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The World Athletics Road Running Championships is a biennial international road running competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. [1] It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The competition was renamed to its current title in 2020 after the governing body rebranded itself moving away from the long-standing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) moniker and expanded to include additional races. [2]
The competition replaced the female-only IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, which was held annually from 1983 to 1991.
The next Championship will be held as part of the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships. [3]
| Year | Edition | Venue | Country | Date | No. of athletes [lower-alpha 1] | No. of nations |
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| 1992 | 1st | Tyneside | United Kingdom | 19–20 September | 204 | 36 |
| 1993 | 2nd | Brussels | Belgium | 3 October | 254 | 49 |
| 1994 | 3rd | Oslo | Norway | 24 September | 214 | 48 |
| 1995 | 4th | Montbéliard–Belfort | France | 1 October | 243 | 54 |
| 1996 | 5th | Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 29 September | 206 | 53 |
| 1997 | 6th | Košice | Slovakia | 4 October | 226 | 45 |
| 1998 | 7th | Uster | Switzerland | 27 September | 236 | 54 |
| 1999 | 8th | Palermo | Italy | 3 October | 192 | 48 |
| 2000 | 9th | Veracruz | Mexico | 12 November | 182 | 52 |
| 2001 | 10th | Bristol | United Kingdom | 7 October | 200 | 52 |
| 2002 | 11th | Brussels | Belgium | 5 May | 198 | 60 |
| 2003 | 12th | Vilamoura | Portugal | 4 October | 171 | 49 |
| 2004 | 13th | New Delhi | India | 3 October | 152 | 55 |
| 2005 | 14th | Edmonton | Canada | 1 October | 156 | 43 |
| 2006 | 15th | Debrecen | Hungary | 8 October | 140 | 39 (20 km race) |
| 2007 | 16th | Udine | Italy | 14 October | 144 | 37 |
| 2008 | 17th | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 October | 155 | 42 |
| 2009 | 18th | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 11 October | 157 | 39 |
| 2010 | 19th | Nanning | China | 16 October | 123 | 30 |
| 2012 | 20th | Kavarna [4] | Bulgaria | 6 October | 146 | 41 |
| 2014 | 21st | Copenhagen [5] | Denmark | 29 March | 203 | 56 |
| 2016 | 22nd | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 26 March | 169 | 45 |
| 2018 | 23rd | Valencia | Spain | 24 March | 279 | 79 + ART |
| 2020 | 24th | Gdynia | Poland | 17 October | 225 | 53 + ART |
| cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2023 | 25th | Riga | Latvia | 1 October | 347 [6] | 56 + ART [6] |
The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was first held in 1992. It comprised three races: the men's race, the women's race and the junior men's race. Furthermore, a team competition was held in each category, with the winners being decided by combining the performances of a country's top three finishers. The country with the lowest aggregate time won the team competition. The junior men's race was held in only the first and second editions, and was removed from the programme from 1994 onwards.
The competition went largely unchanged until 2006, when the competition was renamed as the IAAF World Road Running Championships. Aside from the name change, the significant difference was the distance of the race, changing from a half marathon to a 20 kilometres road race. The 20 km race featured only at the 2006 edition, and the half marathon distance returned for the 2007 World Road Running Championships.
On 29 November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the competition would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, beginning with the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008. [7] [8]
This competition is not to be confused with the IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships which were run from 1983 to 1991, or the IAAF World Road Relay Championships which took place between 1992 and 1998.
The 2020 edition of the competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] Although it was held later that year, many countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S., declined to participate. [10]
Similarly, the 2022 edition of the competition was postponed twice before being cancelled due to the pandemic. [11] [12] [10] As a result of the cancellation, the World Athletics Council decided to award the 2027 World Athletics Road Running Championships to Yangzhou, the city originally scheduled to host the 2022 competition. [11]
The competition is generally held every October. Runners compete on public roads which have been closed off to traffic specifically for the event. Prize money varies from US$30,000 to US$3000.
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| 1992 |  Benson Masya (KEN) | 1:00:24 |  Antonio Silio (ARG) | 1:00:40 |  Boay Akonay (TAN) | 1:00:45 |
| 1993 |  Vincent Rousseau (BEL) | 1:01:06 |  Steve Moneghetti (AUS) | 1:01:10 |  Carl Thackery (GBR) | 1:01:13 |
| 1994 |  Khalid Skah (MAR) | 1:00:27 |  Germán Silva (MEX) | 1:00:28 |  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) | 1:00:54 |
| 1995 | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 1:01:45 | Paul Yego (KEN) | 1:01:46 | Charles Tangus (KEN) | 1:01:50 |
| 1996 |  Stefano Baldini (ITA) | 1:01:17 | Josephat Kiprono (KEN) | 1:01:30 |  Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM) | 1:02:00 |
| 1997 | Shem Kororia (KEN) | 59:56 CR | Moses Tanui (KEN) | 59:58 | Kenneth Cheruiyot (KEN) | 1:00:00 |
| 1998 | Paul Koech (KEN) | 1:00:01 |  Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) | 1:00:24 | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 1:00:24 |
| 1999 | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 1:01:50 | Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) | 1:01:50 |  Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:01:51 |
| 2000 | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 1:03:47 | Phaustin Baha Sulle (TAN) | 1:03:48 | Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:03:50 |
| 2001 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 1:00:03 | Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:00:04 | John Yuda Msuri (TAN) | 1:00:12 |
| 2002 | Paul Malakwen Kosgei (KEN) | 1:00:39 | Jaouad Gharib (MAR) | 1:00:42 | John Yuda Msuri (TAN) | 1:00:57 |
| 2003 | Martin Lel (KEN) | 1:00:49 | Fabiano Joseph Naasi (TAN) | 1:00:52 | Martin Sulle (TAN) | 1:00:56 |
| 2004 | Paul Kirui (KEN) | 1:02:15 | Fabiano Joseph Naasi (TAN) | 1:02:31 |  Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (QAT) | 1:02:36 |
| 2005 | Fabiano Joseph Naasi (TAN) | 1:01:08 | Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) | 1:01:09 |  Yonas Kifle (ERI) | 1:01:13 |
| 2006 (20 km) | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 56:01 | Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba (KEN) | 56:41 | Wilson Kebenei (KEN) | 57:15 |
| 2007 | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 58:59 | Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) | 59:02 | Evans Cheruiyot (KEN) | 59:05 |
| 2008 | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 59:56 =CR | Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) | 1:01:54 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (QAT) | 1:01:57 |
| 2009 | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 59:35 CR | Bernard Kipyego (KEN) | 59:59 |  Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) | 1:00:00 |
| 2010 | Wilson Kiprop (KEN) | 1:00:07 | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 1:00:11 | Sammy Kitwara (KEN) | 1:00:22 |
| 2012 | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 1:00:19 |  Deressa Chimsa (ETH) | 1:00:51 | John Nzau Mwangangi (KEN) | 1:01:01 |
| 2014 | Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) | 59:08 CR | Samuel Tsegay (ERI) | 59:21 | Guye Adola (ETH) | 59:21 |
| 2016 | Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) | 59:10 | Bedan Karoki Muchiri (KEN) | 59:36 | Mo Farah (GBR) | 59:59 |
| 2018 | Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) | 1:00:02 |  Abraham Cheroben (BHR) | 1:00:22 | Aron Kifle (ERI) | 1:00:31 |
| 2020 |  Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) | 58:49 | Kibiwott Kandie (KEN) | 58:54 | Amedework Walelegn (ETH) | 59:08 |
| 2022 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [11] | |||||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 1992 | Liz McColgan (GBR) | 1:08:53 |  Megumi Fujiwara (JPN) | 1:09:21 | Rosanna Munerotto (ITA) | 1:09:38 |
| 1993 |  Conceição Ferreira (POR) | 1:10:07 | Mari Tanigawa (JPN) | 1:10:09 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 1:10:12 |
| 1994 | Elana Meyer (RSA) | 1:08:36 CR |  Iulia Olteanu (ROU) | 1:09:15 | Anuța Cătună (ROU) | 1:09:35 |
| 1995 |  Valentina Yegorova (RUS) | 1:09:58 | Cristina Pomacu (ROU) | 1:10:22 | Anuța Cătună (ROU) | 1:10:28 |
| 1996 |  Ren Xiujuan (CHN) | 1:10:39 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:10:57 | Aurica Buia (ROU) | 1:11:01 |
| 1997 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 1:08:14 CR | Cristina Pomacu (ROU) | 1:08:43 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:09:05 |
| 1998 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 1:08:29 | Elana Meyer (RSA) | 1:08:32 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:08:58 |
| 1999 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 1:08:48 | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 1:09:12 | Catherine Ndereba (KEN) | 1:09:23 |
| 2000 | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:09:07 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:09:40 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:10:24 |
| 2001 | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:06:47 CR | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:07:36 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 1:08:17 |
| 2002 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 1:09:06 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:09:13 |  Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT) | 1:09:15 |
| 2003 | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:07:35 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 1:09:02 | Benita Willis (AUS) | 1:09:26 |
| 2004 | Sun Yingjie (CHN) | 1:08:40 | Lydia Cheromei (KEN) | 1:09:00 | Constantina Diță (ROU) | 1:09:07 |
| 2005 | Constantina Diță (ROU) | 1:09:17 |  Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:10:19 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:10:20 |
| 2006 (20 km) | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:03:21 WR | Constantina Diță (ROU) | 1:03:23 | Rita Jeptoo (KEN) | 1:03:47 |
| 2007 | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:06:25 WRwo | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) | 1:06:48 | Pamela Chepchumba (KEN) | 1:08:06 |
| 2008 | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:08:37 | Aselefech Mergia (ETH) | 1:09:57 | Pamela Chepchumba (KEN) | 1:10:01 |
| 2009 | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) | 1:06:36 CR | Philes Ongori (KEN) | 1:07:38 | Aberu Kebede (ETH) | 1:07:39 |
| 2010 | Florence Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:08:24 | Dire Tune (ETH) | 1:08:34 | Peninah Arusei (KEN) | 1:09:05 |
| 2012 | Meseret Hailu (ETH) | 1:08:55 | Feyse Tadese (ETH) | 1:08:56 | Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech (KEN) | 1:09:04 |
| 2014 | Gladys Cherono Kiprono (KEN) | 1:07:29 | Mary Wacera Ngugi (KEN) | 1:07:44 | Sally Chepyego Kaptich (KEN) | 1:07:52 |
| 2016 | Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) | 1:07:31 | Cynthia Jerotich Limo (KEN) | 1:07:34 | Mary Wacera Ngugi (KEN) | 1:07:54 |
| 2018 | Netsanet Gudeta (ETH) | 1:06:11 WRwo | Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) | 1:06:54 | Pauline Kaveke Kamulu (KEN) | 1:06:56 |
| 2020 | Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) | 1:05:16 WRwo |  Melat Yisak Kejeta (GER) | 1:05:18 | Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) | 1:05:19 |
| 2022 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [11] | |||||
†: In 2009, the team from Russia was initially ranked 3rd (3:31:23), but fell behind Japan after the disqualification of Inga Abitova. Her competition results were annulled, beginning October 10, 2009, because of breaking anti-doping regulations. [13] [14]
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 1992 |  Kassa Tadesse (ETH) | 1:04:51 |  Meck Mothuli (RSA) | 1:05:01 | Francesco Ingargiola (ITA) | 1:05:18 |
| 1993 | Meck Mothuli (RSA) | 1:02:11 | Biruk Bekele (ETH) | 1:03:32 | Isaac Radebe (RSA) | 1:03:35 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 1992 | Italy | 3:17:39 | Ethiopia | 3:18:56 | South Africa | 3:20:04 |
| 1993 | South Africa | 3:09:46 | Ethiopia | 3:13:34 | Italy | 3:17:12 |
Updated after the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Kenya | 47 | 28 | 18 | 93 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 13 | 20 | 19 | 52 |
| 3 | Romania | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Eritrea | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Japan | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 13 | Morocco | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Spain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Qatar | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 300 | |
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