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2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers IAAF
Edition12th
DateOctober 4
Host city Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal Portugal
Events2

The 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 2003 in Vilamoura, Portugal. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race [1] [2] and for the women's race. [3] [4]

Complete results were published [5] for the men's race, [6] [7] for the women's race, [8] [9] for men's team, [10] [11] and for women's team. [12] [13]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men   Martin Lel ( KEN) 1:00:49   Fabiano Joseph ( TAN) 1:00:52   Martin Sulle ( TAN) 1:00:56
Women   Paula Radcliffe ( GBR) 1:07:35   Berhane Adere ( ETH) 1:09:02   Benita Johnson ( AUS) 1:09:26
Team
Team Men   Tanzania 3:03:01   Kenya 3:03:09   Ethiopia 3:07:34
Team Women   Russia 3:30:16   Japan 3:34:23   Romania 3:35:07

Race results

Men's

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martin Lel   Kenya 1:00:49 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fabiano Joseph   Tanzania 1:00:52 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Sulle   Tanzania 1:00:56 PB
4 John Cheruiyot Korir   Kenya 1:01:02
5 John Yuda   Tanzania 1:01:13
6 Yusuf Songoka   Kenya 1:01:18
7 Zersenay Tadesse   Eritrea 1:01:26 PB
8 Jackson Koech   Kenya 1:01:28 PB
9 Tesfaye Tola   Ethiopia 1:01:35
10 Ridouane Harroufi   Morocco 1:02:46
11 Dereje Adere   Ethiopia 1:02:47
12 Abderrahim Goumri   Morocco 1:02:59
13 Paulo Gomes   Portugal 1:03:00 PB
14 Kazuyuki Maeda   Japan 1:03:07
15 Wilson Busienei   Uganda 1:03:08
16 Mesfin Hailu   Ethiopia 1:03:12
17 Tariku Jufar   Ethiopia 1:03:23
18 Rachid Aït Bensalem   Morocco 1:03:37
19 Abdelghani Lahlali   France 1:03:37
20 Oscar Fernández   Spain 1:03:41
21 Alex Malinga   Uganda 1:03:41 PB
22 Saïd Belhout   Algeria 1:03:48 PB
23 Tekle Menghisteab   Eritrea 1:03:49
24 Ignacio Cáceres   Spain 1:03:52 SB
25 Brian Sell   United States 1:03:53 PB
26 Mostafa Errebbah   Italy 1:03:54
27 Rachid El-Ghanmouni   Morocco 1:04:00
28 Tarik Bouzid   France 1:04:01
29 Tesfayohannes Mesfen   Eritrea 1:04:10 PB
30 Mustafa Mohamed   Sweden 1:04:14
31 Mohamed Serbouti   France 1:04:17
32 Toshinari Suwa   Japan 1:04:18
33 Solomon Tsige   Ethiopia 1:04:19
34 Ottaviano Andriani   Italy 1:04:23
35 Sergio Chiesa   Italy 1:04:34
36 Odilón Cuahutle   Mexico 1:04:41
37 Masahiko Takeyasu   Japan 1:04:46
38 José Dias   Portugal 1:04:48
39 Rik Ceulemans   Belgium 1:04:50
40 Wataru Okutani   Japan 1:04:51
41 Joachim Nshimirimana   Burundi 1:04:54
42 Said Hank   Algeria 1:04:55
43 Martin Toroitich   Uganda 1:04:57
44 Eduardo Rojas   Mexico 1:05:17
45 Iván Sánchez   Spain 1:05:20 SB
46 Karl Rasmussen   Norway 1:05:22
47 Kamal Kohil   Algeria 1:05:48
48 Francesco Ingargiola   Italy 1:05:53
49 Scott Westcott   Australia 1:05:57
50 Jussi Utriainen   Finland 1:05:59
51 Teren Jameson   United States 1:06:08
52 José Alejandro Semprún   Venezuela 1:06:21
53 Franklin Tenorio   Ecuador 1:06:23
54 Fabio Rinaldi   Italy 1:06:26
55 Mark Tucker   Australia 1:06:28
56 Cian McLoughlin   Ireland 1:06:48
57 Rachid Boulenouar   Algeria 1:07:04
58 Claes Nyberg   Sweden 1:07:12
59 Wim Borms   Belgium 1:07:18
60 Scott Strand   United States 1:07:32
61 Pedro Mora   Venezuela 1:07:39
62 Christian Nemeth   Belgium 1:07:50
63 Francis Yiga   Uganda 1:07:51
64 Jesús Primo   Mexico 1:08:02
65 Sun Wenli   China 1:08:19
66 Zheng Kai   China 1:09:06
67 Paulo Catarino   Portugal 1:09:08
68 Ivica Škopac   Croatia 1:09:11
69 Francisco Roldán   Ecuador 1:09:42
70 António Zeferino   Cape Verde 1:09:45
71 Augusto Gomes   France 1:09:49
72 John Buhagiar   Malta 1:11:04 NR
73 Wang Xiangfeng   China 1:11:26
74 Polibio Méndez   Ecuador 1:11:31
75 César Condori   Bolivia 1:11:36
76 Appachu Chinnappa   India 1:11:36
77 Kennady Chinna Ramu   India 1:11:42
78 Artyom Tetenkin   Kyrgyzstan 1:11:47
79 Matt Thull   United States 1:12:26
80 Pablo Gardiol   Uruguay 1:12:32
81 Alexei Scutaru   Moldova 1:12:53
82 Charles Cilia   Malta 1:13:03
83 Sechaba Bohosi   Lesotho 1:15:44
84 Que Yin Tik   Hong Kong 1:17:57
85 Naseer Ismail   Maldives 1:21:55 NR
86 Mok Bon Thouen   Cambodia 1:25:46
José Alberto Montenegro   Argentina DNF
William Amorin   Brazil DNF
Buenaventura Yanez   Equatorial Guinea DNF
Richard Muscat   Gibraltar DNF
Michael Sánchez   Gibraltar DNF
Shashi Prakash   India DNF
Lok Wai Kin   Macau DNF
Mohamed El-Hattab   Morocco DNF
Luís Jesús   Portugal DNF
Manuel Magalhães   Portugal DNF
Simon Labiche   Seychelles DNF
Ryan Kirkpatrick   United States DNF
Clotairs Ngoma   Congo DNS
Sydney Pioh   Congo DNS
Kenta Oshima   Japan DNS
Paul Kiprop Kirui   Kenya DNS
Jafred Lorone   Uganda DNS

Women's

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paula Radcliffe   Great Britain 1:07:35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Berhane Adere   Ethiopia 1:09:02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benita Johnson   Australia 1:09:26
4 Lidiya Grigoryeva   Russia 1:09:32 PB
5 Constantina Diţă-Tomescu   Romania 1:10:05
6 Alla Zhilyayeva   Russia 1:10:13
7 Lyudmila Biktasheva   Russia 1:10:31 PB
8 Susan Chepkemei   Kenya 1:10:35
9 Mikie Takanaka   Japan 1:10:36
10 Alina Ivanova   Russia 1:10:59 PB
11 Helena Javornik   Slovenia 1:11:17
12 Sylvia Mosqueda   United States 1:11:22
13 Takako Kotorida   Japan 1:11:37
14 Yesenia Centeno   Spain 1:11:53
15 Luminița Talpoș   Romania 1:12:02
16 Risa Hagiwara   Japan 1:12:10
17 Galina Bogomolova   Russia 1:12:12
18 Corinne Raux   France 1:12:17
19 Yumiko Hara   Japan 1:12:21
20 Bruna Genovese   Italy 1:12:38 PB
21 Teyba Erkesso   Ethiopia 1:12:43
22 Malika Asahssah   Morocco 1:12:49
23 Nuta Olaru   Romania 1:13:00
24 Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel   France 1:13:34 SB
25 Teresa Récio   Spain 1:13:42 PB
26 Beatriz Santíago   Spain 1:13:44
27 Rosemary Ryan   Ireland 1:13:45 PB
28 Živilė Balčiūnaitė   Lithuania 1:13:47 SB
29 Rosaria Console   Italy 1:13:54
30 Kan Yongying   China 1:13:56
31 Kenza Wahbi   Morocco 1:14:05
32 Anna Incerti   Italy 1:14:08
33 Christelle Daunay   France 1:14:11
34 Kathy Butler   Great Britain 1:14:17
35 Magdeline Chemjor   Kenya 1:14:42
36 Derebe Alemu   Ethiopia 1:14:52
37 Hayley Yelling   Great Britain 1:14:52
38 Nebiat Habtemariam   Eritrea 1:14:54 PB
39 Souad Aït Salem   Algeria 1:15:07 PB
40 Magdalena Lewy   United States 1:15:20
41 Salina Kosgei   Kenya 1:15:41
42 Debbie Robinson/Mason   Great Britain 1:16:08
43 Noémie Flotté   France 1:16:28
44 Bev Jenkins   Great Britain 1:16:37
45 Patrizia Ritondo   Italy 1:16:49
46 Elisabete Lopes   Portugal 1:16:58 PB
47 Ashu Kasim   Ethiopia 1:17:29
48 Christine Clifton   United States 1:17:40
49 Bouchra Chaabi   Morocco 1:17:45
50 Analídia Torre   Portugal 1:17:48
51 Fernanda Miranda   Portugal 1:17:49
52 Sara Wells   United States 1:18:03
53 Marily dos Santos   Brazil 1:18:18
54 Sisay Measo   Ethiopia 1:19:13
55 Liu Lixia   China 1:19:32
56 Nathalie Loubelle   Belgium 1:21:23
57 Tatyana Belkina   Belarus 1:21:55
58 Pushpa Devi   India 1:22:19
59 Sonia Lopes   Cape Verde 1:24:59
60 Sylvie Mulle   Belgium 1:25:51
61 Sarbjett Kaur   India 1:26:08 PB
62 Mamokete Lechela   Lesotho 1:27:01
63 Merceditas Cuevas   Uruguay 1:27:12
64 Giselle Camilleri   Malta 1:27:41
65 Lidija Rajčić   Croatia 1:28:04
66 Moleboheng Mafata   Lesotho 1:29:05
67 Hidangmayum Devi   India 1:30:14
68 Olesia Orlova   Kyrgyzstan 1:37:40
Luminita Zaituc   Germany DNF
Zhor El-Kamch   Morocco DNF
Mihaela Botezan   Romania DNF
Iulia Olteanu/Negura   Romania DNF
Marla Runyan   United States DNF
Ida Brunelle Kiyindou   Congo DNS
Katie Bayock   Cameroon DNS
Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai   Kenya DNS

Team results

Men's

Rank Country Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Tanzania Fabiano Joseph
Martin Sulle
John Yuda
3:03:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Kenya Martin Lel
John Cheruiyot Korir
Yusuf Songoka
3:03:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Ethiopia Tesfaye Tola
Dereje Adere
Mesfin Hailu
3:07:34
4   Morocco Ridouane Harroufi
Abderrahim Goumri
Rachid Aït Bensalem
3:09:22
5   Eritrea Zersenay Tadesse
Tekle Menghisteab
Tesfayohannes Mesfen
3:09:25
6   Uganda Wilson Busienei
Alex Malinga
Martin Toroitich
3:11:46
7   France Abdelghani Lahlali
Tarik Bouzid
Mohamed Serbouti
3:11:55
8   Japan Kazuyuki Maeda
Toshinari Suwa
Masahiko Takeyasu
3:12:11
9   Italy Mostafa Errebbah
Ottaviano Andriani
Sergio Chiesa
3:12:51
10   Spain Oscar Fernández
Ignacio Cáceres
Iván Sánchez
3:12:53
11   Algeria Saïd Belhout
Said Hank
Kamal Kohil
3:14:31
12   Portugal Paulo Gomes
José Dias
Paulo Catarino
3:16:56
13   United States Brian Sell
Teren Jameson
Scott Strand
3:17:33
14   Mexico Odilón Cuahutle
Eduardo Rojas
Jesús Primo
3:18:00
15   Belgium Rik Ceulemans
Wim Borms
Christian Nemeth
3:19:58
16   Ecuador Franklin Tenorio
Francisco Roldán
Polibio Méndez
3:27:36
17   China Sun Wenli
Zheng Kai
Wang Xiangfeng
3:28:51
  India Appachu Chinnappa
Kennady Chinna Ramu
Shashi Prakash
DNF


Women's

Rank Country Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Russia Lidiya Grigoryeva
Alla Zhilyayeva
Lyudmila Biktasheva
3:30:16
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   Japan Mikie Takanaka
Takako Kotorida
Risa Hagiwara
3:34:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Romania Constantina Diţă-Tomescu
Luminița Talpoș
Nuta Olaru
3:35:07
4   Ethiopia Berhane Adere
Teyba Erkesso
Derebe Alemu
3:36:37
5   Great Britain Paula Radcliffe
Kathy Butler
Hayley Yelling
3:36:44
6   Spain Yesenia Centeno
Teresa Récio
Beatriz Santíago
3:39:19
7   France Corinne Raux
Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel
Christelle Daunay
3:40:02
8   Italy Bruna Genovese
Rosaria Console
Anna Incerti
3:40:40
9   Kenya Susan Chepkemei
Magdeline Chemjor
Salina Kosgei
3:40:58
10   United States Sylvia Mosqueda
Magdalena Lewy
Christine Clifton
3:44:22
11   Morocco Malika Asahssah
Kenza Wahbi
Bouchra Chaabi
3:44:39
12   Portugal Elisabete Lopes
Analídia Torre
Fernanda Miranda
3:52:35
13   India Pushpa Devi
Sarbjett Kaur
Hidangmayum Devi
4:18:41

Participation

The participation of 171 athletes (98 men/73 women) from 49 countries is reported. [5] Although announced, athletes from   Cameroon and   Republic of the Congo did not show.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 9, 2013
  2. ^ Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 9, 2013
  3. ^ Radcliffe wipes out the opposition in Vilamoura, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 9, 2013
  4. ^ Radcliffe wipes out the opposition in Vilamoura, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 9, 2013
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Half Marathon - M - Final, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 8, 2013
  7. ^ Results - 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Vilamoura, PORTUGAL 04 OCT 2003 - Half Marathon - men, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 8, 2013
  8. ^ Half Marathon - M - Final, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 8, 2013
  9. ^ Results - 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Vilamoura, PORTUGAL 04 OCT 2003 - Half Marathon - women, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 8, 2013
  10. ^ Official Team Results Half Marathon - M, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 8, 2013
  11. ^ Results - 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Vilamoura, PORTUGAL 04 OCT 2003 - Half Marathon - men - team, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 8, 2013
  12. ^ Official Team Results Half Marathon - W, IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 8, 2013
  13. ^ Results - 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Vilamoura, PORTUGAL 04 OCT 2003 - Half Marathon - women - team, IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 8, 2013

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