2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 6 October 2012.[1]

2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Host cityKavarna, Dobrich, Bulgaria Bulgaria
Nations41
Athletes146
Events2
Dates6 October 2012
Race length21.0975 km
(13.1 mi)

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.[2][3][4]

Complete results were published for the men's race,[5][6] for the women's race,[7][8] for men's team,[9][10] and for women's team.[11][12]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men   Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 1:00:19   Deressa Chimsa (ETH) 1:00:51   John Nzau Mwangangi (KEN) 1:01:01
Women   Meseret Hailu (ETH) 1:08:55   Feyse Tadese (ETH) 1:08:56   Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech (KEN) 1:09:04
Team
Men   Kenya 3:03:52   Eritrea 3:04:41   Ethiopia 3:05:43
Women   Ethiopia 3:27:52   Kenya 3:28:39   Japan 3:34:45

Race results

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Men's

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Individual
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea 1:00:19
  Deressa Chimsa   Ethiopia 1:00:51 PB
  John Nzau Mwangangi   Kenya 1:01:01
4 Pius Maiyo Kirop   Kenya 1:01:11
5 Stephen Kosgei Kibet   Kenya 1:01:40
6 Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 1:01:52
7 Jackson Kiprop   Uganda 1:02:05
8 Stephen Mokoka   South Africa 1:02:06
9 Tewelde Estifanos   ERI 1:02:10 SB
10 Kiflom Sium   ERI 1:02:12 SB
11 Belay Assefa   ETH 1:02:17
12 Robert Kajuga   RWA 1:02:22
13 Mulue Andom   ERI 1:02:23
14 Giovani dos Santos   BRA 1:02:32
15 Augustus Maiyo   USA 1:02:33 PB
16 Habtamu Assefa   ETH 1:02:35
17 Luke Puskedra   USA 1:02:46
18 Gladwin Mzazi   RSA 1:03:46
19 Nathan Ayeko   UGA 1:03:54
20 Jean Damascéne Habarurema   FRA 1:03:59
21 Yuki Kawauchi   JPN 1:04:04
22 Cyriaque Ndayikengurukiye   RWA 1:04:05 PB
23 Liam Adams   AUS 1:04:08
24 Harry Summers   AUS 1:04:13
25 Debesay Tsige   ERI 1:04:15 PB
26 Solomon Mutai   UGA 1:04:21
27 James Kibocha Theuri   FRA 1:04:33
28 Ian Burrell   USA 1:04:37
29 Tsuyoshi Ugachi   JPN 1:04:49 SB
30 Alebachew Debas   ETH 1:04:52
31 Benjamin Malaty   FRA 1:05:17
32 Tilahun Aliyev   AZE 1:05:34 NR
33 Jaume Leiva   ESP 1:05:36
34 Paul Pollock   IRL 1:05:38
35 Naoki Okamoto   JPN 1:05:40
36 Scott Smith   USA 1:05:46
37 Javier Díaz   ESP 1:06:06
38 Jean Marie Uwajeneza   RWA 1:06:07 PB
39 Andrey Petrov   UZB 1:06:16
40 Wissem Hosni   TUN 1:06:34 SB
41 Raúl Machacuay   PER 1:06:38 SB
42 Stéphane Lefrand   FRA 1:06:38
43 Artur Kozłowski   POL 1:06:47 SB
44 Abdi Hakin Ulad   DEN 1:06:53 PB
45 Constantino León   PER 1:06:58
46 Djamel Bachiri   FRA 1:07:03 SB
47 Godiraone Nthompe   BOT 1:07:14 SB
48 Rapula Diphoko   BOT 1:07:17 SB
49 Modike Lucky Mohale   RSA 1:07:17
50 Chang Chia-Che   TPE 1:07:21 SB
51 Clinton Perrett   AUS 1:07:31
52 Carlos Cordero   MEX 1:07:42
53 Sylvain Rukundo   RWA 1:07:44
54 Kristof Shaanika   NAM 1:07:55 PB
55 Oscar Cerón   MEX 1:07:56
56 Francisco Caluvi   ANG 1:08:19
57 Yolo Nikolov   BUL 1:08:32 PB
58 Chihiro Miyawaki   JPN 1:08:33
59 Michael Eaton   USA 1:08:52
60 Daniel Vargas   MEX 1:08:56
61 Johan Damkjaer   DEN 1:09:01
62 Peter Bech   DEN 1:09:13
63 José Francisco Chaves   CRC 1:09:27
64 Su Guoxiong   CHN 1:09:58 SB
65 Ulrik Heitmann Jensen   DEN 1:09:59
66 Dimcho Mitsov   BUL 1:11:11 SB
67 Masato Kihara   JPN 1:11:31
68 Gi Ka Man   HKG 1:11:35
69 Alfonzo Paula Acosta   DOM 1:11:44 PB
70 Shaban Mustafa   BUL 1:12:02 SB
71 Boris Simonov   ARM 1:12:07 PB
72 Rui Yong Soh   SIN 1:12:12 PB
73 Ilir Kellezi   ALB 1:13:59 SB
74 Sangay Wangchuk   BHU 1:15:19 NR
75 Franco Forestier   URU 1:15:33
76 Yordan Petrov   BUL 1:18:47
77 Nikola Mikulic   CRO 1:25:50
78 Weng U Chan   MAC 1:26:03 PB
Gilmar Lopes   BRA DNF
José Márcio da Silva   BRA DNF
Philemon Kimeli Limo   KEN DNF
Raji Assefa   ETH DNF
Jhon Cusi   PER DNF
Aleksandar Kiradjiev   Macedonia DNF
Luis Fernando Paula   BRA DNF
Hristo Stefanov   BUL DNF

Women's

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Individual
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Meseret Hailu   Ethiopia 1:08:55 PB
  Feyse Tadese   Ethiopia 1:08:56 SB
  Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech   Kenya 1:09:04
4 Lydia Cheromei   Kenya 1:09:13
5 Emebt Etea   Ethiopia 1:10:01 PB
6 Pauline Njeri Kahenya   Kenya 1:10:22
7 Gemma Steel   United Kingdom 1:11:09 PB
8 Tomomi Tanaka   Japan 1:11:09
9 Mai Ito   JPN 1:11:25
10 Caryl Jones   GBR 1:11:52 PB
11 Sabrina Mockenhaupt   GER 1:12:04 SB
12 Asami Kato   JPN 1:12:11
13 Maegan Krifchin   USA 1:12:29
14 Lara Tamsett   AUS 1:12:58 SB
15 Yoko Miyauchi   JPN 1:13:00
16 René Kalmer   RSA 1:13:16
17 Derbe Godana   ETH 1:13:16 PB
18 Adriana Nelson   USA 1:13:30 SB
19 Kayo Sugihara   JPN 1:13:36
20 Karolina Jarzynska   POL 1:13:45
21 Priscah Jepleting Cherono   KEN 1:13:55
22 Susan Partridge   GBR 1:13:55
23 Azucena Díaz   ESP 1:14:05 SB
24 Carmen Oliveras   FRA 1:14:28 SB
25 Shalane Flanagan   USA 1:14:41
26 Sara Prieto   MEX 1:15:03 PB
27 Tonya Nero   TRI 1:15:13 NR
28 Nyakisi Adero   UGA 1:15:26 SB
29 Zhang Jingxia   CHN 1:15:51 PB
30 Peninah Jerop Arusei   KEN 1:15:55
31 Magali Bernard   FRA 1:16:25
32 Michelle Frey   USA 1:16:55
33 Alvina Begay   USA 1:16:58
34 Eden Tesfalem   ERI 1:17:01 SB
35 Marisol Romero   MEX 1:17:17 SB
36 Sueli Silva   BRA 1:17:31
37 Nolene Conrad   RSA 1:17:51
38 Xiao Huimiin   CHN 1:18:16 PB
39 Sirlene de Pinho   BRA 1:18:30
40 Lavinia Haitope   NAM 1:18:36 PB
41 Adriana da Luz   BRA 1:18:44
42 Amira Ben Amor   TUN 1:19:01
43 Selam Abere   ETH 1:19:09 PB
44 Maritza Arenas   MEX 1:19:25
45 Lene Hjelmsø   DEN 1:19:32
46 Christine Kalmer   RSA 1:19:40
47 Anne Holm Baumeister   DEN 1:20:04
48 Rozelaine Silva   BRA 1:20:53
49 Rocío Cántara   PER 1:21:07
50 Matea Matosevic   CRO 1:21:33
51 Anita Krasteva   BUL 1:21:56 PB
52 Cristina Alexandra Frumuz   ROU 1:22:42
53 Sitora Hamidova   UZB 1:23:12
54 Hui QiHui Qi   SIN 1:23:16 NR
55 Silviya Danekova   BUL 1:24:07
56 Iveta Bonova   BUL 1:25:02 PB
57 Chow Chi Ngan   HKG 1:29:02 SB
58 Cynthia Ruiz   PER 1:29:12
59 Lap Ian Chang   MAC 1:39:55 PB
Andreina De La Rosa   DOM DNF
Patricia Morceli Bühler    SUI DNS

Team results

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Men's

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Team
Rank Country Team Time
    Kenya John Nzau Mwangangi
Pius Maiyo Kirop
Stephen Kosgei Kibet
3:03:52
    Eritrea Zersenay Tadese
Tewelde Estifanos
Kiflom Sium
3:04:41
    Ethiopia Deressa Chimsa
Belay Assefa
Habtamu Assefa
3:05:43
4   United States Augustus Maiyo
Luke Puskedra
Ian Burrell
3:09:56
5   Uganda Jackson Kiprop
Nathan Ayeko
Solomon Mutai
3:10:20
6   Rwanda Robert Kajuga
Cyriaque Ndayikengurukiye
Jean Marie Uwajeneza
3:12:34
7   South Africa Stephen Mokoka
Gladwin Mzazi
Modike Lucky Mohale
3:13:09
8   France Jean Damascéne Habarurema
James Kibocha Theuri
Benjamin Malaty
3:13:49
9   Japan Yuki Kawauchi
Tsuyoshi Ugachi
Naoki Okamoto
3:14:33
10   Australia Liam Adams
Harry Summers
Clinton Perrett
3:15:52
11   Mexico Carlos Cordero
Oscar Cerón
Daniel Vargas
3:24:34
12   Denmark Abdi Hakin Ulad
Johan Damkjaer
Peter Bech
3:25:07
13   Bulgaria Yolo Nikolov
Dimcho Mitsov
Shaban Mustafa
3:31:45

Women's

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Team
Rank Country Team Time
    Ethiopia Meseret Hailu
Feyse Tadese
Emebt Etea
3:27:52
    Kenya Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech
Lydia Cheromei
Pauline Njeri Kahenya
3:28:39
    Japan Tomomi Tanaka
Mai Ito
Asami Kato
3:34:45
4   United Kingdom Gemma Steel
Caryl Jones
Susan Partridge
3:36:56
5   United States Maegan Krifchin
Adriana Nelson
Shalane Flanagan
3:40:40
6   South Africa René Kalmer
Nolene Conrad
Christine Kalmer
3:50:47
7   Mexico Sara Prieto
Marisol Romero
Maritza Arenas
3:51:45
8   Brazil Sueli Silva
Sirlene de Pinho
Adriana da Luz
3:54:45
9   Bulgaria Anita Krasteva
Silviya Danekova
Iveta Bonova
4:11:05

Participation

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An unofficial count yields the participation of 146 athletes from 41 countries. Although announced, athletes from   Switzerland did not show.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Results". IAAF. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ^ FLASH - Tadese claims fifth title, Hailu the upset women's winner in Kavarna – World Half Marathon Championships, IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (October 6, 2012), With dominating run, Tadese takes fifth title in Kavarna - Men's race Report – World Half Marathon Championships, IAAF, retrieved September 12, 2013
  4. ^ Ramsak, Bob (October 6, 2012), Hailu surprises in Kavarna - Women's race Report – World Half Marathon Championships, IAAF, retrieved September 12, 2013
  5. ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna (BUL) - 6 October 2012 - RESULTS - Half Marathon Men (PDF), IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  6. ^ Results - IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna, BULGARIA 06 OCT 2012 - Half Marathon - men, IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  7. ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna (BUL) - 6 October 2012 - RESULTS - Half Marathon Women (PDF), IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  8. ^ Results - IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna, BULGARIA 06 OCT 2012 - Half Marathon - women, IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  9. ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna (BUL) - 6 October 2012 - Team Standings - Half Marathon Men (PDF), IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  10. ^ Results - IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna, BULGARIA 06 OCT 2012 - Half Marathon - men - team, IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  11. ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna (BUL) - 6 October 2012 - Team Standings - Half Marathon Women (PDF), IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
  12. ^ Results - IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna, BULGARIA 06 OCT 2012 - Half Marathon - women - team, IAAF, October 6, 2012, retrieved September 12, 2013
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