1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 1999, in the city of Palermo, Italy. A total of 192 athletes, 119 men and 73 women, from 48 countries, took part. The course was traced through the historical centre of the town with the start/finish line on the "Foro Italico." A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.

Complete results were published.

Medallists IndividualMen 1:01:50 1:01:50 1:01:51 Women 1:08:48 1:09:12 1:09:23 TeamTeam Men 3:06:01 3:06:03 3:06:03Team Women 3:27:40 3:30:06 3:31:49

Race results

Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Paul Tergat 1:01:50 Hendrick Ramaala 1:01:50 Tesfaye Jifar 1:01:51 4 Abdellah Béhar 1:01:53 5 Eduardo Henriques 1:01:53 6 Abner Chipu 1:01:54 7 Laban Chege 1:01:54 8 Tesfaye Tola 1:01:56 9 Fekadu Degefu 1:02:16 10 Mluleki Nobanda 1:02:17 11 Sammy Korir 1:02:19 12 Gert Thys 1:02:24 13 Kamiel Maase 1:02:33 14 Toshiyuki Hayata 1:02:35 15 Faustin Baha 1:02:41 16 Gebremariam Gebremedhin 1:02:46 17 Philip Rugut 1:02:59 18 Rachid Berradi 1:03:03 19 Larbi Zéroual 1:03:05 20 Alberto Chaíça 1:03:08 21 Toshiaki Tezuka 1:03:20 22 Araya Berhane 1:03:24 23 Shigeru Aburaya 1:03:26 24 Rachid Ziar 1:03:32 25 Teodoro Cuñado 1:03:33 26 Javier Caballero 1:03:39 27 Mohamed Serbouti 1:03:41 28 Jafred Lorone 1:03:44 29 José Ramos 1:03:49 30 Tsuyoshi Ogata 1:03:50 31 Antonio Martins 1:03:55 32 Jumanne Tuluway 1:03:57 33 Antonio Serrano 1:03:58 34 Hakim Bagy 1:03:58 35 Koen Allaert 1:04:00 36 Giacomo Leone 1:04:00 37 Roberto Barbi 1:04:02 38 Aiduna Aitnafa 1:04:02 39 Said Boumhandi 1:04:10 40 Mark Steinle 1:04:11 41 Scott Larson 1:04:14 42 Alejandro Cuahtepizi 1:04:32 43 José Dias 1:04:32 44 Christian Nemeth 1:04:42 45 Vladimir Tsyamchik 1:04:44 46 John Sence 1:04:55 47 Kim Gillard 1:05:04 48 Marco Gielen 1:05:08 49 António Resende 1:05:11 50 Kevin Odiorne 1:05:19 51 Amar Dahbi 1:05:19 51 Kamal Kohil 1:05:19 52 Sebastiano Mazzara 1:05:20 53 Sebastian Bürklein 1:05:21 54 Ahmed Abd El-Mangoud 1:05:34 55 Pavel Loskutov 1:05:45 56 Rachid Boulenouar 1:05:47 57 Miguel Bravo 1:05:47 58 Nick Jones 1:05:57 59 Drago Paripović 1:05:58 60 Stéphane Rousseau 1:06:10 61 Delmir dos Santos 1:06:13 62 David Taylor 1:06:13 63 Alphonse Munyeshyaka 1:06:21 64 Masayuki Kobayashi 1:06:26 65 Borislav Dević 1:06:32 66 Francis Yiga 1:06:47 67 Oscar Fernández 1:06:50 68 Fouly Salem 1:06:50 69 Zarislav Gapeyenko 1:06:52 70 Christian Fischer 1:06:54 71 Sipho Dlamini 1:06:59 72 Jan Křižák 1:07:00 73 Toomas Tarm 1:07:08 74 Ali Awad 1:07:10 75 Ahmed Abdel Rasool Badry 1:07:17 76 Leszek Lewandowski 1:07:25 77 Margus Pirksaar 1:07:32 78 Pavel Faschingbauer 1:07:39 79 Isaiah Dlamini 1:07:42 80 Oliver Mintzlaff 1:07:42 81 Lucky Bhembe 1:07:44 82 Vasilios Zabélis 1:07:47 83 Glynn Tromans 1:07:49 84 Jeff Campbell 1:07:50 85 Job Sikoria 1:08:30 86 Michael Fietz 1:08:33 87 Francisco Bautista 1:08:38 88 Sokhibdjan Sharipov 1:08:50 89 Gabriel Mazimpaka 1:08:51 90 Nedeljko Ravić 1:08:55 91 António Zeferino 1:09:05 92 Seif Eldin El-Nur 1:09:10 93 Joseph Sterlino 1:09:27 94 Shadrack Hoff 1:09:44 95 Cordero Roy Vargas 1:10:02 96 Ahmed Boulahia 1:10:07 97 Ramiz Taipi 1:10:11 98 Mohamed Al-Khawlani 1:10:11 99 Vladimir Tonchinskiy 1:10:12 100 Ivica Škopac 1:10:13 101 Miguel Romero 1:13:19 102 Hussein Awada 1:13:35 103 Ihab Salama 1:13:41 104 Omar Abdel Latif 1:14:05 105 Weldon Johnson 1:14:58 106 Frederick Baldacchino 1:14:58 107 Khalid Al-Estashi 1:15:40 108 Vasiliy Andreyev 1:16:35 109 Abdel Salam Al-Dabaji 1:18:48 — Daniel Ferreira DNF — Geraldo Francisco de Assis DNF — Luíz Antônio dos Santos DNF — Michele Gamba DNF — Shem Kororia DNF — Ali Mohamad DNF — John Nada Saya DNF — Yevgeniy Nujdin DNF — Esmail Al-Dawla DNF — Silvio Guerra DNS — Nestor Jarni DNS — Ahmed Aly Aly DNS — Wael Anwar Adan DNS — José Luis Ebatela Nvó DNS — Diosdado Edjang Ndemesogo DNS — Sergey Zabavski DNS — Joseph Nsubuga DNS — Santino Diang DNS — Gabriel Ndour DNS — Malick Seck DNS — Medson Chibwe DNS — Vincent Hatuleke DNS — Sam Mfula Mwape DNS — Mohammed S.A. Salama DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Tegla Loroupe 1:08:48 Mizuki Noguchi 1:09:12 Catherine Ndereba 1:09:23 4 Joyce Chepchumba 1:09:29 5 Reiko Tosa 1:09:36 6 Valentina Yegorova 1:09:59 7 Elana Meyer 1:10:20 8 Luminița Talpoș 1:10:33 9 Lyudmila Biktasheva 1:10:35 10 Alina Ivanova 1:11:15 11 Hiromi Katayama 1:11:18 12 Constantina Diţă 1:11:22 13 Margaret Okayo 1:11:29 14 Derartu Tulu 1:11:33 15 Ana Isabel Alonso 1:11:38 16 Cristina Pomacu 1:11:45 17 Satomi Matsuo 1:11:48 18 Lyudmila Petrova 1:11:53 19 Agata Balsamo 1:11:58 20 Jane Omoro 1:12:10 21 Olivera Jevtić 1:12:32 22 Marian Sutton 1:12:36 23 Rosaria Console 1:12:46 24 María Abel 1:13:08 25 Lyubov Morgunova 1:13:25 26 Ritsuko Sasaki 1:13:26 27 Florinda Andreucci 1:13:33 28 Tereza Yohanes 1:13:38 29 Birhan Dagne 1:13:41 30 Fatima Hajjami 1:13:55 31 Gabrielle OʼRourke 1:14:12 32 Gitte Karlshøj 1:14:15 33 Lucilla Andreucci 1:15:05 34 Susan Michelsson 1:15:07 35 Mónica Pont 1:15:12 36 Alemitu Bekele 1:15:27 37 Marlene Fortunato 1:15:29 38 Teyba Erkesso 1:15:48 39 Michelle Byrne 1:15:55 40 Lynn Fitzsimmons 1:16:14 41 Christine McNamara 1:16:18 42 Marie Boyd 1:16:37 43 Annemette Jensen 1:16:47 44 Asegedech Gizaw 1:16:53 45 Silvana Trampuz 1:17:12 46 Stefanija Statkuvienė 1:17:30 47 Theresa du Toit 1:17:33 48 Jo Lodge 1:17:36 49 Krystyna Pieczulis 1:18:02 50 Azwindini Lukhwareni 1:18:28 51 Carlien Cornelissen 1:18:37 52 Shireen Crumpton 1:19:21 53 Kelly Liljeblad 1:19:23 54 Nili Avramski 1:20:20 55 Yeoryía Abatzídou 1:20:45 56 Dana Janecková 1:21:28 57 Vesna Stevanović 1:21:34 58 Sarah Mahlangu 1:22:01 59 Margarita Cabello 1:22:28 60 Tijana Pavičić 1:25:58 61 Slavica Brčić 1:25:59 62 Irina Matrosova 1:28:25 63 Kristinka Marković 1:30:24 64 Gina Coello 1:30:27 65 Yuliya Arfipova 1:35:45 66 Aleksandra Rodigina 1:35:45 — Carolyn Schuwalov DNF — Sonja Deckers DNF — Milka Mihailova DNF — Annick Clouvel DNF — Sonia Maccioni DNF — Iulia Olteanu DNF — Valentina Enaki DNS — Mable Chiwama DNS — Florina Pana DQ† †: Florina Pana from was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone and disqualified.

Team results

Men's Rank Country Team Time Hendrick RamaalaAbner ChipuMluleki Nobanda 3:06:01 Tesfaye JifarTesfaye TolaFekadu Degefu 3:06:03 Paul TergatLaban ChegeSammy Korir 3:06:03 4 Abdellah BéharLarbi ZéroualMohamed Serbouti 3:08:39 5 Eduardo HenriquesAlberto ChaíçaJosé Ramos 3:08:50 6 Toshiyuki HayataToshiaki TezukaShigeru Aburaya 3:09:21 7 Rachid BerradiGiacomo LeoneRoberto Barbi 3:11:05 8 Teodoro CuñadoJavier CaballeroAntonio Serrano 3:11:10 9 Kamiel MaaseAiduna AitnafaMarco Gielen 3:11:43 10 Scott LarsonJohn SenceKevin Odiorne 3:14:28 11 Rachid ZiarAmar DahbiKamal Kohil 3:14:10 12 Koen AllaertChristian NemethStéphane Rousseau 3:14:52 13 Mark SteinleNick JonesDavid Taylor 3:16:21 14 Alejandro CuahtepiziMiguel BravoFrancisco Bautista 3:18:57 15 Jafred LoroneFrancis YigaJob Sikoria 3:19:01 16 Ahmed Abd El-MangoudFouly SalemAhmed Abdel Rasool Badry 3:19:41 17 Sebastian BürkleinChristian FischerOliver Mintzlaff 3:19:57 18 Pavel LoskutovToomas TarmMargus Pirksaar 3:20:25 19 Vladimir TsyamchikZarislav GapeyenkoVladimir Tonchinskiy 3:21:48 20 Sipho DlaminiIsaiah DlaminiLucky Bhembe 3:22:25 21 Drago ParipovićNedeljko RavićIvica Škopac 3:25:06 22 Ali AwadHussein AwadaOmar Abdel Latif 3:34:50 — Delmir dos SantosDaniel FerreiraGeraldo Francisco de Assis DNF — Seif Eldin El-NurJoseph SterlinoAli Mohamad DNF — Faustin BahaJumanne TuluwayJohn Nada Saya DNF — Mohamed Al-KhawlaniKhalid Al-EstashiEsmail Al-Dawla DNF

Women's Rank Country Team Time Tegla LoroupeCatherine NderebaJoyce Chepchumba 3:27:40 Mizuki NoguchiReiko TosaHiromi Katayama 3:30:06 Valentina YegorovaLyudmila BiktashevaAlina Ivanova 3:31:49 4 Luminița TalpoșConstantina DiţăCristina Pomacu 3:33:40 5 Agata BalsamoRosaria ConsoleFlorinda Andreucci 3:38:17 6 Ana Isabel AlonsoMaría AbelMónica Pont 3:39:58 7 Derartu TuluTereza YohanesAlemitu Bekele Aga 3:40:38 8 Marian SuttonBirhan DagneJo Lodge 3:43:53 9 Elana MeyerTheresa du ToitAzwindini Lukhwareni 3:46:21 10 Michelle ByrneLynn FitzsimmonsChristine McNamara 3:48:27 11 Tijana PavičićSlavica BrčićKristinka Marković 4:22:21 12 Irina MatrosovaYuliya ArfipovaAleksandra Rodigina 4:39:55 — Susan MichelssonSilvana TrampuzCarolyn Schuwalov DNF

Participation The participation of 192 athletes (119 men/73 women) from 48 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from , , , and did not show.

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See also 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official website