1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 5th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 29, 1996 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. A total of 209 athletes, 137 men and 72 women, from 53 countries took part.

Results[edit]

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Stefano Baldini	ITA	1:01:17
2	Josephat Kiprono	KEN	1:01:30
3	Tendai Chimusasa	ZIM	1:02:00
4	Carlos de la Torre	ESP	1:02:03
5	Toshiyuki Hayata	JPN	1:02:05
6	Neema Tuluway	TAN	1:02:30
7	Delmir dos Santos	BRA	1:02:44
8	Alejandro Gómez	ESP	1:02:47
9	Giacomo Leone	ITA	1:02:48
10	Stéphane Schweickhardt	SUI	1:02:49
11	Gemechu Kebede	ETH	1:02:52
12	Masatoshi Ibata	JPN	1:03:07
13	Luketz Swartbooi	NAM	1:03:24
14	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	1:03:31
15	Ezael Thlobo	RSA	1:03:32

Position	Team	Competitors
1	Italy	Stefano Baldini (1st) Giacomo Leone (9th) Vincenzo Modica (17th)
2	Spain	Carlos de la Torre (4th) Alejandro Gómez (8th) José Manuel García (23rd)
3	Japan	Toshiyuki Hayata (5th) Masatoshi Ibata (12th) Katsuhiko Hanada (14th)

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Ren Xiujuan	CHN	1:10:39
2	Lidia Simon	ROM	1:10:57
3	Aurica Buia	ROM	1:11:01
4	Nuţa Olaru	ROM	1:11:07
5	Kanako Haginaga	JPN	1:11:18
6	Christine Mallo	FRA	1:12:24
7	Firiya Sultanova	RUS	1:12:34
8	Heather Turland	AUS	1:12:46
9	Zahia Dahmani	FRA	1:12:47
10	Lucilla Andreucci	ITA	1:12:50
11	Cristina Pomacu	ROM	1:13:05
12	Zola Pieterse	RSA	1:13:19
13	Getenesh Urge	ETH	1:13:22
14	Martha Ernstdóttir	ISL	1:13:27
15	Muriel Linsolas	FRA	1:13:33

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Romania	Lidia Simon (2nd) Aura Buia (3rd) Nuţa Olaru (4th)
2	France	Christine Mallo (6th) Zahia Dahmani (9th) Muriel Linsolas (15th)
3	Italy	Lucilla Andreucci (10th) Annalisa Scurti (16th) Sonia Maccioni (24th)