The relay format was based on the ekiden races native to Japan, where six runners team up for legs of varying length to cover the classic 42.195 km marathon distance. The first, third and fifth legs were of 5 km each, the second and fourth legs were 10 km each, and the final leg covered the remaining 7.195 km.[3]
The first edition saw the Kenyan men's team break the world record for the ekiden relay with a run of 2:00:02 hours. The Moroccan team at the following edition improved this further with a world and championship record time of 1:57:56 hours. The Ethiopian women's team set the championship record of 2:16:04 hours in 1996 and retained their title the following year. Kenya and Ethiopia were the most successful nations at the event – Kenya took three men's titles, as well as a women's silver and a men's bronze, while Ethiopia had two women's titles, three silver medals and one bronze medal.[1]
The competition was preceded by the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay – a one-off race held in 1986 in Hiroshima.[4]
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The IAAF World Road Relay Championships was a biennial international athletics competition in long distance relay running First organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF in 1992 the championship ran for four editions with its last one occurring in 1998 1 2 The relay format was based on the ekiden races native to Japan where six runners team up for legs of varying length to cover the classic 42 195 km marathon distance The first third and fifth legs were of 5 km each the second and fourth legs were 10 km each and the final leg covered the remaining 7 195 km 3 The first edition saw the Kenyan men s team break the world record for the ekiden relay with a run of 2 00 02 hours The Moroccan team at the following edition improved this further with a world and championship record time of 1 57 56 hours The Ethiopian women s team set the championship record of 2 16 04 hours in 1996 and retained their title the following year Kenya and Ethiopia were the most successful nations at the event Kenya took three men s titles as well as a women s silver and a men s bronze while Ethiopia had two women s titles three silver medals and one bronze medal 1 The competition was preceded by the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay a one off race held in 1986 in Hiroshima 4 Contents 1 Editions 2 Medallists 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Medal table 4 References 5 External linksEditions edit Edition in gold was held as the IAAF World Challenge Road Relay Edition Year Location Date Men s teams Women s teams Athletes 1986 Hiroshima Japan 30 November 5 1st 1992 Funchal Portugal 9 10 May 1382nd 1994 Litochoro Greece 16 17 April 2403rd 1996 Copenhagen Denmark 13 14 April 25 12 2104th 1998 Manaus Brazil 18 19 April 25 12 222Medallists editMen edit Year Gold Silver Bronze1986 6 nbsp EthiopiaWodajo BultiDebebe DemisseBekele DebeleFeyisa MeleseAbebe Mekonnen 1 59 11 nbsp Great BritainCarl ThackeryJon SollyMark ScruttonDavid ClarkeKarl Harrison 1 59 14 OceaniaSteve MoneghettiDavid BurridgeAndrew LloydChris TobinAdam Hoyle 2 00 121992 nbsp KenyaEliud BarngetunyWilliam KoechEzekiel BitokWilliam SigeiRichard TumWilliam Mutwol 2 00 02 WR nbsp PortugalCarlos PatricioDionisio CastroAlberto MaravilhaJuvenal RibeiroJuan Carlos MonteroDomingos Castro 2 01 34 nbsp United KingdomCarl UdallDavid ClarkeJohn MayockColin WalkerJohn SherbanDavid Lewis 2 02 341994 nbsp MoroccoBrahim JabbourEl Arbi KhattabiHicham El GuerroujSalah HissouBrahim BoutayebKhalid Skah 1 57 56 WR CR nbsp EthiopiaWorku BikilaBadilu KibretAbraham AssefaFita BayisaChala KeleleHaile Gebrselassie 1 58 51 nbsp KenyaPeter NdiranguJoseph KiborClement KiprotichPaul YegoJohn KipronoSimon Rono 2 00 511996 nbsp KenyaSimon RonoJoseph KimaniMark YatichStephen KirwaDavid KiprutoWilliam Kiptum 2 00 40 nbsp BrazilWander MouraVanderlei de LimaEdgar de OliveiraDelmir dos SantosTomix da CostaRonaldo da Costa 2 01 24 nbsp EthiopiaLemi ErpassaKidane GebremichaelSisay BezebahAbraham AssefaTegenu AbebeWorku Bikila 2 01 501998 nbsp KenyaJohn KibowenPaul KoechBenjamin LimoThomas NyarikiJohn KosgeiPaul Kosgei 2 01 13 nbsp EthiopiaMillion WoldeAyele MezgebuBerhanu AldaneTesfaye TolaFita BayisaAlene Emire 2 03 47 nbsp BrazilElenilson da SilvaTomix da CostaRonaldo da CostaDaniel FerreiraLeonardo GuedesSergio da Silva 2 04 50Women edit Year Gold Silver Bronze1986 nbsp New ZealandLorraine MollerHazel StewartMary O ConnorSusan BruceAnne AudainAnn Hare 2 18 18 nbsp Soviet UnionTatyana KazankinaMarina RodchenkovaLyudmila MatveyevaSvetlana GuskovaOlga BondarenkoTatyana Samolenko 2 18 33 nbsp United StatesMartha CookseyFrancie SmithLisa BradyCharly HaversatDiane BrewerJudy McCreery 2 19 111992 nbsp PortugalFernanda MarquesAurora CunhaFelicidade SenaConceicao FerreiraFatima NevesFernanda Ribeiro 2 20 14 nbsp DenmarkBerit WormDorthe RasmussenAnita PalshojAino SlejNina ChristiansenBettina Andersen 2 24 42 nbsp SpainBegona HerraezCarmen BrunetCristina NogueAna Isabel AlonsoRocio RiosRosa Perez 2 25 061994 nbsp RussiaTatyana PentukovaNadezhda GalliamovaElena KavakliogluNatalya SorokivaskayaYelena RomanovaOlga Churbanova 2 17 19 nbsp EthiopiaAskale BeredaDerartu TuluLeila AmanGadissie EdatoBirhan DagneAsha Gigi 2 19 09 nbsp RomaniaDaniela BranAlina TecuţaMariana ChirilaAnuța CătunăFlorina PanăIulia Negură 2 19 181996 nbsp EthiopiaGenet GebregiorgisBirhane AdereAyelech WorkuGete WamiGetenesh UrgeLuchia Yishak 2 16 04 CR nbsp RomaniaIulia IonescuMariana ChirilaLelia DeselnecuIulia NegurăLuminita GogarleaElena Fidatov 2 18 41 nbsp JapanYukiko OkamotoNaomi SakashitaAi FukuchiIkuyo GotoNoriko UraEri Yamaguchi 2 18 581998 nbsp EthiopiaYimenashu TayeGete WamiGenet GebregiorgisAsha GigiAyelech WorkuMerima Denboba 2 21 15 nbsp KenyaJackline MarangaJane OmoroLeah MalotSusan ChepkemeiNaomi MugoSally Barsosio 2 21 49 nbsp RomaniaStela OlteanuAlina TecuţaMariana ChirilaCristina PomacuConstantina DiţăLuminita Gogarlea 2 24 13Medal table editNB Excludes World Challenge Road Relay medalsRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Kenya KEN 31152 nbsp Ethiopia ETH 23163 nbsp Portugal POR 11024 nbsp Morocco MAR 1001 nbsp Russia RUS 10016 nbsp Romania ROM 01237 nbsp Brazil BRA 01128 nbsp Denmark DEN 01019 nbsp Great Britain GBR 0011 nbsp Japan JPN 0011 nbsp Spain ESP 0011Totals 11 entries 88824References edit a b IAAF World Road Relay Championships Association of Road Racing Statisticians 2004 03 27 Retrieved on 2013 09 30 Istanbul 2012 pg 195 IAAF Retrieved on 2013 09 30 4th IAAF World Road Relay Championships highlights of the event to be broadcast world wide from the heart of Amazonia Archived 2012 08 19 at the Wayback Machine IAAF 1998 04 08 Retrieved on 2013 09 30 IAAF World Road Relay Championships GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2013 09 30 UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES GBR Athletics Retrieved 2020 06 17 L Ethiopie a Hiroshima in French La Liberte 1986 12 03 Retrieved 2020 06 17 List of medallistsIAAF World Road Relay Championships Association of Road Racing Statisticians 2004 03 27 Retrieved on 2013 09 30 External links edit1998 official website Past Championships Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IAAF World Road Relay Championships amp oldid 1137235013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,