1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 6th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 3, 1997 in the city of Košice, Slovakia. A total of 228 athletes, 144 men and 84 women, from 45 countries took part.

Results [edit]

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Shem Kororia	KEN	59:56 (CR)
2	Moses Tanui	KEN	59:58
3	Kenneth Cheruiyot	KEN	1:00:00
4	Hendrick Ramaala	RSA	1:00:07
5	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	1:00:18
6	Gert Thys	RSA	1:00:23
7	Abraham Assefa	ETH	1:00:52
8	Luís Jesus	POR	1:00:56 (NR)
9	Stefano Baldini	ITA	1:01:01
10	Laban Chege	KEN	1:01:13
11	Lemma Alemayehu	ETH	1:01:17
12	Michael Fietz	GER	1:01:18
13	Stéphane Schweickhardt	SUI	1:02:26
14	Eduardo do Nascimento	BRA	1:01:27
15	Wilbroad Axweso	TAN	1:01:28

Position	Team	Competitors
1	Kenya	Shem Kororia (1st) Moses Tanui (2nd) Kenneth Cheruiyot (3rd)
2	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala (4th) Gert Thys (6th) Makhosonke Fika (42nd)
3	Ethiopia	Abraham Assefa (7th) Lemma Alemayehu (11th) Tesfaye Tola (18th)
4	Spain	Alejandro Gómez (17th) Bartolomé Serrano (21st) Antoni Peña (30th)
5	Italy	Stefano Baldini (9th) Michele Gamba (27th) Antonio Armuzzi (36th)

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	1:08:14 (CB)
2	Cristina Pomacu	ROM	1:08:43
3	Lidia Simon	ROM	1:09:05
4	Joyce Chepchumba	KEN	1:09:07
5	Nuţa Olaru	ROM	1:09:52
6	Katrin Dörre	GER	1:09:56
7	Lyudmila Petrova	RUS	1:10:02
8	Rocío Ríos	ESP	1:10:06
9	Mari Sotani	JPN	1:10:13
10	Svetlana Zakharova	RUS	1:10:29
11	Delilah Asiago	KEN	1:10:36
12	Noriko Geji	JPN	1:10:37
13	Hiromi Katayama	JPN	1:10:48
14	Aurica Buia	ROM	1:11:01
15	Alina Ecuta	ROM	1:11:02

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Romania	Cristina Pomacu (2nd) Lidia Simon (3rd) Nuţa Olaru (5th)
2	Kenya	Tegla Loroupe (1st) Joyce Chepchumba (4th) Delilah Asiago (11th)
3	Japan	Mari Sotani (9th) Noriko Geji (12th) Hiromi Katayama (13th)
4	Russia	Lyudmila Petrova (7th) Svetlana Zakharova (10th) Viktoriya Nenasheva (17th)
5	Germany	Katrin Dörre (6th) Petra Wassiluk (16th) Iris Biba (18th)