IAAF World Road Relay Championships

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The IAAF World Road Relay Championships was a biennial international athletics competition in long-distance relay running. First organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1992, the championship ran for four editions, with its last one occurring in 1998. [1] [2]

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The relay format was based on the ekiden races native to Japan, where six runners team up for legs of varying length to cover the classic 42.195 km marathon distance. The first, third and fifth legs were of 5 km each, the second and fourth legs were 10 km each, and the final leg covered the remaining 7.195 km. [3]

The first edition saw the Kenyan men's team break the world record for the ekiden relay with a run of 2:00:02 hours. The Moroccan team at the following edition improved this further with a world and championship record time of 1:57:56 hours. The Ethiopian women's team set the championship record of 2:16:04 hours in 1996 and retained their title the following year. Kenya and Ethiopia were the most successful nations at the event – Kenya took three men's titles, as well as a women's silver and a men's bronze, while Ethiopia had two women's titles, three silver medals and one bronze medal. [1]

The competition was preceded by the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay – a one-off race held in 1986 in Hiroshima. [4]

Editions

  Edition in gold was held as the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay
EditionYearLocationDateMen's teamsWomen's teamsAthletes
1986 Hiroshima, Japan30 November [5]
1st 1992 Funchal, Portugal9–10 May138
2nd 1994 Litochoro, Greece16–17 April240
3rd 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark13–14 April2512210
4th 1998 Manaus, Brazil18–19 April2512222

Medallists

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
1986 [6] Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Ethiopia
Wodajo Bulti
Debebe Demisse
Bekele Debele
Feyisa Melese
Abebe Mekonnen
1:59:11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Carl Thackery
Jon Solly
Mark Scrutton
David Clarke
Karl Harrison
1:59:14 Oceania
Steve Moneghetti
David Burridge
Andrew Lloyd
Chris Tobin
Adam Hoyle
2:00:12
1992Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Eliud Barngetuny
William Koech
Ezekiel Bitok
William Sigei
Richard Tum
William Mutwol
2:00:02 WR Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Carlos Patrício
Dionísio Castro
Alberto Maravilha
Juvenal Ribeiro
Juan Carlos Montero
Domingos Castro
2:01:34Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Carl Udall
David Clarke
John Mayock
Colin Walker
John Sherban
David Lewis
2:02:34
1994Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Brahim Jabbour
El-Arbi Khattabi
Hicham El Guerrouj
Salah Hissou
Brahim Boutayeb
Khalid Skah
1:57:56 WR CRFlag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg Ethiopia
Worku Bikila
Badilu Kibret
Abraham Assefa
Fita Bayisa
Chala Kelele
Haile Gebrselassie
1:58:51Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Peter Ndirangu
Joseph Kibor
Clement Kiprotich
Paul Yego
John Kiprono
Simon Rono
2:00:51
1996Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Simon Rono
Joseph Kimani
Mark Yatich
Stephen Kirwa
David Kipruto
William Kiptum
2:00:40Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Wander Moura
Vanderlei de Lima
Edgar de Oliveira
Delmir dos Santos
Tomix da Costa
Ronaldo da Costa
2:01:24Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Lemi Erpassa
Kidane Gebremichael
Sisay Bezebah
Abraham Assefa
Tegenu Abebe
Worku Bikila
2:01:50
1998Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
John Kibowen
Paul Koech
Benjamin Limo
Thomas Nyariki
John Kosgei
Paul Kosgei
2:01:13Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Million Wolde
Ayele Mezgebu
Berhanu Aldane
Tesfaye Tola
Fita Bayisa
Alene Emire
2:03:47Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Elenilson da Silva
Tomix da Costa
Ronaldo da Costa
Daniel Ferreira
Leonardo Guedes
Sergio da Silva
2:04:50

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
1986Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Lorraine Moller
Hazel Stewart
Mary O'Connor
Susan Bruce
Anne Audain
Ann Hare
2:18:18Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Tatyana Kazankina
Marina Rodchenkova
Lyudmila Matveyeva
Svetlana Guskova
Olga Bondarenko
Tatyana Samolenko
2:18:33Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Martha Cooksey
Francie Smith
Lisa Brady
Charly Haversat
Diane Brewer
Judy McCreery
2:19:11
1992Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Fernanda Marques
Aurora Cunha
Felicidade Sena
Conceição Ferreira
Fátima Neves
Fernanda Ribeiro
2:20:14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Berit Worm
Dorthe Rasmussen
Anita Palshøj
Aino Slej
Nina Christiansen
Bettina Andersen
2:24:42Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Begoña Herraez
Carmen Brunet
Cristina Nogue
Ana Isabel Alonso
Rocío Ríos
Rosa Perez
2:25:06
1994Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tatyana Pentukova
Nadezhda Galliamova
Elena Kavaklioglu
Natalya Sorokivaskaya
Yelena Romanova
Olga Churbanova
2:17:19Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg Ethiopia
Askale Bereda
Derartu Tulu
Leila Aman
Gadissie Edato
Birhan Dagne
Asha Gigi
2:19:09Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Daniela Bran
Alina Tecuţa
Mariana Chirila
Anuța Cătună
Florina Pană
Iulia Negură
2:19:18
1996Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
Genet Gebregiorgis
Birhane Adere
Ayelech Worku
Gete Wami
Getenesh Urge
Luchia Yishak
2:16:04 CRFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Iulia Ionescu
Mariana Chirila
Lelia Deselnecu
Iulia Negură
Luminita Gogârlea
Elena Fidatov
2:18:41Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Yukiko Okamoto
Naomi Sakashita
Ai Fukuchi
Ikuyo Goto
Noriko Ura
Eri Yamaguchi
2:18:58
1998Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
Yimenashu Taye
Gete Wami
Genet Gebregiorgis
Asha Gigi
Ayelech Worku
Merima Denboba
2:21:15Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Jackline Maranga
Jane Omoro
Leah Malot
Susan Chepkemei
Naomi Mugo
Sally Barsosio
2:21:49Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Stela Olteanu
Alina Tecuţa
Mariana Chirila
Cristina Pomacu
Constantina Diţă
Luminita Gogârlea
2:24:13

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)3115
2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2316
3Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)1102
4Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)1001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1001
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)0123
7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0112
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0101
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0011
Totals (11 entries)88824

References

  1. 1 2 IAAF World Road Relay Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2004-03-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
  2. Istanbul 2012 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 195). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
  3. 4th IAAF World Road Relay Championships - highlights of the event to be broadcast world-wide from the heart of Amazonia Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF (1998-04-08). Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
  4. IAAF World Road Relay Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-30.
  5. UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. L'Ethiopie à Hiroshima (in French). La Liberté (1986-12-03). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
List of medallists