2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

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2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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OrganisersIAAF
Edition12th
DateOctober 4
Host cityVilamoura, 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  Kenya 1:01:18
7 Zersenay Tadesse  Eritrea 1:01:26 PB
8  Kenya 1:01:28 PB
9 Tesfaye Tola  Ethiopia 1:01:35
10 Ridouane Harroufi  Morocco 1:02:46
11  Ethiopia 1:02:47
12 Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco 1:02:59
13 Paulo Gomes  Portugal 1:03:00 PB
14  Japan 1:03:07
15 Wilson Busienei  Uganda 1:03:08
16  Ethiopia 1:03:12
17 Tariku Jufar  Ethiopia 1:03:23
18  Morocco 1:03:37
19  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  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  France 1:04:01
29 Tesfayohannes Mesfen  Eritrea 1:04:10 PB
30 Mustafa Mohamed  Sweden 1:04:14
31  France 1:04:17
32 Toshinari Suwa  Japan 1:04:18
33  Ethiopia 1:04:19
34 Ottaviano Andriani  Italy 1:04:23
35 Sergio Chiesa  Italy 1:04:34
36  Mexico 1:04:41
37  Japan 1:04:46
38  Portugal 1:04:48
39  Belgium 1:04:50
40  Japan 1:04:51
41 Joachim Nshimirimana  Burundi 1:04:54
42  Algeria 1:04:55
43 Martin Toroitich  Uganda 1:04:57
44  Mexico 1:05:17
45  Spain 1:05:20 SB
46  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  United States 1:06:08
52 José Alejandro Semprún  Venezuela 1:06:21
53 Franklin Tenorio  Ecuador 1:06:23
54  Italy 1:06:26
55  Australia 1:06:28
56  Ireland 1:06:48
57  Algeria 1:07:04
58 Claes Nyberg  Sweden 1:07:12
59  Belgium 1:07:18
60  United States 1:07:32
61 Pedro Mora  Venezuela 1:07:39
62  Belgium 1:07:50
63  Uganda 1:07:51
64  Mexico 1:08:02
65  China 1:08:19
66  China 1:09:06
67 Paulo Catarino  Portugal 1:09:08
68  Croatia 1:09:11
69  Ecuador 1:09:42
70 António Zeferino  Cape Verde 1:09:45
71  France 1:09:49
72  Malta 1:11:04 NR
73  China 1:11:26
74  Ecuador 1:11:31
75  Bolivia 1:11:36
76  India 1:11:36
77  India 1:11:42
78  Kyrgyzstan 1:11:47
79  United States 1:12:26
80  Uruguay 1:12:32
81  Moldova 1:12:53
82  Malta 1:13:03
83  Lesotho 1:15:44
84  Hong Kong 1:17:57
85 Naseer Ismail  Maldives 1:21:55 NR
86  Cambodia 1:25:46
—  Argentina DNF
—  Brazil DNF
—  Equatorial Guinea DNF
— Richard Muscat  Gibraltar DNF
—  Gibraltar DNF
— Shashi Prakash  India DNF
—  Macau DNF
—  Morocco DNF
— Luís Jesús  Portugal DNF
—  Portugal DNF
—  Seychelles DNF
—  United States DNF
—  Congo DNS
—  Congo DNS
—  Japan DNS
—  Kenya DNS
—  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  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  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  Morocco 1:12:49
23 Nuta Olaru  Romania 1:13:00
24  France 1:13:34 SB
25  Spain 1:13:42 PB
26  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  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  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  France 1:16:28
44  Great Britain 1:16:37
45 Patrizia Ritondo  Italy 1:16:49
46  Portugal 1:16:58 PB
47 Ashu Kasim  Ethiopia 1:17:29
48  United States 1:17:40
49 Bouchra Chaabi  Morocco 1:17:45
50 Analídia Torre  Portugal 1:17:48
51  Portugal 1:17:49
52  United States 1:18:03
53 Marily dos Santos  Brazil 1:18:18
54  Ethiopia 1:19:13
55  China 1:19:32
56  Belgium 1:21:23
57  Belarus 1:21:55
58  India 1:22:19
59 Sonia Lopes  Cape Verde 1:24:59
60  Belgium 1:25:51
61  India 1:26:08 PB
62 Mamokete Lechela  Lesotho 1:27:01
63  Uruguay 1:27:12
64  Malta 1:27:41
65  Croatia 1:28:04
66  Lesotho 1:29:05
67  India 1:30:14
68  Kyrgyzstan 1:37:40
— Luminita Zaituc  Germany DNF
—  Morocco DNF
— Mihaela Botezan  Romania DNF
— Iulia Olteanu/Negura  Romania DNF
— Marla Runyan  United States DNF
—  Congo DNS
—  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
 3:03:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ethiopia Tesfaye Tola

 3:07:34
4  Morocco Ridouane Harroufi
Abderrahim Goumri
 3:09:22
5  Eritrea Zersenay Tadesse

Tesfayohannes Mesfen		 3:09:25
6  Uganda Wilson Busienei
Alex Malinga
Martin Toroitich		 3:11:46
7  France

3:11:55
8  Japan
Toshinari Suwa
 3:12:11
9  Italy Mostafa Errebbah
Ottaviano Andriani
Sergio Chiesa		 3:12:51
10  Spain Oscar Fernández
Ignacio Cáceres
 3:12:53
11  Algeria Saïd Belhout

Kamal Kohil		 3:14:31
12  Portugal Paulo Gomes

Paulo Catarino		 3:16:56
13  United States Brian Sell

 3:17:33
14  Mexico

3:18:00
15  Belgium

3:19:58
16  Ecuador Franklin Tenorio

 3:27:36
17  China

3:28:51
—  India

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
Takako Kotorida
 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

 3:39:19
7  France Corinne Raux

Christelle Daunay		 3:40:02
8  Italy Bruna Genovese
Rosaria Console
Anna Incerti		 3:40:40
9  Kenya Susan Chepkemei

Salina Kosgei		 3:40:58
10  United States Sylvia Mosqueda
Magdalena Lewy
 3:44:22
11  Morocco
Kenza Wahbi
Bouchra Chaabi		 3:44:39
12  Portugal
Analídia Torre
 3:52:35
13  India

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[]

  • 2003 in athletics (track and field)

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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