The 11th
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...
was held on May 5, 2002 in the city of
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. A total of 198 athletes, 123 men and 75 women, from 60 countries took part.
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both
for the men's race
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Complete results were published
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Medallists
Race results
Men's
†:
Mohammed Mourhit
Mohammed Mourhit ( ar, محمد مُرحيت; born 10 October 1970 in Khouribga, Morocco) is a Belgian top cross country, middle and long-distance runner who holds one European record, in the 3000 m. He is also a former European 10000 m record ho ...
from was initially 23rd
(1:03:08), but tested positive for
EPO.
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Women's
Team results
Men's
Women's
Participation
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See also
* 2002 in athletics (track and field)
References
External links
Official website
{{IAAF Championships
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...
Half Marathon Championships
World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by Belgium