2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
Host cityGdynia, Poland
Events2
Dates17 October 2020
Race length21.0975 km
(13.1 mi)

On 31 August 2020, the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite championships remained scheduled.[2][3][4]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men   Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 58:49   Kibiwott Kandie (KEN) 58:54   Amedework Walelegn (ETH) 59:08
Women   Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 1:05:16   Melat Yisak Kejeta (GER) 1:05:18   Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) 1:05:19
Team
Men   Kenya 2:58:10   Ethiopia 2:58:25   Uganda 2:58:39
Women   Ethiopia 3:16:39   Kenya 3:18:10   Germany 3:28:42

Race results

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 58:49 CR
  Kibiwott Kandie   Kenya 58:54
  Amedework Walelegn   Ethiopia 59:08 PB
4 Joshua Cheptegei   Uganda 59:21 PB
5 Andamlak Belihu   Ethiopia 59:32 SB
6 Leonard Barsoton   Kenya 59:34 SB
7 Stephen Mokoka   South Africa 59:36 NR
8 Morhad Amdouni   France 59:40 NR
9 Benard Kimeli   Kenya 59:42 SB
10 Leul Gebresilase   Ethiopia 59:45 SB
11 Hailemaryam Kiros   Ethiopia 1:00:01 PB
12 Hamza Sahli   Morocco 1:00:04 PB
13 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby   Morocco 1:00:17 PB
14 Lesiba Precious Mashele   South Africa 1:00:24 PB
15 Mouhcine Outalha   Morocco 1:00:26 PB
16 Victor Kiplangat   Uganda 1:00:29 SB
17 Othmane El Goumri   Morocco 1:00:30 PB
18 Jake Smith   Great Britain 1:00:31 PB
19 Stephen Kissa   Uganda 1:00:34
20 Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy   Ukraine 1:00:40 NR
21 Julien Wanders    Switzerland 1:00:46 SB
22 Guye Idemo Adola   Ethiopia 1:00:50 SB
23 Collen Mulaudzi   South Africa 1:00:51 PB
24 Aras Kaya   Turkey 1:00:51 PB
25 Tadesse Getahon   Israel 1:00:52 NR
26 Eyob Faniel   Italy 1:00:53 PB
27 Florian Carvalho   France 1:00:58 PB
28 Marhu Teferi   Israel 1:00:58 SB
29 José Luis Santana   Mexico 1:01:11 PB
30 Juan Pacheco   Mexico 1:01:20 PB
31 Ayad Lamdassem   Spain 1:01:21 PB
32 Benjamin Choquert   France 1:01:32 PB
33 Carlos Díaz   Chile 1:01:32 NR
34 Krystian Zalewski   Poland 1:01:32 NR
35 Simon Boch   Germany 1:01:36 PB
36 Juan Antonio Pérez   Spain 1:01:39 SB
37 David Nilsson   Sweden 1:01:40 PB
38 Hassan Toriss   Morocco 1:01:42 PB
39 Girmaw Amare   Israel 1:02:03 PB
40 Samuel Barata   Portugal 1:02:19 PB
41 Tiidrek Nurme   Estonia 1:02:20 NR
42 Benard Kipkorir Ngeno   Kenya 1:02:26
43 Pietro Riva   Italy 1:02:28 SB
44 Stefano La Rosa   Italy 1:02:28 PB
45 Nicolas Navarro   France 1:02:29 PB
46 Adel Mechaal   Spain 1:02:30 PB
47 Morris Munene Gachaga   Kenya 1:02:30 SB
48 Iván Darío González   Colombia 1:02:31 PB
49 Daniele D'Onofrio   Italy 1:02:32 PB
50 Mohamud Ibrahim Aadan   Great Britain 1:02:41 SB
51 Tadesse Abraham    Switzerland 1:02:46 SB
52 Hlynur Andrésson   Iceland 1:02:47 NR
53 Mikael Ekvall   Sweden 1:02:48 SB
54 Kaan Kigen Özbilen   Turkey 1:02:53 SB
55 Emil Millán de la Oliva   Sweden 1:02:53 PB
56 Segundo Jami   Ecuador 1:02:57 PB
57 Abderrazak Charik   France 1:02:58
58 Kevin Seaward   Ireland 1:02:58 PB
59 Roman Fosti   Estonia 1:03:03 PB
60 Kristian Jones   Great Britain 1:03:05 PB
61 Polat Kemboi Arikan   Turkey 1:03:10 SB
62 Adam Craig   Great Britain 1:03:12 PB
63 Nicolae Soare   Romania 1:03:14 PB
64 Tom Evans   Great Britain 1:03:14 PB
65 Sezgin Ataç   Turkey 1:03:21
66 Roman Romanenko   Ukraine 1:03:26 SB
67 Otmane Nait Hammou   Athlete Refugee Team 1:03:28 NR
68 Maxim Răileanu   Moldova 1:03:34 PB
69 Saffet Elkatmiş   Turkey 1:03:34 PB
70 Hugh Armstrong   Ireland 1:03:37 PB
71 Oleksandr Sitkovskyy   Ukraine 1:03:41 PB
72 Jean Marie Vianney Niyomukiza   Burundi 1:03:43 PB
73 Koen Naert   Belgium 1:03:44 SB
74 Simon Holbek Kønigsfeldt   Denmark 1:03:48 PB
75 Gilmar Lopes   Brazil 1:03:51 SB
76 Moses Kibet   Uganda 1:03:54 SB
77 Joaquín Arbe   Argentina 1:03:55 SB
78 Luís Saraiva   Portugal 1:03:56 PB
79 Álvaro Abreu   Dominican Republic 1:03:58 NR
80 Timon Theuer   Austria 1:03:59
81 Nicolás Cuestas   Uruguay 1:04:00 SB
82 Remigijus Kančys   Lithuania 1:04:00 NR
83 Adhanom Abraha   Sweden 1:04:02 SB
84 Iraitz Arrospide   Spain 1:04:07
85 Iván Zarco   Honduras 1:04:08 NR
86 Ignas Brasevičius   Lithuania 1:04:09 PB
87 Thijs Nijhuis   Denmark 1:04:10 SB
88 Christian Steinhammer   Austria 1:04:11
89 Luis Orta   Venezuela 1:04:11
90 Ederson Pereira   Brazil 1:04:19 SB
91 Yitayew Abuhay   Israel 1:04:21 PB
92 Igor Olefirenko   Ukraine 1:04:22 SB
93 Daniel do Nascimento   Brazil 1:04:27 PB
94 Andreas Lommer   Denmark 1:04:28
95 Adam Nowicki   Poland 1:04:31 SB
96 Jesús Arturo Esparza   Mexico 1:04:35 PB
97 Konstantin Wedel   Germany 1:04:45
98 Christian Vásconez   Ecuador 1:04:49 PB
99 Marvin Blanco   Venezuela 1:05:06 PB
100 Amanal Petros   Germany 1:05:22
101 Damian Kabat   Poland 1:05:26 PB
102 Valdas Dopolskas   Lithuania 1:05:28 PB
103 Jorge Blanco   Spain 1:05:31
104 Tobias Blum   Germany 1:05:33
105 Jeison Suárez   Colombia 1:05:42 SB
106 Adam Głogowski   Poland 1:05:50
107 Nuno Lopes   Portugal 1:06:30
108 Fouad Idbafdil   Athlete Refugee Team 1:06:35 PB
109 Bayron Piedra   Ecuador 1:06:45 SB
110 Wan Chun Wong   Hong Kong 1:06:58 PB
111 Rafael Loza   Ecuador 1:08:30
112 Oscar Antonio Aldana   El Salvador 1:08:31 NR
113 Valentin Betoudji   Chad 1:08:46 PB
114 Charlton Debono   Malta 1:08:51 SB
115 Stefan Azzopardi   Malta 1:09:18 PB
116 Sonny Folcheri   Monaco 1:16:01 PB
117 Ilir Këllezi   Albania 1:17:27 SB
Arnar Pétursson   Iceland DNF
Nekagenet Crippa   Italy DNF
Rui Pinto   Portugal DNF
Napoleon Solomon   Sweden DNF
Ayala Gashau   Israel DNS

Women

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Peres Jepchirchir   Kenya 1:05:16 WRwo
  Melat Yisak Kejeta   Germany 1:05:18 ARwo
  Yalemzerf Yehualaw   Ethiopia 1:05:19 PB
4 Zeineba Yimer   Ethiopia 1:05:39 PB
5 Ababel Yeshaneh   Ethiopia 1:05:41
6 Joyciline Jepkosgei   Kenya 1:05:58 SB
7 Yasemin Can   Turkey 1:06:20 NR
8 Netsanet Gudeta   Ethiopia 1:06:46 SB
9 Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech   Kenya 1:06:56 PB
10 Rosemary Wanjiru   Kenya 1:07:10
11 Dorcas Jepchumba Kimeli   Kenya 1:07:55
12 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter   Israel 1:08:31 SB
13 Fabienne Schlumpf    Switzerland 1:08:38 NR
14 Juliet Chekwel   Uganda 1:08:44 NR
15 Sisay Meseret Gola   Ethiopia 1:09:02 PB
16 Glenrose Xaba   South Africa 1:09:26 PB
17 Doreen Chemutai   Uganda 1:10:18 PB
18 Charlotta Fougberg   Sweden 1:10:19 PB
19 Úrsula Sánchez   Mexico 1:10:19 PB
20 Andrea Ramírez   Mexico 1:10:20 PB
21 Daniela Torres   Mexico 1:10:22 PB
22 Florencia Borelli   Argentina 1:10:30 NR
23 Yevheniya Prokofyeva   Ukraine 1:10:32 PB
24 Brenda Flores   Mexico 1:10:36 PB
25 Sofiia Yaremchuk   Ukraine 1:10:42
26 Laura Hottenrott   Germany 1:10:49 PB
27 Fortunate Chidzivo   Zimbabwe 1:10:50 NR
28 Izabela Paszkiewicz   Poland 1:10:52 PB
29 Katarzyna Jankowska   Poland 1:11:02 PB
30 Doreen Chesang   Uganda 1:11:04 PB
31 Susan Kipsang Jeptooo   France 1:11:06 SB
32 Angelika Mach   Poland 1:11:07 PB
33 Marta Galimany   Spain 1:11:08 PB
34 Moira Stewartová   Czech Republic 1:11:08 PB
35 Bojana Bjeljac   Croatia 1:11:12 PB
36 Giovanna Epis   Italy 1:11:14 PB
37 Carolina Wikström   Sweden 1:11:31 PB
38 Nina Lauwaert   Belgium 1:11:33 PB
39 Sara Moreira   Portugal 1:11:39 SB
40 Valeria Straneo   Italy 1:11:39
41 Samira Mezeghrane   France 1:11:40 PB
42 Ann Marie McGlynn   Ireland 1:11:40 PB
43 Hanna Lindholm   Sweden 1:11:47 PB
44 Andrea Bonilla   Ecuador 1:11:48 PB
45 Daiana Ocampo   Argentina 1:11:50 PB
46 Francine Niyomukunzi   Burundi 1:11:50 PB
47 Samantha Harrison   Great Britain 1:11:53
48 Angie Orjuela   Colombia 1:12:07 PB
49 Kit Ching Yiu   Hong Kong 1:12:10
50 Tereza Hrochová   Czech Republic 1:12:13 PB
51 Aleksandra Lisowska   Poland 1:12:16 PB
52 Esma Aydemir   Turkey 1:12:22 SB
53 Maor Tiyouri   Israel 1:12:27 PB
54 Rabea Schöneborn   Germany 1:12:35
55 Deborah Schöneborn   Germany 1:12:39
56 Elena Loyo   Spain 1:12:44
57 Rachael Zena Chebet   Uganda 1:12:50
58 Melody Julien   France 1:12:51 PB
59 Fatma Demir   Turkey 1:12:57 PB
60 Olga Skrypak   Ukraine 1:12:58 SB
61 Laura Mendez   Spain 1:12:58 PB
62 Maria Chiara Cascavilla   Italy 1:13:01 PB
63 Jekaterina Patjuk   Estonia 1:13:08 PB
64 Becky Briggs   Great Britain 1:13:08 PB
65 Clara Evans   Great Britain 1:13:11
66 Vendula Frintová   Czech Republic 1:13:16 PB
67 Lilia Fisikovici   Moldova 1:13:32 SB
68 Federica Sugamiele   Italy 1:13:38
69 Roxana Elisabeta Rotaru   Romania 1:13:45 PB
70 Monika Bytautienė   Lithuania 1:13:50 PB
71 Liliana Maria Dragomir   Romania 1:14:02 PB
72 Marcela Cristina Gomes   Argentina 1:14:18 PB
73 Marcela Joglová   Czech Republic 1:14:30
74 Beverly Ramos   Puerto Rico 1:14:39 SB
75 Thalia Charalambous   Cyprus 1:14:40 NR
76 Andreia Hessel   Brazil 1:14:41 PB
77 Karen Ehrenreich   Denmark 1:14:45 PB
78 Katerine Tisalema   Ecuador 1:14:59
79 Loreta Kančytė   Lithuania 1:15:15 PB
80 Elisa Stefani   Italy 1:15:16
81 Rosa Chacha   Ecuador 1:15:27 SB
82 Jéssica Augusto   Portugal 1:15:29 SB
83 Elena Adelina Panaet   Romania 1:15:33 PB
84 Fanny Pruvost   France 1:15:34
85 Tetyana Vernihor   Ukraine 1:16:22 SB
86 Victoria Schenk   Austria 1:16:36 SB
87 Fabienne Königstein   Germany 1:17:03
88 Tatyana Neroznak   Kazakhstan 1:17:07 PB
89 Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir   Iceland 1:17:52 PB
90 Tania Chavez Moser   Bolivia 1:17:53 PB
91 Lina Kiriliuk   Lithuania 1:18:31 PB
92 Stella Christoforou   Cyprus 1:18:42 PB
93 Lisa Marie Bezzina   Malta 1:18:43 PB
94 Valdilene Silva   Brazil 1:18:58 SB
95 Adela Paulina Baltoi   Romania 1:19:02 SB
96 Tsz Ying Vut   Hong Kong 1:19:08 PB
97 Joelle Cortis   Malta 1:19:28 PB
98 Idelma Delgado   El Salvador 1:21:01 PB
99 Andrijana Pop Arsova   North Macedonia 1:22:18
100 Lorena Sosa   Uruguay 1:22:38 SB
101 Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir   Iceland 1:24:20
Annemari Kiekara   Finland DNF
Adriana Nelson   Romania DNF
Hiruni Kesara Wijayaratne   Sri Lanka DNF
Sarah Lahti   Sweden DNS

Team standings

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Rank Country Time
    Kenya 2:58:10
    Ethiopia 2:58:25
    Uganda 2:58:39
4   Morocco 3:00:47
5   South Africa 3:00:51
6   France 3:02:10
7   Israel 3:03:53
8   Spain 3:05:30
9   Italy 3:05:49
10   Great Britain 3:06:17
11   Turkey 3:06:54
12   Mexico 3:07:06
13   Sweden 3:07:21
14   Ukraine 3:07:47
15   Poland 3:11:29
16   Germany 3:11:43
17   Denmark 3:12:26
18   Brazil 3:12:37
19   Portugal 3:12:45
20   Lithuania 3:13:37
21   Ecuador 3:14:31

Women

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Rank Country Time
    Ethiopia 3:16:39
    Kenya 3:18:10
    Germany 3:28:42
4   Uganda 3:30:06
5   Mexico 3:31:01
6   Turkey 3:31:39
7   Poland 3:33:01
8   Sweden 3:33:37
9   Ukraine 3:34:12
10   France 3:35:37
11   Italy 3:35:54
12   Czech Republic 3:36:37
13   Argentina 3:36:38
14   Spain 3:36:50
15   Great Britain 3:38:12
16   Ecuador 3:42:14
17   Romania 3:43:20
18   Lithuania 3:47:36


References

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  1. ^ "World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia Postponed".
  2. ^ "Gdynia 2020 mass race cancelled | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "Gdynia 2020 mass race cancelled". aroundtherings.com.
  4. ^ "World Half Marathon organisers "accept the reality" by calling off mass race". www.insidethegames.biz. September 1, 2020.