1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Introduction The '''7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships''' was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part.Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.Complete results were published.
Medallists  '''Individual'''Men   1:00:01    1:00:24    1:00:24 Women   1:08:29    1:08:32    1:08:58  '''Team'''Team Men   3:02:21   3:03:07   3:05:18Team Women   3:29:43   3:32:19   3:34:18
Race Results ===Men's=== Rank  Athlete  Nationality  Time  Notes    Paul Koech     1:00:01  '''PB'''   Hendrick Ramaala     1:00:24     Khalid Skah     1:00:24  '''PB''' 4  Ibrahim Seid     1:00:31  '''PB''' 5  Gert Thys     1:00:37   6  Antonio Silio     1:00:45  '''NR''' 7  Luís Jesús     1:01:10   8  Tendai Chimusasa     1:01:14   9  Abner Chipu     1:01:20   10  Shem Kororia     1:01:30   11  John Gwako     1:01:36   12  Ronaldo da Costa     1:01:40   13  Joseph Kibor     1:01:42   14  Bartolomé Serrano     1:01:43  '''PB''' 15  Martín Fiz     1:01:47   16  Luís Novo     1:01:50  '''PB''' 17  Carsten Jørgensen     1:01:55  '''PB''' 18  Javier Cortés     1:02:02  '''PB''' 19  Alemayehu Girma     1:02:07  '''PB''' 20  Janko Benša     1:02:11  '''PB''' 21  Joseph Kimani     1:02:15   22  Maxwell Zungu     1:02:16  '''PB''' 23  Osamu Nara     1:02:21   24  Carlos Patrício     1:02:22   25  Danilo Goffi     1:02:24   26  Mohamed Ouaadi     1:02:29  '''PB''' 27  Daniele Caimmi     1:02:33  '''PB''' 28  Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi     1:02:39  '''PB''' 29  Addis Abebe     1:02:40   30  Atsushi Fujita     1:02:45   31  Stéphane Schweickhardt     1:02:48   32  Giacomo Leone     1:02:49   33  Alene Emere     1:02:50   34  Kebede Tekeste     1:02:51  '''PB''' 35  Wilbroad Axweso     1:02:52   36  Javier Caballero     1:02:54  '''PB'''  37  João NʼTyamba     1:02:54  '''PB''' 38  Marco Gielen     1:02:57   39  Alberto Chaíça     1:03:03   40  Mohamed Serbouti     1:03:07  '''PB''' 41  José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero     1:03:08   42  Alfred Shemweta     1:03:20   43  Francesco Ingargiola     1:03:30   44  Valdenor dos Santos     1:03:32   45  Juan Carlos Gutiérrez     1:03:42   46  Delfim Conceição     1:03:44   47  Carlos Grisales     1:03:47   48  Pedro Rojas     1:03:59  '''PB''' 49  Antonio Pérez     1:04:06   50  Krzysztof Przybyła     1:04:07  '''PB''' 51  Ezael Thlobo     1:04:08   52  Benedict Ako     1:04:14   53  Richard Potts     1:04:16  '''PB''' 54  André Ramos     1:04:17  '''PB''' 55  Eryk Szostak     1:04:20   56  Jonathan Wyatt     1:04:23  '''PB''' 57  Stephen Bwalya     1:04:26   58  Viktor Röthlin     1:04:30   59  Alex Malinga     1:04:33  '''PB''' 60  Joseph Nsengiyumya     1:04:40  '''PB''' 61  Vladimir Tsyamchik     1:04:43   62  Sam Mwape     1:04:44   63  Bigboy Goromonzi     1:04:46   64  Katsuhiko Hanada     1:04:53   65  Jean-Pierre Lautredoux     1:04:59   66  Pavel Loskutov     1:05:00  '''PB''' 67  Elijah Mutandiro     1:05:03   68  Koji Kimura     1:05:06   69  Craig Kirkwood     1:05:08   70  Oliver Mintzlaff     1:05:09  '''PB''' 71  Borislav Dević     1:05:14   72  Michael Fietz     1:05:15   73  Todd Reeser     1:05:18   74  Tekeye Gebrselassie     1:05:18   75  Hansjörg Brücker     1:05:19   76  Toomas Tarm     1:05:21  '''PB''' 77  Eduardo do Nascimento     1:05:27   78  Safari Ingi     1:05:34   79  Gabriel Mazimpaka     1:05:35   80  Gavin Gaynor     1:05:36  '''PB''' 81  Peter van der Velden     1:05:47   82  Eric Morrison     1:05:50   83  Markus Gerber     1:05:51   84  Jan Křižák     1:05:56  '''PB''' 85  Patrick Phillips     1:05:58  '''PB''' 86  Ceslovas Kundrotas     1:05:59   87  Pavelas Fedorenko     1:05:59   88  Felix Mbuye     1:06:00   89  Peter Visser     1:06:00   90  Steffen Benecke     1:06:04   91  Miroslav Sajler     1:06:06   92  Joseph Nsubuga     1:06:09  '''PB''' 93  Daniel Ferreira     1:06:14   94  Ben Chesang     1:06:29  '''PB''' 95  Margus Pirksaar     1:06:31  '''PB''' 96  Philip Rist     1:06:32   97  Pavel Dudr     1:06:34   98  Sipho Dlamini     1:06:45  '''PB''' 99  Ali Awad     1:06:50   100  Andrew Peskett     1:06:51  '''PB''' 101  Vladimir Gusev     1:06:55   102  Pavel Faschingbauer     1:06:56   103  Menon Ramsamy     1:07:05   104  Jean-François Bertron     1:07:06   105  Pascal Fetizon     1:07:07   106  Jiří Hajzler     1:07:15   107  Michael Wolf     1:07:24   108  Patrick Ishyaka     1:07:42   109  Darrell General     1:07:48   110  Christian Fischer     1:07:56   111  Ramiz Taipi     1:08:18   112  Arunas Balciunas     1:08:28   113  Wiesław Figurski     1:08:31   114  Samuli Vasala     1:08:43   115  Hidajet Bulic     1:09:10  '''PB''' 116  Mehdi Chebli     1:09:53   117  António Zeferino     1:10:19   118  Omar Abdel Latif     1:10:37   119  Kaare Sørensen     1:10:39   120  Room Singh     1:10:40  '''PB''' 121  Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev     1:10:49   122  Roland Wille     1:10:56   123  Hari Singh     1:10:58  '''PB''' 124  Raj Pal     1:11:05  '''PB''' 125  Clement Omagoro     1:11:15  '''PB''' 126  Josip Lacković     1:11:48   127  Drago Paripović     1:12:18   128  Robert Prejnjak     1:12:28   129  José Luis Ebatela     1:13:01  '''PB''' 130  Eric Vamben     1:13:38   131  Liam Byrne     1:14:11   132  Judex Durhone     1:15:14   133  Dovletmomed Nazarov     1:16:01   134  Louis Chichon     1:16:18   135  Aleksandr Levdanskiy     1:19:25    —   Diego Colorado    DNF    —   Saša Ljubojević    DNF    —   Michele Gamba    DNF    —   Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev    DNF  ===Women's=== Rank  Athlete  Nationality  Time  Notes    Tegla Loroupe     1:08:29     Elana Meyer     1:08:32     Lidia Șimon     1:08:58  '''PB''' 4  Olivera Jevtić     1:10:02   5  Annemari Sandell     1:10:04   6  Joyce Chepchumba     1:10:10   7  Julia Vaquero     1:10:33   8  Cristina Pomacu     1:10:39   9  Yukiko Okamoto     1:10:50   10  Leah Malot     1:11:04   11  Albertina Dias     1:11:08   12  Alina Ivanova     1:11:18   13  Svetlana Zakharova     1:11:26   14  María Luisa Lárraga     1:11:30  '''PB''' 15  Maria Guida     1:11:31   16  Irma Heeren     1:11:35   17  Rakiya Maraoui     1:11:44   18  Franziska Rochat     1:11:47   19  Asha Gigi     1:11:49  '''PB''' 20  Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova     1:11:53   21  Lornah Kiplagat     1:12:09   22  Kazumi Matsuo     1:12:12   23  Rocío Ríos     1:12:15   24  Daria Nauer     1:12:25   25  Zahia Dahmani     1:12:27   26  Lucilla Andreucci     1:12:34   27  Franca Fiacconi     1:12:37   28  Jody Hawkins     1:12:38   29  Constantina Diţă-Tomescu     1:12:42   30  Sylvia Renz     1:12:44   31  Nicole Whiteford     1:12:49   32  Maren Östringer     1:12:49   33  Melissa Moon     1:13:06   34  Mayumi Ichikawa     1:13:16   35  Aurica Buia     1:13:44   36  Annemette Jensen     1:13:47   37  Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk     1:13:47   38  Rosa Oliveira     1:13:52   39  Alena Peterková     1:13:58   40  Annick Clouvel     1:14:02   41  Jackline Torori     1:14:03   42  Shelly Steely     1:14:06   43  Yelena Mazovka     1:14:16   44  Irina Šafářová     1:14:28   45  Takako Kotorida     1:14:32   46  Leila Aman     1:14:36   47  Elsabet Truneh     1:14:37  '''PB''' 48  Birgit Jerschabek     1:14:45   49  Satoko Karita     1:14:48   51  Christine McNamara     1:15:01   52  Liz Yelling/Talbot     1:15:06  '''PB''' 53  Dorota Gruca-Giezek     1:15:12   54  Florinda Andreucci     1:15:14   55  Clarisse Rasoarizay     1:15:43   56  Helána Barócsi     1:15:48   56  Martha Ernstdóttir     1:15:48   57  Pan Jinhong     1:15:56   58  Wang Yanfang     1:15:56   59  Marietjie McDermott     1:15:56   60  Fátima Cabral     1:16:05   61  Trina Painter     1:16:10   62  Kim Pawelek     1:16:22   63  Inga Juodeškienė     1:16:23   64  Debbie Percival     1:16:25   65  Yelena Makolova     1:16:31   66  Ursula Jeitziner     1:16:40   67  Alison Wyeth     1:16:44   68  Elisabeth Krieg-Ruprecht     1:16:50   69  Dita Hebelková     1:17:20  '''PB''' 70  Anna-Ursula Olbrecht     1:17:20   71  Maria Bradley     1:17:25   72  Yigezu Tsehay     1:17:30  '''PB''' 73  Maree Bunce     1:17:51   74  Eti Einer     1:18:01  '''PB''' 75  Asegedech Gizaw     1:18:13   76  Lydia Mafula     1:18:14   77  Mirjana Glisovic     1:18:52   78  Vilija Birbalaitė     1:19:21   79  Sue Reinsford     1:19:30   80  Mable Chiwama     1:19:34   81  Dana Janecková     1:19:50   82  Suzana Čirić     1:20:10   83  Luz Fabiola Rueda     1:20:24   84  Chanda Mwansa     1:20:47   85  Jean Mpundu     1:21:22   86  Annie Coathalem     1:21:39   87  Irena Šádková     1:21:40   88  Ines Cronjäger     1:21:52   89  Anna Markelova     1:22:13  '''PB''' 90  Rigzen Angmo     1:31:36   91  Esperanza Obono     1:33:59   92  Kristinka Marković     1:34:04   93  Sarbjett Kaur     1:34:06    —   Natalia Bendzik    DNF    —   Chantal Dällenbach    DNF    —   Sonia Maccioni    DNF    —   Nuta Olaru    DNF
Team Results ===Men's=== Rank  Country  Team  Time       Hendrick RamaalaGert ThysAbner Chipu   3:02:21     Paul KoechShem KororiaJohn Gwako   3:03:07     Ibrahim SeidAlemayehu GirmaAddis Abebe   3:05:18 4    Luís JesúsLuís NovoCarlos Patrício   3:05:22 5    Bartolomé SerranoMartín FizJavier Cortés   3:05:32 6    Danilo GoffiDaniele CaimmiGiacomo Leone   3:07:46 7    Ronaldo da CostaValdenor dos SantosAndré Ramos   3:09:29 8    Osamu NaraAtsushi FujitaKatsuhiko Hanada   3:09:59 9    Mohamed OuaadiMohamed SerboutiJean-Pierre Lautredoux   3:10:35 10    José Orlando Sánchez GuerreroJuan Carlos GutiérrezCarlos Grisales   3:10:37 11    Tendai ChimusasaBigboy GoromonziElijah Mutandiro   3:11:03 12    Stéphane SchweickhardtViktor RöthlinHansjörg Brücker   3:12:37 13    Wilbroad AxwesoBenedict AkoSafari Ingi   3:12:40 14    Richard PottsJonathan WyattCraig Kirkwood   3:13:47 15    Marco GielenTekeye GebrselassiePeter van der Velden   3:14:02 16    Stephen BwalyaSam MwapeFelix Mbuye   3:15:10 17    Janko BenšaBorislav DevićRamiz Taipi   3:15:43 18    Oliver MintzlaffMichael FietzSteffen Benecke   3:16:28 19    Todd ReeserGavin GaynorEric Morrison   3:16:44 20    Pavel LoskutovToomas TarmMargus Pirksaar   3:16:52 21    Krzysztof PrzybyłaEryk SzostakWiesław Figurski   3:16:58 22    Alex MalingaJoseph NsubugaBen Chesang   3:17:11 23    Joseph NsengiyumyaGabriel MazimpakaPatrick Ishyaka   3:17:57 24    Miroslav SajlerPavel DudrPavel Faschingbauer   3:19:36 25    Ceslovas KundrotasPavelas FedorenkoArunas Balciunas   3:20:26 26    Ali AwadMehdi ChebliOmar Abdel Latif   3:27:20 27    Room SinghHari SinghRaj Pal   3:32:43 28    Menon RamsamyEric VambenJudex Durhone   3:35:57 29    Josip LackovićDrago ParipovićRobert Prejnjak   3:36:34  —     Charygeldiy AllaberdiyevDovletmomed NazarovParakhat Kurtgeldiyev   DNF===Women's=== Rank  Country  Team  Time       Tegla LoroupeJoyce ChepchumbaLeah Malot   3:29:43     Lidia ȘimonCristina PomacuConstantina Diţă-Tomescu   3:32:19     Julia VaqueroMaría Luisa LárragaRocío Ríos   3:34:18 4    Alina IvanovaSvetlana ZakharovaFiriya Sultanova-Zhdanova   3:34:37 5    Yukiko OkamotoKazumi MatsuoMayumi Ichikawa   3:36:18 6    Maria GuidaLucilla AndreucciFranca Fiacconi   3:36:42 7    Elana MeyerNicole WhitefordMarietjie McDermott   3:37:17 8    Rakiya MaraouiZahia DahmaniAnnick Clouvel   3:38:13 9    Sylvia RenzMaren ÖstringerBirgit Jerschabek   3:40:18 10    Franziska RochatDaria NauerUrsula Jeitziner   3:40:52 11    Asha GigiLeila AmanElsabet Truneh   3:41:02 12    Albertina DiasRosa OliveiraFátima Cabral   3:41:05 13    Jody HawkinsShelly SteelyChristine McNamara   3:41:45 14    Galina Karnatsevich/BarukYelena MazovkaYelena Makolova   3:44:34 15    Liz Yelling/TalbotDebbie PercivalAlison Wyeth   3:48:15 16    Olivera JevtićMirjana GlisovicSuzana Čirić   3:49:04 17    Alena PeterkováDita HebelkováIrena Šádková   3:52:58 18    Mable ChiwamaChanda MwansaJean Mpundu   4:01:43
Participation The participation of 236 athletes (139 men/97 women) from 54 countries is reported. * (1)* (1)* (5)* (1)* (5)* (1)* (2)* (6)* (5)* (7)* (3)* (2)* (3)* (10)* (2)* (10)* (9)* (2)* (1)* (1)* (5)* (1)* (10)* (9)* (10)* (2)* (3)* (1)* (1)* (5)* (1)* (3)* (1)* (5)* (6)* (4)* (8)* (5)* (4)* (3)* (2)* (9)* (8)* (1)* (1)* (10)* (3)* (4)* (4)* (5)* (10)* (6)* (6)* (3)
See also *1998 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links * Official website