1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 2nd IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships is an annual half marathon competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was contested from 1992 to 2005, and replaced by the IAAF World Road Running Championships, a 20 kilometres race which had its inaugural...

was held on October 3, 1993 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

Belgium

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. A total of 254 athletes, 133 men, 86 women and 35 juniors, from 49 countries took part.

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. In 1993, he had his biggest success by winning the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels, the next year followed by the first...	BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	1:00:06
2	Steve Moneghetti Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat...	AUS Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1:00:10
3	Carl Thackery	GBR United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1:00:54
4	Lameck Aguta Lameck Aguta Lameck Aguta is a former Kenyan marathon runner. He was the winner of the 101st Boston Marathon in 1997 with a time of 2:10:34 hours....	KEN Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...	1:01:15
5	Valdenor dos Santos	BRA Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	1:01:17
6	Antonio Silio Antonio Silio Antonio Fabián Silio Alaguire is a retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the bronze medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba...	ARG Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	1:01:35
7	John Andrews	AUS	1:01:37
8	Adam Motlagale	RSA South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...	1:01:42
9	Rainer Wachenbrunner	GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1:02:00
10	Jan Ikov	DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	1:02:02
11	Kozu Akutsu	JPN Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1:02:07
12	Kidane Gebrmichael	ETH Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...	1:02:10
13	Thomas Osano	KEN	1:02:10
14	Haruo Urata Haruo Urata is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His personal best in the men's 10,000 metres was 28:18.15, achieved at the 1991 World Championships...	JPN	1:02:12
15	Mark Flint	GBR	1:02:13

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	Kenya	Lamek Aguta (4th) Thomas Osano (13th) Joseph Cheromei (16th)
2	Australia	Steve Moneghetti Steve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat... (2nd) John Andrews (7th) Pat Carroll (35th)
3	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Carl Thackery (3rd) Mark Flint (15th) Dave Lewis (27th)

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Conceição Ferreira Conceição Ferreira Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:...	POR Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	1:10:07
2	Mari Tanigawa	JPN	1:10:09
3	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....	KEN	1:10:12
4	Miyoko Takahashi	JPN	1:10:15
5	Elena Murgoci Elena Murgoci Elena Murgoci-Florea was a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race....	ROM Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	1:10:17
6	Anuţa Cătună Anuta Catuna Anuţa Cătună is a former female long-distance runner from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:* *...	ROM	1:10:39
7	Iulia Negura	ROM	1:11:22
8	Albertina Machado	POR	1:11:39
9	Adriana Barbu Adriana Barbu Adriana Barbu is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.Barbu is best known for winning the bronze medal in the classic distance at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, clocking 2:30.55...	ROM	1:11:52
10	Akari Takemoto	JPN	1:11:58
11	Maria Luisa Muñoz	ESP Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	1:12:04
12	Suzanne Rigg	GBR	1:12:07
13	Natalya Galushko	BEL Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	1:12:08
14	Annick Clouvel	FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1:12:12
15	Rosa Oliveira	POR	1:12:26

Team


Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Romania	Elena Murgoci Elena Murgoci Elena Murgoci-Florea was a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.... (5th) Anuţa Cătună Anuta Catuna Anuţa Cătună is a former female long-distance runner from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:* *... (6th) Iulia Negura (7th)
2	Japan	Mari Tanigawa (2nd) Miyoko Takahashi (4th) Akari Takemoto (10th)
3	Portugal	Conceição Ferreira Conceição Ferreira Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:... (1st) Albertina Machado (8th) Rosa Oliveira (15th)

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Meck Mothuli	RSA	1:02:11
2	Biruk Bekele	ETH	1:03:32
3	Isaac Radebe	RSA	1:03:35
4	Frank Pooe	RSA	1:04:00
5	Tegenu Abebe	ETH	1:04:19
6	Aleksey Sobolev	RUS Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	1:05:12
7	Giovanni Ruggiero	ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	1:05:21
8	Rosario Daidoni	ITA	1:05:35
9	Yifru Fekada Yifru	ETH	1:05:43
10	Valeriy Kuzman	RUS	1:06:12
11	Ottaviano Andriani	ITA	1:06:16
12	Adam Selebalo	RSA	1:06:46
13	Anton Nikolesko	RUS	1:07:02
14	Antonio Andriani	ITA	1:07:08
15	Johnny Loría	CRI Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....	1:02:13

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	South Africa	Meck Mothuli (1st) Isaac Radebe (3rd) Frank Pooe (4th)
2	Ethiopia	Biruk Bekele (2nd) Tegenu Abebe (5th) Yifru Fekada Yifru (9th)
3	Italy	Giovanni Ruggiero (7th) Rosario Daidoni (8th) Ottaviano Andriani (11th)

External links

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 1992-2005 Facts & Figures

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