2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Host city	Kavarna, Dobrich, Bulgaria
Nations	41
Athletes	146
Events	2
Dates	6 October 2012
Race length	21.0975 km; (13.1 mi)
	← 2010 Nanning 2014 Copenhagen →

Host cityKavarna, Dobrich, Bulgaria

Nations41

Athletes146

Events2

The 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 6 October 2012.^[1]

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Zersenay Tadese (ERI)	1:00:19	Deressa Chimsa (ETH)	1:00:51	John Nzau Mwangangi (KEN)	1:01:01
Women	Meseret Hailu (ETH)	1:08:55	Feyse Tadese (ETH)	1:08:56	Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech (KEN)	1:09:04
Team
Men	Kenya	3:03:52	Eritrea	3:04:41	Ethiopia	3:05:43
Women	Ethiopia	3:27:52	Kenya	3:28:39	Japan	3:34:45

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	1:00:19
	Deressa Chimsa	Ethiopia	1:00:51	PB
	John Nzau Mwangangi	Kenya	1:01:01
4	Pius Maiyo Kirop	Kenya	1:01:11
5	Stephen Kosgei Kibet	Kenya	1:01:40
6	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	1:01:52
7	Jackson Kiprop	Uganda	1:02:05
8	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa	1:02:06
9	Tewelde Estifanos	ERI	1:02:10	SB
10	Kiflom Sium	ERI	1:02:12	SB
11	Belay Assefa	ETH	1:02:17
12	Robert Kajuga	RWA	1:02:22
13	Mulue Andom	ERI	1:02:23
14	Giovani dos Santos	BRA	1:02:32
15	Augustus Maiyo	USA	1:02:33	PB
16	Habtamu Assefa	ETH	1:02:35
17	Luke Puskedra	USA	1:02:46
18	Gladwin Mzazi	RSA	1:03:46
19	Nathan Ayeko	UGA	1:03:54
20	Jean Damascéne Habarurema	FRA	1:03:59
21	Yuki Kawauchi	JPN	1:04:04
22	Cyriaque Ndayikengurukiye	RWA	1:04:05	PB
23	Liam Adams	AUS	1:04:08
24	Harry Summers	AUS	1:04:13
25	Debesay Tsige	ERI	1:04:15	PB
26	Solomon Mutai	UGA	1:04:21
27	James Kibocha Theuri	FRA	1:04:33
28	Ian Burrell	USA	1:04:37
29	Tsuyoshi Ugachi	JPN	1:04:49	SB
30	Alebachew Debas	ETH	1:04:52
31	Benjamin Malaty	FRA	1:05:17
32	Tilahun Aliyev	AZE	1:05:34	NR
33	Jaume Leiva	ESP	1:05:36
34	Paul Pollock	IRL	1:05:38
35	Naoki Okamoto	JPN	1:05:40
36	Scott Smith	USA	1:05:46
37	Javier Díaz	ESP	1:06:06
38	Jean Marie Uwajeneza	RWA	1:06:07	PB
39	Andrey Petrov	UZB	1:06:16
40	Wissem Hosni	TUN	1:06:34	SB
41	Raúl Machacuay	PER	1:06:38	SB
42	Stéphane Lefrand	FRA	1:06:38
43	Artur Kozłowski	POL	1:06:47	SB
44	Abdi Hakin Ulad	DEN	1:06:53	PB
45	Constantino León	PER	1:06:58
46	Djamel Bachiri	FRA	1:07:03	SB
47	Godiraone Nthompe	BOT	1:07:14	SB
48	Rapula Diphoko	BOT	1:07:17	SB
49	Modike Lucky Mohale	RSA	1:07:17
50	Chang Chia-Che	TPE	1:07:21	SB
51	Clinton Perrett	AUS	1:07:31
52	Carlos Cordero	MEX	1:07:42
53	Sylvain Rukundo	RWA	1:07:44
54	Kristof Shaanika	NAM	1:07:55	PB
55	Oscar Cerón	MEX	1:07:56
56	Francisco Caluvi	ANG	1:08:19
57	Yolo Nikolov	BUL	1:08:32	PB
58	Chihiro Miyawaki	JPN	1:08:33
59	Michael Eaton	USA	1:08:52
60	Daniel Vargas	MEX	1:08:56
61	Johan Damkjaer	DEN	1:09:01
62	Peter Bech	DEN	1:09:13
63	José Francisco Chaves	CRC	1:09:27
64	Su Guoxiong	CHN	1:09:58	SB
65	Ulrik Heitmann Jensen	DEN	1:09:59
66	Dimcho Mitsov	BUL	1:11:11	SB
67	Masato Kihara	JPN	1:11:31
68	Gi Ka Man	HKG	1:11:35
69	Alfonzo Paula Acosta	DOM	1:11:44	PB
70	Shaban Mustafa	BUL	1:12:02	SB
71	Boris Simonov	ARM	1:12:07	PB
72	Rui Yong Soh	SIN	1:12:12	PB
73	Ilir Kellezi	ALB	1:13:59	SB
74	Sangay Wangchuk	BHU	1:15:19	NR
75	Franco Forestier	URU	1:15:33
76	Yordan Petrov	BUL	1:18:47
77	Nikola Mikulic	CRO	1:25:50
78	Weng U Chan	MAC	1:26:03	PB
—	Gilmar Lopes	BRA	DNF
—	José Márcio da Silva	BRA	DNF
—	Philemon Kimeli Limo	KEN	DNF
—	Raji Assefa	ETH	DNF
—	Jhon Cusi	PER	DNF
—	Aleksandar Kiradjiev	Macedonia	DNF
—	Luis Fernando Paula	BRA	DNF
—	Hristo Stefanov	BUL	DNF

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Hailu	Ethiopia	1:08:55	PB
	Feyse Tadese	Ethiopia	1:08:56	SB
	Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech	Kenya	1:09:04
4	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	1:09:13
5	Emebt Etea	Ethiopia	1:10:01	PB
6	Pauline Njeri Kahenya	Kenya	1:10:22
7	Gemma Steel	United Kingdom	1:11:09	PB
8	Tomomi Tanaka	Japan	1:11:09
9	Mai Ito	JPN	1:11:25
10	Caryl Jones	GBR	1:11:52	PB
11	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	1:12:04	SB
12	Asami Kato	JPN	1:12:11
13	Maegan Krifchin	USA	1:12:29
14	Lara Tamsett	AUS	1:12:58	SB
15	Yoko Miyauchi	JPN	1:13:00
16	René Kalmer	RSA	1:13:16
17	Derbe Godana	ETH	1:13:16	PB
18	Adriana Nelson	USA	1:13:30	SB
19	Kayo Sugihara	JPN	1:13:36
20	Karolina Jarzynska	POL	1:13:45
21	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	1:13:55
22	Susan Partridge	GBR	1:13:55
23	Azucena Díaz	ESP	1:14:05	SB
24	Carmen Oliveras	FRA	1:14:28	SB
25	Shalane Flanagan	USA	1:14:41
26	Sara Prieto	MEX	1:15:03	PB
27	Tonya Nero	TRI	1:15:13	NR
28	Nyakisi Adero	UGA	1:15:26	SB
29	Zhang Jingxia	CHN	1:15:51	PB
30	Peninah Jerop Arusei	KEN	1:15:55
31	Magali Bernard	FRA	1:16:25
32	Michelle Frey	USA	1:16:55
33	Alvina Begay	USA	1:16:58
34	Eden Tesfalem	ERI	1:17:01	SB
35	Marisol Romero	MEX	1:17:17	SB
36	Sueli Silva	BRA	1:17:31
37	Nolene Conrad	RSA	1:17:51
38	Xiao Huimiin	CHN	1:18:16	PB
39	Sirlene de Pinho	BRA	1:18:30
40	Lavinia Haitope	NAM	1:18:36	PB
41	Adriana da Luz	BRA	1:18:44
42	Amira Ben Amor	TUN	1:19:01
43	Selam Abere	ETH	1:19:09	PB
44	Maritza Arenas	MEX	1:19:25
45	Lene Hjelmsø	DEN	1:19:32
46	Christine Kalmer	RSA	1:19:40
47	Anne Holm Baumeister	DEN	1:20:04
48	Rozelaine Silva	BRA	1:20:53
49	Rocío Cántara	PER	1:21:07
50	Matea Matosevic	CRO	1:21:33
51	Anita Krasteva	BUL	1:21:56	PB
52	Cristina Alexandra Frumuz	ROU	1:22:42
53	Sitora Hamidova	UZB	1:23:12
54	Hui QiHui Qi	SIN	1:23:16	NR
55	Silviya Danekova	BUL	1:24:07
56	Iveta Bonova	BUL	1:25:02	PB
57	Chow Chi Ngan	HKG	1:29:02	SB
58	Cynthia Ruiz	PER	1:29:12
59	Lap Ian Chang	MAC	1:39:55	PB
—	Andreina De La Rosa	DOM	DNF
—	Patricia Morceli Bühler	SUI	DNS

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Kenya	John Nzau Mwangangi Pius Maiyo Kirop Stephen Kosgei Kibet	3:03:52
	Eritrea	Zersenay Tadese Tewelde Estifanos Kiflom Sium	3:04:41
	Ethiopia	Deressa Chimsa Belay Assefa Habtamu Assefa	3:05:43
4	United States	Augustus Maiyo Luke Puskedra Ian Burrell	3:09:56
5	Uganda	Jackson Kiprop Nathan Ayeko Solomon Mutai	3:10:20
6	Rwanda	Robert Kajuga Cyriaque Ndayikengurukiye Jean Marie Uwajeneza	3:12:34
7	South Africa	Stephen Mokoka Gladwin Mzazi Modike Lucky Mohale	3:13:09
8	France	Jean Damascéne Habarurema James Kibocha Theuri Benjamin Malaty	3:13:49
9	Japan	Yuki Kawauchi Tsuyoshi Ugachi Naoki Okamoto	3:14:33
10	Australia	Liam Adams Harry Summers Clinton Perrett	3:15:52
11	Mexico	Carlos Cordero Oscar Cerón Daniel Vargas	3:24:34
12	Denmark	Abdi Hakin Ulad Johan Damkjaer Peter Bech	3:25:07
13	Bulgaria	Yolo Nikolov Dimcho Mitsov Shaban Mustafa	3:31:45

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Ethiopia	Meseret Hailu Feyse Tadese Emebt Etea	3:27:52
	Kenya	Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech Lydia Cheromei Pauline Njeri Kahenya	3:28:39
	Japan	Tomomi Tanaka Mai Ito Asami Kato	3:34:45
4	United Kingdom	Gemma Steel Caryl Jones Susan Partridge	3:36:56
5	United States	Maegan Krifchin Adriana Nelson Shalane Flanagan	3:40:40
6	South Africa	René Kalmer Nolene Conrad Christine Kalmer	3:50:47
7	Mexico	Sara Prieto Marisol Romero Maritza Arenas	3:51:45
8	Brazil	Sueli Silva Sirlene de Pinho Adriana da Luz	3:54:45
9	Bulgaria	Anita Krasteva Silviya Danekova Iveta Bonova	4:11:05

2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

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