The 1994 IAAF World Road Relay Championships was the second edition of the global, international marathon relay competition, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).IAAF World Road Relay Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-08-22. The event took place on 16–17 April on a 5-kilometre circuit in Litochoro, Greece with the participation of 240 athletes (162 men and 78 women) from 23 nations. The women's race took place on Saturday 16 April and the men's race took place on Sunday 17 April.Past Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
Each national team consisted of six athletes, who alternately covered six stages to complete the 42.195 km marathon distance. The first, third and fifth stages were of 5 km, the second and fourth stages were of 10 km, and the final stage covered the remaining 7.195 km.IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
In the women's race, Askale Bereda and Derartu Tulu ran the fastest times of the first two stages to establish a 40-second lead for Ethiopia. On the third leg, Yelena Kopytova made up this deficit to give the Russians a 6-second lead. Her compatriots Olga Churbanova and Yelena Romanova won the final two stages to take gold for Russia in a time of 2:17:19 hours. Ethiopia were a comfortable second in 2:19:09 hours, while Romania took third nine seconds behind with the help of fourth stage winner Anuța Cătună.
In the men's race, Worku Bikila gained a five-second lead for Ethiopia in the first leg. A fast second leg from Joseph Kibor, saw Kenya take the lead by 12 seconds. Hicham El Guerrouj made up half a minute on the third leg to take the lead for Morocco. Salah Hissou and Brahim Boutayeb won the next two stages to cement the lead for Morocco resulting in a championship record time of 1:57:56 hours. Just under a minute behind were Ethiopia in 1:58:51, courtesy of leg six winner Haile Gebrselassie. Kenya finished a clear third in 2:00:51 hours.
Medal summary Men's race Brahim JabbourElarbi KhattabiHicham El GuerroujSalah HissouBrahim BoutayebKhalid Skah 1:57:56 Worku BikilaBadilu KibretAbraham AssefaFita BayisaChala KeleleHaile Gebrselassie 1:58:51 Peter NdiranguJoseph KiborClement KiprotichPaul YegoJohn KipronoSimon Rono 2:00:51Women's race Tatyana PentukovaNadezhda StepanovaYelena KopytovaNatalya SolominskayaYelena RomanovaOlga Churbanova 2:17:19 Askale BeredaDerartu TuluLeila AmanGadissie EdatoBirhan DagneAsha Gigi 2:19:09 Daniela PetrescuAlina GherasimMariana ChirilaAnuța CătunăFlorina PanăIulia Olteanu 2:19:18
Stage winners Stage Distance Men Time Women Time 1 5 km 13:30 16:05 2 10 km 28:19 32:26 3 5 km 13:43 15:45 4 10 km 27:57 33:16 5 5 km 13:53 15:48 6 7.195 km 19:27 23:14
Results Men's race RankTeamTime 1 Brahim JabbourElarbi KhattabiHicham El GuerroujSalah HissouBrahim BoutayebKhalid Skah 1:57:56 2 Worku BikilaBadilu KibretAbraham AssefaFita BayisaChala KeleleHaile Gebrselassie 1:58:51 3 Peter NdiranguJoseph KiborClement KiprotichPaul YegoJohn KipronoSimon Rono 2:00:51 4 Musa GwanzuraBigboy GoromonziBrighton ChipereWinstone MuzuniKingstone MaringeTendai Chimusasa 2:01:42 5 Keith CullenDave ClarkePaul TaylorMartin JonesColin MooreBarry Royden 2:02:12 6 Alessandro LambruschiniFrancesco BenniciGianni CrepaldiRenato GottiGiuliano BaccaniStefano Mei 2:02:39 7 Seiichi MiyajimaShinji KawashimaTeruo OgaJunji HaraguchiKoichi FujitaKozu Akutsu 2:02:52 8 Daniel FerreiraAdalberto GarcíaSergio da SilvaTomix da CostaEduardo do NascimentoClodoaldo do Carmo 2:03:23
Women's race RankTeamTime 1 Tatyana PentukovaNadezhda StepanovaYelena KopytovaNatalya SolominskayaYelena RomanovaOlga Churbanova 2:17:19 2 Askale BeredaDerartu TuluLeila AmanGadissie EdatoBirhan DagneAsha Gigi 2:19:09 3 Daniela PetrescuAlina GherasimMariana ChirilaAnuța CătunăFlorina PanăIulia Olteanu 2:19:18 4 Flavia GaviglioRosanna MunerottoPatrizia Di NapoliOrnella FerraraMarzia GazzettaSilvia Sommaggio 2:19:23 5 Carmen Ayala-TroncosoLori HewigSammie GdowskiInge SchuurmansCeci HoppLucy Nusrala 2:19:40 6 Svetlana MiroshnikTamara KobaZoya KaznovskayaIrina YagodinaTatyana BelovolTatyana Pozdnyakova 2:20:15 7 Wang RenmeiLiu JianyingWang QingfenWei LiChen XiuyingWang Xiujie 2:21:05 8 Marian SuttonVikki McPhersonTanya BlakeJoanna ThompsonSonia McGeorgeLaura Adam 2:21:52
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