2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on 24 March 2018 in Valencia, Spain.[1] It was the 23rd edition of the event and the 2nd time it was held in Spain.[2]
Host city | Valencia, Spain |
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Nations participating | 80[lower-alpha 1] |
Athletes participating | 279 |
Events | 2 |
Dates | 24 March 2018 |
Race length | 21.0975 km (13.1 mi) |
Netsanet Gudeta gave the standout performance of the competition, winning with a half marathon world record of 1:06:11 hours in a women-only race. This improved Lornah Kiplagat's eleven-year-old championships record by 14 seconds and marked a personal improvement of over a minute. She led the Ethiopian women (alongside fifth and sixth placers Zeineba Yimer and Meseret Belete) to the team title with a combined time of 3:22:27 hours. The outright world record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei settled for second and her third-placed compatriot Pauline Kaveke Kamulu helped Kenya to second in the team competition.[3] The best performance by a non-African-born runner was by Romania's Ancuţa Bobocel, who set a personal best in 15th place.
In the men's race Kenya's Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor took his third straight title in 1:00:02 hours (nearly a minute short of his championship record). Bahrain's Abraham Naibei Cheroben claimed the silver medal 20 seconds further back and Aron Kifle was the bronze medallist around half a minute short of the winner. The winning men's team, Ethiopia, contained no medallists but Jemal Yimer, Getaneh Molla and Betesfa Getahun rounded out the top six. The best non-African-born performer was Julien Wanders of Switzerland who managed eighth place in 1:01:03 hours.[4]
A total of 151 men (including 23 teams) finished the distance, with five men failing to finish the distance and three entrants being non-starters. A total of 122 women (including 19 teams) entered and started the race, with 117 finishers. Seven men's and seven women's national records were broken at the competition. Abdelaziz Guerziz of Algeria finished in 61st place but he was disqualified for four years in February 2019 with his results from 6 February 2018 onwards being disqualified.[5]
Sopot, Poland was defeated in the bidding process.[6] Copenhagen, Denmark was also in the running to host.[7]
In conjunction with the men's elite race, an open half marathon was held on the same course for 14,577 competitors.[8]
Medallists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | ||||||
Men | 1:00:02 | 1:00:22 | 1:00:31 | |||
Women | 1:06:11 | 1:06:54 | 1:06:56 | |||
Team | ||||||
Men | 3:02:14 | 3:02:40 | 3:02:52 | |||
Women | 3:22:27 | 3:23:02 | 3:23:39 |
Race results
Results for the men's[9] and women's[10] elite races are shown below. Results for the open race are kept separately.[11]
Men
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor | 1:00:02 | SB | ||
Abraham Naibei Cheroben | 1:00:22 | SB | ||
Aron Kifle | 1:00:31 | PB | ||
4 | Jemal Yimer | 1:00:33 | ||
5 | Getaneh Molla | 1:00:47 | SB | |
6 | Betesfa Getahun | 1:00:54 | PB | |
7 | Amanuel Mesel | 1:00:58 | SB | |
8 | Julien Wanders | 1:01:03 | ||
9 | Kaan Kigen Ozbilen | 1:01:05 | SB | |
10 | Leul Gebresilase | 1:01:07 | SB | |
11 | Aweke Ayalew | 1:01:09 | PB | |
12 | Leonard Kiplimo Barsoton | 1:01:14 | SB | |
13 | Albert Rop | 1:01:21 | PB | |
14 | Sam Chelanga | 1:01:23 | ||
15 | Barselius Kipyego | 1:01:24 | SB | |
16 | Stephen Mokoka | 1:01:26 | SB | |
17 | Nguse Amlosom | 1:01:34 | SB | |
18 | Jorum Lumbasi Okombo | 1:01:34 | ||
19 | Afewerki Berhane | 1:01:37 | SB | |
20 | Fred Musobo | 1:01:38 | PB | |
21 | El Hassan Elabbassi | 1:01:41 | SB | |
22 | Koen Naert | 1:01:42 | PB | |
23 | Jiksa Tolosa | 1:01:50 | PB | |
24 | Suguru Osako | 1:01:56 | SB | |
25 | Abrar Osman | 1:02:05 | SB | |
26 | Felix Chemonges | 1:02:10 | PB | |
27 | Willy Canchanya | 1:02:11 | NR | |
28 | Ayad Lamdassem | 1:02:14 | SB | |
29 | Abdi Hakin Ulad | 1:02:15 | PB | |
30 | Cameron Levins | 1:02:15 | PB | |
31 | Bernard Lagat | 1:02:16 | ||
32 | Juan Luis Barrios | 1:02:18 | SB | |
33 | Maru Teferi | 1:02:24 | NR | |
34 | John Hakizimana | 1:02:26 | PB | |
35 | Moses Martin Kurong | 1:02:27 | ||
36 | Mohamud Ibrahim Aadan | 1:02:34 | PB | |
37 | Eyob Ghebrehiwet | 1:02:37 | PB | |
38 | Luke Traynor | 1:02:38 | ||
39 | Camilo Santiago | 1:02:40 | PB | |
40 | Benjamin Choquert | 1:02:46 | PB | |
41 | Elroy Gelant | 1:02:52 | SB | |
42 | Noel Hitimana | 1:02:53 | PB | |
43 | Mikael Ekvall | 1:02:54 | SB | |
44 | Lesiba Precious Mashele | 1:02:58 | SB | |
45 | Haimro Almaya | 1:03:04 | PB | |
46 | Kenta Murayama | 1:03:07 | ||
47 | Jose Luis Ostos | 1:03:09 | PB | |
48 | Luis Alberto Orta | 1:03:09 | NR | |
49 | Mohamed Hrezi | 1:03:11 | ||
50 | Cristhian Pacheco | 1:03:15 | PB | |
51 | Derlys Ayala | 1:03:19 | NR | |
52 | Girmaw Amare | 1:03:19 | PB | |
53 | Peter Herzog | 1:03:22 | PB | |
54 | Olivier Irabaruta | 1:03:23 | SB | |
55 | Yimer Getahun | 1:03:25 | PB | |
56 | Bayron Piedra | 1:03:29 | SB | |
57 | Segundo Jami | 1:03:31 | PB | |
58 | Houssame Eddine Benabbou | 1:03:35 | PB | |
59 | Florian Carvalho | 1:03:40 | PB | |
60 | Melikhaya Frans | 1:03:42 | SB | |
61 | Collis Birmingham | 1:03:44 | SB | |
62 | Roman Fosti | 1:03:45 | PB | |
63 | Benjamin Connor | 1:03:45 | ||
64 | Jiří Homoláč | 1:03:45 | SB | |
65 | Dejen Gebreselassie | 1:03:47 | PB | |
66 | Benjamin Malaty | 1:03:54 | PB | |
67 | Lemawork Ketema | 1:03:57 | PB | |
68 | Diego Estrada | 1:03:59 | ||
69 | Roman Romanenko | 1:04:03 | SB | |
70 | Hayato Sonoda | 1:04:12 | ||
71 | Thomas Do Canto | 1:04:18 | PB | |
72 | Alex Mutai | 1:04:24 | PB | |
73 | Lorenzo Dini | 1:04:26 | SB | |
74 | Maamar Bengriba | 1:04:26 | ||
75 | Jesús Torres | 1:04:27 | PB | |
76 | Paul Pollock | 1:04:29 | SB | |
77 | Ernesto Andrés Zamora | 1:04:30 | PB | |
78 | Geoffrey Martinson | 1:04:34 | ||
79 | Enzo Yáñez | 1:04:37 | PB | |
80 | Miguel Ángel Barzola | 1:04:39 | SB | |
81 | Daisuke Uekado | 1:04:48 | ||
82 | Jared Ward | 1:04:49 | ||
83 | Christian Vasconez | 1:04:53 | PB | |
84 | Kevin Seaward | 1:04:56 | SB | |
85 | Juan Antonio Pérez | 1:05:01 | ||
86 | Mariano Mastromarino | 1:05:03 | SB | |
87 | Jean-Pierre Castro | 1:05:06 | PB | |
88 | Jaume Leiva | 1:05:09 | ||
89 | Christian Steinhammer | 1:05:09 | PB | |
90 | Yoseph-Fabien Goasdoue | 1:05:18 | ||
91 | Stephen Scullion | 1:05:19 | ||
92 | Félix Bour | 1:05:22 | ||
93 | Yusuf Alici | 1:05:40 | ||
94 | Farid Terfia | 1:05:44 | ||
95 | Jacob Mugomeri | 1:06:11 | PB | |
96 | Janis Viskers | 1:06:11 | PB | |
97 | Nicolae Alexandru Soare | 1:06:14 | SB | |
98 | Leslie Encina | 1:06:18 | SB | |
99 | Daviti Kharazishvili | 1:06:19 | SB | |
100 | Sergiu Ciobanu | 1:06:19 | SB | |
101 | Dmitrijs Serjogins | 1:06:20 | PB | |
102 | Daniel Studley | 1:06:20 | ||
103 | Valdas Dopolskas | 1:06:24 | PB | |
104 | Aykut Taşdemir | 1:06:25 | ||
105 | El Hadi Laameche | 1:06:27 | PB | |
106 | Jesper Faurschou | 1:06:42 | SB | |
107 | Kota Murayama | 1:06:49 | ||
108 | Mikhail Krasilov | 1:06:49 | SB | |
109 | David Gakuru | 1:07:02 | PB | |
110 | Sami Jibril | 1:07:11 | ||
111 | Tomas Hilifa Rainhold | 1:07:15 | SB | |
112 | Ignas Brasevicius | 1:07:16 | PB | |
113 | Mbongeni Ngxazozo | 1:07:16 | ||
114 | Evan Esselink | 1:07:20 | ||
115 | Chao Xie | 1:07:24 | PB | |
116 | Arnar Pétursson | 1:07:29 | PB | |
117 | César Lizano | 1:07:38 | SB | |
118 | Ser-Od Bat-Ochir | 1:07:48 | SB | |
119 | Salem Mohamed Attiaallah | 1:07:51 | PB | |
120 | Ukuk Utho'o Bul | 1:08:15 | PB | |
121 | Rui Yong Soh | 1:08:28 | SB | |
122 | Sergio Dias | 1:09:10 | ||
123 | Danijel Fak | 1:09:20 | SB | |
124 | Paulo Amotun Lokoro | 1:09:31 | NR | |
125 | Andrey Leymenov | 1:09:31 | SB | |
126 | Ahmad Smour | 1:09:33 | SB | |
127 | Oscar Antonio Aldana | 1:09:43 | NR | |
128 | Valentin Betoudji | 1:09:46 | PB | |
129 | Alexey Gussarov | 1:09:49 | PB | |
130 | Charlton Debono | 1:10:11 | SB | |
131 | Antoni Bernadó | 1:10:19 | SB | |
132 | Jonathan Atse Herrera | 1:11:00 | SB | |
133 | Amir Baitukanov | 1:11:04 | SB | |
134 | Hussein Ahmed | 1:12:11 | SB | |
135 | Kevin Dooney | 1:12:14 | ||
136 | Sakirjan Durdyýew | 1:12:22 | ||
137 | Adrian Pillajo | 1:12:39 | PB | |
138 | Arnold Rogers | 1:13:33 | ||
139 | Jinrun Liu | 1:13:44 | PB | |
140 | Antun Pavelić | 1:13:45 | SB | |
141 | Shifaz Mohamed | 1:14:23 | NR | |
142 | Artem Kosinov | 1:15:26 | SB | |
143 | Francesc Josep Carmona Parada | 1:15:53 | PB | |
144 | Kuan Un Iao | 1:16:22 | SB | |
145 | Nuri Kömür | 1:16:29 | ||
146 | Sonny Folcheri | 1:18:53 | PB | |
147 | Charles Savignon | 1:20:06 | PB | |
148 | Maurice Turnock | 1:22:34 | ||
149 | Mehrubon Shamsidinov | 1:23:06 | PB | |
150 | Tibor Sahajda | 1:25:05 | SB | |
151 | Ilir Këllezi | 1:26:04 | SB | |
152 | Alrric Leroy Kock | 1:38:06 | PB | |
— | Abdelaziz Guerziz | DQ | ||
— | Alex Oloitiptip Korio | DNF | ||
— | Leonard Korir | DNF | ||
— | Rok Puhar | DNF | ||
— | Tsegai Tewelde | DNF | ||
— | Mustapha Eskimo Kamara | DNS | ||
— | Moses Kibet | DNS | ||
— | Abdi Daud Roble | DNS |
Women
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Netsanet Gudeta Kebede | 1:06:11 | WRwo | ||
Joyciline Jepkosgei | 1:06:54 | |||
Pauline Kaveke Kamulu | 1:06:56 | PB | ||
4 | Eunice Chebichii Chumba | 1:07:17 | SB | |
5 | Zeineba Yimer | 1:08:07 | PB | |
6 | Meseret Belete | 1:08:09 | PB | |
7 | Desi Mokonin | 1:08:10 | PB | |
8 | Bekelech Gudeta | 1:08:12 | PB | |
9 | Dalila Abdulkadir | 1:08:12 | PB | |
10 | Shitaye Eshete | 1:08:25 | PB | |
11 | Zinash Mekonnen | 1:08:30 | PB | |
12 | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | 1:08:58 | NR | |
13 | Ruth Chepngetich | 1:09:12 | SB | |
14 | Rose Chelimo | 1:10:20 | SB | |
15 | Ancuţa Bobocel | 1:10:21 | PB | |
16 | Fabienne Schlumpf | 1:10:36 | SB | |
17 | Kaori Morita | 1:10:46 | ||
18 | Volha Mazuronak | 1:10:57 | NR | |
19 | Mao Ichiyama | 1:11:02 | SB | |
20 | Dolshi Tesfu | 1:11:09 | PB | |
21 | Charlotte Purdue | 1:11:21 | ||
22 | Deshun Zhang | 1:11:28 | PB | |
23 | Sinead Diver | 1:11:40 | PB | |
24 | Ellie Pashley | 1:11:43 | PB | |
25 | Nolene Conrad | 1:11:44 | PB | |
26 | Nazret Weldu | 1:11:45 | SB | |
27 | Emma Bates | 1:11:45 | PB | |
28 | Clémence Calvin | 1:11:51 | SB | |
29 | Gladys Tejeda | 1:11:52 | SB | |
30 | Sasha Gollish | 1:11:52 | SB | |
31 | Charlotte Arter | 1:11:52 | ||
32 | Inés Melchor | 1:11:55 | PB | |
33 | Trihas Gebre | 1:12:02 | SB | |
34 | Luz Mery Rojas | 1:12:05 | PB | |
35 | Honami Maeda | 1:12:09 | SB | |
36 | Lilia Fisikovici | 1:12:11 | NR | |
37 | Nastassia Ivanova | 1:12:15 | PB | |
38 | Kokob Tesfagabriel | 1:12:15 | PB | |
39 | Luula Weldegebriel | 1:12:19 | PB | |
40 | Giovanna Epis | 1:12:27 | PB | |
41 | Rebecca Wade | 1:12:31 | ||
42 | Nina Savina | 1:12:31 | SB | |
43 | Tracy Barlow | 1:12:35 | PB | |
44 | Eva Vrabcová Nývltová | 1:12:54 | SB | |
45 | Florencia Borelli | 1:13:10 | SB | |
46 | Lizzie Lee | 1:13:19 | PB | |
47 | Victoria Coates | 1:13:35 | PB | |
48 | Gemma Steel | 1:13:39 | ||
49 | Doreen Chesang | 1:13:52 | PB | |
50 | Kinsey Middleton | 1:13:52 | ||
51 | Sara Brogiato | 1:13:53 | PB | |
52 | Angie Orjuela | 1:13:55 | SB | |
53 | Faye Fullerton | 1:13:56 | PB | |
54 | Esmeralda Rebollo | 1:14:18 | PB | |
55 | Elena Loyo | 1:14:19 | ||
56 | Rosa Chacha | 1:14:19 | SB | |
57 | Claire McCarthy | 1:14:20 | PB | |
58 | Bojana Bjeljac | 1:14:24 | PB | |
59 | Sophie Duarte | 1:14:30 | SB | |
60 | Marta Esteban | 1:14:47 | ||
61 | Büsra Nur Koku | 1:14:49 | ||
62 | Roxana Elisabeta Birca | 1:14:51 | SB | |
63 | Teresa Urbina | 1:14:53 | ||
64 | Elaina Tabb | 1:14:55 | ||
65 | Samira Mezeghrane | 1:14:56 | SB | |
66 | Maor Tiyouri | 1:15:03 | SB | |
67 | Soumaya Boussaïd | 1:15:11 | NR | |
68 | Cristina Simion | 1:15:15 | PB | |
69 | Emily Chebet | 1:15:18 | PB | |
70 | Yuka Hori | 1:15:24 | ||
71 | Sofiia Yaremchuk | 1:15:27 | SB | |
72 | Patiance Murowe | 1:15:30 | PB | |
73 | Kidanu Teshome | 1:15:49 | PB | |
74 | Chien-Ho Hsieh | 1:15:56 | ||
75 | Anja Scherl | 1:16:13 | SB | |
76 | Janet Dlamini | 1:16:23 | SB | |
77 | Remziye Temel | 1:16:23 | PB | |
78 | Laura Graham | 1:16:27 | ||
79 | Laura Shaughnessy | 1:16:28 | SB | |
80 | Paula-Claudia Todoran | 1:16:40 | SB | |
81 | Jacqueline Gandar | 1:16:46 | SB | |
82 | Fionnuala Ross | 1:16:53 | SB | |
83 | Tatiele Roberta de Carvalho | 1:16:58 | ||
84 | Beata Naigambo | 1:17:14 | SB | |
85 | Irene Pelayo | 1:17:16 | ||
86 | Emily Setlack | 1:17:30 | ||
87 | Vaida Žūsinaitė | 1:17:38 | SB | |
88 | Ilona Marhele | 1:17:51 | SB | |
89 | Tonya Nero | 1:17:55 | SB | |
90 | Andreea-Alina Pîscu | 1:18:17 | SB | |
91 | Cornelia Joubert | 1:18:23 | SB | |
92 | Mapaseka Makhanya | 1:18:43 | SB | |
93 | Jenny Mendez | 1:18:47 | PB | |
94 | Paule Marie Perrier | 1:19:31 | PB | |
95 | Adha Munguleya | 1:19:36 | SB | |
96 | Ruiling Li | 1:19:41 | PB | |
97 | Lebogang Phalula | 1:19:41 | SB | |
98 | Liying Shi | 1:19:42 | SB | |
99 | Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir | 1:19:46 | PB | |
100 | Diana Landi | 1:20:00 | ||
101 | Esma Aydemir | 1:20:41 | ||
102 | Fadouwa Ledhem | 1:20:54 | ||
103 | Lisa Marie Bezzina | 1:20:58 | SB | |
104 | Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir | 1:21:20 | PB | |
105 | Jane Vongvorachoti | 1:21:52 | ||
106 | Zhanna Mamazhanova | 1:22:35 | SB | |
107 | Dana Aydosova | 1:22:43 | PB | |
108 | María Caballero | 1:23:08 | SB | |
109 | Nesma Ammar Saad Mohamed Abdelghany | 1:26:52 | NR | |
110 | Emma Montiel | 1:27:58 | SB | |
111 | Allison Edwards | 1:28:21 | PB | |
112 | Kim Baglietto | 1:29:50 | ||
113 | Dulce Casanova Martínez | 1:32:27 | ||
114 | Yangyang Wu | 1:32:38 | SB | |
115 | Mariyam Abdul Kareem | 1:33:37 | NR | |
116 | Bethan Perera | 1:33:46 | PB | |
117 | Olena Hudaybergenova | 1:48:29 | ||
— | Dailín Belmonte | DNF | ||
— | Sviatlana Kudzelich | DNF | ||
— | Matea Matosević | DNF | ||
— | Yelena Nanaziashvili | DNF | ||
— | Şeyma Yildiz | DNF |
Team standings
Men
Rank | Country | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 3:02:14 | |
2 | 3:02:40 | |
3 | 3:02:52 | |
4 | 3:03:03 | |
5 | 3:06:15 | |
6 | 3:07:16 | |
7 | 3:07:38 | |
8 | 3:08:29 | |
9 | 3:08:35 | |
10 | 3:08:47 | |
11 | 3:08:57 | |
12 | 3:09:15 | |
13 | 3:10:20 | |
14 | 3:11:49 | |
15 | 3:11:53 | |
16 | 3:12:21 | |
17 | 3:12:28 | |
18 | 3:13:10 | |
19 | 3:13:52 | |
20 | 3:14:00 | |
21 | 3:14:44 | |
22 | 3:26:09 | |
23 | 3:56:13 |
Women
Rank | Country | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | 3:22:27 | |
2 | 3:23:02 | |
3 | 3:23:39 | |
4 | 3:33:57 | |
5 | 3:35:09 | |
6 | 3:35:43 | |
7 | 3:35:48 | |
8 | 3:35:52 | |
9 | 3:39:11 | |
10 | 3:39:19 | |
11 | 3:40:27 | |
12 | 3:41:08 | |
13 | 3:41:17 | |
14 | 3:44:06 | |
15 | 3:46:30 | |
16 | 3:48:46 | |
17 | 3:50:51 | |
18 | 3:51:53 | |
19 | 4:26:09 |
Medal table (unofficial)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 279 athletes from 79 countries and the Athlete Refugee Team, which is a record for this event. Although announced,[12] the athletes from
Notes
- 79 countries, plus the Athlete Refugee Team
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