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1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given. Complete results were published. Medallists Race Results Men's Women's Team Results Men's Women's Participation The participation of 236 athletes (139 men/97 women) from 54 countries is reported. * (1) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (2) * (6) * (5) * (7) * (3) * (2) * (3) * (10) * (2) * (10) * (9) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (10) * (9) * (10) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (5) * (6) * (4) * (8) * (5) * (4) * (3) * (2) * (9) * (8) * (1) * (1) * (10) * (3) * (4) * (4) * (5) * (10) * (6) * (6) * (3) See also * 1998 in athletics (track and field) References External linksOfficial website {{IAAF Championships IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The World Athletics Half M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abner Chipu
Abner Chipu (born 2 January 1972) is a retired South African long-distance runner. His specialties include Cross, Half Marathon, Marathon, Cross team event and the Half Marathon Team Event. Achievements Personal bests *3000 metres – 8:10.34 min (2002) *10,000 metres – 28:27.94 min (2002) *Half marathon – 1:01:15 hrs (1998) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ... – 2:12:46 hrs (1999) References External links * 1972 births Living people South African male long-distance runners South African male marathon runners {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Zungu
Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (other) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia * Maxwell (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian striker * Maxwell (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (musician) (born 1973), American R&B and neo-soul singer * Maxwell (rapper) (born 1993), German rapper, member of rap band 187 Strassenbande * Maxwell Jacob Friedman (born 1997) AEW Professional wrestler * Maxwell Silva (born 1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic cleric, Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Places United States * Maxwell, California * Maxwell, Indiana * Maxwell, Iowa * Maxwell, Nebraska * Maxwell, New Mexico * Maxwell, Texas * Maxwell Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kimani
Joseph Kimani (September 1, 1972 – November 1, 2012) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who competed over 10,000 metres on the track and in road running competitions. In his native country, he was commonly referred to as "KK" for Kimani Karanja. In other parts of the world, he was king of the road. He was the Superstar of most road races in the 1990s. He won 11 of the 13 road races in one season and finished second in 2 of them. Track career Kimani finished 6th in the 10000 metres at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. Road running career In 1996 at the Peachtree Road Race Kimani set the world record 10k run at 27:04. Kimani finished 21st at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and 4th at the 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In 1996, Kimani won the 10 kilometre Vancouver Sun Run with a record breaking time of 27:31. Death Kimani died of pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Benša
Janko Benša (born 28 June 1977) is a Serbians, Serbian retired long-distance running, distance runner. He was the men's winner of the 2000 Austin Marathon. He competed internationally for Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Running career Competing for Yugoslavia Benša made his international debut in the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, junior men's race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he placed 77th. In the following year's 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, IAAF World Cross Country junior men's race, he finished in 35th place. Later in 1996, he ran both the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, 5000 meters and 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, 10,000 meters at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics. On August 21, he finished the men's 10,000 in 19th overall with a time of 29:53.41. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alemayehu Girma
Alemayehu or ˁAlämayyähu ( Ge'ez: አለማየሁ) is a personal name of Ethiopian origin which is composed of two words: "''Alem''"- meaning "''the world or life''" and "''ayehu''" - means "''I have seen''". Its literal meaning is "''I have seen the world''" . However, in the context of personal name, its actual meaning is "''I have enjoyed life''" in the Amharic language. It is also a surname The prominent Ethiopians with the name Alemayehu are: Given name *Prince Alemayehu (1861–1879), Ethiopian prince and son of Tewodros II *Alemayehu Bezabeh (born c. 1986), Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes for Spain *Alemayehu Eshete (born 1941), Ethio-jazz musician *Alemayehu Roba Alemayehu Roba (born 27 October 1972) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won a silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games The 5th All-A ... (born 1972), retired Ethiopian middle-distance ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Cortés (athlete)
Javier Cortés Granados (born 20 July 1989) is a former Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Club career Javier Cortés began his playing in the Segunda División for Prepa Pumas in Apertura 2007 season. He quickly move to Pumas' second team, Pumas Morelos in the same Apertura 2007 season. He made his Primera División debut for Pumas UNAM first team on 24 August 2008 in a match against Pachuca. International career He was in the Mexico national football team in the gold medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics when Mexico defeated Brazil, 2–1. Cortés has capped twice for the Mexico national team. Career statistics International Honours UNAM *Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2011 Santos Laguna *Liga MX: Clausura 2018 Mexico U23 * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2012 *Toulon Tournament: 2012 *Olympic Gold Medal: 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Jørgensen
Carsten Jørgensen (born 25 October 1970) is a Danish orienteering competitor and World champion.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on 24 January 2008) He won a gold medal in the 1997 in with the Danish Relay team. He received a bronze medal in the 1995 World Orienteering Championships in (classic distance). He has been quite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Novo
Luís Azevedo da Silva Novo (born May 29, 1970 in Oliveira do Bairro) is a male long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 2001 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:10.28. He ended up in fourth place in the men's marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, 1999 World Championships. He set het personal best time (2:09.41) in 2002 at the Berlin Marathon, when he finished in seventh place. Novo represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 50th place. Achievements References *Profile 1970 births Living people Portuguese male long-distance runners Portuguese male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Portugal People from Oliveira do Bairro Sportspeople from Aveiro District {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Fiz
Martín Fiz Martín (born 3 March 1963 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava) is a long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. The same year he captured the title in the Rotterdam Marathon. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Fiz came fourth in the marathon. A year later he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, finishing behind his countryman Abel Anton. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Fiz has continued running into masters age divisions, setting the world M55 record in the road 10K at 31:36 on January 13, 2019 in Valencia. Achievements Martin Fiz is the only athlete in the world who has managed to win in six Majors Marathons in the Master 50 category (runners over 50 years old), winning the Marathons of New York, Tokyo, Boston, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolomé Serrano
Bartolomé Serrano (born 5 March 1969 in Terrassa) is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu .... He finished fourteenth at the 1998 World Half Marathon Championships in a personal best time of 1:01:43 hours. External links * 1969 births Living people Spanish male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Terrassa 20th-century Spanish people Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kibor
Joseph Kibor (born 22 December 1972) is a Kenyan runner. At the 1997 World Cross Country Championships he finished seventh in the long race, earning a place on the Kenyan team that won the team competition. Achievements References External links * * 1972 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Kenyan male cross country runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya 20th-century Kenyan people 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
