1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	6th
Date	October 4
Host city	Košice, Slovakia
Events	3
Participation	226 athletes from ; 45 nations
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OrganisersIAAF

Edition6th

DateOctober 4

Host cityKošice, Slovakia

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]

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shem Kororia	Kenya	59:56	CR
	Moses Tanui	Kenya	59:58
	Kenneth Cheruiyot	Kenya	1:00:00
4	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	1:00:07
5	Mohamed Mourhit	Belgium	1:00:18
6	Gert Thys	South Africa	1:00:23
7	Abraham Assefa	Ethiopia	1:00:52
8	Luís Jesús	Portugal	1:00:56	NR
9	Stefano Baldini	Italy	1:01:01
10	Laban Chege	Kenya	1:01:13
11	Lemma Alemayehu	Ethiopia	1:01:17
12	Michael Fietz	Germany	1:01:18
13	Stéphane Schweickhardt	Switzerland	1:01:26
14	Eduardo do Nascimento	Brazil	1:01:27
15	Wilbroad Axweso	Tanzania	1:01:28
16	Jan Pešava	Czech Republic	1:01:31
17	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	1:01:36
18	Tesfaye Tola	Ethiopia	1:01:37
19	Tendai Chimusasa	Zimbabwe	1:01:42
20	Jean-Pierre Lautredoux	France	1:01:43
21	Bartolomé Serrano	Spain	1:01:44
22	Nicolae Negru	Romania	1:01:45
23	Osamu Nara	Japan	1:02:06
24	Abel Chimukoko	Zimbabwe	1:02:07
25	Herder Vázquez	Colombia	1:02:09
26	Joshua Chelanga	Kenya	1:02:12
27	Michele Gamba	Italy	1:02:13
28	Noriaki Igarashi	Japan	1:02:15
29	Róbert Štefko	Slovakia	1:02:15
30	Antonio Peña	Spain	1:02:15
31	Yoshifumi Miyamoto	Japan	1:02:16
32	Carlos de la Torre	Spain	1:02:42
33	Elisvaldo de Carvalho	Brazil	1:02:42
34	Carlos Grisales	Colombia	1:02:43
35	Alene Emere	Ethiopia	1:02:44
36	Antonio Armuzzi	Italy	1:02:46
37	Imre Berkovics	Hungary	1:02:46
38	Marco Gielen	Netherlands	1:02:48
39	José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero	Colombia	1:02:49
40	Tamás Kliszek	Hungary	1:02:50
41	Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi	Libya	1:02:57
42	Makhosonke Fika	South Africa	1:03:04
43	Giovanni Ruggiero	Italy	1:03:06
44	Alcidio Costa	Portugal	1:03:08
45	Alemayehu Girma	Ethiopia	1:03:08
46	Fungai Kapanyota	Zimbabwe	1:03:12
47	Hakim Bagy	France	1:03:14
48	Ronny Ligneel	Belgium	1:03:14
49	José Carlos Adán	Spain	1:03:15
50	Joaquim Pinheiro	Portugal	1:03:18
51	Zoltán Holba	Hungary	1:03:19
52	Migidio Bourifa	Italy	1:03:22
53	David Taylor	Great Britain	1:03:24
54	Viktor Röthlin	Switzerland	1:03:29
55	Valeriy Kuzman	Russia	1:03:34
56	Rainer Huth	Germany	1:03:39
57	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	1:03:41
58	Lee Troop	Australia	1:03:43
59	João Junqueira	Portugal	1:03:47
60	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal	1:03:59
61	Alan Chilton	Great Britain	1:03:59
62	Aleksandr Kuzin	Ukraine	1:04:06
63	Pat Carroll	Australia	1:04:09
64	Pavel Kokin	Russia	1:04:10
65	Faustin Saktay	Tanzania	1:04:29
66	Jeffrey Spillane	New Zealand	1:04:31
67	Jens Karrass	Germany	1:04:34
68	Anton Nikolesko	Russia	1:04:35
69	Percy Sephoda	Lesotho	1:04:35
70	Kokichi Kawamoto	Japan	1:04:36
71	Jean-Pierre Monciaux	France	1:04:36
72	Benno Piskur	Slovenia	1:04:41
73	Petr Pipa	Slovakia	1:04:42
74	Vladimír Vašek	Czech Republic	1:04:44
75	Todd Reeser	United States	1:04:45
76	Wiesław Figurski	Poland	1:04:48
77	Vladimir Tsyamchik	Belarus	1:04:52
78	Khomojoo Kapane	Lesotho	1:04:58
79	Hansjörg Brücker	Switzerland	1:04:59
80	Glynn Tromans	Great Britain	1:05:00
81	Darrell General	United States	1:05:10
82	Mykola Rudyk	Ukraine	1:05:15
83	Józef Kazanecki	Poland	1:05:23
84	Miroslav Vanko	Slovakia	1:05:24
85	Drago Paripović	Croatia	1:05:29
86	Markus Gerber	Switzerland	1:05:29
87	Mark Steinle	Great Britain	1:05:36
88	Ali Awad	Lebanon	1:05:38
89	Ramiz Taipi	Yugoslavia	1:05:46
90	Zsolt Bacskai	Hungary	1:05:53
91	Vladimir Tonchinskiy	Belarus	1:06:02
92	Jan Bláha	Czech Republic	1:06:14
93	Daniel Ferreira	Brazil	1:06:15
94	Robert Petro	Slovakia	1:06:25
95	Vladimir Gusev	Kyrgyzstan	1:06:30
96	Ian Hudspith	Great Britain	1:06:35
97	Boris Batuyev	Belarus	1:06:38
98	Marek Sukiennik	Poland	1:06:41
99	Dov Kremer	Israel	1:06:48
100	Yuriy Gichun	Ukraine	1:06:51
101	Pavel Faschingbauer	Czech Republic	1:06:51
102	Eric Morrison	United States	1:06:59
103	Kopamo Pekile	Lesotho	1:07:04
104	Sérgio da Silva	Brazil	1:07:10
105	Neema Tuluway	Tanzania	1:07:13
106	Amit Neʼeman	Israel	1:07:14
107	Thabiso Ralekhetla	Lesotho	1:07:17
108	Leonid Pykhteyev	Kyrgyzstan	1:07:19
109	Ali Al-Dosari	Bahrain	1:07:19
110	János Szemán	Hungary	1:07:29
111	Jos Maes	Belgium	1:07:40
112	Abdi Djama	France	1:07:44
113	David Morris	United States	1:07:46
114	Darius Gruzdys	Lithuania	1:07:48
115	Robert Sádek	Slovakia	1:07:51
116	Bogdan Krupa	Ukraine	1:07:54
117	James Herald	United States	1:08:01
118	Zarislav Gapeyenko	Belarus	1:08:14
119	Macbeth Akakwansa	Uganda	1:08:18
120	Sentso Retere	Lesotho	1:08:27
121	Abdullah Al-Dosari	Bahrain	1:08:48
122	Rustam Radjapov	Turkmenistan	1:08:54
123	Vujadin Alempic	Yugoslavia	1:09:15
124	Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev	Turkmenistan	1:09:18
125	Hayk Khojumyan	Armenia	1:09:28
126	Islam Dugum	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:09:51
127	Hidajet Bulic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:09:51
128	Hsu Gi-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	1:09:56
129	Mehdi Chebli	Lebanon	1:10:03
130	Robert Prejnjak	Croatia	1:10:04
131	Adra Mocha	Israel	1:10:28
132	Ivica Škopac	Croatia	1:11:36
133	Željko-Franjo Letonija	Croatia	1:12:15
134	Dovletmomed Nazarov	Turkmenistan	1:12:18
135	Hussein Awada	Lebanon	1:14:03
136	Kaido Koppel	Estonia	1:16:35
137	Jacques Diab	Lebanon	1:18:11
138	Aleksandr Levdanskiy	Kyrgyzstan	1:19:23
—	Sead Kondo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DNF
—	Tomix da Costa	Brazil	DNF
—	Josip Lacković	Croatia	DNF
—	Cyrille Ballester	France	DNF
—	Adam Motlagale	South Africa	DNF
—	Panayiotis Karimalis	Greece	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	1:08:14
	Cristina Pomacu	Romania	1:08:43
	Lidia Șimon	Romania	1:09:05
4	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	1:09:07
5	Nuta Olaru	Romania	1:09:52
6	Katrin Heinig	Germany	1:09:56
7	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	1:10:02
8	Rocío Ríos	Spain	1:10:06
9	Mari Sotani	Japan	1:10:13
10	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	1:10:29
11	Delilah Asiago	Kenya	1:10:36
12	Noriko Geji	Japan	1:10:37
13	Hiromi Katayama	Japan	1:10:48
14	Aurica Buia	Romania	1:11:01
15	Alina Tecuţă/Gherasim	Romania	1:11:02
16	Petra Wassiluk	Germany	1:11:03
17	Viktoria Nenasheva	Russia	1:11:14
18	Iris Biba	Germany	1:11:17
19	Lucia Subano	Kenya	1:11:39
20	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	1:11:42
21	Christine Mallo	France	1:11:43
22	Silvia Skvortsova	Russia	1:11:53
23	Makiko Ito	Japan	1:12:08
24	Lucilla Andreucci	Italy	1:12:21
25	Sonja Deckers	Belgium	1:12:27
26	Kore Alemu	Ethiopia	1:12:30
27	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	1:12:36
28	Abebe Tola	Ethiopia	1:12:42
29	Laura Fogli	Italy	1:12:43
30	Mónica Pont	Spain	1:12:44
31	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	1:12:51
32	Nadir de Siqueira	Brazil	1:13:05
33	Katrina Price	United States	1:13:07
34	Ursula Jeitziner	Switzerland	1:13:10
35	Lydia Mafula	South Africa	1:13:12
36	Yelena Plastinina	Ukraine	1:13:20
37	María Luisa Muñoz	Spain	1:13:33
38	Lee-Ann McPhillips	New Zealand	1:13:42
39	Yelena Makolova	Belarus	1:13:43
40	Angela Joiner	Great Britain	1:13:44
41	Kristijna Loonen	Netherlands	1:13:48
42	Irina Šafářová	Russia	1:13:53
43	Sally Goldsmith	Great Britain	1:14:08
44	Leila Aman	Ethiopia	1:14:15
45	Sonia Maccioni	Italy	1:14:18
46	Line Kuster	France	1:14:20
47	Simone Kuster	France	1:14:24
48	Luciene de Deus	Brazil	1:14:25
49	Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk	Belarus	1:14:42
50	Tatyana Glazyr	Ukraine	1:14:44
51	Ludmila Melicherová	Slovakia	1:14:45
52	Susan Michelsson	Australia	1:14:51
53	Jenny Crain	United States	1:15:05
54	Maria Trujillo	United States	1:15:08
55	Alta Lohann	South Africa	1:15:11
56	Amanda Wright-Allen	Great Britain	1:15:21
57	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	1:15:23
58	Natalya Galushko	Belarus	1:15:26
59	Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella	United States	1:16:09
60	Alla Zadorozhnaya	Belarus	1:16:11
61	Lete Yesus	Ethiopia	1:16:34
62	Ágnes Jakab	Hungary	1:16:38
63	Vilija Birbalaitė	Lithuania	1:16:50
64	Nina Korvryzkina	Ukraine	1:16:56
65	Stephanie Manel	France	1:17:02
66	Renee Kruse	United States	1:17:11
67	Dana Janecková	Slovakia	1:17:45
68	Monika Deverová	Czech Republic	1:17:50
69	Muriel Linsolas	France	1:18:03
70	Nili Avramski	Israel	1:18:15
71	Tracey Swindell	Great Britain	1:19:40
72	Alena Mocariová	Slovakia	1:20:02
73	Alena Pochybová	Slovakia	1:21:22
74	Anna Balosakova	Slovakia	1:22:10
75	Adelaide Malepa	Lesotho	1:25:55
76	Kristinka Marković	Croatia	1:28:36
77	Ekateríni Fotopoúlou	Greece	1:33:29
—	Yelena Mazovka	Belarus	DNF
—	Christina Mai	Germany	DNF
—	Jacky Newton	Great Britain	DNF
—	Patrizia Ragno	Italy	DNF
—	Elana Meyer	South Africa	DNF
—	Tatyana Dzhabrayilova	Ukraine	DNF
—	Agata Balsamo	Italy	DNS

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Kenya	Shem Kororia Moses Tanui Kenneth Cheruiyot	2:59:54
	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala Gert Thys Makhosonke Fika	3:03:34
	Ethiopia	Abraham Assefa Lemma Alemayehu Tesfaye Tola	3:03:46
4	Spain	Alejandro Gómez Bartolomé Serrano Antonio Peña	3:05:35
5	Italy	Stefano Baldini Michele Gamba Antonio Armuzzi	3:06:00
6	Japan	Osamu Nara Noriaki Igarashi Yoshifumi Miyamoto	3:06:37
7	Zimbabwe	Tendai Chimusasa Abel Chimukoko Fungai Kapanyota	3:07:01
8	Portugal	Luís Jesús Alcidio Costa Joaquim Pinheiro	3:07:22
9	Colombia	Herder Vázquez Carlos Grisales José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero	3:07:41
10	Hungary	Imre Berkovics Tamás Kliszek Zoltán Holba	3:08:55
11	Germany	Michael Fietz Rainer Huth Jens Karrass	3:09:31
12	France	Jean-Pierre Lautredoux Hakim Bagy Jean-Pierre Monciaux	3:09:33
13	Switzerland	Stéphane Schweickhardt Viktor Röthlin Hansjörg Brücker	3:09:54
14	Brazil	Eduardo do Nascimento Elisvaldo de Carvalho Daniel Ferreira	3:10:24
15	Belgium	Mohammed Mourhit Ronny Ligneel Jos Maes	3:11:12
16	Russia	Valeriy Kuzman Pavel Kokin Anton Nikolesko	3:12:19
17	Slovakia	Róbert Štefko Petr Pipa Miroslav Vanko	3:12:21
18	Great Britain	David Taylor Alan Chilton Glynn Tromans	3:12:23
19	Czech Republic	Jan Pešava Vladimír Vašek Jan Bláha	3:12:29
20	Tanzania	Wilbroad Axweso Faustin Saktay Neema Tuluway	3:13:10
21	Ukraine	Aleksandr Kuzin Mykola Rudyk Yuriy Gichun	3:16:12
22	Lesotho	Percy Sephoda Khomojoo Kapane Kopamo Pekile	3:16:37
23	Poland	Wiesław Figurski Józef Kazanecki Marek Sukiennik	3:16:52
24	United States	Todd Reeser Darrell General Eric Morrison	3:16:54
25	Belarus	Vladimir Tsyamchik Vladimir Tonchinskiy Boris Batuyev	3:17:32
26	Yugoslavia	Janko Benša Ramiz Taipi Vujadin Alempic	3:18:42
27	Israel	Dov Kremer Amit Neʼeman Adra Mocha	3:24:30
28	Croatia	Drago Paripović Robert Prejnjak Ivica Škopac	3:27:09
29	Lebanon	Ali Awad Mehdi Chebli Hussein Awada	3:29:44
30	Turkmenistan	Rustam Radjapov Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev Dovletmomed Nazarov	3:30:30
31	Kyrgyzstan	Vladimir Gusev Leonid Pykhteyev Aleksandr Levdanskiy	3:33:12
—	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Islam Dugum Hidajet Bulic Sead Kondo	DNF

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	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

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