1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
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Organisers | IAAF |
Edition | 6th |
Date | October 4 |
Host city | Košice, Slovakia |
Events | 3 |
Participation | 226 athletes from 45 nations |
The 6th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 1997, in the city of Košice, Slovakia. A total of 228 athletes, 144 men and 84 women, from 45 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. [1] [2]
Complete results were published. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men | Shem Kororia ( KEN) | 59:56 | Moses Tanui ( KEN) | 59:58 | Kenneth Cheruiyot ( KEN) | 1:00:00 |
Women | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN) | 1:08:14 | Cristina Pomacu ( ROU) | 1:08:43 | Lidia Șimon ( ROU) | 1:09:05 |
Team | ||||||
Team Men | Kenya | 2:59:54 | South Africa | 3:03:34 | Ethiopia | 3:03:46 |
Team Women | Romania | 3:27:40 | Kenya | 3:27:57 | Japan | 3:31:38 |
Rank | Country | Team | Time |
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Romania |
Cristina Pomacu Lidia Șimon Nuta Olaru |
3:27:40 | |
Kenya |
Tegla Loroupe Joyce Chepchumba Delilah Asiago |
3:27:57 | |
Japan |
Mari Sotani Noriko Geji Hiromi Katayama |
3:31:38 | |
4 | Russia |
Lyudmila Petrova Svetlana Zakharova Viktoria Nenasheva |
3:31:45 |
5 | Germany |
Katrin Heinig Petra Wassiluk Iris Biba |
3:32:16 |
6 | Spain |
Rocío Ríos Mónica Pont María Luisa Muñoz |
3:36:23 |
7 | Ethiopia |
Kore Alemu Eyerusalem Kuma Abebe Tola |
3:37:48 |
8 | Italy |
Lucilla Andreucci Laura Fogli Sonia Maccioni |
3:39:22 |
9 | France |
Christine Mallo Line Kuster Simone Kuster |
3:40:27 |
10 | Great Britain |
Angela Joiner Sally Goldsmith Amanda Wright-Allen |
3:43:13 |
11 | United States |
Katrina Price Jenny Crain Maria Trujillo |
3:43:20 |
12 | Belarus |
Yelena Makolova Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk Natalya Galushko |
3:43:51 |
13 | Ukraine |
Yelena Plastinina Tatyana Glazyr Nina Korvryzkina |
3:45:00 |
14 | Slovakia |
Ludmila Melicherová Dana Janecková Alena Mocariová |
3:52:32 |
— | South Africa |
Lydia Mafula Alta Lohann Elana Meyer |
DNF |
The participation of 226 athletes (143 men/83 women) from 45 countries is reported. [3]