| 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | |
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| Organisers | IAAF |
| Edition | 9th |
| Date | November 12 |
| Host city | Veracruz City, Mexico  |
| Events | 2 |
| Participation | 182 athletes from 52 nations |
The 9th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on November 12, 2000, in the city of Veracruz, Mexico. A total of 182 athletes, 121 men and 61 women, from 52 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | ||||||
| Men |  Paul Tergat (KEN) | 1:03:47 |  Faustin Baha (TAN) | 1:03:48 |  Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:03:50 |
| Women |  Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:09:07 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:09:40 |  Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:10:24 |
| Team | ||||||
| Team Men | Kenya | 3:11:38 | Ethiopia | 3:14:45 |  Belgium | 3:18:35 |
| Team Women | Romania | 3:34:22 |  Japan | 3:36:25 |  Russia | 3:45:41 |
| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Romania | Lidia Șimon Mihaela Botezan Cristina Pomacu | 3:34:22 |
 | Japan | Mizuki Noguchi Yukiko Okamoto Yasuko Hashimoto | 3:36:25 |
 | Russia | Lidiya Grigoryeva Galina Aleksandrova Zinaida Semyonova | 3:45:41 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | Aster Demissie Abebe Tola Meseret Kotu | 3:48:20 |
| 5 |  United States | Milena Glusac Kristin Beaney Shelly Steely | 3:49:03 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Paula Radcliffe Sarah Wilkinson Andrea Green | 3:49:55 |
| 7 |  South Africa | Carlien Cornelissen Theresa du Toit Sibongile Ngcongwane | 3:55:26 |
| 8 | Mexico | Margaríta Tapía Dulce María Rodríguez Liliana Merlo | 3:56:55 |
| 9 |  Guatemala | Elsa Monterroso Angelina Cornelio Herlinda Xol | 4:33:36 |
| 10 |  Croatia | Kristinka Marković Tijana Pavičić Slavica Brčić | 4:41:29 |
The participation of 182 athletes (121 men/61 women) from 52 countries is reported. [5]
Algeria (6)
Armenia (2)
Aruba (4)
Australia (4)
Belarus (3) Belgium (5)
Bolivia (2)
Brazil (5)
Central African Republic (1)
Colombia (3)
Costa Rica (1) Croatia (6)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (2)
Ecuador (2)
El Salvador (1) Ethiopia (8)
Finland (2)
France (6)
Gabon (1) Guatemala (6)
Hong Kong (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (5) Japan (8) Kenya (7)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Lesotho (3)
Morocco (4) Mexico (9)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Norway (1)
Panama (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (3) Romania (5) Russia (4)
Rwanda (2)
Seychelles (1) South Africa (10)
Spain (5)
Swaziland (1)
Tajikistan (3) Tanzania (2)
Turkmenistan (3) United Kingdom (6) United States (10)
Uzbekistan (3)
Yemen (3)
Paula Jane Radcliffe MBE is a former British long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon, three-time New York Marathon champion, the 2002 Chicago Marathon winner and the 2005 World Champion in the Marathon from Helsinki. She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei.
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