2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 2003 in Vilamoura, Portugal. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part. 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 1:00:49 1:00:52 1:00:56 Women 1:07:35 1:09:02 1:09:26 TeamTeam Men 3:03:01 3:03:09 3:07:34Team Women 3:30:16 3:34:23 3:35:07

Race results Men's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Martin Lel 1:00:49 PB Fabiano Joseph 1:00:52 PB Martin Sulle 1:00:56 PB 4 John Cheruiyot Korir 1:01:02 5 John Yuda 1:01:13 6 Yusuf Songoka 1:01:18 7 Zersenay Tadesse 1:01:26 PB 8 Jackson Koech 1:01:28 PB 9 Tesfaye Tola 1:01:35 10 Ridouane Harroufi 1:02:46 11 Dereje Adere 1:02:47 12 Abderrahim Goumri 1:02:59 13 Paulo Gomes 1:03:00 PB 14 Kazuyuki Maeda 1:03:07 15 Wilson Busienei 1:03:08 16 Mesfin Hailu 1:03:12 17 Tariku Jufar 1:03:23 18 Rachid Aït Bensalem 1:03:37 19 Abdelghani Lahlali 1:03:37 20 Oscar Fernández 1:03:41 21 Alex Malinga 1:03:41 PB 22 Saïd Belhout 1:03:48 PB 23 Tekle Menghisteab 1:03:49 24 Ignacio Cáceres 1:03:52 SB 25 Brian Sell 1:03:53 PB 26 Mostafa Errebbah 1:03:54 27 Rachid El-Ghanmouni 1:04:00 28 Tarik Bouzid 1:04:01 29 Tesfayohannes Mesfen 1:04:10 PB 30 Mustafa Mohamed 1:04:14 31 Mohamed Serbouti 1:04:17 32 Toshinari Suwa 1:04:18 33 Solomon Tsige 1:04:19 34 Ottaviano Andriani 1:04:23 35 Sergio Chiesa 1:04:34 36 Odilón Cuahutle 1:04:41 37 Masahiko Takeyasu 1:04:46 38 José Dias 1:04:48 39 Rik Ceulemans 1:04:50 40 Wataru Okutani 1:04:51 41 Joachim Nshimirimana 1:04:54 42 Said Hank 1:04:55 43 Martin Toroitich 1:04:57 44 Eduardo Rojas 1:05:17 45 Iván Sánchez 1:05:20 SB 46 Karl Rasmussen 1:05:22 47 Kamal Kohil 1:05:48 48 Francesco Ingargiola 1:05:53 49 Scott Westcott 1:05:57 50 Jussi Utriainen 1:05:59 51 Teren Jameson 1:06:08 52 José Alejandro Semprún 1:06:21 53 Franklin Tenorio 1:06:23 54 Fabio Rinaldi 1:06:26 55 Mark Tucker 1:06:28 56 Cian McLoughlin 1:06:48 57 Rachid Boulenouar 1:07:04 58 Claes Nyberg 1:07:12 59 Wim Borms 1:07:18 60 Scott Strand 1:07:32 61 Pedro Mora 1:07:39 62 Christian Nemeth 1:07:50 63 Francis Yiga 1:07:51 64 Jesús Primo 1:08:02 65 Sun Wenli 1:08:19 66 Zheng Kai 1:09:06 67 Paulo Catarino 1:09:08 68 Ivica Škopac 1:09:11 69 Francisco Roldán 1:09:42 70 António Zeferino 1:09:45 71 Augusto Gomes 1:09:49 72 John Buhagiar 1:11:04 NR 73 Wang Xiangfeng 1:11:26 74 Polibio Méndez 1:11:31 75 César Condori 1:11:36 76 Appachu Chinnappa 1:11:36 77 Kennady Chinna Ramu 1:11:42 78 Artyom Tetenkin 1:11:47 79 Matt Thull 1:12:26 80 Pablo Gardiol 1:12:32 81 Alexei Scutaru 1:12:53 82 Charles Cilia 1:13:03 83 Sechaba Bohosi 1:15:44 84 Que Yin Tik 1:17:57 85 Naseer Ismail 1:21:55 NR 86 Mok Bon Thouen 1:25:46 — José Alberto Montenegro DNF — William Amorin DNF — Buenaventura Yanez DNF — Richard Muscat DNF — Michael Sánchez DNF — Shashi Prakash DNF — Lok Wai Kin DNF — Mohamed El-Hattab DNF — Luís Jesús DNF — Manuel Magalhães DNF — Simon Labiche DNF — Ryan Kirkpatrick DNF — Clotairs Ngoma DNS — Sydney Pioh DNS — Kenta Oshima DNS — Paul Kiprop Kirui DNS — Jafred Lorone DNS

Women's Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Paula Radcliffe 1:07:35 Berhane Adere 1:09:02 Benita Johnson 1:09:26 4 Lidiya Grigoryeva 1:09:32 PB 5 Constantina Diţă-Tomescu 1:10:05 6 Alla Zhilyayeva 1:10:13 7 Lyudmila Biktasheva 1:10:31 PB 8 Susan Chepkemei 1:10:35 9 Mikie Takanaka 1:10:36 10 Alina Ivanova 1:10:59 PB 11 Helena Javornik 1:11:17 12 Sylvia Mosqueda 1:11:22 13 Takako Kotorida 1:11:37 14 Yesenia Centeno 1:11:53 15 Luminița Talpoș 1:12:02 16 Risa Hagiwara 1:12:10 17 Galina Bogomolova 1:12:12 18 Corinne Raux 1:12:17 19 Yumiko Hara 1:12:21 20 Bruna Genovese 1:12:38 PB 21 Teyba Erkesso 1:12:43 22 Malika Asahssah 1:12:49 23 Nuta Olaru 1:13:00 24 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel 1:13:34 SB 25 Teresa Récio 1:13:42 PB 26 Beatriz Santíago 1:13:44 27 Rosemary Ryan 1:13:45 PB 28 Živilė Balčiūnaitė 1:13:47 SB 29 Rosaria Console 1:13:54 30 Kan Yongying 1:13:56 31 Kenza Wahbi 1:14:05 32 Anna Incerti 1:14:08 33 Christelle Daunay 1:14:11 34 Kathy Butler 1:14:17 35 Magdeline Chemjor 1:14:42 36 Derebe Alemu 1:14:52 37 Hayley Yelling 1:14:52 38 Nebiat Habtemariam 1:14:54 PB 39 Souad Aït Salem 1:15:07 PB 40 Magdalena Lewy 1:15:20 41 Salina Kosgei 1:15:41 42 Debbie Robinson/Mason 1:16:08 43 Noémie Flotté 1:16:28 44 Bev Jenkins 1:16:37 45 Patrizia Ritondo 1:16:49 46 Elisabete Lopes 1:16:58 PB 47 Ashu Kasim 1:17:29 48 Christine Clifton 1:17:40 49 Bouchra Chaabi 1:17:45 50 Analídia Torre 1:17:48 51 Fernanda Miranda 1:17:49 52 Sara Wells 1:18:03 53 Marily dos Santos 1:18:18 54 Sisay Measo 1:19:13 55 Liu Lixia 1:19:32 56 Nathalie Loubelle 1:21:23 57 Tatyana Belkina 1:21:55 58 Pushpa Devi 1:22:19 59 Sonia Lopes 1:24:59 60 Sylvie Mulle 1:25:51 61 Sarbjett Kaur 1:26:08 PB 62 Mamokete Lechela 1:27:01 63 Merceditas Cuevas 1:27:12 64 Giselle Camilleri 1:27:41 65 Lidija Rajčić 1:28:04 66 Moleboheng Mafata 1:29:05 67 Hidangmayum Devi 1:30:14 68 Olesia Orlova 1:37:40 — Luminita Zaituc DNF — Zhor El-Kamch DNF — Mihaela Botezan DNF — Iulia Olteanu/Negura DNF — Marla Runyan DNF — Ida Brunelle Kiyindou DNS — Katie Bayock DNS — Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai DNS

Team results Men's Rank Country Team Time Fabiano JosephMartin SulleJohn Yuda 3:03:01 Martin LelJohn Cheruiyot KorirYusuf Songoka 3:03:09 Tesfaye TolaDereje AdereMesfin Hailu 3:07:34 4 Ridouane HarroufiAbderrahim GoumriRachid Aït Bensalem 3:09:22 5 Zersenay TadesseTekle MenghisteabTesfayohannes Mesfen 3:09:25 6 Wilson BusieneiAlex MalingaMartin Toroitich 3:11:46 7 Abdelghani LahlaliTarik BouzidMohamed Serbouti 3:11:55 8 Kazuyuki MaedaToshinari SuwaMasahiko Takeyasu 3:12:11 9 Mostafa ErrebbahOttaviano AndrianiSergio Chiesa 3:12:51 10 Oscar FernándezIgnacio CáceresIván Sánchez 3:12:53 11 Saïd BelhoutSaid HankKamal Kohil 3:14:31 12 Paulo GomesJosé DiasPaulo Catarino 3:16:56 13 Brian SellTeren JamesonScott Strand 3:17:33 14 Odilón CuahutleEduardo RojasJesús Primo 3:18:00 15 Rik CeulemansWim BormsChristian Nemeth 3:19:58 16 Franklin TenorioFrancisco RoldánPolibio Méndez 3:27:36 17 Sun WenliZheng KaiWang Xiangfeng 3:28:51 — Appachu ChinnappaKennady Chinna RamuShashi Prakash DNF

Women's Rank Country Team Time Lidiya GrigoryevaAlla ZhilyayevaLyudmila Biktasheva 3:30:16 Mikie TakanakaTakako KotoridaRisa Hagiwara 3:34:23 Constantina Diţă-TomescuLuminița TalpoșNuta Olaru 3:35:07 4 Berhane AdereTeyba ErkessoDerebe Alemu 3:36:37 5 Paula RadcliffeKathy ButlerHayley Yelling 3:36:44 6 Yesenia CentenoTeresa RécioBeatriz Santíago 3:39:19 7 Corinne RauxFatiha Klilech-FauvelChristelle Daunay 3:40:02 8 Bruna GenoveseRosaria ConsoleAnna Incerti 3:40:40 9 Susan ChepkemeiMagdeline ChemjorSalina Kosgei 3:40:58 10 Sylvia MosquedaMagdalena LewyChristine Clifton 3:44:22 11 Malika AsahssahKenza WahbiBouchra Chaabi 3:44:39 12 Elisabete LopesAnalídia TorreFernanda Miranda 3:52:35 13 Pushpa DeviSarbjett KaurHidangmayum Devi 4:18:41

Participation The participation of 171 athletes (98 men/73 women) from 49 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from and did not show.

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See also 2003 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links Official website