2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships explained

2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Dates:2008-10-12
Size:250px
Host City:Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nations:42
Athletes:155
Events:2
Length:21.0975 kilometres
Ind Prize:1st: 30,000
2nd: 15,000
3rd: 10,000
4th: 7,000
5th: 5,000
6th: 3,000
Team Prize:1st: 15,000
2nd: 12,000
3rd: 9,000
4th: 7,500
5th: 6,000
6th: 3,000
Previous:2007 Udine
Next:2009 Birmingham

The 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.[1]

This event was first announced as the 2008 IAAF World Road Running Championships, but in November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the IAAF World Road Running Championships would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[2] [3]

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race and for the women's race.

Medallists

Individual
Men59:56 1:01:54 1:01:57
Women1:08:37 1:09:57 1:10:01
Team
Team Men3:07:243:09:403:10:52
Team Women 3:30:593:31:243:40:58

Race results

Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.

Men's

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
59:56 CR
1:01:54
1:01:57 SB
4 1:01:58
5 1:02:05
6 1:03:03
7 1:03:04
8 1:03:14
9 1:03:32
10 1:03:57 PB
11 1:04:02 SB
12 1:04:04 SB
13 1:04:11
14 1:04:32
15 1:04:39
16 1:04:44
17 1:04:45 SB
18 1:04:57
19 1:04:58 SB
20 1:05:07 SB
21 1:05:17
22 1:05:20
23 1:05:38
24 1:05:38
25 1:05:40 PB
26 1:05:42
27 1:05:46
28 1:05:52 SB
29 1:05:56 PB
30 1:05:59
31 1:06:10
32 1:06:26
33 1:06:35
34 1:06:37
35 1:06:46
36 1:06:50 SB
37 1:06:57
38 1:07:08 SB
39 1:07:08
40 1:07:10 PB
41 1:07:12 SB
42 1:07:26 SB
43 1:07:40
44 1:07:41
45 1:07:57
46 1:08:11
47 1:08:14
48 1:08:24
49 1:08:34
50 1:08:36
51 1:08:38
52 1:08:41
53 1:08:47
54 1:08:49
55 1:09:08
56 1:09:51 PB
57 1:09:56 PB
58 1:10:20 PB
59 1:10:33 SB
60 1:10:34 PB
61 1:10:36
62 1:10:40
63 1:10:47 SB
64 1:11:01 SB
65 1:11:12
66 1:11:23
67 1:11:45
68 1:11:53
69 1:12:04 SB
70 1:12:42 SB
71 1:13:01 SB
72 1:13:02
73 1:14:06
74 1:14:35
75 1:14:50
76 1:14:50
77 1:15:19 PB
78 1:15:33 PB
79 1:16:53 SB
80 1:17:39
81 1:17:44
82 1:18:02
83 1:20:05
84 1:20:50
85 1:25:14
86 1:28:24
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF
— DNS
— DNS

Women's

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1:08:37 SB
1:09:57 PB
1:10:01
4 1:10:03 PB
5 1:10:12
6 1:10:59 PB
7 1:11:11
8 1:11:13
9 1:11:16 SB
10 1:11:39
11 1:12:03 PB
12 1:12:16 SB
13 1:12:56
14 1:12:58
15 1:13:01
16 1:13:30
17 1:13:42 SB
18 1:14:08
19 1:14:27
20 1:14:33
21 1:14:37
22 1:14:52
23 1:15:05
24 1:15:14
25 1:15:15
26 1:15:23 SB
27 1:15:25 PB
28 1:15:30
29 1:15:31 PB
30 1:16:02 PB
31 1:16:17
32 1:16:46
33 1:16:52 NR
34 1:17:04 SB
35 1:17:19
36 1:17:27
37 1:18:30
38 1:18:39
39 1:18:49
40 1:18:52
41 1:19:28 PB
42 1:20:01
43 1:20:06
44 1:20:18
45 1:20:25
46 1:20:34 SB
47 1:20:43
48 1:21:11 SB
49 1:22:29
50 1:22:51
51 1:23:37
52 1:23:38
53 1:24:18
54 1:26:20 SB
55 1:27:51
56 1:28:49
57 1:29:11
58 1:29:30 PB
59 1:31:20 SB
60 1:38:08 SB
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF

Team results

Men's

Rank Country Team Time
3:07:24
3:09:40
3:10:52
4 3:11:47
5 3:14:07
6 3:15:02
7 3:15:28
8 3:16:58
9 3:18:12
10 3:20:50
11 3:21:09
12 3:23:59
13 3:24:53
14 3:26:44
15 3:32:12
16 3:35:36

Women's

Rank Country Team Time
3:30:59
3:31:24
3:40:58
4 3:45:06
5 3:48:47
6 3:51:11
7 4:00:51
8 4:00:58
— DNF

Participation

The participation of 155 athletes (90 men/65 women) from 42 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from did not show.

See also

External links


Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/WRU08/index.html IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday 12 October 2008
  2. Web site: Council Selects Four New Venues for Future Events - IAAF Council Meeting, Day Two . 2006-03-29 . . 23 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070814163236/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D512/newsId%3D34112.html . 14 August 2007 . live .
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=42537.html NEWS CENTRE: Rio 2008 – championships renamed

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