World Athletics Road Running Championships

Template:Short description 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. 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.

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.

Editions

Key

  Editions in gold were held as World Road Running Championships

  Edition in orange denotes introduction of biennial World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

Year	Edition	Venue	Country	Date	No. of athletesTemplate:Efn	No. of nations
1992	1st	Tyneside	United Kingdom	19–20 September	204	36
1993	2nd	Brussels	Belgium	3 October	254	49
1994	3rd	Oslo	Norway	24 September	214	48
1995	4th	Montbéliard–Belfort	France	1 October	243	54
1996	5th	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	29 September	206	53
1997	6th	Košice	Slovakia	4 October	226	45
1998	7th	Uster	Switzerland	27 September	236	54
1999	8th	Palermo	Italy	3 October	192	48
2000	9th	Veracruz	Mexico	12 November	182	52
2001	10th	Bristol	United Kingdom	7 October	200	52
2002	11th	Brussels	Belgium	5 May	198	60
2003	12th	Vilamoura	Portugal	4 October	171	49
2004	13th	New Delhi	India	3 October	152	55
2005	14th	Edmonton	Canada	1 October	156	43
2006	15th	Debrecen	Hungary	8 October	140	39 (20 km race)
2007	16th	Udine	Italy	14 October	144	37
2008	17th	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	12 October	155	42
2009	18th	Birmingham	United Kingdom	11 October	157	39
2010	19th	Nanning	China	16 October	123	30
2012	20th	Kavarna	Bulgaria	6 October	146	41
2014	21st	Copenhagen	Denmark	29 March	203	56
2016	22nd	Cardiff	United Kingdom	26 March	169	45
2018	23rd	Valencia	Spain	24 March	279	79 + ART
2020	24th	Gdynia	Poland	17 October	225	53 + ART
REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023	25th	Riga	Latvia	1 October	347	56 + ART
2025	26th	REDIRECT Template:Strikethrough	United States	26–28 September
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 20 kilometres road race. The 20 km race featured only at the 2006 edition, and the half marathon distance returned for the 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.

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. Although it was held later that year, many countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S., declined to participate.Template:R

Similarly, the 2022 edition of the competition was postponed twice before being cancelled due to the pandemic.Template:R 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.Template:R

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.

Records

World Half Marathon Championships records

Type	Time	Athlete(s)	Nationality	Edition
Men's race	58:49	Jacob Kiplimo	Template:Flagu	2020
Women's race	1:05:16 WR Template:AthAbbr	Peres Jepchirchir	Template:Flagu	2020
Men's team	2:58:10	Kibiwott Kandie (58:54) Leonard Barsoton (59:34) Benard Kimeli (59:42)	Template:Flagu	2020
Women's team	3:16:39	Yalemzerf Yehualaw (1:05:19) Zeineba Yimer (1:05:39) Ababel Yeshaneh (1:05:41)	Template:Flagu	2020

World Road Running Championships records

Type	Time	Athlete(s)	Nationality	Edition
Men's race	58:59	Zersenay Tadese		2007
Women's race	1:06:25	Lornah Kiplagat		2007
Men's team	2:58:54	Patrick Makau Musyoki Evans Cheruiyot Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba		2007
Women's team	3:23:33	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Pamela Chepchumba Everline Kimwei		2007

Medalists

Key

  Medallists in gold won at the World Road Running Championships

Men

Half marathon

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:24	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:40	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:45
1993	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:06	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:10	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:13
1994	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:27	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:28	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:54
1995	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:45	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:46	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:50
1996	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:17	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:30	Template:Flagathlete	1:02:00
1997	Template:Flagathlete	59:56 CR	Template:Flagathlete	59:58	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:00
1998	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:01	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:24	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:24
1999	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:50	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:50	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:51
2000	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:47	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:48	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:50
2001	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:03	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:04	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:12
2002	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:39	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:42	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:57
2003	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:49	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:52	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:56
2004	Template:Flagathlete	1:02:15	Template:Flagathlete	1:02:31	Template:Flagathlete	1:02:36
2005	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:08	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:09	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:13
2006 (20 km)	Template:Flagathlete	56:01	Template:Flagathlete	56:41	Template:Flagathlete	57:15
2007	Template:Flagathlete	58:59	Template:Flagathlete	59:02	Template:Flagathlete	59:05
2008	Template:Flagathlete	59:56 =CR	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:54	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:57
2009	Template:Flagathlete	59:35 CR	Template:Flagathlete	59:59	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:00
2010	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:07	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:11	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:22
2012	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:19	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:51	Template:Flagathlete	1:01:01
2014	Template:Flagathlete	59:08 CR	Template:Flagathlete	59:21	Template:Flagathlete	59:21
2016	Template:Flagathlete	59:10	Template:Flagathlete	59:36	Template:Flagathlete	59:59
2018	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:02	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:22	Template:Flagathlete	1:00:31
2020	Template:Flagathlete	58:49	Template:Flagathlete	58:54	Template:Flagathlete	59:08
2022	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemicTemplate:R
2023	Template:Flagathlete	59:10	Template:Flagathlete	59:14	Template:Flagathlete	59:19

Team competition

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

5km

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2023	Template:Flagathlete	12:59 CR	Template:Flagathlete	13:02	Template:Flagathlete	13:16

Road Mile

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2023	Template:Flagathlete	3:56.13 WR	Template:Flagathlete	3:56.41 AR	Template:Flagathlete	3:56.43

Women

Half marathon

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:53	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:21	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:38
1993	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:07	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:09	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:12
1994	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:36 CR	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:15	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:35
1995	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:58	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:22	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:28
1996	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:39	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:57	Template:Flagathlete	1:11:01
1997	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:14 CR	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:43	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:05
1998	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:29	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:32	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:58
1999	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:48	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:12	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:23
2000	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:07	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:40	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:24
2001	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:47 CR	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:36	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:17
2002	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:06	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:13	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:15
2003	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:35	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:02	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:26
2004	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:40	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:00	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:07
2005	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:17	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:19	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:20
2006 (20 km)	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:21 WR	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:23	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:47
2007	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:25 WRwo	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:48	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:06
2008	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:37	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:57	Template:Flagathlete	1:10:01
2009	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:36 CR	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:38	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:39
2010	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:24	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:34	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:05
2012	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:55	Template:Flagathlete	1:08:56	Template:Flagathlete	1:09:04
2014	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:29	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:44	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:52
2016	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:31	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:34	Template:Flagathlete	1:07:54
2018	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:11 WRwo	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:54	Template:Flagathlete	1:06:56
2020	Template:Flagathlete	1:05:16 WRwo	Template:Flagathlete	1:05:18	Template:Flagathlete	1:05:19
2022	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemicTemplate:R
2023	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.25	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.26	Template:Flagathlete	1:07.34

Team competition

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Megumi Fujiwara Miyoko Asahina Eriko Asai	3:30:39	Template:GBR2 Liz McColgan Andrea Wallace Suzanne Rigg	3:33:05	Anuța Cătună Iulia Olteanu Aurica Buia	3:33:27
1993	Elena Murgoci Anuța Cătună Iulia Olteanu	3:32:18	Mari Tanigawa Miyoko Asahina Akari Takemoto	3:32:22	Conceição Ferreira Albertina Machado Rosa Oliveira	3:34:12
1994	Iulia Olteanu Anuța Cătună Elena Fidatov	3:29:03 CR	Hilde Stavik Brynhild Synstnes Grete Kirkeberg	3:33:36	Mari Tanigawa Mineko Watanabe Yukari Komatsu	3:35:39
1995	Cristina Pomacu Anuța Cătună Elena Fidatov	3:31:29	Valentina Yegorova Alla Zhilyaeva Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova	3:33:12	Ana Isabel Alonso Rocío Ríos Carmen Fuentes	3:34:26
1996	Lidia Șimon Aurica Buia Nuța Olaru	3:33:05	Christine Mallo Zahia Dahmani Muriel Linsolas	3:38:44	Lucilla Andreucci Annalisa Scurti Sonia Maccioni	3:41:28
1997	Cristina Pomacu Lidia Șimon Nuța Olaru	3:27:40 CR	Tegla Loroupe Joyce Chepchumba Delilah Asiago	3:27:57	Mari Sotani Noriko Geji Hiromi Katayama	3:31:38
1998	Tegla Loroupe Joyce Chepchumba Leah Malot	3:29:43	Lidia Șimon Cristina Pomacu Constantina Diță	3:32:19	Julia Vaquero María Luisa Larraga Rocío Ríos	3:34:18
1999	Tegla Loroupe Catherine Ndereba Joyce Chepchumba	3:27:40 =CR	Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa Hiromi Katayama	3:30:06	Valentina Yegorova Lyudmila Biktasheva Alina Ivanova	3:31:49
2000	Lidia Șimon Mihaela Botezan Cristina Pomacu	3:34:22	Mizuki Noguchi Yukiko Okamoto Yasuko Hashimoto	3:36:25	Lidiya Grigoryeva Galina Aleksandrova Zinaida Semenova	3:45:41
2001	Susan Chepkemei Isabella Ochichi Caroline Kwambai	3:28:04	Mizuki Noguchi Yasuyo Iwamoto Takako Kotorida	3:30:08	Berhane Adere Meseret Kotu Teyba Erkesso	3:30:20
2002	Susan Chepkemei Pamela Chepchumba Lenah Cheruiyot	3:28:22	Svetlana Zakharova Lyudmila Petrova Irina Safarova	3:30:05	Berhane Adere Asha Gigi Leila Aman	3:30:58
2003	Lidiya Grigoryeva Alla Zhilyaeva Lyudmila Biktasheva	3:30:16	Mikie Takanaka Takako Kotorida Risa Hagiwara	3:34:23	Constantina Diță Luminița Talpoș Nuța Olaru	3:35:07
2004	Eyerusalem Kuma Bezunesh Bekele Teyba Erkesso	3:36:00	Constantina Diță Mihaela Botezan Luminița Talpoș	3:36:08	Irina Timofeyeva Alina Ivanova Yelena Burykina	3:38:21
2005	Constantina Diță Mihaela Botezan Nuța Olaru	3:31:00	Galina Bogomolova Lidiya Grigoryeva Irina Timofeyeva	3:33:05	Terumi Asoshina Hiromi Ominami Yoko Yagi	3:35:42
2006 (20 km)	Rita Jeptoo Edith Masai Eunice Jepkorir	3:15:55	Dire Tune Teyba Erkesso Ashu Kasim	3:18:50	Kayoko Fukushi Yurika Nakamura Ryoko Kizaki	3:19:00
2007	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Pamela Chepchumba Everline Kimwei	3:23:33	Bezunesh Bekele Atsede Habtamu Atsede Baysa	3:25:51	Chisato Osaki Akane Taira Yoshimi Ozaki	3:27:39
2008	Aselefech Mergia Genet Getaneh Abebu Gelan	3:30:59	Pamela Chepchumba Peninah Arusei Julia Mumbi Muraga	3:31:24	Yukiko Akaba Miki Ohira Yuko Machida	3:40:58
2009†	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Philes Ongori Caroline Kilel	3:22:30 CR	Aberu Kebede Mestawet Tufa Tirfi Tsegaye	3:26:14	Yurika Nakamura Ryoko Kizaki Remi Nakazato	3:31:31
2010	Florence Kiplagat Peninah Arusei Joyce Chepkirui	3:26:59	Dire Tune Feyse Tadese Meseret Mengistu	3:27:33	Yoshimi Ozaki Ryoko Kizaki Azusa Nojiri	3:33:40
2012	Meseret Hailu Feyse Tadese Emebt Etea	3:27:52	Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech Lydia Cheromei Pauline Njeri Kahenya	3:28:39	Tomomi Tanaka Mai Ito Asami Kato	3:34:45
2014	Gladys Cherono Kiprono Mary Wacera Ngugi Sally Chepyego Kaptich	3:23:05	Netsanet Gudeta Tsehay Desalegn Genet Yalew	3:27:05	Sayo Nomura Risa Takenaka Reia Iwade	3:31:33
2016	Peres Jepchirchir Cynthia Jerotich Limo Mary Wacera Ngugi	3:22:59	Netsanet Gudeta Genet Yalew Dihininet Demsew Jara	3:26:29	Yuka Ando Miho Shimizu Mizuki Matsuda	3:32:25
2018	Netsanet Gudeta Zeineba Yimer Meseret Belete	3:22:27 CR	Joyciline Jepkosgei Pauline Kaveke Kamulu Ruth Chepngetich	3:23:02	Eunice Chumba Desi Mokonin Dalila Abdulkadir	3:23:39
2020	Yalemzerf Yehualaw Zeineba Yimer Ababel Yeshaneh	3:16:39 CR	Peres Jepchirchir Joyciline Jepkosgei Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech	3:18:10	Melat Yisak Kejeta Laura Hottenrott Rabea Schöneborn	3:28:42
2022	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemicTemplate:R
2023	Peres Jepchirchir Margaret Kipkemboi Catherine Amanang'ole	3:22.25	Tsigie Gebreselama Ftaw Zeray Yalemget Yaregal	3:27.55	Calli Thackery Samantha Harrison Clara Evans	3:29:15

^†: 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.

5km

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2023	Template:Flagathlete	14:35 CR	Template:Flagathlete	14:39	Template:Flagathlete	14:40

Road Mile

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2023	Template:Flagathlete	4:20.98 WR	Template:Flagathlete	4:23.06	Template:Flagathlete	4:24.13

Junior men

Individual

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Template:Flagathlete	1:04:51	Template:Flagathlete	1:05:01	Template:Flagathlete	1:05:18
1993	Template:Flagathlete	1:02:11	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:32	Template:Flagathlete	1:03:35

Team competition

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992		3:17:39	Template:Flagicon Ethiopia	3:18:56	Template:Flagicon South Africa	3:20:04
1993	Template:Flagicon South Africa	3:09:46	Template:Flagicon Ethiopia	3:13:34		3:17:12

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Template:Medals table

References

General

• 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships Facts and Figures
• IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Individual and Team Scores

Specific

External links

• Homepage