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{{Short description|Biennial international road running competition}}
The '''World Athletics Road Running Championships''' is a biennial international [[road running]] competition organised by [[World Athletics]]. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/hosting/timeline|title=Candidature process {{!}} Hosting {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> It was renamed the '''IAAF World Road Running Championships''' in 2006 and reduced in distance to a [[20K run]], but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The competition was renamed to its current title in 2020 after the governing body rebranded itself moving away from the long-standing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) moniker and expanded to include additional races.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/world-athletics-road-running-championships-la | title=World Athletics Road Running Championships to be included in the global calendar &#124; PRESS-RELEASES &#124; World Athletics }}</ref>

The competition replaced the female-only [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships]], which was held annually from 1983 to 1991.

The last Championships was held in [[2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships|2023]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/competition-updates-225th-world-athletics-council-meeting|title=Riga, Guangzhou and Muscat to host World Athletics Series events &#124; PRESS-RELEASES &#124; World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>

==Editions==
;Key:
{{legend|#F2F5A9|Editions in gold were held as World Road Running Championships|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#FFA500|Edition in orange denotes introduction of biennial World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Edition
! Venue
! Country
! Date
! No. of athletes{{efn|Does not include entered athletes who never started.}}
! No. of nations
|- 
| [[1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1992]]
| 1st
| [[Tyneside]]
| United Kingdom
| 19–20 September
| 204 || 36
|- 
| [[1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1993]]
| 2nd
| [[Brussels]]
| Belgium
| 3 October 
| 254 || 49
|- 
| [[1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1994]]
| 3rd
| [[Oslo]]
| Norway
| 24 September
| 214 || 48
|- 
| [[1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1995]]
| 4th
| [[Montbéliard]]–[[Belfort]]
| France
| 1 October
| 243 || 54
|- 
| [[1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1996]]
| 5th
| [[Palma de Mallorca]]
| Spain
| 29 September
| 206 || 53
|- 
| [[1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1997]]
| 6th
| [[Košice]]
| Slovakia
| 4 October
| 226 || 45
|- 
| [[1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1998]]
| 7th
| [[Uster]]
| Switzerland
| 27 September
| 236 || 54
|- 
| [[1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1999]]
| 8th
| [[Palermo]]
| Italy
| 3 October
| 192 || 48
|- 
| [[2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2000]]
| 9th
| [[Veracruz]]
| Mexico
| 12 November
| 182 || 52
|- 
| [[2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2001]]
| 10th
| [[Bristol]]
| United Kingdom
| 7 October
| 200 || 52
|- 
| [[2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2002]]
| 11th
| [[Brussels]]
| Belgium
| 5 May
| 198 || 60
|- 
| [[2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2003]]
| 12th
| [[Vilamoura]]
| Portugal
| 4 October
| 171 || 49
|- 
| [[2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2004]]
| 13th
| [[New Delhi]]
| India
| 3 October
| 152 || 55
|- 
| [[2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2005]]
| 14th
| [[Edmonton]]
| Canada
| 1 October
| 156 || 43
|- bgcolor=#F2F5A9
| [[2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2006]]
| 15th
| [[Debrecen]]
| Hungary
| 8 October
| 140 || 39 (20&nbsp;km race)
|- bgcolor=#F2F5A9
| [[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007]]
| 16th
| [[Udine]]
| Italy
| 14 October 
| 144 || 37
|- 
| [[2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2008]]
| 17th
| [[Rio de Janeiro]]
| Brazil
| 12 October
| 155 || 42
|- 
| [[2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2009]]
| 18th
| [[Birmingham]]
| United Kingdom
| 11 October
| 157 || 39
|- 
| [[2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2010]]
| 19th
| [[Nanning]]
| China
| 16 October
| 123 || 30
|- bgcolor=#FFA500 
| [[2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2012]]
| 20th
| [[Kavarna]]<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/iaaf-chooses-kavarna-bulgaria-to-host-2012-wo IAAF Chooses Kavarna, Bulgaria, to host 2012 World Half Marathon Championships]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-08-08.</ref>
| Bulgaria
| 6 October
| 146 || 41
|- 
| [[2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2014]]
| 21st
| [[Copenhagen]]<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/host-cities-for-2014-iaaf-world-athletics-ser Host cities for 2014 IAAF World Athletics Series are decided]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-11-13.</ref>
| Denmark
| 29 March
| 203 || 56
|- 
| [[2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2016]]
| 22nd
| [[Cardiff]]
| United Kingdom
| 26 March
| 169 || 45
|- 
| [[2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2018]]
| 23rd
| [[Valencia]]
| Spain
| 24 March
| 279 || 79 + [[Athlete Refugee Team|ART]]
|- 
| [[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|2020]]
| 24th
| [[Gdynia]]
| Poland
| 17 October
| 225 || 53 + [[Athlete Refugee Team|ART]]
|- 
| {{s|2022}}
| {{s|25th}}
| {{s|[[Yangzhou]]}}
| {{s|China}}
| {{s|{{dts|2022.11.13|format=dm}}}}
|align="center" colspan=2| ''cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|- 
| [[2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships|2023]]
| 25th
| [[Riga]]
| Latvia
| 1 October
| 347<ref name="entry list"/>
| 56 + [[Athlete Refugee Team|ART]]<ref name="entry list">{{cite web|title=ATHLETES by COUNTRY|url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/65018e00d035e783b52d97d1.pdf?_gl=1*1lqvzkd*_ga*MTk4OTY2NTIyMi4xNTkzODkzMjc1*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTY5NDc4OTExNC43MC4xLjE2OTQ3ODkxNDUuMC4wLjA.|publisher=[[World Athletics]]|date=13 September 2023|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
|- 
| [[2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships|2025]]
| 26th
| {{s|[[San Diego]]}}<ref>"[https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/world-athletics-road-running-championships-2025-moved-from-san-diego World Athletics Road Running Championships 2025 to be moved from San Diego]", ''[[World Athletics]]'', 5 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.</ref>
| United States
| 26–28 September
|- 
| [[2026 World Athletics Road Running Championships|2026]]
| 26th
| [[Copenhagen]]
| Denmark
| 19–20 September
| 
| 
|}

==History==
The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was first held in 1992. It comprised three races: the men's race, the women's race and the junior men's race. Furthermore, a team competition was held in each category, with the winners being decided by combining the performances of a country's top three finishers. The country with the lowest aggregate time won the team competition. The junior men's race was held in only the first and second editions, and was removed from the programme from 1994 onwards.

The competition went largely unchanged until 2006, when the competition was renamed as the '''IAAF World Road Running Championships'''. Aside from the name change, the significant difference was the distance of the race, changing from a [[half marathon]] to a [[20K run|20 kilometres road race]]. The 20&nbsp;km race featured only at the [[2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2006 edition]], and the half marathon distance returned for the [[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007 World Road Running Championships]].

On 29 November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the competition would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, beginning with the [[2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil on 12 October 2008.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140401195135/http://www.iaaf.net/news/Kind=512/newsId=42537.html Rio 2008 – championships renamed]}}. [[IAAF]]. 2007-11-29</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142636/http://www.iaaf.net/WRU08/index.html IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday 12 October 2008]}}, [[IAAF]], Retrieved 2008-02-06</ref>

This competition is not to be confused with the [[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships]] which were run from 1983 to 1991, or the [[IAAF World Road Relay Championships]] which took place between 1992 and 1998.

The 2020 edition of the competition was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-half-marathon-championships/news/world-half-marathon-championships-gdynia-post|title = Yangzhou22 &#124; WHM 22 &#124; World Athletics}}</ref>  Although it was held later that year, many countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S., declined to participate.{{r|2022.postponement.2}}

Similarly, the 2022 edition of the competition was postponed twice before being cancelled due to the pandemic.{{r|2022.cancellation|2022.postponement.1|2022.postponement.2}}  As a result of the cancellation, the World Athletics Council decided to award the 2027 World Athletics Road Running Championships to Yangzhou, the city originally scheduled to host the 2022 competition.{{r|2022.cancellation}}

==Competition format==
The competition is generally held every October. Runners compete on public roads which have been closed off to traffic specifically for the event. Prize money varies from [[US$]]30,000 to US$3000.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

==Records==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;"
|+World Half Marathon Championships records
|-
!Type
!Time
!Athlete(s)
!Nationality
!Edition
|-
|Men's race
|58:49
|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]
|{{flagu|Uganda}}
|[[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|2020]]
|-
|Women's race
|1:05:16<br>'''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]''' {{AthAbbr|Wo}}
|[[Peres Jepchirchir]]
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|[[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|2020]]
|-
|Men's team
|2:58:10
|[[Kibiwott Kandie]] (58:54)<br>[[Leonard Barsoton]] (59:34)<br>[[Benard Kimeli]] (59:42)
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|[[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|2020]]
|-
|Women's team
|3:16:39
|[[Yalemzerf Yehualaw]] (1:05:19)<br>[[Zeineba Yimer]] (1:05:39)<br>[[Ababel Yeshaneh]] (1:05:41)
|{{flagu|Ethiopia}}
|[[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships|2020]]
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;"
|+World Road Running Championships records
|-
!Type
!Time
!Athlete(s)
!Nationality
!Edition
|-
|Men's race
|58:59
|[[Zersenay Tadese]]
|{{ERI}}
|[[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007]]
|-
|Women's race
|1:06:25
|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]
|{{NED}}
|[[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007]]
|-
|Men's team
|2:58:54
|[[Patrick Makau Musyoki]]<br>[[Evans Cheruiyot]]<br>[[Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba]]
|{{KEN}}
|[[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007]]
|-
|Women's team
|3:23:33
|[[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]]<br>[[Pamela Chepchumba]]<br>[[Everline Kimwei]]
|{{KEN}}
|[[2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2007]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==Medalists==
;Key
{{legend|#F2F5A9|Medallists in gold won at the World Road Running Championships|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

===Men===

====Half marathon====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{flagathlete|[[Benson Masya]]|KEN}} || 1:00:24
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Silio]]|ARG}} || 1:00:40
| {{flagathlete|[[Boay Akonay]]|TAN}} || 1:00:45
|-
|1993
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Rousseau]]|BEL}} || 1:01:06
| {{flagathlete|[[Steve Moneghetti]]|AUS}} || 1:01:10
| {{flagathlete|[[Carl Thackery]]|GBR}} || 1:01:13
|-
|1994
| {{flagathlete|[[Khalid Skah]]|MAR}} || 1:00:27
| {{flagathlete|[[Germán Silva]]|MEX}} || 1:00:28
| {{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo da Costa]]|BRA}} || 1:00:54
|-
|1995
| {{flagathlete|[[Moses Tanui]]|KEN}} || 1:01:45
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Yego]]|KEN}} || 1:01:46
| {{flagathlete|[[Charles Tangus]]|KEN}} || 1:01:50
|-
|1996
| {{flagathlete|[[Stefano Baldini]]|ITA}} || 1:01:17
| {{flagathlete|[[Josephat Kiprono]]|KEN}} || 1:01:30
| {{flagathlete|[[Tendai Chimusasa]]|ZIM}} || 1:02:00
|- 
|1997
| {{flagathlete|[[Shem Kororia]]|KEN}} || 59:56 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Moses Tanui]]|KEN}} || 59:58
| {{flagathlete|[[Kenneth Cheruiyot]]|KEN}} || 1:00:00
|-
|1998
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Koech]]|KEN}} || 1:00:01
| {{flagathlete|[[Hendrick Ramaala]]|RSA}} || 1:00:24
| {{flagathlete|[[Khalid Skah]]|MAR}} || 1:00:24
|-
|1999
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Tergat]]|KEN}} || 1:01:50
| {{flagathlete|[[Hendrick Ramaala]]|RSA}} || 1:01:50
| {{flagathlete|[[Tesfaye Jifar]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:01:51
|-
|2000
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Tergat]]|KEN}} || 1:03:47
| {{flagathlete|[[Phaustin Baha Sulle]]|TAN}} || 1:03:48
| {{flagathlete|[[Tesfaye Jifar]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:03:50
|-
|2001
| {{flagathlete|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:00:03
| {{flagathlete|[[Tesfaye Jifar]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:00:04
| {{flagathlete|[[John Yuda Msuri]]|TAN}} || 1:00:12
|-
|2002
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Malakwen Kosgei]]|KEN}} || 1:00:39
| {{flagathlete|[[Jaouad Gharib]]|MAR}} || 1:00:42
| {{flagathlete|[[John Yuda Msuri]]|TAN}} || 1:00:57
|-
|2003
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Lel]]|KEN}} || 1:00:49
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Joseph Naasi]]|TAN}} || 1:00:52
| {{flagathlete|[[Martin Sulle]]|TAN}} || 1:00:56
|-
|2004
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Kirui]]|KEN}} || 1:02:15
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Joseph Naasi]]|TAN}} || 1:02:31
| {{flagathlete|[[Ahmad Hassan Abdullah]]|QAT}} || 1:02:36
|-
|2005
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Joseph Naasi]]|TAN}} || 1:01:08
| {{flagathlete|[[Mubarak Hassan Shami]]|QAT}} || 1:01:09
| {{flagathlete|[[Yonas Kifle]]|ERI}} || 1:01:13
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2006 (20&nbsp;km)
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 56:01
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba]]|KEN}} || 56:41
| {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kebenei]]|KEN}} || 57:15
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2007
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 58:59
| {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Makau Musyoki]]|KEN}} || 59:02
| {{flagathlete|[[Evans Cheruiyot]]|KEN}} || 59:05
|-
|2008
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 59:56 '''=CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Makau Musyoki]]|KEN}} || 1:01:54
| {{flagathlete|[[Ahmad Hassan Abdullah]]|QAT}} || 1:01:57
|-
|2009
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 59:35 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Kipyego]]|KEN}} || 59:59
| {{flagathlete|[[Dathan Ritzenhein]]|USA}} || 1:00:00
|-
|2010
| {{flagathlete|[[Wilson Kiprop]]|KEN}} || 1:00:07
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 1:00:11
| {{flagathlete|[[Sammy Kitwara]]|KEN}} || 1:00:22
|-
|2012
| {{flagathlete|[[Zersenay Tadese]]|ERI}} || 1:00:19
| {{flagathlete|[[Deressa Chimsa]]|ETH}} || 1:00:51
| {{flagathlete|[[John Nzau Mwangangi]]|KEN}} || 1:01:01
|-
|2014
| {{flagathlete|[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]|KEN}} || 59:08 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Samuel Tsegay]]|ERI}} || 59:21
| {{flagathlete|[[Guye Adola]]|ETH}} || 59:21
|-
|2016
| {{flagathlete|[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]|KEN}} || 59:10 
| {{flagathlete|[[Bedan Karoki Muchiri]]|KEN}} || 59:36
| {{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}} || 59:59
|-
|2018
| {{flagathlete|[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]|KEN}} || 1:00:02 
| {{flagathlete|[[Abraham Cheroben]]|BHR}} || 1:00:22
| {{flagathlete|[[Aron Kifle]]|ERI}} || 1:00:31
|-
|2020
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacob Kiplimo]]|UGA}} || 58:49
| {{flagathlete|[[Kibiwott Kandie]]|KEN}} || 58:54
| {{flagathlete|[[Amedework Walelegn]]|ETH}} || 59:08
|-
| 2022 || colspan="6" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|coronavirus pandemic]]''{{r|2022.cancellation}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Sabastian Sawe]]|KEN}} || 59:10
| {{flagathlete|[[Daniel Ebenyo]]|KEN}} || 59:14
| {{flagathlete|[[Samwel Mailu]]|KEN}} || 59:19
|}

====Team competition====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Benson Masya]]<br>[[Lameck Aguta]]<br>[[Joseph Keino]]|| 3:02:25
| {{GBR2}} <br>[[Dave Lewis (athlete)|Dave Lewis]]<br>[[Paul Evans (runner)|Paul Evans]]<br>[[Carl Thackery]] || 3:04:5
| {{BRA}} <br>[[Artur Castro]]<br>[[Ronaldo da Costa]]<br>[[Delmir dos Santos]] || 3:05:56
|-
|1993
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Lameck Aguta]]<br>[[Thomas Osano]]<br>[[Joseph Cheromei]] || 3:05:40
| {{AUS}} <br>[[Steve Moneghetti]]<br>[[John Andrews (runner)|John Andrews]]<br>[[Pat Carroll (athlete)|Pat Carroll]] || 3:05:43
| {{GBR2}} <br>[[Carl Thackery]]<br>[[Mark Flint]]<br>[[Dave Lewis (athlete)|Dave Lewis]] || 3:06:10
|-
|1994
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Godfrey Kiprotich]]<br>[[Shem Kororia]]<br>[[Andrew Masai]] || 3:03:36
| {{MEX}} <br>[[Germán Silva]]<br>[[Martín Pitayo]]<br>[[Benjamín Paredes]] || 3:03:47
| {{MAR}} <br>[[Khalid Skah]]<br>[[Salah Hissou]]<br>[[Abdelkadir Mouaziz]] || 3:05:58
|-
|1995
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Moses Tanui]]<br>[[Paul Yego]]<br>[[Charles Tangus]] || 3:05:21
| {{ESP}} <br>[[Antonio Serrano (athlete)|Antonio Serrano]]<br>[[Bartolomé Serrano]]<br>[[Pablo Sierra (runner)|Pablo Sierra]] || 3:07:51
| {{ITA}} <br>[[Vincenzo Modica]]<br>[[Danilo Goffi]]<br>[[Giacomo Leone]] || 3:08:31
|-
|1996
| {{ITA}} <br>[[Stefano Baldini]]<br>[[Giacomo Leone]]<br>[[Vincenzo Modica]] || 3:07:42
| {{ESP}} <br>[[Carlos de la Torre]]<br>[[Alejandro Gómez (runner)|Alejandro Gómez]]<br>[[José Manuel García (runner)|José Manuel García]] || 3:08:36
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Toshiyuki Hayata]]<br>[[Masatoshi Ibata]]<br>[[Katsuhiko Hanada]] || 3:08:43
|- 
|1997
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Shem Kororia]]<br>[[Moses Tanui]]<br>[[Kenneth Cheruiyot]] || 2:59:54 '''CR'''
| {{RSA}} <br>[[Hendrick Ramaala]]<br>[[Gert Thys]]<br>[[Makhosonke Fika]] || 3:03:34
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Abraham Assefa]]<br>[[Lemma Alemayehu]]<br>[[Tesfaye Tola]] || 3:03:46
|-
|1998
| {{RSA}} <br>[[Hendrick Ramaala]]<br>[[Gert Thys]]<br>[[Abner Chipu]] || 3:02:21
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paul Koech]]<br>[[Shem Kororia]]<br>[[John Gwako]] || 3:03:07
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Ibrahim Seid]]<br>[[Girma Alemayehu]]<br>[[Addis Abebe]] || 3:05:18
|-
|1999
| {{RSA}} <br>[[Hendrick Ramaala]]<br>[[Abner Chipu]]<br>[[Mluleki Nobanda]] || 3:06:01
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Tesfaye Jifar]]<br>[[Tesfaye Tola]]<br>[[Fekadu Degefu]] || 3:06:03
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paul Tergat]]<br>[[Laban Chege]]<br>[[Sammy Korir]] || 3:06:03
|-
|2000
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paul Tergat]]<br>[[Joseph Kimani]]<br>[[David Ruto]] || 3:11:38
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Tesfaye Jifar]]<br>[[Ibrahim Seid]]<br>[[Gemechu Kebede]] || 3:14:45
| {{BEL}} <br>[[Koen Allaert]]<br>[[Guy Fays]]<br>[[Christian Nemeth]] || 3:18:35
|-
|2001
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Haile Gebrselassie]]<br>[[Tesfaye Jifar]]<br>[[Tesfaye Tola]] || 3:00:31
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Evans Rutto]]<br>[[Peter Kiplagat Chebet]]<br>[[Chris Cheboiboch]] || 3:02:53
| {{TAN}} <br>[[John Yuda Msuri]]<br>[[Phaustin Baha Sulle]]<br>[[Benedict Ako]] || 3:05:08
|-
|2002
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paul Malakwen Kosgei]]<br>[[Charles Kamathi]]<br>[[Paul Kirui]] || 3:00:31
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Atsushi Sato]]<br>[[Toshihide Kat]]<br>[[Kurao Umeki]] || 3:02:53
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Tesfaye Jifa]]<br>[[Amebesse Tolossa]]<br>[[Worku Bikila]] || 3:05:08
|-
|2003
| {{TAN}} <br>[[Fabiano Joseph Naasi]]<br>[[Martin Sulle]]<br>[[John Yuda Msuri]] || 3:03:01
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Martin Lel]]<br>[[John Cheruiyot Korir]]<br>[[Yusuf Songoka]] || 3:03:09
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Tesfaye Tola]]<br>[[Dereje Adere]]<br>[[Mesfin Hailu]] || 3:07:34
|-
|2004
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paul Kirui]]<br>[[John Cheruiyot Korir]]<br>[[Wilson Kebenei]] || 3:07:55
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Solomon Tsige]]<br>[[Alene Emere]]<br>[[Berhanu Addane]] || 3:08:37
| {{UGA}} <br>[[Wilson Busienei]]<br>[[Martin Toroitich]]<br>[[Joseph Nsubuga]] || 3:13:48
|-
|2005
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Sileshi Sihine]]<br>[[Abebe Dinkesa]]<br>[[Lishan Yegezu]] || 3:06:18
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Yonas Kifle]]<br>[[Yared Asmerom]]<br>[[Tesfayohannes Mesfin]] || 3:07:05
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Kazuo Ietani]]<br>[[Takayuki Matsumiya]]<br>[[Takanobu Otsubo]] || 3:08:30
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2006 (20&nbsp;km)
|{{KEN}} <br>[[Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba]]<br>[[Wilson Kebenei]]<br>[[Wilfred Taragon]] || 2:51:18
|{{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Yonas Kifle]]<br>[[Tesfayohannes Mesfin]] || 2:53:19
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Deriba Merga]]<br>[[Tadese Tola]]<br>[[Demise Tsega]] || 2:54:17
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2007
|{{KEN}} <br>[[Patrick Makau Musyoki]]<br>[[Evans Cheruiyot]]<br>[[Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba]] || 2:58:54
|{{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Yonas Kifle]]<br>[[Michael Tesfay]] || 2:59:08
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Deriba Merga]]<br>[[Assefa Raji]]<br>[[Tariku Jufar]] || 3:01:15
|-
|2008
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Patrick Makau Musyoki]]<br>[[Stephen Kipkoech Kibiwott]]<br>[[Joseph Maregu]] || 3:07:24
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Michael Tesfay]]<br>[[Mogos Ahferom]] || 3:09:40
| {{QAT}} <br>[[Ahmad Hassan Abdullah]]<br>[[Essa Ismail Rashed]]<br>[[Ali Dawoud Sedam]] || 3:10:52
|-
|2009
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Bernard Kipyego]]<br>[[Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich]]<br>[[Wilson Chebet]] || 3:01:06
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Samuel Tsegay]]<br>[[Adhanom Abraha]] || 3:02:39
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Tilahun Regassa]]<br>[[Dereje Tesfaye]]<br>[[Abebe Negewo]] || 3:06:42
|-
|2010
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Wilson Kiprop]]<br>[[Sammy Kitwara]]<br>[[Silas Kipruto]] || 3:01:32
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Samuel Tsegay]]<br>[[Tewelde Estifanos]] || 3:03:04
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Lelisa Desisa]]<br>[[Birhanu Bekele]]<br>[[Asefa Mengstu]] || 3:05:26
|-
|2012
| {{KEN}} <br>[[John Nzau Mwangangi]]<br>[[Pius Maiyo Kirop]]<br>[[Stephen Kosgei Kibet]] || 3:03:52
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Tewelde Estifanos]]<br>[[Kiflom Sium]] || 3:04:41
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Deressa Chimsa]]<br>[[Belay Assefa]]<br>[[Habtamu Assefa]] || 3:05:43
|-
|2014
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Samuel Tsegay]]<br>[[Zersenay Tadese]]<br>[[Nguse Tesfaldet Amlosom]]|| 2:58:59 '''CR'''
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]<br>[[Wilson Kiprop]]<br>[[Kenneth Kipkemoi]]|| 2:59:38
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Guye Adola]]<br>[[Adugna Takele]]<br>[[Bonsa Dida]]|| 3:00:48
|-
|2016
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]<br>[[Bedan Karoki Muchiri]]<br>[[Simon Cheprot]]|| 2:58:58 '''CR'''
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Abayneh Ayele]]<br>[[Tamirat Tola]]<br>[[Mule Wasihun]]|| 3:01:16
| {{ERI}} <br>[[Abrar Osman]]<br>[[Nguse Tesfaldet Amlosom]]<br>[[Hiskel Tewelde]]|| 3:06:18
|-
|2018
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Jemal Yimer]]<br>[[Getaneh Molla]]<br>[[Betesfa Getahun]]|| 3:02:14
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Geoffrey Kamworor]]<br>[[Leonard Barsoton]]<br>[[Barselius Kipyego]]|| 3:02:40
| {{BHR}} <br>[[Abraham Cheroben]]<br>[[Aweke Ayalew]]<br>[[Albert Rop]]|| 3:02:52
|-
|2020
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Kibiwott Kandie]]<br>[[Leonard Barsoton]]<br>[[Benard Kimeli]] || 2:58:10
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Amedework Walelegn]]<br>[[Andamlak Belihu]]<br>[[Leul Gebresilase]] || 2:58:25
| {{UGA}} <br>[[Jacob Kiplimo]]<br>[[Joshua Cheptegei]]<br>[[Victor Kiplangat]] || 2:58:39
|-
| 2022 || colspan="6" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic''{{r|2022.cancellation}}
|-
|2023
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Sabastian Sawe]]<br>[[Daniel Ebenyo]]<br>[[Samwel Mailu]] || 2:57:43
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Jemal Yimer Mekonnen]]<br>[[Nibret Melak]]<br>[[Tsegay Kidanu]] || 2:9:54
| {{RSA}} <br>[[Thabang Mosiako]]<br>[[Stephen Mokoka]]<br>[[Elroy Gelant]] || 3:01.17
|}

====5km====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Hagos Gebrhiwet]]|ETH}} || 12:59 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Yomif Kejelcha]]|ETH}} || 13:02
| {{flagathlete|[[Nicholas Kimeli]]|KEN}} || 13:16
|}

====Road Mile====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Hobbs Kessler]]|USA}} || 3:56.13 '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Callum Elson]]|GBR}} || 3:56.41 '''AR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Samuel Prakel]]|USA}} || 3:56.43
|}

===Women===
====Half marathon====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{flagathlete|[[Liz McColgan]]|GBR}} || 1:08:53
| {{flagathlete|[[Megumi Fujiwara]]|JPN}} || 1:09:21
| {{flagathlete|[[Rosanna Munerotto]]|ITA}} || 1:09:38
|-
|1993
| {{flagathlete|[[Conceição Ferreira]]|POR}} || 1:10:07
| {{flagathlete|[[Mari Tanigawa]]|JPN}} || 1:10:09
| {{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}} || 1:10:12
|-
|1994
| {{flagathlete|[[Elana Meyer]]|RSA}} || 1:08:36 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Iulia Olteanu]]|ROU}} || 1:09:15
| {{flagathlete|[[Anuța Cătună]]|ROU}} || 1:09:35
|-
|1995
| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Yegorova]]|RUS}} || 1:09:58
| {{flagathlete|[[Cristina Pomacu]]|ROU}} || 1:10:22
| {{flagathlete|[[Anuța Cătună]]|ROU}} || 1:10:28
|-
|1996
| {{flagathlete|[[Ren Xiujuan]]|CHN}} || 1:10:39
| {{flagathlete|[[Lidia Șimon]]|ROU}} || 1:10:57
| {{flagathlete|[[Aurica Buia]]|ROU}} || 1:11:01
|-
|1997
| {{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}} || 1:08:14 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Cristina Pomacu]]|ROU}} || 1:08:43
| {{flagathlete|[[Lidia Șimon]]|ROU}} || 1:09:05
|-
|1998
| {{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}} || 1:08:29
| {{flagathlete|[[Elana Meyer]]|RSA}} || 1:08:32
| {{flagathlete|[[Lidia Șimon]]|ROU}} || 1:08:58
|-
|1999
| {{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}} || 1:08:48
| {{flagathlete|[[Mizuki Noguchi]]|JPN}} || 1:09:12
| {{flagathlete|[[Catherine Ndereba]]|KEN}} || 1:09:23
|-
|2000
| {{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}} || 1:09:07
| {{flagathlete|[[Susan Chepkemei]]|KEN}} || 1:09:40
| {{flagathlete|[[Lidia Șimon]]|ROU}} || 1:10:24
|-
|2001
| {{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}} || 1:06:47 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Susan Chepkemei]]|KEN}} || 1:07:36
| {{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:08:17
|-
|2002
| {{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:09:06
| {{flagathlete|[[Susan Chepkemei]]|KEN}} || 1:09:13
| {{flagathlete|[[Jeļena Prokopčuka]]|LAT}} || 1:09:15
|-
|2003
| {{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}} || 1:07:35
| {{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:09:02
| {{flagathlete|[[Benita Willis]]|AUS}} || 1:09:26
|-
|2004
| {{flagathlete|[[Sun Yingjie]]|CHN}} || 1:08:40
| {{flagathlete|[[Lydia Cheromei]]|KEN}} || 1:09:00
| {{flagathlete|[[Constantina Diță]]|ROU}} || 1:09:07
|-
|2005
| {{flagathlete|[[Constantina Diță]]|ROU}} || 1:09:17
| {{flagathlete|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]|NED}} || 1:10:19
| {{flagathlete|[[Susan Chepkemei]]|KEN}} || 1:10:20
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2006 (20&nbsp;km)
| {{flagathlete|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]|NED}} || 1:03:21 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Constantina Diță]]|ROU}} || 1:03:23
| {{flagathlete|[[Rita Jeptoo]]|KEN}} || 1:03:47
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2007
| {{flagathlete|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]|NED}} || 1:06:25 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR<sub>wo</sub>]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]]|KEN}} || 1:06:48
| {{flagathlete|[[Pamela Chepchumba]]|KEN}} || 1:08:06
|-
|2008
| {{flagathlete|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]|NED}} || 1:08:37
| {{flagathlete|[[Aselefech Mergia]]|ETH|1996}} || 1:09:57
| {{flagathlete|[[Pamela Chepchumba]]|KEN}} || 1:10:01
|-
|2009
| {{flagathlete|[[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]]|KEN}} || 1:06:36 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Philes Ongori]]|KEN}} || 1:07:38
| {{flagathlete|[[Aberu Kebede]]|ETH}} || 1:07:39
|-
|2010
| {{flagathlete|[[Florence Kiplagat]]|KEN}} || 1:08:24
| {{flagathlete|[[Dire Tune]]|ETH}} || 1:08:34
| {{flagathlete|[[Peninah Arusei]]|KEN}} || 1:09:05
|-
|2012
| {{flagathlete|[[Meseret Hailu]]|ETH}} || 1:08:55
| {{flagathlete|[[Feyse Tadese]]|ETH}} || 1:08:56
| {{flagathlete|[[Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech]]|KEN}} || 1:09:04
|-
|2014
| {{flagathlete|[[Gladys Cherono Kiprono]]|KEN}} || 1:07:29
| {{flagathlete|[[Mary Wacera Ngugi]]|KEN}} || 1:07:44
| {{flagathlete|[[Sally Chepyego Kaptich]]|KEN}} || 1:07:52
|-
|2016
| {{flagathlete|[[Peres Jepchirchir]]|KEN}} || 1:07:31
| {{flagathlete|[[Cynthia Jerotich Limo]]|KEN}} || 1:07:34
| {{flagathlete|[[Mary Wacera Ngugi]]|KEN}} || 1:07:54
|-
|2018
| {{flagathlete|[[Netsanet Gudeta]]|ETH}} || 1:06:11 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR<sub>wo</sub>]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Joyciline Jepkosgei]]|KEN}} || 1:06:54
| {{flagathlete|[[Pauline Kaveke Kamulu]]|KEN}} || 1:06:56
|-
|2020
| {{flagathlete|[[Peres Jepchirchir]]|KEN}} || 1:05:16 '''[[List of world records in athletics|WR<sub>wo</sub>]]'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Melat Yisak Kejeta]]|GER}} || 1:05:18
| {{flagathlete|[[Yalemzerf Yehualaw]]|ETH}} || 1:05:19
|-
| 2022 || colspan="6" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic''{{r|2022.cancellation}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Peres Jepchirchir]]|KEN}} || 1:07.25
| {{flagathlete|[[Margaret Kipkemboi]]|KEN}} || 1:07.26
| {{flagathlete|[[Catherine Amanang'ole]]|KEN}} || 1:07.34
|}

====Team competition====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Megumi Fujiwara]]<br>[[Miyoko Asahina]]<br>[[Eriko Asai]] || 3:30:39
| {{GBR2}} <br>[[Liz McColgan]]<br>[[Andrea Wallace]]<br>[[Suzanne Rigg]] || 3:33:05
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Anuța Cătună]]<br>[[Iulia Olteanu]]<br>[[Aurica Buia]] || 3:33:27
|-
|1993
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Elena Murgoci]]<br>[[Anuța Cătună]]<br>[[Iulia Olteanu]] || 3:32:18
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mari Tanigawa]]<br>[[Miyoko Asahina]]<br>[[Akari Takemoto]] || 3:32:22
| {{POR}} <br>[[Conceição Ferreira]]<br>[[Albertina Machado]]<br>[[Rosa Oliveira]] || 3:34:12
|-
|1994
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Iulia Olteanu]]<br>[[Anuța Cătună]]<br>[[Elena Fidatov]] || 3:29:03 '''CR'''
| {{NOR}} <br>[[Hilde Stavik]]<br>[[Brynhild Synstnes]]<br>[[Grete Kirkeberg]] || 3:33:36
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mari Tanigawa]]<br>[[Mineko Watanabe]]<br>[[Yukari Komatsu]] || 3:35:39
|-
|1995
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Cristina Pomacu]]<br>[[Anuța Cătună]]<br>[[Elena Fidatov]] || 3:31:29
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Valentina Yegorova]]<br>[[Alla Zhilyaeva]]<br>[[Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova]] || 3:33:12
| {{ESP}} <br>[[Ana Isabel Alonso]]<br>[[Rocío Ríos]]<br>[[Carmen Fuentes]] || 3:34:26
|-
|1996
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Lidia Șimon]]<br>[[Aurica Buia]]<br>[[Nuța Olaru]] || 3:33:05
| {{FRA}} <br>[[Christine Mallo]]<br>[[Zahia Dahmani]]<br>[[Muriel Linsolas]] || 3:38:44
| {{ITA}} <br>[[Lucilla Andreucci]]<br>[[Annalisa Scurti]]<br>[[Sonia Maccioni]] || 3:41:28
|- 
|1997
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Cristina Pomacu]]<br>[[Lidia Șimon]]<br>[[Nuța Olaru]] || 3:27:40 '''CR'''
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Tegla Loroupe]]<br>[[Joyce Chepchumba]]<br>[[Delilah Asiago]] || 3:27:57
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mari Sotani]]<br>[[Noriko Geji]]<br>[[Hiromi Katayama (runner)|Hiromi Katayama]] || 3:31:38
|-
|1998
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Tegla Loroupe]]<br>[[Joyce Chepchumba]]<br>[[Leah Malot]] || 3:29:43
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Lidia Șimon]]<br>[[Cristina Pomacu]]<br>[[Constantina Diță]] || 3:32:19
| {{ESP}} <br>[[Julia Vaquero]]<br>[[María Luisa Larraga]]<br>[[Rocío Ríos]] || 3:34:18
|-
|1999
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Tegla Loroupe]]<br>[[Catherine Ndereba]]<br>[[Joyce Chepchumba]] || 3:27:40 '''=CR'''
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mizuki Noguchi]]<br>[[Reiko Tosa]]<br>[[Hiromi Katayama (runner)|Hiromi Katayama]] || 3:30:06
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Valentina Yegorova]]<br>[[Lyudmila Biktasheva]]<br>[[Alina Ivanova]] || 3:31:49
|-
|2000
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Lidia Șimon]]<br>[[Mihaela Botezan]]<br>[[Cristina Pomacu]] || 3:34:22
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mizuki Noguchi]]<br>[[Yukiko Okamoto (athlete)|Yukiko Okamoto]]<br>[[Yasuko Hashimoto]] || 3:36:25
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Lidiya Grigoryeva]]<br>[[Galina Aleksandrova]]<br>[[Zinaida Semenova]] || 3:45:41
|-
|2001
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Susan Chepkemei]]<br>[[Isabella Ochichi]]<br>[[Caroline Kwambai]] || 3:28:04
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mizuki Noguchi]]<br>[[Yasuyo Iwamoto]]<br>[[Takako Kotorida]] || 3:30:08
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Berhane Adere]]<br>[[Meseret Kotu]]<br>[[Teyba Erkesso]] || 3:30:20
|-
|2002
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Susan Chepkemei]]<br>[[Pamela Chepchumba]]<br>[[Lenah Cheruiyot]] || 3:28:22
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Svetlana Zakharova (runner)|Svetlana Zakharova]]<br>[[Lyudmila Petrova]]<br>[[Irina Safarova]] || 3:30:05
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Berhane Adere]]<br>[[Asha Gigi]]<br>[[Leila Aman]] || 3:30:58
|-
|2003
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Lidiya Grigoryeva]]<br>[[Alla Zhilyaeva]]<br>[[Lyudmila Biktasheva]] || 3:30:16
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Mikie Takanaka]]<br>[[Takako Kotorida]]<br>[[Risa Hagiwara]] || 3:34:23
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Constantina Diță]]<br>[[Luminița Talpoș]]<br>[[Nuța Olaru]] || 3:35:07
|-
|2004
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Eyerusalem Kuma]]<br>[[Bezunesh Bekele]]<br>[[Teyba Erkesso]] || 3:36:00
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Constantina Diță]]<br>[[Mihaela Botezan]]<br>[[Luminița Talpoș]] || 3:36:08
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Irina Timofeyeva]]<br>[[Alina Ivanova]]<br>[[Yelena Burykina]] || 3:38:21
|-
|2005
| {{ROU}} <br>[[Constantina Diță]]<br>[[Mihaela Botezan]]<br>[[Nuța Olaru]] || 3:31:00
| {{RUS}} <br>[[Galina Bogomolova]]<br>[[Lidiya Grigoryeva]]<br>[[Irina Timofeyeva]] || 3:33:05
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Terumi Asoshina]]<br>[[Hiromi Ominami]]<br>[[Yoko Yagi]] || 3:35:42
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2006 (20&nbsp;km)
|{{KEN}} <br>[[Rita Jeptoo]]<br>[[Edith Masai]]<br>[[Eunice Jepkorir]] || 3:15:55
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Dire Tune]]<br>[[Teyba Erkesso]]<br>[[Ashu Kasim]] || 3:18:50
|{{JPN}} <br>[[Kayoko Fukushi]]<br>[[Yurika Nakamura]]<br>[[Ryoko Kizaki]]|| 3:19:00
|-bgcolor="#F2F5A9"
|2007
|{{KEN}} <br>[[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]]<br>[[Pamela Chepchumba]]<br>[[Everline Kimwei]] || 3:23:33
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Bezunesh Bekele]]<br>[[Atsede Habtamu]]<br>[[Atsede Baysa]] || 3:25:51
|{{JPN}} <br>[[Chisato Osaki]]<br>[[Akane Taira]]<br>[[Yoshimi Ozaki]] || 3:27:39
|-
|2008
| {{ETH|1996}} <br>[[Aselefech Mergia]]<br>[[Genet Getaneh]]<br>[[Abebu Gelan]] || 3:30:59
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Pamela Chepchumba]]<br>[[Peninah Arusei]]<br>[[Julia Mumbi Muraga]] || 3:31:24
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Yukiko Akaba]]<br>[[Miki Ohira]]<br>[[Yuko Machida]] || 3:40:58
|-
|2009<sup>†</sup>
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Mary Jepkosgei Keitany]]<br>[[Philes Ongori]]<br>[[Caroline Kilel]] || 3:22:30 '''CR'''
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Aberu Kebede]]<br>[[Mestawet Tufa]]<br>[[Tirfi Tsegaye]] || 3:26:14
| {{JPN}} <br> [[Yurika Nakamura]]<br>[[Ryoko Kizaki]]<br>[[Remi Nakazato]] || 3:31:31
|-
|2010
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Florence Kiplagat]]<br>[[Peninah Arusei]]<br>[[Joyce Chepkirui]] || 3:26:59
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Dire Tune]]<br>[[Feyse Tadese]]<br>[[Meseret Mengistu]] || 3:27:33
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Yoshimi Ozaki]]<br>[[Ryoko Kizaki]]<br>[[Azusa Nojiri]] || 3:33:40
|-
|2012
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Meseret Hailu]]<br>[[Feyse Tadese]]<br>[[Emebt Etea]] || 3:27:52
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech]]<br>[[Lydia Cheromei]]<br>[[Pauline Njeri Kahenya]] || 3:28:39
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Tomomi Tanaka]]<br>[[Mai Ito]]<br>[[Asami Kato]] || 3:34:45
|-
|2014
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Gladys Cherono Kiprono]]<br>[[Mary Wacera Ngugi]]<br>[[Sally Chepyego Kaptich]]|| 3:23:05
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Netsanet Gudeta]]<br>[[Tsehay Desalegn]]<br>[[Genet Yalew]]|| 3:27:05
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Sayo Nomura]]<br>[[Risa Takenaka]]<br>[[Reia Iwade]]|| 3:31:33
|-
|2016
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Peres Jepchirchir]]<br>[[Cynthia Jerotich Limo]]<br>[[Mary Wacera Ngugi]]|| 3:22:59
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Netsanet Gudeta]]<br>[[Genet Yalew]]<br>[[Dihininet Demsew Jara]]|| 3:26:29
| {{JPN}} <br>[[Yuka Ando]]<br>[[Miho Shimizu]]<br>[[Mizuki Matsuda]]|| 3:32:25
|-
|2018
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Netsanet Gudeta]]<br>[[Zeineba Yimer]]<br>[[Meseret Belete]]|| 3:22:27 '''CR'''
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Joyciline Jepkosgei]]<br>[[Pauline Kaveke Kamulu]]<br>[[Ruth Chepngetich]]|| 3:23:02
| {{BHR}} <br>[[Eunice Chumba]]<br>[[Desi Mokonin]]<br>[[Dalila Abdulkadir]]|| 3:23:39
|-
|2020
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Yalemzerf Yehualaw]]<br>[[Zeineba Yimer]]<br>[[Ababel Yeshaneh]]|| 3:16:39 '''CR'''
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Peres Jepchirchir]]<br>[[Joyciline Jepkosgei]]<br>[[Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech]]|| 3:18:10
| {{GER}} <br>[[Melat Yisak Kejeta]]<br>[[Laura Hottenrott]]<br>[[Rabea Schöneborn]]|| 3:28:42
|-
| 2022 || colspan="6" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic''{{r|2022.cancellation}}
|-
|2023
| {{KEN}} <br>[[Peres Jepchirchir]]<br>[[Margaret Kipkemboi]]<br>[[Catherine Amanang'ole]]|| 3:22.25
| {{ETH}} <br>[[Tsigie Gebreselama]]<br>[[Ftaw Zeray]]<br>[[Yalemget Yaregal]]|| 3:27.55
| {{GBR}} <br>[[Calli Thackery]]<br>[[Samantha Harrison]]<br>[[Clara Evans]]|| 3:29:15
|}
<sup>†</sup>: In 2009, the team from Russia was initially ranked 3rd (3:31:23), but fell behind Japan after the disqualification of [[Inga Abitova]]. Her competition results were annulled, beginning October 10, 2009, because of breaking anti-doping regulations.<ref name=eightlane>{{Cite web|date=April 4, 2013|title=IAAF Athlete Doping List (Updated 4/4/13)|url=http://www.eightlane.org/doping/|publisher=eightlane.org|access-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222329/http://eightlane.org/doping/|archive-date=July 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=iaaf_2009>{{Cite web|date=18 December 2012|title=IAAF News - Newsletter - Edition 138 - 18 December 2012 - Athletes sanctioned for a Doping Offence since the last Newsletter - According to information received by the IAAF as of 13 December 2012|url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=00b3329b-d203-42ed-8b78-67eb448dce06.pdf&urlslug=NEWS%20138%20-%20November%2FDecember%202012| publisher=[[IAAF]]|page=2|access-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref>

====5km====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Beatrice Chebet]]|KEN}} || 14:35 '''CR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Lillian Kasait Rengeruk]]|KEN}} || 14:39
| {{flagathlete|[[Ejgayehu Taye]]|ETH}} || 14:40
|}

====Road Mile====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Diribe Welteji]]|ETH}} || 4:20.98 '''WR'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Freweyni Hailu]]|ETH}} || 4:23.06
| {{flagathlete|[[Faith Kipyegon]]|KEN}} || 4:24.13
|}

===Junior men===

====Individual====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{flagathlete|[[Kassa Tadesse]]|ETH|1975}} || 1:04:51
| {{flagathlete|[[Meck Mothuli]]|RSA|1928}} || 1:05:01
| {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Ingargiola]]|ITA}} || 1:05:18
|-
|1993
| {{flagathlete|[[Meck Mothuli]]|RSA|1928}} || 1:02:11
| {{flagathlete|[[Biruk Bekele]]|ETH|1975}} || 1:03:32
| {{flagathlete|[[Isaac Radebe]]|RSA|1928}} || 1:03:35
|}

====Team competition====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year|columns=2|labelwidth=80}}
|-
|1992
| {{ITA}} || 3:17:39
| {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1975}} Ethiopia || 3:18:56
| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} South Africa || 3:20:04
|-
|1993
| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} South Africa || 3:09:46
| {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1975}} Ethiopia || 3:13:34
| {{ITA}} || 3:17:12
|}

==All-time medal table==
Updated after the [[2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships]].
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | source         = [https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/6516892a3814c5687143b8ea.pdf?_gl=1*1wmcc2g*_ga*MTk4OTY2NTIyMi4xNTkzODkzMjc1*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTY5NjA3NjAzMi43NS4xLjE2OTYwNzYwNDguMC4wLjA. 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships Facts and Figures]
 | gold_KEN = 47 | silver_KEN = 28 | bronze_KEN = 18
 | gold_ETH = 13 | silver_ETH = 20 | bronze_ETH = 19
 | gold_ROU = 8 | silver_ROU = 7 | bronze_ROU = 9
 | gold_ERI = 6 | silver_ERI = 9 | bronze_ERI = 3
 | gold_RSA = 5 | silver_RSA = 5 | bronze_RSA = 2
 | gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 3
 | gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 5
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_TAN = 2 | silver_TAN = 3 | bronze_TAN = 5
 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 9 | bronze_JPN = 13
 | gold_MAR = 1 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 2
 | gold_UGA = 1 | silver_UGA = 0 | bronze_UGA = 2
 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
 | gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 1
 | gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 2 | bronze_MEX = 0
 | gold_QAT = 0 | silver_QAT = 1 | bronze_QAT = 3
 | gold_BHR = 0 | silver_BHR = 1 | bronze_BHR = 2
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 2
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_ZIM = 0 | silver_ZIM = 0 | bronze_ZIM = 1
}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
;General
* [https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/6516892a3814c5687143b8ea.pdf?_gl=1*1wmcc2g*_ga*MTk4OTY2NTIyMi4xNTkzODkzMjc1*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTY5NjA3NjAzMi43NS4xLjE2OTYwNzYwNDguMC4wLjA. 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships Facts and Figures]
* [http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/ic/road.htm IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Individual and Team Scores]
;Specific
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<ref name="2022.cancellation">{{cite web | url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-half-marathon-championships/yangzhou22/news/press-releases/world-half-yangzhou-22 | title=World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Yangzhou 22 has been canc… | access-date=2022-07-11 | archive-date=2022-07-10 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20220710070518/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-half-marathon-championships/yangzhou22/news/press-releases/world-half-yangzhou-22 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-half-marathon-championships Homepage]

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