2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	21st
Date	March 29
Host city	Copenhagen, Denmark
Events	2
Participation	201 athletes from 56 nations
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The 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on March 29, 2014. The races were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The essentially flat one-loop course was beginning and ending in the city centre by Christiansborg Castle. ^[1] Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race ^{[2] [3]} and for the women's race. ^{[4] [5]}

Complete results were published for the men's race, ^[6] for the women's race, ^[7] for men's team, ^[8] and for women's team. ^[9]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  (KEN)	59:08	Samuel Tsegay  (ERI)	59:21	Guye Adola  (ETH)	59:21
Women	Gladys Cherono  (KEN)	1:07:29	Mary Wacera Ngugi  (KEN)	1:07:44	Selly Chepyego Kaptich  (KEN)	1:07:52
Team
Men	Eritrea	2:58:59	Kenya	2:59:38	Ethiopia	3:00:48
Women	Kenya	3:23:05	Ethiopia	3:27:05	Japan	3:31:33

Race results

Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor	Kenya	59:08	WL
	Samuel Tsegay	Eritrea	59:21	PB
	Guye Adola	Ethiopia	59:21	PB
4	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	59:38	SB
5	Nguse Amlosom	Eritrea	1:00:00
6	Wilson Kiprop	Kenya	1:00:01
7	Ghirmay Ghebreslassie	Eritrea	1:00:10	SB
8	Samsom Gebreyohannes	Eritrea	1:00:13	PB
9	Adugna Tekele	Ethiopia	1:00:15	PB
10	Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi	Kenya	1:00:29	SB
11	Geofrey Kusuro	Uganda	1:00:41	PB
12	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa	1:00:47	PB
13	Elroy Gelant	South Africa	1:01:10	PB
14	Bonsa Dida	Ethiopia	1:01:12	PB
15	Lusapho April	South Africa	1:01:16	PB
16	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	1:01:22	NR
17	Ayad Lamdassem	Spain	1:01:22	PB
18	Masato Kikuchi	Japan	1:01:23
19	Fikre Assefa	Ethiopia	1:01:30	PB
20	El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch	France	1:01:31	PB
21	Josphat Boit	United States	1:01:33	PB
22	Simon Cheprot	Kenya	1:01:37
23	Isaac Korir	Bahrain	1:01:40	PB
24	Robert Kwemoi Chemosin	Kenya	1:01:43
25	Alemu Bekele	Bahrain	1:01:46	PB
26	Daniel Rotich	Uganda	1:01:56	SB
27	Daniele Meucci	Italy	1:01:57	SB
28	Shogo Nakamura	Japan	1:01:57	PB
29	Moses Kibet	Uganda	1:02:02	PB
30	Paul Pollock	Ireland	1:02:10	PB
31	James Kibocha Theuri	France	1:02:11	SB
32	Wissem Hosni	Tunisia	1:02:11	SB
33	Tyler Pennel	United States	1:02:20
34	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	1:02:24	PB
35	Matt Llano	United States	1:02:25
36	Hiroto Inoue	Japan	1:02:25
37	José Antonio Uribe	Mexico	1:02:26	PB
38	Javier Guerra	Spain	1:02:27	PB
39	Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott	United States	1:02:28
40	Mikael Ekvall	Sweden	1:02:29	NR
41	Félicien Muhitira	Rwanda	1:02:31	PB
42	Raouf Boubaker	Tunisia	1:02:41	PB
43	Bekir Karayel	Turkey	1:02:48	PB
44	Urige Buta	Norway	1:02:50	SB
45	Simone Gariboldi	Italy	1:02:51	PB
46	Fernando Cabada Jr	United States	1:02:54
47	Alexis Nizeyimana	Rwanda	1:02:55	SB
48	Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud	Saudi Arabia	1:02:58	NR
49	Oscar Cerón	Mexico	1:02:58	PB
50	Aweke Ayalew	Bahrain	1:03:01	PB
51	Bilisuma Shugi	Bahrain	1:03:02	PB
52	Juan Carlos Romero	Mexico	1:03:10
53	Sohta Hoshi	Japan	1:03:29
54	Abdellatif Meftah	France	1:03:46	SB
55	Felix Ntirenganya	Rwanda	1:03:48	PB
56	Kenta Murayama	Japan	1:03:52
57	Marius Ionescu	Romania	1:03:54	SB
58	Isaac Ayeko	Uganda	1:03:56
59	Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen	Norway	1:03:56	PB
60	Gianmarco Buttazzo	Italy	1:03:59
61	Lars Budolfsen	Denmark	1:04:00	PB
62	Jesper Faurschou	Denmark	1:04:01	PB
63	Nicolae Alexandru Soare	Romania	1:04:07	PB
64	Ben Moreau	Great Britain	1:04:09	SB
65	Jesús Antonio Núñez	Spain	1:04:12	PB
66	Brihun Wuve	Israel	1:04:37	PB
67	Mehmet Çağlayan	Turkey	1:04:54	SB
68	Ruben Iindongo	France	1:04:59	SB
69	Driss El Himer	France	1:05:00	SB
70	Janis Girgensons	Latvia	1:05:11	PB
71	Hussein Habumugisha	Rwanda	1:05:11	SB
72	Kári Steinn Karlsson	Iceland	1:05:13	NR
73	Roman Fosti	Estonia	1:05:14	PB
74	Øystein Sylta	Norway	1:05:19	SB
75	Anuradha Cooray	Sri Lanka	1:05:20	NR
76	Fatih Bilgiç	Turkey	1:05:26	SB
77	Demsew Zegeye	Israel	1:05:27	PB
78	Raúl Pacheco	Peru	1:05:30
79	Maksim Pankratau	Belarus	1:05:32	SB
80	Zelalem Bacha	Bahrain	1:05:47	PB
81	Luis Alberto Orta	Venezuela	1:05:47	SB
82	Dmytro Siruk	Ukraine	1:05:57	PB
83	Zohar Zimro	Israel	1:06:04	PB
84	César Lizano	Costa Rica	1:06:07	SB
85	Cristhian Pacheco	Peru	1:06:07	PB
86	Yimharan Yosef	Israel	1:06:29	PB
87	Ben Ashkettle	New Zealand	1:06:39	SB
88	Juraj Vitko	Slovakia	1:06:48
89	Jarkko Järvenpää	Finland	1:07:04	SB
90	El Akhdar Hachani	Tunisia	1:08:06	SB
91	Yolo Nikolov	Bulgaria	1:08:09	PB
92	Esteban Cuestas	Uruguay	1:08:12	SB
93	Rui Yong Soh	Singapore	1:08:19	PB
94	Rafael Iglesias	Spain	1:08:29
95	Thijs Nijhuis	Denmark	1:08:38	SB
96	Asrat Mamo	Israel	1:08:53	PB
97	Mert Girmalegesse	Turkey	1:09:16
98	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland	1:09:45	PB
99	Andrew Grech	Malta	1:10:10	NR
100	Ortik Ramazonov	Uzbekistan	1:10:14	PB
101	Mok Ying Ren	Singapore	1:10:16	SB
102	Johannes Naitembu	Namibia	1:10:27	SB
103	Arturs Bareikis	Latvia	1:11:03	SB
104	Khasan Gaforov	Tajikistan	1:11:21
105	Marcel Tschopp	Liechtenstein	1:11:25	SB
106	Kokan Ajanovski	Macedonia	1:12:01	NR
107	Ilir Kellezi	Albania	1:15:00	SB
108	Chan Kit Chan	Macau	1:19:24	SB
109	Chang Chia-Che	Chinese Taipei	1:54:51	SB
—	Ingvar Hjartarson	Iceland	DNF
—	Ilja Nikolajev	Estonia	DNF
—	Henrik Them	Denmark	DNF
—	Tebalu Zawude	Ethiopia	DNF

Women's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gladys Cherono	Kenya	1:07:29	SB
	Mary Wacera Ngugi	Kenya	1:07:44	PB
	Selly Chepyego Kaptich	Kenya	1:07:52	PB
4	Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya	1:08:37	SB
5	Mercy Jerotich Kibarus	Kenya	1:08:42	SB
6	Netsanet Gudeta	Ethiopia	1:08:46	PB
7	Christelle Daunay	France	1:08:48	SB
8	Valeria Straneo	Italy	1:08:55	SB
9	Tsehay Desalegn	Ethiopia	1:09:04	PB
10	Genet Yalew	Ethiopia	1:09:15	PB
11	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	1:10:08
12	Mame Feyisa	Ethiopia	1:10:08	PB
13	Annie Bersagel	United States	1:10:10	PB
14	Lauren Kleppin	United States	1:10:16	PB
15	Sayo Nomura	Japan	1:10:18	SB
16	Hirut Alemayehu	Ethiopia	1:10:25	PB
17	Risa Takenaka	Japan	1:10:30
18	Alyson Dixon	Great Britain	1:10:38	PB
19	Reia Iwade	Japan	1:10:45	SB
20	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway	1:10:53	SB
21	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	1:10:56	PB
22	Veronica Inglese	Italy	1:10:57	PB
23	Lisa Christina Stublić	Croatia	1:11:09
24	Chieko Kido	Japan	1:11:17
25	Souad Aït Salem	Algeria	1:11:23
26	Gladys Tejeda	Peru	1:11:24	NR
27	René Kalmer	South Africa	1:11:53	SB
28	Jia Chaofeng	China	1:11:59
29	Nadia Ejjafini	Italy	1:12:05	SB
30	Alexandra Louison	France	1:12:06	PB
31	Letekidan Gebreaman	Eritrea	1:12:13	PB
32	Isabellah Andersson	Sweden	1:12:16	SB
33	He Yinli	China	1:12:18
34	Clara Santucci	United States	1:12:22	PB
35	Barkahoum Drici	Algeria	1:12:34
36	Mattie Suver	United States	1:12:42	SB
37	Luula Berhane	Eritrea	1:12:45	PB
38	Fatna Maraoui	Italy	1:12:50	SB
39	Jessica Draskau-Petersson	Denmark	1:12:52	PB
40	Susan Partridge	Great Britain	1:13:16
41	Verónica Pérez	Spain	1:13:26	PB
42	Zhang Yingying	China	1:13:26
43	Linet Chebet	Uganda	1:13:28	PB
44	Wendy Thomas	United States	1:14:07
45	Leila Luik	Estonia	1:14:18	SB
46	Liina Luik	Estonia	1:14:18	PB
47	Jenna Leigh Challenor	South Africa	1:14:20	PB
48	Rina Yamazaki	Japan	1:14:20
49	Veronika Brennhovd Blom	Norway	1:14:22	PB
50	Zhang Meixia	China	1:14:24
51	Lena Eliasson	Sweden	1:14:28	PB
52	Lavinia Haitope	Namibia	1:14:42	PB
54	Soumaya Boussaïd	Tunisia	1:15:12	NR
55	Corinne Herbreteau	France	1:15:27
56	Yue Chao	China	1:15:53
57	Rocío Cántara	Peru	1:15:54	PB
58	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	1:15:58	SB
59	Louise Langelund Batting	Denmark	1:16:18	PB
60	Nicolasa Condori	Peru	1:16:35	SB
61	Luminita Georgiana Achim	Romania	1:16:45	PB
62	Bahar Doğan	Turkey	1:17:00
63	Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea	1:17:00	SB
64	Volha Krautsova	Belarus	1:17:05	SB
65	Anne Holm Baumeister	Denmark	1:17:06	SB
66	Cornelia Joubert	South Africa	1:17:10	SB
67	Simone Christensen Glad	Denmark	1:17:11	PB
68	Marthe Katrine Myhre	Norway	1:17:28
69	Aline Camboulives	France	1:17:46	SB
70	Liliana Maria Danci	Romania	1:18:03	SB
71	Tonya Nero	Trinidad and Tobago	1:18:26	SB
72	Annemette Aagaard	Denmark	1:18:48	SB
73	Nilay Esen	Turkey	1:19:08
74	Claudia Paula Todoran	Romania	1:19:10
75	Gabriela Traña	Costa Rica	1:19:25	SB
76	Arndi Háfdórsdóttir	Iceland	1:20:02	PB
77	Yiu Kit Ching	Hong Kong	1:20:28	PB
78	Kateryna Karmanenko	Ukraine	1:20:53	SB
79	Elena Moaga	Romania	1:22:45	SB
80	Giselle Camilleri	Malta	1:23:41
81	Irina Moroz	Uzbekistan	1:23:46	PB
82	Martha Ernstsdóttir	Iceland	1:24:24	SB
83	Sandrine Kengue	Gabon	1:24:37	SB
84	Helen Olafsdóttir	Iceland	1:24:41	SB
85	Carlie Pipe	Barbados	1:32:58	NR
86	Kathrin Gassner	Liechtenstein	1:36:13	PB
87	Pou I Chan	Macau	1:36:35	PB
88	Shamha Ahmed	Maldives	1:42:04	NR
—	Vesna Kiradzieva	Macedonia	DNF
—	Nicola Duncan	Ireland	DNS

Team results

Men's

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Eritrea	Samuel Tsegay Zersenay Tadese Nguse Amlosom	2:58:59
2	Kenya	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor Wilson Kiprop Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi	2:59:38
3	Ethiopia	Guye Adola Adugna Tekele Bonsa Dida	3:00:48
4	South Africa	Stephen Mokoka Elroy Gelant Lusapho April	3:03:13
5	Uganda	Geofrey Kusuro Daniel Rotich Moses Kibet	3:04:39
6	Japan	Masato Kikuchi Shogo Nakamura Hiroto Inoue	3:05:45
7	United States	Josphat Boit Tyler Pennel Matt Llano	3:06:18
8	Bahrain	Isaac Korir Alemu Bekele Aweke Ayalew	3:06:27
9	France	El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch James Kibocha Theuri Abdellatif Meftah	3:07:28
10	Spain	Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Jesús Antonio Núñez	3:08:01
11	Mexico	José Antonio Uribe Oscar Cerón Juan Carlos Romero	3:08:34
12	Italy	Daniele Meucci Simone Gariboldi Gianmarco Buttazzo	3:08:47
13	Turkey	Polat Kemboi Arıkan Bekir Karayel Mehmet Çağlayan	3:09:04
14	Rwanda	Félicien Muhitira Alexis Nizeyimana Felix Ntirenganya	3:09:14
15	Denmark	Abdi Hakin Ulad Lars Budolfsen Jesper Faurschou	3:10:25
16	Norway	Urige Buta Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen Øystein Sylta	3:12:05
17	Tunisia	Wissem Hosni Raouf Boubaker El Akhdar Hachani	3:12:58
18	Israel	Brihun Wuve Demsew Zegeye Zohar Zimro	3:16:08

Women's

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Kenya	Gladys Cherono Mary Wacera Ngugi Selly Chepyego Kaptich	3:23:05
2	Ethiopia	Netsanet Gudeta Tsehay Desalegn Genet Yalew	3:27:05
3	Japan	Sayo Nomura Risa Takenaka Reia Iwade	3:31:33
4	Italy	Valeria Straneo Veronica Inglese Nadia Ejjafini	3:31:57
5	United States	Annie Bersagel Lauren Kleppin Clara Santucci	3:32:48
6	France	Christelle Daunay Alexandra Louison Corinne Herbreteau	3:36:21
7	China	Jia Chaofeng He Yinli Zhang Yingying	3:37:43
8	Eritrea	Letekidan Gebreaman Luula Berhane Nebiat Habtemariam	3:41:58
9	Norway	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Veronika Brennhovd Blom Marthe Katrine Myhre	3:42:43
10	South Africa	René Kalmer Jenna Leigh Challenor Cornelia Joubert	3:43:23
11	Peru	Gladys Tejeda Rocío Cántara Nicolasa Condori	3:43:53
12	Denmark	Jessica Draskau-Petersson Louise Langelund Batting Anne Holm Baumeister	3:46:16
13	Turkey	Elvan Abeylegesse Bahar Doğan Nilay Esen	3:52:06
14	Romania	Luminita Georgiana Achim Liliana Maria Danci Claudia Paula Todoran	3:53:58
15	Iceland	Arndi Háfdórsdóttir Martha Ernstsdóttir Helen Olafsdóttir	4:09:07

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	3	2	1	6
2	Eritrea	1	1	0	2
3	Ethiopia	0	1	2	3
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 201 athletes from 56 countries. Although announced, ^[10] the athletes from   Canada and   Palestine did not show.

•   Albania (1)
•   Algeria (2)
•   Bahrain (5)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Belarus (2)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   China (5)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Denmark (10)
•   Eritrea (8)
•   Estonia (4)
•   Ethiopia (10)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (9)
•   Gabon (1)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Iceland (6)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Israel (5)
•   Italy (7)
•   Japan (10)
•   Kenya (10)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Liechtenstein (2)
•   Macau (2)
• Macedonia (2)
•   Maldives (1)
•   Malta (2)
•   Mexico (3)
•   Namibia (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (6)
•   Peru (5)
•   Romania (6)
•   Rwanda (4)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Singapore (2)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   South Africa (6)
•   Spain (6)
•   Sri Lanka (1)
•   Sweden (3)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•   Tunisia (4)
•   Turkey (8)
•   Uganda (5)
•   Ukraine (2)
•   United Kingdom (3)
•   United States (10)
•   Uruguay (1)
•   Uzbekistan (2)
•   Venezuela (1)

See also

• 2014 in athletics (track and field)

References

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