2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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OrganisersIAAF
Edition12th
DateOctober 4
Host cityVilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Races2
Previous2002 Brussels
Next2004 New Delhi

The 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 2003 in Vilamoura, Portugal. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race[1][2] and for the women's race.[3][4]

Complete results were published[5] for the men's race,[6][7] for the women's race,[8][9] for men's team,[10][11] and for women's team.[12][13]

Medallists

Individual
MenMartin Lel (Kenya)1:00:49Fabiano Joseph (Tanzania)1:00:52Martin Sulle (Tanzania)1:00:56
WomenPaula Radcliffe (United Kingdom)1:07:35Berhane Adere (Ethiopia)1:09:02Benita Johnson (Australia)1:09:26
Team
Team Men3:03:013:03:09Ethiopia3:07:34
Team Women3:30:163:34:233:35:07

Race results

Men's

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Martin LelKenya1:00:49PB
Fabiano JosephTanzania1:00:52PB
Martin SulleTanzania1:00:56PB
4John Cheruiyot KorirKenya1:01:02
5John YudaTanzania1:01:13
6Yusuf SongokaKenya1:01:18
7Zersenay TadesseERI1:01:26PB
8Jackson KoechKenya1:01:28PB
9Tesfaye TolaEthiopia1:01:35
10Ridouane HarroufiMorocco1:02:46
11Dereje AdereEthiopia1:02:47
12Abderrahim GoumriMorocco1:02:59
13Paulo GomesPortugal1:03:00PB
14Kazuyuki MaedaJapan1:03:07
15Wilson BusieneiUganda1:03:08
16Mesfin HailuEthiopia1:03:12
17Tariku JufarEthiopia1:03:23
18Rachid Aït BensalemMorocco1:03:37
19Abdelghani LahlaliFrance1:03:37
20Oscar FernándezSpain1:03:41
21Alex MalingaUganda1:03:41PB
22Saïd BelhoutAlgeria1:03:48PB
23Tekle MenghisteabERI1:03:49
24Ignacio CáceresSpain1:03:52SB
25Brian SellUnited States1:03:53PB
26Mostafa ErrebbahItaly1:03:54
27Rachid El-GhanmouniMorocco1:04:00
28Tarik BouzidFrance1:04:01
29Tesfayohannes MesfenERI1:04:10PB
30Mustafa MohamedSweden1:04:14
31Mohamed SerboutiFrance1:04:17
32Toshinari SuwaJapan1:04:18
33Solomon TsigeEthiopia1:04:19
34Ottaviano AndrianiItaly1:04:23
35Sergio ChiesaItaly1:04:34
36Odilón CuahutleMexico1:04:41
37Masahiko TakeyasuJapan1:04:46
38José DiasPortugal1:04:48
39Rik CeulemansBelgium1:04:50
40Wataru OkutaniJapan1:04:51
41Joachim NshimirimanaBDI1:04:54
42Said HankAlgeria1:04:55
43Martin ToroitichUganda1:04:57
44Eduardo RojasMexico1:05:17
45Iván SánchezSpain1:05:20SB
46Karl RasmussenNorway1:05:22
47Kamal KohilAlgeria1:05:48
48Francesco IngargiolaItaly1:05:53
49Scott WestcottAustralia1:05:57
50Jussi UtriainenFinland1:05:59
51Teren JamesonUnited States1:06:08
52José Alejandro SemprúnVenezuela1:06:21
53Franklin TenorioEcuador1:06:23
54Fabio RinaldiItaly1:06:26
55Mark TuckerAustralia1:06:28
56Cian McLoughlinIreland1:06:48
57Rachid BoulenouarAlgeria1:07:04
58Claes NybergSweden1:07:12
59Wim BormsBelgium1:07:18
60Scott StrandUnited States1:07:32
61Pedro MoraVenezuela1:07:39
62Christian NemethBelgium1:07:50
63Francis YigaUganda1:07:51
64Jesús PrimoMexico1:08:02
65Sun WenliChina1:08:19
66Zheng KaiChina1:09:06
67Paulo CatarinoPortugal1:09:08
68Ivica ŠkopacCroatia1:09:11
69Francisco RoldánEcuador1:09:42
70António ZeferinoCPV1:09:45
71Augusto GomesFrance1:09:49
72John BuhagiarMalta1:11:04NR
73Wang XiangfengChina1:11:26
74Polibio MéndezEcuador1:11:31
75César CondoriBolivia1:11:36
76Appachu ChinnappaIndia1:11:36
77Kennady Chinna RamuIndia1:11:42
78Artyom TetenkinKGZ1:11:47
79Matt ThullUnited States1:12:26
80Pablo GardiolUruguay1:12:32
81Alexei ScutaruMoldova1:12:53
82Charles CiliaMalta1:13:03
83Sechaba BohosiLES1:15:44
84Que Yin TikHong Kong1:17:57
85Naseer IsmailMDV1:21:55NR
86Mok Bon ThouenCambodia1:25:46
—José Alberto MontenegroArgentinaDNF
—William AmorinBrazilDNF
—Buenaventura YanezGEQDNF
—Richard MuscatGIBDNF
—Michael SánchezGIBDNF
—Shashi PrakashIndiaDNF
—Lok Wai KinMACDNF
—Mohamed El-HattabMoroccoDNF
—Luís JesúsPortugalDNF
—Manuel MagalhãesPortugalDNF
—Simon LabicheSEYDNF
—Ryan KirkpatrickUnited StatesDNF
—Clotairs NgomaCongoDNS
—Sydney PiohCongoDNS
—Kenta OshimaJapanDNS
—Paul Kiprop KiruiKenyaDNS
—Jafred LoroneUgandaDNS

Women's

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Paula RadcliffeUnited Kingdom1:07:35
Berhane AdereEthiopia1:09:02
Benita JohnsonAustralia1:09:26
4Lidiya GrigoryevaRussia1:09:32PB
5Constantina Diţă-TomescuRomania1:10:05
6Alla ZhilyayevaRussia1:10:13
7Lyudmila BiktashevaRussia1:10:31PB
8Susan ChepkemeiKenya1:10:35
9Mikie TakanakaJapan1:10:36
10Alina IvanovaRussia1:10:59PB
11Helena JavornikSlovenia1:11:17
12Sylvia MosquedaUnited States1:11:22
13Takako KotoridaJapan1:11:37
14Yesenia CentenoSpain1:11:53
15Luminița TalpoșRomania1:12:02
16Risa HagiwaraJapan1:12:10
17Galina BogomolovaRussia1:12:12
18Corinne RauxFrance1:12:17
19Yumiko HaraJapan1:12:21
20Bruna GenoveseItaly1:12:38PB
21Teyba ErkessoEthiopia1:12:43
22Malika AsahssahMorocco1:12:49
23Nuta OlaruRomania1:13:00
24Fatiha Klilech-FauvelFrance1:13:34SB
25Teresa RécioSpain1:13:42PB
26Beatriz SantíagoSpain1:13:44
27Rosemary RyanIreland1:13:45PB
28Živilė BalčiūnaitėLithuania1:13:47SB
29Rosaria ConsoleItaly1:13:54
30Kan YongyingChina1:13:56
31Kenza WahbiMorocco1:14:05
32Anna IncertiItaly1:14:08
33Christelle DaunayFrance1:14:11
34Kathy ButlerUnited Kingdom1:14:17
35Magdeline ChemjorKenya1:14:42
36Derebe AlemuEthiopia1:14:52
37Hayley YellingUnited Kingdom1:14:52
38Nebiat HabtemariamERI1:14:54PB
39Souad Aït SalemAlgeria1:15:07PB
40Magdalena LewyUnited States1:15:20
41Salina KosgeiKenya1:15:41
42Debbie Robinson/MasonUnited Kingdom1:16:08
43Noémie FlottéFrance1:16:28
44Bev JenkinsUnited Kingdom1:16:37
45Patrizia RitondoItaly1:16:49
46Elisabete LopesPortugal1:16:58PB
47Ashu KasimEthiopia1:17:29
48Christine CliftonUnited States1:17:40
49Bouchra ChaabiMorocco1:17:45
50Analídia TorrePortugal1:17:48
51Fernanda MirandaPortugal1:17:49
52Sara WellsUnited States1:18:03
53Marily dos SantosBrazil1:18:18
54Sisay MeasoEthiopia1:19:13
55Liu LixiaChina1:19:32
56Nathalie LoubelleBelgium1:21:23
57Tatyana BelkinaBelarus1:21:55
58Pushpa DeviIndia1:22:19
59Sonia LopesCPV1:24:59
60Sylvie MulleBelgium1:25:51
61Sarbjett KaurIndia1:26:08PB
62Mamokete LechelaLES1:27:01
63Merceditas CuevasUruguay1:27:12
64Giselle CamilleriMalta1:27:41
65Lidija RajčićCroatia1:28:04
66Moleboheng MafataLES1:29:05
67Hidangmayum DeviIndia1:30:14
68Olesia OrlovaKGZ1:37:40
—Luminita ZaitucGermanyDNF
—Zhor El-KamchMoroccoDNF
—Mihaela BotezanRomaniaDNF
—Iulia Olteanu/NeguraRomaniaDNF
—Marla RunyanUnited StatesDNF
—Ida Brunelle KiyindouCongoDNS
—Katie BayockCameroonDNS
—Hellen Jemaiyo KimutaiKenyaDNS

Team results

Men's

RankCountryTeamTime
TanzaniaFabiano Joseph
Martin Sulle
John Yuda		3:03:01
KenyaMartin Lel
John Cheruiyot Korir
Yusuf Songoka		3:03:09
EthiopiaTesfaye Tola
Dereje Adere
Mesfin Hailu		3:07:34
4MoroccoRidouane Harroufi
Abderrahim Goumri
Rachid Aït Bensalem		3:09:22
5ERIZersenay Tadesse
Tekle Menghisteab
Tesfayohannes Mesfen		3:09:25
6UgandaWilson Busienei
Alex Malinga
Martin Toroitich		3:11:46
7FranceAbdelghani Lahlali
Tarik Bouzid
Mohamed Serbouti		3:11:55
8JapanKazuyuki Maeda
Toshinari Suwa
Masahiko Takeyasu		3:12:11
9ItalyMostafa Errebbah
Ottaviano Andriani
Sergio Chiesa		3:12:51
10SpainOscar Fernández
Ignacio Cáceres
Iván Sánchez		3:12:53
11AlgeriaSaïd Belhout
Said Hank
Kamal Kohil		3:14:31
12PortugalPaulo Gomes
José Dias
Paulo Catarino		3:16:56
13United StatesBrian Sell
Teren Jameson
Scott Strand		3:17:33
14MexicoOdilón Cuahutle
Eduardo Rojas
Jesús Primo		3:18:00
15BelgiumRik Ceulemans
Wim Borms
Christian Nemeth		3:19:58
16EcuadorFranklin Tenorio
Francisco Roldán
Polibio Méndez		3:27:36
17ChinaSun Wenli
Zheng Kai
Wang Xiangfeng		3:28:51
—IndiaAppachu Chinnappa
Kennady Chinna Ramu
Shashi Prakash		DNF

Women's

RankCountryTeamTime
RussiaLidiya Grigoryeva
Alla Zhilyayeva
Lyudmila Biktasheva		3:30:16
JapanMikie Takanaka
Takako Kotorida
Risa Hagiwara		3:34:23
RomaniaConstantina Diţă-Tomescu
Luminița Talpoș
Nuta Olaru		3:35:07
4EthiopiaBerhane Adere
Teyba Erkesso
Derebe Alemu		3:36:37
5United KingdomPaula Radcliffe
Kathy Butler
Hayley Yelling		3:36:44
6SpainYesenia Centeno
Teresa Récio
Beatriz Santíago		3:39:19
7FranceCorinne Raux
Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel
Christelle Daunay		3:40:02
8ItalyBruna Genovese
Rosaria Console
Anna Incerti		3:40:40
9KenyaSusan Chepkemei
Magdeline Chemjor
Salina Kosgei		3:40:58
10United StatesSylvia Mosqueda
Magdalena Lewy
Christine Clifton		3:44:22
11MoroccoMalika Asahssah
Kenza Wahbi
Bouchra Chaabi		3:44:39
12PortugalElisabete Lopes
Analídia Torre
Fernanda Miranda		3:52:35
13IndiaPushpa Devi
Sarbjett Kaur
Hidangmayum Devi		4:18:41

Participation

The participation of 171 athletes (98 men/73 women) from 49 countries is reported.[5] Although announced, athletes from and did not show.

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See also

References

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  2. ^ "Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold", IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 9, 2013
  3. ^ "Radcliffe wipes out the opposition in Vilamoura", IAAF, October 4, 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2013, retrieved September 9, 2013
  4. ^ "Radcliffe wipes out the opposition in Vilamoura", IAAF, October 4, 2003, retrieved September 9, 2013
  5. ^ "IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS - KAVARNA 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES - Incorporating the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010) & the IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006/2007", IAAF, retrieved September 1, 2013
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