1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 1st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 19 and 20, 2001 in Tyneside, UK, and was run simultaneously with that year's Great North Run. A total of 204 athletes, 97 men, 83 women and 24 juniors, from 36 countries took part.

Results

Men's Race

Individual

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Benson Masya	KEN	1:00:24
2	Antonio Silio	ARG	1:00:40
3	Boay Akonay	TAN	1:00:45
4	Lameck Aguta	KEN	1:00:55
5	Joseph Keino	KEN	1:01:06
6	Dave Lewis	GBR	1:01:17
7	Artur Castro	BRA	1:01:18
8	Alejandro Gómez	ESP	1:01:20
9	Cosmas Ndeti	KEN	1:01:34
10	Paul Evans	GBR	1:01:38
11	Xolile Yawa	RSA	1:01:48
12	Antoni Peña	ESP	1:01:48
13	Koichi Fujita	JPN	1:01:53
14	Francesco Panetta	ITA	1:01:55
15	Malcolm Norwood	AUS	1:01:56

Team

Position	Team	Competitors
1	Kenya	Benson Masya (1st) Lameck Aguta (4th) Joseph Keino (5th)
2	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Dave Lewis (6th) Paul Evans (10th) Carl Thackery (16th)
3	Brazil	Artur Castro (7th) Ronaldo da Costa (20th) Delmir dos Santos (24th)

Women's Race

Individual

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Liz McColgan	GBR	1:08:53
2	Megumi Fujiwara	JPN	1:09:21
3	Rosanna Munerotto	ITA	1:09:38
4	Anuţa Cătună	ROM	1:10:25
5	Miyoko Asahina	JPN	1:10:27
6	Fatuma Roba	ETH	1:10:28
7	Eriko Asai	JPN	1:10:51
8	Birgit Jerschabek	GER	1:10:53
9	Nadezhda Ilyina	EUN	1:10:58
10	Iulia Negura	ROM	1:10:59
11	Akari Takemoto	JPN	1:11:01
12	Andrea Wallace	GBR	1:11:21
13	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	1:11:22
14	Gordon Bloch	USA	1:11:34
15	Joy Smith	USA	1:11:43

Team

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Japan	Megumi Fujiwara (2nd) Miyoko Asahina (5th) Eriko Asai (7th)
2	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Liz McColgan (1st) Andrea Wallace (12th) Suzanne Rigg (31st)
3	Romania	Anuţa Cătună (4th) Iulia Negura (10th) Aurica Buia (19th)

Junior Men's Race

Individual

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Kassa Tadesse	ETH	1:04:51
2	Meck Mothuli	RSA	1:03:32
3	Francesco Ingargiola	ITA	1:05:18
4	Salvatore Orgiana	ITA	1:05:40
5	Zeryihun Bekele	ETH	1:06:26
6	Isaac Radebe	RSA	1:06:36
7	Ottaviano Andriani	ITA	1:06:41
8	Matteo Palumbo	ITA	1:07:12
9	Tesfaye Eticha	ETH	1:07:39
10	Henno Haava	EST	1:07:44
11	Enoch Skosana	RSA	1:08:27
12	Marcel Matanin	TCH	1:09:04
13	Rain Miljan	EST	1:09:11
14	Dirk Berger	GER	1:09:18
15	Péter Werner	HUN	1:09:48

Team

Position	Team	Competitors
1	Italy	Francesco Ingargiola (3rd) Salvatore Orgiana (4th) Ottaviano Andriani (7th)
2	Ethiopia	Kassa Tadesse (1st) Zeryihun Bekele (5th) Tesfaye Eticha (9th)
3	South Africa	Meck Mothuli (2nd) Isaac Radebe (6th) Enoch Skosana (11th)

See also

• 1992 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 1992-2005 Facts & Figures