:15:02 7 Yusei NakaoYukihiro KitaokaKazuo Ietani 3:15:28 8 Ignacio CáceresIván GalánJavier Díaz 3:16:58 9 Anatoliy RybakovYevgeniy RybakovMikhail Lemaev 3:18:12 10 Jason LehmkuhleRod KoborsiSteve Sundell 3:20:50 11 Tshamano SetoneJeffrey GwebuMoorosi Soke 3:21:09 12 James TheuriFabrice JaouenJulien Moreau 3:23:59 13 Keenetse MoswasiKaelo MosalagaeKabo Gabaseme 3:24:53 14 Pedro MoraDidimo SánchezOswaldo Belandria 3:26:44 15 Vladimir GuerraMiguel Ángel AlmachiPaulo Buenaño 3:32:12 16 Ulises SanguinettiWilson VidelaGustavo Comba 3:35:36

Women's Rank Country Team Time Aselefech MergiaGenet GetanehAbebu Gelan 3:30:59 Pamela ChepchumbaPeninah AruseiJulia Mombi Muraga 3:31:24 Yukiko AkabaMiki OhiraYuko Machida 3:40:58 4 Melissa WhiteDorothy McMahamKristen Nicolini 3:45:06 5 Olesya SyrevaLyudmila BiktashevaTatyana Khmeleva-Aryasova 3:48:47 6 Maria BaldaiaMarizete dos SantosEdielza Guimarães 3:51:11 7 Rosa GodoyRoxana PreusslerEstela María Martínez 4:00:51 8 Maria Isabel MontillaZuleima AmayaMileydy Jaimes 4:00:58 — María DíazZenaida MaldonadoCarmen Vallés DNF

Participation The participation of 155 athletes (90 men/65 women) from 42 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from did not show.

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See also 2008 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links iaaf.org - IAAF/CIAXA World Half Marathon Championships - Rio 2008