The IAAF World Road Relay Championships was a biennial international athletics competition in long-distance relay running. First organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1992, the championship ran for four editions, with its last one occurring in 1998.IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2004-03-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.Istanbul 2012 (pg. 195). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
The relay format was based on the ekiden races native to Japan, where six runners team up for legs of varying length to cover the classic 42.195 km marathon distance. The first, third and fifth legs were of 5 km each, the second and fourth legs were 10 km each, and the final leg covered the remaining 7.195 km.4th IAAF World Road Relay Championships - highlights of the event to be broadcast world-wide from the heart of Amazonia . IAAF (1998-04-08). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
The first edition saw the Kenyan men's team break the world record for the ekiden relay with a run of 2:00:02 hours. The Moroccan team at the following edition improved this further with a world and championship record time of 1:57:56 hours. The Ethiopian women's team set the championship record of 2:16:04 hours in 1996 and retained their title the following year. Kenya and Ethiopia were the most successful nations at the event – Kenya took three men's titles, as well as a women's silver and a men's bronze, while Ethiopia had two women's titles, three silver medals and one bronze medal.
The competition was preceded by the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay – a one-off race held in 1986 in Hiroshima.IAAF World Road Relay Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
Editions
EditionYearLocationDateMen's teamsWomen's teamsAthletes–1986Hiroshima, Japan30 November UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-17.1st1992Funchal, Portugal9–10 May1382nd1994Litochoro, Greece16–17 April2403rd1996Copenhagen, Denmark13–14 April25122104th1998Manaus, Brazil18–19 April2512222
Medallists Men 1986L'Ethiopie à Hiroshima . La Liberté (1986-12-03). Retrieved 2020-06-17.Wodajo BultiDebebe DemisseBekele DebeleFeyisa MeleseAbebe Mekonnen 1:59:11Carl ThackeryJon SollyMark ScruttonDavid ClarkeKarl Harrison 1:59:14OceaniaSteve MoneghettiDavid BurridgeAndrew LloydChris TobinAdam Hoyle 2:00:121992Eliud BarngetunyWilliam KoechEzekiel BitokWilliam SigeiRichard TumWilliam Mutwol 2:00:02 WRCarlos PatrícioDionísio CastroAlberto MaravilhaJuvenal RibeiroJuan Carlos MonteroDomingos Castro 2:01:34Carl UdallDavid ClarkeJohn MayockColin WalkerJohn SherbanDavid Lewis 2:02:341994Brahim JabbourEl-Arbi KhattabiHicham El GuerroujSalah HissouBrahim BoutayebKhalid Skah 1:57:56 WR CRWorku BikilaBadilu KibretAbraham AssefaFita BayisaChala KeleleHaile Gebrselassie 1:58:51Peter NdiranguJoseph KiborClement KiprotichPaul YegoJohn KipronoSimon Rono 2:00:511996Simon RonoJoseph KimaniMark YatichStephen KirwaDavid KiprutoWilliam Kiptum 2:00:40Wander MouraVanderlei de LimaEdgar de OliveiraDelmir dos SantosTomix da CostaRonaldo da Costa 2:01:24Lemi ErpassaKidane GebremichaelSisay BezebahAbraham AssefaTegenu AbebeWorku Bikila 2:01:501998John KibowenPaul KoechBenjamin LimoThomas NyarikiJohn KosgeiPaul Kosgei 2:01:13Million WoldeAyele MezgebuBerhanu AldaneTesfaye TolaFita BayisaAlene Emire 2:03:47Elenilson da SilvaTomix da CostaRonaldo da CostaDaniel FerreiraLeonardo GuedesSergio da Silva 2:04:50
Women 1986Lorraine MollerHazel StewartMary O'ConnorSusan BruceAnne AudainAnn Hare 2:18:18Tatyana KazankinaMarina RodchenkovaLyudmila MatveyevaSvetlana GuskovaOlga BondarenkoTatyana Samolenko 2:18:33Martha CookseyFrancie SmithLisa BradyCharly HaversatDiane BrewerJudy McCreery 2:19:111992Fernanda MarquesAurora CunhaFelicidade SenaConceição FerreiraFátima NevesFernanda Ribeiro 2:20:14Berit WormDorthe RasmussenAnita PalshøjAino SlejNina ChristiansenBettina Andersen 2:24:42Begoña HerraezCarmen BrunetCristina NogueAna Isabel AlonsoRocío RíosRosa Perez 2:25:061994Tatyana PentukovaNadezhda GalliamovaElena KavakliogluNatalya SorokivaskayaYelena RomanovaOlga Churbanova 2:17:19Askale BeredaDerartu TuluLeila AmanGadissie EdatoBirhan DagneAsha Gigi 2:19:09Daniela BranAlina TecuţaMariana ChirilaAnuța CătunăFlorina PanăIulia Negură 2:19:181996Genet GebregiorgisBirhane AdereAyelech WorkuGete WamiGetenesh UrgeLuchia Yishak 2:16:04 CRIulia IonescuMariana ChirilaLelia DeselnecuIulia NegurăLuminita GogârleaElena Fidatov 2:18:41Yukiko OkamotoNaomi SakashitaAi FukuchiIkuyo GotoNoriko UraEri Yamaguchi 2:18:581998Yimenashu TayeGete WamiGenet GebregiorgisAsha GigiAyelech WorkuMerima Denboba 2:21:15Jackline MarangaJane OmoroLeah MalotSusan ChepkemeiNaomi MugoSally Barsosio 2:21:49Stela OlteanuAlina TecuţaMariana ChirilaCristina PomacuConstantina DiţăLuminita Gogârlea 2:24:13
Medal table NB: Excludes World Challenge Road Relay medals
References
List of medallists IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2004-03-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
External links 1998 official website Past Championships