Team scores are calculated by aggregating the times of the leading three runners. From 2006 the event will be renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships.
Venues: 1992 Newcastle-South Shields (GBR), 1993 Brussels (BEL), 1994 Oslo (NOR), 1995 Montbéliard-Belfort (FRA), 1996 Palma de Mallorca (ESP), 1997 Košice (SVK), 1998 Zürich (SUI), 1999 Palermo (ITA), 2000 Veracruz (MEX), 2001 Bristol (GBR), 2002 Brussels (BEL), 2003 Vilamoura (POR), 2004 New Delhi (IND), 2005 Edmonton (CAN)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Benson Masya KEN Vincent Rousseau BEL Khalid Skah MAR Moses Tanui KEN Stefano Baldini ITA Shem Kororia KEN Paul Koech KEN Paul Tergat KEN Paul Tergat KEN Haile Gebrselassie ETH Paul Kosgei KEN Martin Lel KEN Paul Kirui KEN Fabiano Joseph TAN |
1:00:24 1:01:06 1:00:27 1:01:45 1:01:17 59:56 1:00:01 1:01:50 1:03:47 1:00:03 1:00:39 1:00:49 1:02:15 1:01:08 |
Antonio Silio ARG Steve Moneghetti AUS Germán Silva MEX Paul Yego KEN Josephat Kiprono KEN Moses Tanui KEN Hendrick Ramaala RSA Hendrick Ramaala RSA Faustin Baha TAN Tesfaye Jifar ETH Jaouad Gharib MAR Fabiano Joseph TAN Fabiano Joseph TAN Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT |
1:00:40 1:01:10 1:00:28 1:01:46 1:01:30 59:58 1:00:24 1:01:50 1:03:48 1:00:04 1:00:42 1:00:52 1:02:31 1:01:09 |
Boay Akonay TAN Carl Thackery GBR Ronaldo da Costa BRA Charles Tangus KEN Tendai Chimusasa ZIM Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN Khalid Skah MAR Tesfaye Jifar ETH Tesfaye Jifar ETH John Yuda TAN John Yuda TAN Martin Sulle TAN Abdullah Ahmed Hassan QAT Yonas Kifle ERI |
1:00:45 1:01:13 1:00:54 1:01:50 1:02:00 1:00:00 1:00:24 1:01:51 1:03:50 1:00:12 1:00:57 1:00:56 1:02:36 1:01:13 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Kenya Kenya Kenya Kenya Italy Kenya South Africa South Africa Kenya Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Kenya Ethiopia |
3:02:25 3:05:40 3:03:36 3:05:21 3:07:42 2:59:54 3:02:21 3:06:01 3:11:38 3:00:31 3:04:42 3:03:01 3:07:55 3:06:18 |
Great Britain & N.I. Australia Mexico Spain Spain South Africa Kenya Ethiopia Ethiopia Kenya Japan Kenya Ethiopia Eritrea |
3:04:54 3:05:43 3:03:47 3:07:51 3:08:36 3:03:34 3:03:07 3:06:03 3:14:45 3:02:53 3:07:12 3:03:09 3:08:37 3:07:05 |
Brazil Great Britain & N.I. Morocco Italy Japan Ethiopia Ethiopia Kenya Belgium Tanzania Ethiopia Ethiopia Uganda Japan |
3:05:56 3:06:10 3:05:58 3:08:31 3:08:43 3:03:46 3:05:18 3:06:03 3:18:35 3:05:08 3:07:25 3:07:34 3:13:48 3:08:30 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 |
Kassa Tadesse ETH Melk Mothuli RSA |
1:04:51 1:02:11 |
Melk Mothuli RSA Biruk Bekele ETH |
1:05:01 1:03:32 |
Francesco Ingargiola ITA Isaac Radebe RSA |
1:05:18 1:03:35 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 |
Italy South Africa |
3:17:39 3:09:46 |
Ethiopia Ethiopia |
3:18:56 3:13:34 |
South Africa Italy |
3:20:04 3:17:12 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Liz McColgan GBR Conceiçăo Ferreira POR Elana Meyer RSA Valentina Yegorova RUS Ren Xiujuan CHN Tegla Loroupe KEN Tegla Loroupe KEN Tegla Loroupe KEN Paula Radcliffe GBR Paula Radcliffe GBR Berhane Adere ETH Paula Radcliffe GBR Sun Yingjie CHN Constantina Dita-Tomescu ROM |
1:08:53 1:10:07 1:08:36 1:09:58 1:10:39 1:08:14 1:08:29 1:08:48 1:09:07 1:06:47 1:09:06 1:07:35 1:08:40 1:09:17 |
Megumi Fujiwara JPN Mari Tanigawa JPN Iulia Negura ROM Cristina Pomacu ROM Lidia Simon ROM Cristina Pomacu ROM Elana Meyer RSA Mizuki Noguchi JPN Susan Chepkemei KEN Susan Chepkemei KEN Susan Chepkemei KEN Berhane Adere ETH Lydia Cheromei KEN Lornah Kiplagat NED |
1:09:21 1:10:09 1:09:15 1:10:22 1:10:57 1:08:43 1:08:32 1:09:12 1:09:40 1:07:36 1:09:13 1:09:02 1:09:00 1:10:19 |
Rosanna Munerotto ITA Tegla Loroupe KEN Anuta Catuna ROM Anuta Catuna ROM Aura Buia ROM Lidia Simon ROM Lidia Simon ROM Catherine Ndereba KEN Lidia Simon ROM Berhane Adere ETH Jelena Prokopcuka LAT Benita Johnson AUS Constantina Dita-Tomescu ROM Susan Chepkemei KEN |
1:09:38 1:10:12 1:09:35 1:10:28 1:11:01 1:09:05 1:08:58 1:09:23 1:10:24 1:08:17 1:09:15 1:09:26 1:09:07 1:10:20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Japan Romania Romania Romania Romania Romania Kenya Kenya Romania Kenya Kenya Russia Ethiopia Romania |
3:30:39 3:32:18 3:29:03 3:31:29 3:33:05 3:27:40 3:29:43 3:27:40 3:34:22 3:28:04 3:28:22 3:30:16 3:36:00 3:31:00 |
Great Britain & N.I. Japan Norway Russia France Kenya Romania Japan Japan Japan Russia Japan Romania Russia |
3:33:05 3:32:22 3:33:36 3:33:12 3:38:44 3:27:57 3:32:19 3:30:06 3:36:25 3:30:08 3:30:05 3:34:23 3:36:08 3:33:05 |
Romania Portugal Japan Spain Italy Japan Spain Russia Russia Ethiopia Ethiopia Romania Russia Japan |
3:33:27 3:34:12 3:35:39 3:34:26 3:41:28 3:31:38 3:34:18 3:31:49 3:45:41 3:30:20 3:30:58 3:35:07 3:38:21 3:35:42 |
Held over 10 kilometres from 1983-84 and 15 kilometres from 1985-91. The event was superseded by the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Team scores were calculated by aggregating the positions of the leading three runners except in 1984 when scores were calculated by aggregating the leading three times.
Venues: 1983 San Diego (USA), 1984 Madrid (ESP), 1985 Gateshead (GBR), 1986 Lisbon (POR), 1987 Monte Carlo (MON), 1988 Adelaide (AUS), 1989 Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 1990 Dublin (IRL), 1991 Nieuwegein (NED)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 |
Wendy Sly GBR Aurora Cunha POR Aurora Cunha POR Aurora Cunha POR Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Wang Xiuting CHN Iulia Negura ROM Iulia Negura ROM |
32:23 33:04 49:17 48:31 47:17 48:24 49:34 50:14 48:42 |
Betty Springs USA Rosa Mota POR Judi St. Hilaire USA Rosa Mota POR Nancy Tinari CAN Wang Xiuting CHN Zhong Huandi CHN Francie Larrieu-Smith USA Andrea Wallace GBR |
32:23 33:18 49:25 48:35 48:53 50:18 49:44 50:15 48:43 |
Lesley Welsh USA Carole Bradford GBR Carole Bradford GBR Carla Beurskens NED Maria Curatolo ITA Zoya Ivanova URS Aurora Cunha POR Zhong Huandi CHN Uta Pippig GER |
32:41 33:25 49:59 48:36 49:15 50:28 50:06 50:19 48:44 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 |
United States Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I. Soviet Union Portugal Soviet Union P.R. of China Portugal Germany |
12 1:41:24 19 20 32 21 10 27 22 |
Canada Portugal Soviet Union Portugal Soviet Union P.R. of China Portugal Soviet Union Romania |
19 1:42:33 20 24 32 31 15 47 24 |
Irish Republic United States United States United States Great Britain & N.I. Portugal Soviet Union F.R. Germany Soviet Union |
32 1:43:11 36 26 46 37 24 62 31 |
First held in 1992 over the standard Marathon/Ekiden Relay distance of 42.195km. Teams comprised 6 athletes running legs between 5 and 10 kilometres each. The event was discontinued after 1998.
Venues: 1992 Funchal/Madeira (POR), 1994 Litochoro (GRE), 1996 Copenhagen (DEN), 1998 Manaus (BRA)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1994 1996 1998 |
Kenya Morocco Kenya Kenya |
2:00:02 1:57:56 2:00:40 2:01:13 |
Portugal Ethiopia Brazil Ethiopia |
2:01:34 1:58:51 2:01:24 2:03:47 |
Great Britain & N.I. Kenya Ethiopia Brazil |
2:02:34 2:00:51 2:01:50 2:04:50 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1992 1994 1996 1998 |
Portugal Russia Ethiopia Ethiopia |
2:20:14 2:17:19 2:16:04 2:21:15 |
Denmark Ethiopia Romania Kenya |
2:24:42 2:19:09 2:18:41 2:21:49 |
Spain Romania Japan Romania |
2:25:06 2:19:18 2:18:58 2:24:13 |
Prior to the introduction of a formal World Road Relay Championships (see above) the IAAF staged a one-off challenge event in 1986. The race was held over the standard Marathon distance. Men's teams comprised 5 athletes running legs between 5 and 12.195 kilometres each, whilst women's teams comprised 6 athletes running legs between 5 and 10 kilometres each.
Venues: 1986 Hiroshima (JPN)
First | Second | Third | ||||
1986 | Ethiopia | 1:59:11 | Great Britain & N.I. | 1:59:14 | Oceania | 2:00:12 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1986 | New Zealand | 2:18:18 | Soviet Union | 2:18:33 | United States | 2:19:11 |
Held in conjunction with the IAAF World Championships in Athletics Marathon from 1997. Team scores are calculated by aggregating the times of the leading three runners.
Venues: 1985 Hiroshima (JPN), 1987 Seoul (KOR), 1989 Milan (ITA), 1991 London (GBR), 1993 San Sebastián (ESP), 1995-97 Marathon-Athens (GRE), 1999 Seville (ESP), 2001 Edmonton (CAN), 2003 Paris (FRA), 2005 Helsinki (FIN)
First | Second | Third | ||||
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Djibouti Italy Ethiopia Great Britain & N.I. Ethiopia Italy Spain Italy Ethiopia Japan Japan |
6:27:08 6:36:38 6:37:20 6:34:59 6:31:17 6:43:42 6:43:30 6:45:16 6:43:32 6:30:43 6:38:39 |
Japan Japan Italy Portugal Italy France Italy Japan Japan Italy Kenya |
6:31:43 6:39:23 6:37:51 6:35:55 6:32:41 6:48:47 6:55:33 6:45:42 6:48:36 6:32:19 6:46:38 |
Ethiopia France France Poland Great Britain & N.I. Spain Brazil Ethiopia Italy South Africa Ethiopia |
6:32:46 6:43:46 6:38:51 6:36:12 6:34:06 6:51:05 7:02:56 6:50:11 6:51:56 6:35:54 6:52:14 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Ahmed Salah DJI Ahmed Salah DJI Metaferia Zeleke ETH Yakov Tolstikov URS Richard Nerurkar GBR Douglas Wakiihuri KEN Abel Antón ESP Abel Antón ESP Gezahegne Abera ETH Jaouad Gharib MAR Jaouad Gharib MAR |
2:08:09 2:10:55 2:10:28 2:09:17 2:10:03 2:12:01 2:13:16 2:13:36 2:12:42 2:08:31 2:10:10 |
Takeyuki Nakayama JPN Taisuke Kodama JPN Dereje Nedi ETH Manuel Matias POR Severino Bernardini ITA Takahiro Sunada JPN Martín Fiz ESP Vincenzo Modica ITA Simon Biwott KEN Julio Rey ESP Christopher Isegwe TAN |
2:08:15 2:11:23 2:10:36 2:10:21 2:10:12 2:13:16 2:13:21 2:14:03 2:12:43 2:08:38 2:10:21 |
Djama Robleh DJI Salvatore Bettiol ITA Gianni Poli ITA Jan Huruk POL Kebede Gemechu ETH Davide Milesi ITA Steve Moneghetti AUS Nobuyuki Sato JPN Stefano Baldini ITA Stefano Baldini ITA Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN |
2:08:26 2:11:28 2:10:49 2:10:21 2:10:16 2:13:23 2:14:16 2:14:07 2:13:18 2:09:14 2:11:16 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Italy Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union P.R. of China Romania Japan Japan Japan Japan Kenya |
7:51:27 7:34:39 7:51:29 7:30:21 7:27:43 7:35:05 7:38:57 7:27:52 7:22:36 7:14:48 7:12:37 |
Soviet Union German D.R. United States Italy Spain Russia Romania Romania Russia Ethiopia Japan |
7:53:22 7:42:10 7:56:17 7:36:37 7:33:55 7:47:39 7:52:18 7:34:37 7:26:00 7:24:56 7:16:35 |
German D.R. France P.R. of China France Russia Italy Italy Germany Romania Russia Great Britain & N.I. |
8:00:02 7:46:41 7:57:07 7:38:51 7:44:07 7:50:46 7:56:31 7:35:41 7:29:44 7:31:04 7:27:04 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Katrin Dörre GDR Zoya Ivanova URS Sue Marchiano USA Rosa Mota POR Wang Junxia CHN Anuta Catuna ROM Hiromi Suzuki JPN Jong Song-Ok PRK Lidia Simon ROM Catherine Ndereba KEN Paula Radcliffe GBR |
2:33:30 2:30:39 2:30:48 2:26:14 2:28:16 2:31:10 2:29:48 2:26:59 2:26:01 2:23:55 2:20:57 |
Zoya Ivanova URS Maria Lelut FRA Misako Miyahara JPN Francie Larrieu-Smith USA Zhang Linli CHN Lidia Simon ROM Manuela Machado POR Ari Ichihashi JPN Reiko Tosa JPN Mizuki Noguchi JPN Catherine Ndereba KEN |
2:34:17 2:31:27 2:35:16 2:27:35 2:29:42 2:31:46 2:31:12 2:27:02 2:26:06 2:24:14 2:22:01 |
Karolin Szabó HUN Katrin Dörre GDR Uta Pippig GDR Valentina Yegorova URS Zhang Lirong CHN Cristina Pomacu ROM Lidia Simon ROM Lidia Simon ROM Svetlana Zakharova RUS Masako Chiba JPN Constantina Dita-Tomescu ROM |
2:34:57 2:31:30 2:35:17 2:28:18 2:29:45 2:32:09 2:31:55 2:27:41 2:26:18 2:25:09 2:23:19 |
African Half Marathon Championships are known to have been held on 3 occasions.
Venues: 1995 Abidjan (CIV), 1997 Djibouti (DJI), 1999 Jijel (ALG)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1995 1997 1999 |
Ezael Thlobo RSA Ayele Mezegebu ETH Kamel Kohil ALG |
1:06:00 1:06:18 1:04:38 |
Kalombo Mwenze ZAI Berhanu Adane ETH Maxwell Zungu RSA |
1:06:36 1:06:21 1:05:28 |
Nixon Nkodima RSA Tesfaye Tola ETH Ahmed Bulahia ALG |
1:06:43 1:06:38 1:05:34 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1995 1997 1999 |
South Africa no team classification ? Algeria |
9 3:16:17 |
Niger ??? |
25 ??? |
Ivory Coast ??? |
35 ??? |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1997 1999 |
Meseret Kotu ETH Nasria Azaďdj ALG |
1:17:09 1:20:12 |
Leila Aman ETH Sonia Agoun TUN |
1:17:48 1:20:42 |
Abeba Tola ETH Fatiha Hanika ALG |
1:21:44 1:25:40 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1997 1999 |
no team classification ? Tunisia |
4:09:30 |
??? |
??? |
??? |
??? |
Following the removal of the marathon from the main African Championship programme after 1990 a discrete marathon championships was introduced. It is believed the event has only been staged twice.
Venues: 1994 Abidjan (CIV), 1996 Soweto (RSA)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1994 1996 |
Andries Pilusa RSA Adam Motlagale RSA |
2:25:13 2:21:09 |
Mohammed Abbas Mustapha NGR Kalombo Mwenze ZAI |
2:30:48 2:21:54 |
Guirna Lema ETH Geoffrey Kinywa KEN |
2:32:52 2:22:38 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1994 1996 |
South Africa Ethiopia |
22 18 |
Niger South Africa |
39 24 |
Ivory Coast Swaziland |
40 28 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1994 1996 |
Elfenesh Alemu ETH Sarah Mokgotla RSA |
3:08:05 2:56:53 |
Emebet Abosa ETH Pitso Mantokoane LES |
3:15:44 3:02:27 |
Fantaye Sirak ETH Renée Scott RSA |
3:19:05 3:05:39 |
First held in 2004 in conjunction with the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
Venues: 2004 New Delhi (IND)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2004 | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan QAT | 1:02:36 | Yukinobu Nakazaki JPN | 1:04:48 | Yoshinori Oda JPN | 1:05:03 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2004 | Japan | 3:15:10 | Qatar | 3:17:31 | India | 3:34:31 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2004 | Sun Yingjie CHN | 1:08:40 | Yuki Saito JPN | 1:11:05 | Zhou Chunxiu CHN | 1:12:52 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2004 | Japan | 3:38:51 | India | 4:11:00 | only 2 teams started |
Following the removal of the marathon from the main Asian Championship programme after 1985 a discrete marathon championships was introduced in 1988.
Venues: 1988-M Otsu (JPN), 1988-W Nagoya (JPN), 1990 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Bandung (INA), 1994-M Beppu-Oita (JPN), 1994-W Nagoya (JPN), 1996 Chunchon (KOR), 1998 Ayuthaya (THA), 2000 Pattaya (THA), 2002 Hong Kong (HKG), 2004 Seoul (KOR)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 |
Masayuki Nishi JPN Kim Won-Tak KOR Edwardus Nabunome INA Yukio Suzuki JPN Norihiro Otoshi JPN Kenichi Kawakubo JPN Kenichi Kawakubo JPN Satoshi Osaki JPN Kim Yi-Yong KOR |
2:15:32 2:11:38 2:20:23 2:19:04 2:14:02 2:20:03 2:26:06 2:16:46 2:11:32 |
Kim Chang-Keun KOR Ryuji Kondo JPN Ryoichi Enaidani JPN Edwardus Nabunome INA Tatsuya Hoshi JPN Koji Koyanagi JPN Sarath Prasanna Gamage SRI Kurao Umeki JPN Masami Soeta JPN |
2:26:56 2:14:25 2:21:17 2:21:09 2:14:03 2:24:51 2:28:25 2:18:03 2:14:34 |
Wu Zhihan CHN Seon Jin-Soo KOR Yoo Young-Hoon KOR Kazumi Sakamoto JPN Baek Seung-Do KOR Vijay Singh IND Yukiyasu Ogura JPN Maung Maung Nge MYA Han Gang CHN |
2:29:39 2:15:26 2:23:27 2:21:38 2:14:05 2:27:19 2:30:03 2:23:15 2:15:12 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 |
Xie Lihua CHN Lee Mi-Ok KOR Sunita Anand Godara IND Eriko Asai JPN Yukari Komatsu JPN Tian Mei CHN Sunisa Sailomyen THA Zhang Shujing CHN Zhang Shujing CHN |
2:31:43 2:37:16 2:53:12 2:30:30 2:37:54 2:46:47 2:58:14 2:36:27 2:36:22 |
Yoshiko Hidaka JPN Kim Yen-Ku KOR Lo Man Yi HKG Akiyo Goto JPN Toshiko Mori JPN Vally Sathyabhama IND Christabel Martes PHI Mio Kiuchi JPN Choi Kyung-Hee KOR |
2:40:29 2:37:26 2:55:58 2:43:41 2:38:04 3:06:07 3:05:07 2:38:35 2:38:03 |
Mar Mar Min BIR Eri Nagamine JPN Yoshiko Hirohama JPN Winnie Ng HKG Bang Sun-Hee KOR Indiresh Dhiraj IND Winnie Ng HKG Hideko Yoshimura JPN Bai Xue CHN |
2:41:52 2:49:53 2:57:11 2:46:33 2:39:48 3:19:21 3:09:43 2:42:21 2:42:21 |
First held in 2005 in conjunction with the Reggae Marathon. Only 2 nations contested the inaugural event.
Venues: 2005 Negril (JAM)
First | Second | Third | ||||
2005 | Wainard Talbert JAM | 1:09:10 | Shawn Pitter JAM | 1:09:37 | Richard Jones TRI | 1:10:18 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
2005 | Tamica Thomas JAM | 1:29:25 | Merecia James JAM | 1:29:37 | Shermain Lasaldo TRI | 1:31:45 |
Held in conjunction with the European Marathon Championships from 1994. The women's event was for individuals only until 1985. From 1981 to 1988 men's team scores were calculated by aggregating the positions of the leading four runners. In 1985 women's team scores were calculated by aggregating the times of the leading three runners and in 1988 by aggregating the positions of the leading three runners. Since 1994 team scores for both men and women have been calculated by aggregating the times of the leading four runners.
Venues: 1981 Agen (FRA), 1983 Laredo (ESP), 1985 Rome (ITA), 1988 Huy (BEL), 1994 Helsinki (FIN), 1998 Budapest (HUN), 2002 Munich (GER)
First | Second | Third | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1988 1994 1998 2002 |
Italy German D.R. German D.R. Soviet Union Spain Italy Spain |
30 22 32 31 8:49:54 8:51:04 8:54:27 |
Soviet Union Italy France France Portugal Spain Italy |
72 28 36 54 8:54:59 8:55:31 9:00:17 |
Poland Spain Italy Belgium France Portugal Portugal |
80 45 38 66 8:57:46 8:59:52 9:38:54 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1988 1994 1998 2002 |
Massimo Magnani ITA Waldemar Cierpinski GDR Michael Heilmann GDR Ravil Kashapov URS Martín Fiz ESP Stefano Baldini ITA Janne Holmén FIN |
2:13:29 2:12:26 2:11:28 2:11:30 2:10:31 2:12:01 2:12:14 |
Waldemar Cierpinski GDR Jürgen Eberding GDR Jacques Lefrand FRA Alessio Faustini ITA Diego García ESP Danilo Goffi ITA Pavel Loskutov EST |
2:15:44 2:12:26 2:14:16 2:11:52 2:10:46 2:12:11 2:13:18 |
Tommy Persson SWE Gianni Poli ITA Jörg Peter GDR Alain Lazare FRA Alberto Juzdado ESP Vincenzo Modica ITA Julio Rey ESP |
2:15:45 2:12:28 2:14:27 2:12:24 2:11:18 2:12:53 2:13:21 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1985 1988 1994 1998 2002 |
German D.R. Soviet Union Italy Russia Germany |
7:36:10 14 10:11:48 9:58:43 10:17:20 |
Italy France Romania Italy Russia |
7:48:50 52 10:20:48 10:10:14 10:55:29 |
Soviet Union German D.R. France Germany only 2 teams started |
7:48:53 54 10:39:39 10:15:23 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1988 1994 1998 2002 |
Zoya Ivanova URS Nadezhda Gumerova URS Katrin Dörre GDR Katrin Dörre GDR Manuela Machado POR Manuela Machado POR Maria Guida ITA |
2:38:58 2:38:36 2:30:11 2:28:28 2:29:54 2:27:10 2:26:05 |
Charlotte Teske FRG Tamara Surovtseva URS Gabriele Martins GDR Raisa Smekhnova URS Maria Curatolo ITA Madina Biktagirova RUS Luminita Zaituc GER |
2:41:04 2:39:17 2:32:23 2:28:40 2:30:33 2:28:01 2:26:58 |
Nadezhda Gumerova URS Raisa Sadreydinova URS Birgit Weinhold GDR Zoya Ivanova URS Adriana Barbu ROM Maura Viceconte ITA Sonja Oberem GER |
2:44:49 2:40:22 2:33:36 2:29:37 2:30:55 2:28:31 2:28:45 |
First held in 2002. Teams comprise 3 athletes per race with the overall team score calculated by totalling the placings of the first 2 athletes in each of the men's and women's races.
Venues: 2002-05 Chula Vista (USA)
First | Second | Third | ||||
2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Mexico United States Canada Canada |
10 13 12 8 |
United States Canada Mexico United States |
16 15 16 16 |
Canada Mexico United States Mexico |
21 17 19 20 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
2002 2003 2004 2005 |
José David Galván MEX Alejandro Suárez MEX Alejandro Suárez MEX Paul Morrison CAN |
13:47 14:01 13:56 13:58 |
Bolota Asmerom USA Pablo Olmedo MEX Rafael Sánchez MEX Juan Luis Barrios MEX |
13:54 14:03 13:59 14:08 |
Kevin Sullivan CAN Ahman Dirks USA Reid Coolsaet CAN Reid Coolsaet CAN |
14:00 14:05 14:03 14:10 |
First | Second | Third | ||||
2002 2003 2004 2005 |
Dulce Rodríguez MEX Émilie Mondor CAN Émilie Mondor CAN Émilie Mondor CAN |
15:30 15:23 15:16 15:37 |
Émilie Mondor CAN Elva Dryer USA Malindi Elmore CAN Amy Yoder Begley USA |
15:32 15:43 16:00 16:04 |
Adriana Fernández MEX Sylvia Mosqueda USA Collette Liss USA Tara Quinn-Smith CAN |
15:36 15:54 16:03 16:07 |
First held in 2003 over the standard Marathon/Ekiden Relay distance of 42.195km. Teams comprised 5 athletes running legs between 5 and 12.195 kilometres each.
Venues: 2003-04 Akron (USA)
First | Second | Third | ||||
2003 2004 |
Mexico Mexico |
2:05:30 2:06:02 |
United States United States |
2:07:13 2:06:06 |
Canada Canada |
2:09:54 2:11:59 |
It is believed that biennial South American Half Marathon Championships were first held in 1994 (the 2002 race was the fifth in the series), although the event had previously been included on the main South American Championship programme.
Venues: 1994 ??? (BRA?), 1996 ???, 1998 Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 2000 ???, 2002 Buenos Aires (ARG), 2004 Maracaibo (VEN)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 |
??? ??? Ronaldo da Costa BRA ??? Oscar Cortínez ARG Lervis Arias VEN |
??? ??? 1:02:17 ??? 1:05:42 1:06:30 |
??? ??? Antonio Silio ARG ??? Miguel Meléndez CHI José Alejandro Semprún VEN |
??? ??? 1:02:31 ??? 1:05:54 1:07:10 |
??? ??? Eduardo do Nascimento BRA ??? Polibio Méndez ECU Robert Lugo VEN |
??? ??? 1:02:41 ??? 1:06:04 1:07:34 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 |
??? ??? Martha Tenorio ECU ??? Erika Olivera CHI Rosa Rodríguez VEN |
??? ??? 1:11:40 ??? 1:14:52 1:18:46 |
??? ??? Márcia Narloch BRA ??? Sandra Torres Álvarez ARG Norelis Lugo VEN |
??? ??? 1:14:37 ??? 1:17:37 1:21:07 |
??? ??? Viviany de Oliveira BRA ??? Estela Martínez ARG Mónica Sarmiento VEN |
??? ??? 1:15:14 ??? 1:20:46 1:24:36 |
Following the removal of the marathon from the main South American Championship programme after 1991 discrete marathon championships were introduced. The event appears to have been discontinued after 2002.
Venues: 1993 ???, 1995 Cuenca (ECU), 1997 ???, 1999 ???, 2001 Săo Paulo (BRA), 2002 Săo Paulo (BRA)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1993 1995† 1997 1999 2001 2002 |
??? ??? ??? ??? Rômulo da Silva BRA Vanderlei de Lima BRA |
??? ??? ??? ??? 2:15:11 2:11:19 |
??? ??? ??? ??? Manoel Teixiera BRA Diamantino dos Santos BRA |
??? ??? ??? ??? 2:17:51 2:16:43 |
??? ??? ??? ??? José Teles BRA José de Souza BRA |
??? ??? ??? ??? 2:17:51 2:17:29 |
† - the race was won by Adalbert Browne BAR 2:33:06A presumably running as a guest
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2002 |
??? Rita da Silva BRA ??? ??? Marizete Resende BRA Maria Baldaia BRA |
??? 3:07:06A ??? ??? 2:38:57 2:36:07 |
??? ??? ??? ??? Maria Baldaia BRA Márcia Narloch BRA |
??? ??? ??? ??? 2:39:33 2:37:20 |
??? ??? ??? ??? Marlene Fortunato BRA Erika Olivera CHI |
??? ??? ??? ??? 2:41:20 2:38:11 |
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