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."[1] A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.[2][3]

1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition8th
DateOctober 3
Host cityPalermo, Sicily, Italy Italy
Events2
Participation192 athletes from
48 nations

Complete results were published.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men   Paul Tergat (KEN) 1:01:50   Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 1:01:50   Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) 1:01:51
Women   Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 1:08:48   Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 1:09:12   Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 1:09:23
Team
Team Men   South Africa 3:06:01   Ethiopia 3:06:03   Kenya 3:06:03
Team Women   Kenya 3:27:40   Japan 3:30:06   Russia 3:31:49

Race results

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Men's

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

Women's

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

: Florina Pana from   Romania was initially 4th (1:09:26), but tested positive for nandrolone[13] and disqualified.[14]

Team results

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Men's

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Rank Country Team Time
    South Africa Hendrick Ramaala
Abner Chipu
Mluleki Nobanda
3:06:01
    Ethiopia Tesfaye Jifar
Tesfaye Tola
Fekadu Degefu
3:06:03
    Kenya Paul Tergat
Laban Chege
Sammy Korir
3:06:03
4   France Abdellah Béhar
Larbi Zéroual
Mohamed Serbouti
3:08:39
5   Portugal Eduardo Henriques
Alberto Chaíça
José Ramos
3:08:50
6   Japan Toshiyuki Hayata
Toshiaki Tezuka
Shigeru Aburaya
3:09:21
7   Italy Rachid Berradi
Giacomo Leone
Roberto Barbi
3:11:05
8   Spain Teodoro Cuñado
Javier Caballero
Antonio Serrano
3:11:10
9   Netherlands Kamiel Maase
Aiduna Aitnafa
Marco Gielen
3:11:43
10   United States Scott Larson
John Sence
Kevin Odiorne
3:14:28
11   Algeria Rachid Ziar
Amar Dahbi
Kamal Kohil
3:14:10
12   Belgium Koen Allaert
Christian Nemeth
Stéphane Rousseau
3:14:52
13   Great Britain Mark Steinle
Nick Jones
David Taylor
3:16:21
14   Mexico Alejandro Cuahtepizi
Miguel Bravo
Francisco Bautista
3:18:57
15   Uganda Jafred Lorone
Francis Yiga
Job Sikoria
3:19:01
16   Egypt Ahmed Abd El-Mangoud
Fouly Salem
Ahmed Abdel Rasool Badry
3:19:41
17   Germany Sebastian Bürklein
Christian Fischer
Oliver Mintzlaff
3:19:57
18   Estonia Pavel Loskutov
Toomas Tarm
Margus Pirksaar
3:20:25
19   Belarus Vladimir Tsyamchik
Zarislav Gapeyenko
Vladimir Tonchinskiy
3:21:48
20   Swaziland Sipho Dlamini
Isaiah Dlamini
Lucky Bhembe
3:22:25
21   Croatia Drago Paripović
Nedeljko Ravić
Ivica Škopac
3:25:06
22   Lebanon Ali Awad
Hussein Awada
Omar Abdel Latif
3:34:50
  Brazil Delmir dos Santos
Daniel Ferreira
Geraldo Francisco de Assis
DNF
  Sudan Seif Eldin El-Nur
Joseph Sterlino
Ali Mohamad
DNF
  Tanzania Faustin Baha
Jumanne Tuluway
John Nada Saya
DNF
  Yemen Mohamed Al-Khawlani
Khalid Al-Estashi
Esmail Al-Dawla
DNF

Women's

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Rank Country Team Time
    Kenya Tegla Loroupe
Catherine Ndereba
Joyce Chepchumba
3:27:40
    Japan Mizuki Noguchi
Reiko Tosa
Hiromi Katayama
3:30:06
    Russia Valentina Yegorova
Lyudmila Biktasheva
Alina Ivanova
3:31:49
4   Romania Luminița Talpoș
Constantina Diţă
Cristina Pomacu
3:33:40
5   Italy Agata Balsamo
Rosaria Console
Florinda Andreucci
3:38:17
6   Spain Ana Isabel Alonso
María Abel
Mónica Pont
3:39:58
7   Ethiopia Derartu Tulu
Tereza Yohanes
Alemitu Bekele Aga
3:40:38
8   Great Britain Marian Sutton
Birhan Dagne
Jo Lodge
3:43:53
9   South Africa Elana Meyer
Theresa du Toit
Azwindini Lukhwareni
3:46:21
10   United States Michelle Byrne
Lynn Fitzsimmons
Christine McNamara
3:48:27
11   Croatia Tijana Pavičić
Slavica Brčić
Kristinka Marković
4:22:21
12   Uzbekistan Irina Matrosova
Yuliya Arfipova
Aleksandra Rodigina
4:39:55
  Australia Susan Michelsson
Silvana Trampuz
Carolyn Schuwalov
DNF

Participation

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The participation of 192 athletes (119 men/73 women) from 48 countries is reported.[4] Although announced, athletes from   Equatorial Guinea,   Moldova,   Senegal, and   Zambia did not show.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Palermo course, IAAF, archived from the original on 2012-10-04, retrieved September 7, 2013
  2. ^ Mackay, Duncan, Kenyans Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat win the 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, IAAF, archived from the original on 2012-10-04, retrieved September 7, 2013
  3. ^ Kenyans Tegla Loroupe and Paul Tergat win the 8th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, IAAF, October 2, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  4. ^ a b IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS - KAVARNA 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES - Incorporating the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010) & the IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006/2007 (PDF), IAAF, retrieved September 1, 2013
  5. ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Results - Men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
  6. ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  7. ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Results - Women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
  8. ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  9. ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Team Results - Men, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
  10. ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - men - team, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  11. ^ VIIIth IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Official Team Results - Women, IAAF, October 3, 1999, archived from the original on August 2, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2013
  12. ^ Results - World Half Marathon Championships - Palermo, ITALY 03 OCT 1999 - Half Marathon - women - team, IAAF, October 3, 1999, retrieved September 7, 2013
  13. ^ Pana tests positive for steroid, CNN Sports Illustrated, December 6, 1999, archived from the original on September 7, 2013, retrieved September 7, 2013
  14. ^ Larsson, Peter (March 28, 2010), All-time women's best half-marathon - performances annulled due to doping offense, Track and Field all-time Performances Homepage, retrieved September 7, 2013
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