2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 12th 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 4, 2003 in Vilamoura

Vilamoura

Vilamoura is in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve, Portugal. Its boundaries lie within the parish of Quarteira. Vilamoura is a purpose built resort and Marina which was started from scratch by a wealthy banker from Porto, Cupertino de Miranda. The resort was started in 1974 and is still...

, Portugal

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...

. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part.

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...	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...	1:00:49 (PB)
2	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	TAN Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...	1:00:52 (PB)
3	Martin Hhaway Sulle Martin Sulle Martin Hhaway Sulle is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He made his international debut at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he was 15th in the junior race. He competed at the event the following year in Vilamoura, Portugal and was fifth in...	TAN	1:00:56 (PB)
4	John Cheruiyot Korir John Cheruiyot Korir John Cheruiyot Korir is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long-distance running. He in known to be an athlete who often shines at trials but fails to win big competitions.-Career:...	KEN	1:01:02
5	John Yuda Msuri	TAN	1:01:13
6	Yusuf Songoka	KEN	1:01:18
7	Zersenay Tadese	ERI Eritrea Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...	1:01:26 (PB)
8	Jackson Koech	KEN	1:01:28 (PB)
9	Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	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...	1:01:35
10	Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi is a Moroccan long-distance runner.He won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 2005. On April 6, 2008, he won the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run in Washington D.C., and successfully defended his title on April 5, 2009.He won the 37th Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run on April...	MAR Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	1:02:46
11	Dereje Adere	ETH	1:02:47
12	Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....	MAR	1:02:59
13	Paulo Gomes	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...	1:03:00 (PB)
14	Kazuyuki Maeda	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...	1:03:07
15	Wilson Busienei Wilson Busienei Wilson Kipkemei Busienei is an Ugandan long-distance runner. He is best known for winning three gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He has represented his country at the World Championship level in cross country running and road running and on the track. He took part in the 2004 Summer...	UGA Uganda Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...	1:03:08

Team


Position	Team	Competitors
1	Tanzania	Fabiano Joseph Naasi (2nd) Martin Hhaway Sulle Martin Sulle Martin Hhaway Sulle is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He made his international debut at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he was 15th in the junior race. He competed at the event the following year in Vilamoura, Portugal and was fifth in... (3rd) John Yuda Msuri (5th)
2	Kenya	Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a... (1st) John Cheruiyot Korir John Cheruiyot Korir John Cheruiyot Korir is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long-distance running. He in known to be an athlete who often shines at trials but fails to win big competitions.-Career:... (4th) Yusuf Songoka (6th)
3	Ethiopia	Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics... (9th) Dereje Adere (11th) Mesfin Hailu (16th)
4	Morocco	Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi is a Moroccan long-distance runner.He won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 2005. On April 6, 2008, he won the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run in Washington D.C., and successfully defended his title on April 5, 2009.He won the 37th Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run on April... (10th) Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist.... (12th) Rachid Aït Bensalem (18th)
5	Eritrea	Zersenay Tadese (7th) Tecle Menghisteab (23rd) Tesfayohannes Mesfin (29th)

Individual


Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	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...	1:07:35
2	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...	ETH	1:09:02
3	Benita Johnson Benita Johnson Benita Willis is an Australian distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....	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...	1:09:26
4	Lidiya Grigoryeva	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...	1:09:32 (PB)
5	Constantina Tomescu	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...	1:10:05
6	Alla Zhilyaeva Alla Zhilyaeva Alla Zhilyaeva is a female long-distance runner from Russia. She set a Russian national record for the women's 10,000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, with a time of 30:23.07.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:*...	RUS	1:10:13
7	Lyudmila Biktasheva	RUS	1:10:31 (PB)
8	Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei is a female Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. In 2001 she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the Great North Run, as well as winning the silver medal in the World Half Marathon Championships...	KEN	1:10:35
9	Mikie Takanaka	JPN	1:10:36
10	Alina Ivanova Alina Ivanova Alina Ivanova is a retired race walker from Russia, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan...	RUS	1:10:59 (PB)
11	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....	SLO Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	1:11:17
12	Sylvia Mosqueda Sylvia Mosqueda Sylvia Mosqueda is an American long distance runner notable for hard front running over an extended career at an elite level.-Early Success:...	USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1:11:22
13	Takako Kotorida Takako Kotorida was a Japanese long-distance runner. She has belonged DEODEO Athletic Club for Women.-Achievements:-Reference:...	JPN	1:11:37
14	Yesenia Centeno	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...	1:11:53
15	Luminiţa Talpoş Luminiţa Talpoş Luminiţa Talpoş is a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon at the Vienna City Marathon on April 27, 2008.-Achievements:-References:*...	ROM	1:12:02

Team


Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Russia	Lidiya Grigoryeva (4th) Alla Zhilyaeva Alla Zhilyaeva Alla Zhilyaeva is a female long-distance runner from Russia. She set a Russian national record for the women's 10,000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, with a time of 30:23.07.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:*... (6th) Lyudmila Biktasheva (7th)
2	Japan	Mikie Takanaka (9th) Takako Kotorida Takako Kotorida was a Japanese long-distance runner. She has belonged DEODEO Athletic Club for Women.-Achievements:-Reference:... (13th) Risa Hagiwara (16th)
3	Romania	Constantina Tomescu (5th) Luminiţa Talpoş Luminiţa Talpoş Luminiţa Talpoş is a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon at the Vienna City Marathon on April 27, 2008.-Achievements:-References:*... (15th) Nuţa Olaru Nuţa Olaru Nuța Olaru is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004.... (23rd)
4	Ethiopia	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold... (2nd) Teyba Erkesso Teyba Erkesso Teyba Erkesso Wako is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in road running as well as cross-country running.... (21st) Deriba Alemu (36th)
5	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours... (1st) Kathy Butler Kathy Butler Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School.... (34th) Hayley Yelling Hayley Yelling Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009.... (37th)

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