2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 11th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on May 5, 2002 in the city of Brussels, Belgium. A total of 201 athletes, 123 men and 78 women, from 60 countries took part.

Results [edit]

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paul Kosgei	KEN	1:00:39
2	Jaouad Gharib	MAR	1:00:42 (PB)
3	John Yuda	TAN	1:00:57
4	Yonas Kifle	ERI	1:01:05
5	Tesfaye Jifar	ETH	1:01:11
6	Shadrack Hoff	RSA	1:01:23
7	Rachid Berradi	ITA	1:01:32
8	Atsushi Sato	JPN	1:01:37 (PB)
9	Charles Kamathi	KEN	1:02:01
10	Paul Kirui	KEN	1:02:02
11	Julio Rey	ESP	1:02:10
12	Francisco Javier Cortés	ESP	1:02:13
13	Ambesse Tolosa	ETH	1:02:19
14	Marco Mazza	ITA	1:02:21
15	Hendrick Ramaala	RSA	1:02:27

Position	Team	Competitors
1	Kenya	Paul Kosgei (1st) Charles Kamathi (9th) Paul Kirui (10th)
2	Japan	Atsushi Sato (8th) Toshihide Kato (17th) Kurao Umeki (19th)
3	Ethiopia	Tesfaye Jifar (5th) Ambesse Tolosa (13th) Worku Bikila (37th)
4	South Africa	Shadrack Hoff (6th) Hendrick Ramaala (15th) Josia Thugwane (30th)
5	Italy	Rachid Berradi (7th) Marco Mazza (14th) Daniele Caimmi (40th)

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Berhane Adere	ETH	1:09:06
2	Susan Chepkemei	KEN	1:09:13
3	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	1:09:15
4	Mihaela Botezan	ROM	1:09:24 (PB)
5	Pamela Chepchumba	KEN	1:09:30 (PB)
6	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	1:09:33
7	Lenah Cheruiyot	KEN	1:09:39
8	Marleen Renders	BEL	1:09:40
9	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	1:09:43
10	Asmae Leghzaoui	MAR	1:09:46
11	Kerryn McCann	AUS	1:09:47
12	Svetlana Zakharova	RUS	1:09:48 (PB)
13	Lyudmila Petrova	RUS	1:09:55
14	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	1:10:04 (PB)
15	Luminița Talpoș	ROM	1:10:08 (PB)

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Kenya	Susan Chepkemei (2nd) Pamela Chepchumba (5th) Lenah Cheruiyot (7th)
2	Russia	Svetlana Zakharova (12th) Lyudmila Petrova (13th) Irina Safarova (16th)
3	Ethiopia	Berhane Adere (1st) Asha Gigi (17th) Leila Aman (18th)
4	Romania	Mihaela Botezan (4th) Luminița Talpoș (15th) Constantina Tomescu (22nd)
5	Japan	Mizuki Noguchi (9th) Mikie Takanaka (19th) Kiyomi Ogawa (21st)