1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 5th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 29, 1996, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. A total of 206 athletes, 134 men and 72 women, from 53 countries took part.

1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	September 29
Host city	Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
Events	2
Participation	206 athletes from 53 nations
← 1995 Montbéliard-Belfort 1997 Košice →

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	1:01:17	Josephat Kiprono (KEN)	1:01:30	Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)	1:02:00
Women	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	1:10:39	Lidia Șimon (ROU)	1:10:57	Aurica Buia (ROU)	1:11:01
Team
Team Men	Italy	3:07:42	Spain	3:08:36	Japan	3:08:43
Team Women	Romania	3:32:59	France	3:38:44	Italy	3:41:28

Race results

Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stefano Baldini	Italy	1:01:17
	Josephat Kiprono	Kenya	1:01:30
	Tendai Chimusasa	Zimbabwe	1:02:00
4	Carlos de la Torre	Spain	1:02:03
5	Toshiyuki Hayata	Japan	1:02:05
6	Neema Tuluway	Tanzania	1:02:30
7	Delmir dos Santos	Brazil	1:02:44
8	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	1:02:47
9	Giacomo Leone	Italy	1:02:48
10	Stéphane Schweickhardt	Switzerland	1:02:49
11	Gemechu Kebede	Ethiopia	1:02:52
12	Masatoshi Ibata	Japan	1:03:07
13	Lucketz Swartbooi	Namibia	1:03:24
14	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	1:03:31
15	Ezael Thlobo	South Africa	1:03:32
16	Philip Chirchir	Kenya	1:03:36
17	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	1:03:37
18	Dario Fegatelli	Italy	1:03:38
19	Kamal Kohil	Algeria	1:03:39
20	Christopher Isengwe	Tanzania	1:03:43
21	Paul Arpin	France	1:03:44
22	Dave Swanston	Great Britain	1:03:44
23	José Manuel García	Spain	1:03:46
24	André Ramos	Brazil	1:03:46
25	Michele Gamba	Italy	1:03:50
26	John Sence	United States	1:04:07
27	Dagne Debela	Ethiopia	1:04:13
28	Charles Tangus	Kenya	1:04:18
29	Johannes Maremane	South Africa	1:04:20
30	Margarito Zamora	Mexico	1:04:21
31	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	1:04:26
32	Eduardo do Nascimento	Brazil	1:04:35
33	Pablo Olmedo Castañon	Mexico	1:04:37
34	Klaus-Peter Hansen	Denmark	1:04:39
35	Bruno Léger	France	1:04:41
36	Ronny Ligneel	Belgium	1:04:49
37	James Herald	United States	1:04:50
38	Jens Karrass	Germany	1:04:52
39	Jerry Lawson	United States	1:04:55
40	Muneyuki Ojima	Japan	1:04:59
41	Chris Robison	Great Britain	1:05:10
42	Aleksandr Bolkhovitin	Russia	1:05:12
43	Kaare Sørensen	Denmark	1:05:15
44	Abdi Djama	France	1:05:20
45	Mykola Rudyk	Ukraine	1:05:20
46	Philip Tanui	Kenya	1:05:22
47	Luboš Šubrt	Czech Republic	1:05:26
48	Vladimir Afanasyev	Russia	1:05:37
49	Geraldo Morales	Mexico	1:05:39
50	Wodage Zvadya	Israel	1:05:40
51	Viktor Rogovoy	Ukraine	1:05:46
52	Herman Decoux	Belgium	1:05:53
53	Miroslav Sajler	Czech Republic	1:06:05
54	Andrey Shalagin	Russia	1:06:08
55	Farid Khayrullin	Russia	1:06:08
56	Xia Fengyuan	China	1:06:10
57	Meck Mothuli	South Africa	1:06:12
58	Aleksandr Kuzin	Ukraine	1:06:18
59	Dominique Chauvelier	France	1:06:21
60	Carsten Eich	Germany	1:06:31
61	Alfredo Vigueras	United States	1:06:35
62	Phil Makepeace	Great Britain	1:06:36
63	Zoltán Holba	Hungary	1:06:42
64	Kidane Gebrmichael	Ethiopia	1:06:46
65	Apolinar Caudillo	Mexico	1:06:47
66	Rainer Huth	Germany	1:06:49
67	Ángel Vizcarrondo	Puerto Rico	1:06:52
68	Tesfaye Tola	Ethiopia	1:06:59
69	Asaf Bimro	Israel	1:07:12
70	Semyon Zhustin	Russia	1:07:15
71	Ayele Setegne	Israel	1:07:21
72	Tadayuki Ojima	Japan	1:07:42
73	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia	1:07:50
74	Marly Sopyev	Turkmenistan	1:07:50
75	Josphat Mhandu	Zimbabwe	1:07:55
76	Carlos Ayala	Mexico	1:07:58
77	Peter Ndirangu	Kenya	1:08:06
78	Leonid Pykhteyev	Kyrgyzstan	1:08:13
79	Peter Weilenmann	United States	1:08:28
80	Martin Block	Germany	1:08:31
81	Fungai Kapanyota	Zimbabwe	1:08:38
82	Dov Kremer	Israel	1:08:40
83	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	1:08:48
84	Aleksandr Saprykin	Kazakhstan	1:08:51
85	Sujeewa Chandrapala	Sri Lanka	1:08:54
86	Marcel Matanin	Slovakia	1:08:56
87	Vladimir Gusev	Kazakhstan	1:09:15
88	David Tune	Great Britain	1:09:26
89	Martin Horáček	Czech Republic	1:09:36
90	Johnny Loría	Costa Rica	1:09:45
91	Nazirdin Akylbekov	Kyrgyzstan	1:09:53
92	Jaroslav Jakubáček	Slovakia	1:09:54
93	Mo Shuxin	China	1:09:56
94	Miroslav Plešivka	Slovakia	1:10:09
95	Drago Paripović	Croatia	1:10:34
96	Josip Lacković	Croatia	1:10:45
97	Gabriel Laboy	Puerto Rico	1:10:49
98	Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev	Turkmenistan	1:10:51
99	Nazim Noorbux	Mauritius	1:11:04
100	Vladimir Kiselyov	Kyrgyzstan	1:11:17
101	Bhairon Singh Loney	India	1:11:27
102	Toni Bernadó	Andorra	1:11:40
103	Nedeljko Ravić	Croatia	1:12:09
104	Muni Rajappa	India	1:12:21
105	Khalid Al-Estashi	Yemen	1:13:17
106	José Luis Ebatela	Equatorial Guinea	1:13:17
107	Satish Huryl	Mauritius	1:13:28
108	Marco Ivan Condori	Bolivia	1:13:28
109	Jean Ntdugou	Gabon	1:14:01
110	Kostas Konstantinou	Cyprus	1:14:15
111	Michal Kavacký	Slovakia	1:14:34
112	Loasis Boussougou	Gabon	1:14:37
113	Soudesh Rajcoomar	Mauritius	1:15:21
114	Leonard Madinda	Gabon	1:16:33
115	Redmal Singh	India	1:16:34
116	Theofilou Vasos	Cyprus	1:16:44
117	Carles Font	Andorra	1:17:39
118	Ihab Salama	Palestine	1:18:42
119	Mohamed Al-Khawlani	Yemen	1:19:33
120	Xavier Bossa	Andorra	1:22:42
121	Josep Graells	Andorra	1:22:42
—	Marcelo Cascabelo	Argentina	DNF
—	Stéphane Rousseau	Belgium	DNF
—	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	DNF
—	Marco Antonio Condori	Bolivia	DNF
—	Tomix da Costa	Brazil	DNF
—	Vanderlei de Lima	Brazil	DNF
—	Willy Kalombo	Zaire	DNF
—	Mohamed El-Massoudi	France	DNF
—	Klaus-Peter Nabein	Germany	DNF
—	Robert de Vido	Hong Kong	DNF
—	Sam Molokomme	South Africa	DNF
—	Bartolomé Serrano	Spain	DNF
—	Maxmillian Iranqhe	Tanzania	DNF

Women's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ren Xiujuan	China	1:10:39
	Lidia Șimon	Romania	1:10:57
	Aurica Buia	Romania	1:11:01
4	Nuta Olaru	Romania	1:11:07
5	Kanako Haginaga	Japan	1:11:18
6	Christine Mallo	France	1:12:24
7	Firiya Sultanova	Russia	1:12:34
8	Heather Turland	Australia	1:12:46
9	Zahia Dahmani	France	1:12:47
10	Lucilla Andreucci	Italy	1:12:50
11	Cristina Pomacu	Romania	1:13:05
12	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	1:13:19
13	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	1:13:22
14	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	1:13:27
15	Muriel Linsolas	France	1:13:33
16	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	1:13:41
17	Mayumi Ichikawa	Japan	1:13:42
18	Alla Zhilyayeva	Russia	1:13:47
19	Dorota Gruca-Giezek	Poland	1:14:07
20	Nina Korvryzkina	Ukraine	1:14:28
21	Teresa Récio	Spain	1:14:32
22	Tatyana Dzhabrayilova	Ukraine	1:14:45
23	Bénédicte Molle	France	1:14:52
24	Sonia Maccioni	Italy	1:14:57
25	Paola Cabrera	Mexico	1:15:00
26	María Luisa Lárraga	Spain	1:15:03
27	Wendy Barrett	United States	1:15:23
28	Sally Goldsmith	Great Britain	1:15:33
29	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	1:15:50
30	Patrizia Ritondo	Italy	1:16:04
31	Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella	United States	1:16:05
32	Magdalena Thorsell	Sweden	1:16:07
33	Tatyana Belovol	Ukraine	1:16:11
34	Nicole Whiteford	South Africa	1:16:15
35	Emebet Abossa	Ethiopia	1:16:16
36	María Luisa Muñoz	Spain	1:16:29
37	Sonja Deckers	Belgium	1:16:32
38	Dörte Köster	Germany	1:16:45
39	Irina Šafářová	Russia	1:16:48
40	Katrina Price	United States	1:16:49
41	Renata Paradowska	Poland	1:16:49
42	Gadissie Edato	Ethiopia	1:16:53
43	Natalia Requena	Spain	1:16:54
44	Danielle Sanderson	Great Britain	1:16:56
45	Laurel Park	United States	1:17:04
46	Ilona Barbanova	Ukraine	1:17:29
47	Hayley Nash	Great Britain	1:17:45
48	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	1:18:05
49	Adriana Fernández	Mexico	1:18:25
50	Anniek Beckers	Belgium	1:18:51
51	Tijana Pavičić	Croatia	1:19:22
52	Chunping Jin	China	1:19:41
53	Asselefech Assefa	Ethiopia	1:19:45
54	Lu Jing	China	1:20:00
55	Danuta Marczyk	Poland	1:20:36
56	Ingrid Van Giel	Belgium	1:21:53
57	Eloisa Toral	Mexico	1:21:56
58	Lizianne Holmes	South Africa	1:21:58
59	Lynn Doering	United States	1:22:25
60	Mandy Lo	Hong Kong	1:22:37
61	Flor Venegas	Chile	1:24:28
62	Abebe Tola	Ethiopia	1:24:36
63	Usha Verma	India	1:24:50
64	Slavica Brčić	Croatia	1:25:10
65	Shelyi Joseph	India	1:25:36
66	Rigzen Angmo	India	1:25:37
—	Anja Jørgensen	Denmark	DNF
—	Heather Heasman	Great Britain	DNF
—	Liz McColgan	Great Britain	DNF
—	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	DNF
—	Paulina Phaho	South Africa	DNF
—	Cristina Burca	Romania	DQ^†

^†: Cristina Burca from   Romania was initially 8th (1:12:37), but disqualified later. From 2 May 1999, the IAAF imposed a life ban on her.^[2]

Team results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Italy	Stefano Baldini Giacomo Leone Vincenzo Modica	3:07:42
	Spain	Carlos de la Torre Alejandro Gómez José Manuel García	3:08:36
	Japan	Toshiyuki Hayata Masatoshi Ibata Katsuhiko Hanada	3:08:43
4	Kenya	Josephat Kiprono Philip Chirchir Charles Tangus	3:09:24
5	Brazil	Delmir dos Santos André Ramos Eduardo do Nascimento	3:11:05
6	France	Paul Arpin Bruno Léger Abdi Djama	3:13:45
7	Ethiopia	Gemechu Kebede Dagne Debela Kidane Gebrmichael	3:13:51
8	United States	John Sence James Herald Jerry Lawson	3:13:52
9	South Africa	Ezael Thlobo Johannes Maremane Meck Mothuli	3:14:04
10	Mexico	Margarito Zamora Pablo Olmedo Castañon Geraldo Morales	3:14:37
11	Great Britain	Dave Swanston Chris Robison Phil Makepeace	3:15:30
12	Russia	Aleksandr Bolkhovitin Vladimir Afanasyev Andrey Shalagin	3:16:57
13	Ukraine	Mykola Rudyk Viktor Rogovoy Aleksandr Kuzin	3:17:24
14	Germany	Jens Karrass Carsten Eich Rainer Huth	3:18:12
15	Zimbabwe	Tendai Chimusasa Josphat Mhandu Fungai Kapanyota	3:18:33
16	Israel	Wodage Zvadya Asaf Bimro Ayele Setegne	3:20:13
17	Czech Republic	Luboš Šubrt Miroslav Sajler Martin Horáček	3:21:07
18	Slovakia	Marcel Matanin Jaroslav Jakubáček Miroslav Plešivka	3:28:59
19	Kyrgyzstan	Leonid Pykhteyev Nazirdin Akylbekov Vladimir Kiselyov	3:29:23
20	Croatia	Drago Paripović Josip Lacković Nedeljko Ravić	3:33:28
21	Mauritius	Nazim Noorbux Satish Huryl Soudesh Rajcoomar	3:39:53
22	India	Bhairon Singh Loney Muni Rajappa Redmal Singh	3:40:22
23	Gabon	Jean Ntdugou Loasis Boussougou Leonard Madinda	3:45:11
24	Andorra	Toni Bernadó Carles Font Xavier Bossa	3:52:01
—	Belgium	Ronny Ligneel Herman Decoux Stéphane Rousseau	DNF
—	Tanzania	Neema Tuluway Christopher Isengwe Maxmillian Iranqhe	DNF

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Romania	Lidia Șimon Aurica Buia Nuta Olaru	3:33:05
	France	Christine Mallo Zahia Dahmani Muriel Linsolas	3:38:44
	Italy	Lucilla Andreucci Annalisa Scurti Sonia Maccioni	3:41:28
4	Russia	Firiya Sultanova Alla Zhilyayeva Irina Šafářová	3:43:09
5	Ukraine	Nina Korvryzkina Tatyana Dzhabrayilova Tatyana Belovol	3:45:24
6	Spain	Teresa Récio María Luisa Lárraga Angelines Rodríguez	3:45:25
7	Ethiopia	Getenesh Urge Emebet Abossa Gadissie Edato	3:46:31
8	United States	Wendy Barrett Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella Katrina Price	3:48:17
9	Great Britain	Sally Goldsmith Danielle Sanderson Hayley Nash	3:50:14
10	China	Ren Xiujuan Chunping Jin Lu Jing	3:50:20
11	Poland	Dorota Gruca-Giezek Renata Paradowska Danuta Marczyk	3:51:32
12	South Africa	Zola Pieterse Nicole Whiteford Lizianne Holmes	3:51:32
13	Mexico	Paola Cabrera Adriana Fernández Eloisa Toral	3:55:21
14	Belgium	Sonja Deckers Anniek Beckers Ingrid Van Giel	3:57:16
15	India	Usha Verma Shelyi Joseph Rigzen Angmo	4:16:03

Participation

The participation of 206 athletes (134 men/72 women) from 53 countries is reported.^[1]

•   Algeria (1)
•   Andorra (4)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (7)
•   Bolivia (2)
•   Brazil (5)
•   Chile (1)
•   China (5)
•   Costa Rica (1)
•   Croatia (5)
•   Cyprus (2)
•   Czech Republic (3)
•   Denmark (3)
•   Equatorial Guinea (1)
•   Estonia (1)
•   Ethiopia (9)
•   France (9)
•   Gabon (3)
•   Germany (6)
•   Hong Kong (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Iceland (1)
•   India (6)
•   Israel (4)
•   Italy (9)
•   Japan (7)
•   Kazakhstan (2)
•   Kenya (5)
•   Kyrgyzstan (3)
•   Mauritius (3)
•   Mexico (8)
•   Namibia (1)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Poland (3)
•   Puerto Rico (2)
•   Romania (5)
•   Russia (9)
•   Slovakia (4)
•   South Africa (8)
•   Spain (10)
•   Sri Lanka (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   Tanzania (3)
•   Turkmenistan (2)
•   Ukraine (7)
•   United Kingdom (9)
•   United States (10)
•   Uruguay (1)
•   Yemen (2)
•   Zaire (1)
•   Zimbabwe (3)

See also

• 1996 in athletics (track and field)

References

1. 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 (PDF), IAAF, retrieved September 1, 2013
2. AIMS NEWSLETTER - A MONTHLY REVIEW FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND ROAD RACES, No.165, November 1999, Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, November 1999, retrieved September 5, 2013

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