1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

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.

Results [edit]

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paul Koech	KEN	1:00:01
2	Hendrick Ramaala	RSA	1:00:24
3	Khalid Skah	MAR	1:00:24
4	Seid Ibrahim	ETH	1:00:31
5	Gert Thys	RSA	1:00:37
6	Antonio Silio	ARG	1:00:45 (NR)
7	Luís Jesus	POR	1:01:10
8	Tendai Chimusasa	ZIM	1:01:14
9	Abner Chipu	RSA	1:01:20
10	Shem Kororia	KEN	1:01:30
11	John Gwako	KEN	1:01:36
12	Ronaldo da Costa	BRA	1:01:40
13	Joseph Kibor	KEN	1:01:42
14	Bartolomé Serrano	ESP	1:01:43
15	Martín Fiz	ESP	1:01:47

Position	Team	Competitors
1	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala (2nd) Gert Thys (5th) Abner Chipu (9th)
2	Kenya	Paul Koech (1st) Shem Kororia (10th) John Gwako (11th)
3	Ethiopia	Seid Ibrahim (4th) Girma Alemayehu (19th) Addis Abebe (29th)
4	Portugal	Luís Jesus (7th) Luís Novo (16th) Carlos Patrício (24th)
5	Spain	Bartolomé Serrano (14th) Martín Fiz (15th) Francisco Javier Cortés (18th)

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	1:08:29
2	Elana Meyer	RSA	1:08:32
3	Lidia Simon	ROM	1:08:58
4	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	1:10:02
5	Annemari Sandell	FIN	1:10:04
6	Joyce Chepchumba	KEN	1:10:10
7	Julia Vaquero	ESP	1:10:33
8	Cristina Pomacu	ROM	1:10:39
9	Yukiko Okamoto	JPN	1:10:50
10	Leah Malot	KEN	1:11:04
11	Albertina Dias	POR	1:11:08
12	Alina Ivanova	RUS	1:11:18
13	Svetlana Zakharova	RUS	1:11:26
14	María Luisa Larraga	ESP	1:11:30
15	Maria Guida	ITA	1:11:31

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Kenya	Tegla Loroupe (1st) Joyce Chepchumba (6th) Leah Malot (10th)
2	Romania	Lidia Simon (3rd) Cristina Pomacu (8th) Constantina Diţă (29th)
3	Spain	Julia Vaquero (7th) María Luisa Larraga (14th) Rocío Ríos (23rd)
4	Russia	Alina Ivanova (12th) Svetlana Zakharova (13th) Firiya Sultanova (20th)
5	Japan	Yukiko Okamoto (9th) Kazumi Matsuo (22nd) Mayumi Ichikawa (34th)