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1993 (October 3)
Brussels, Belgium
Men: 133 starters/129 finished
Women: 86 starters/80 finished
Junior Men: 35 starters/33 finished
Nations: 49
Ran on another point
to point course between Parc du Cinquantenarie and Grand-Place, the race
was held on an ideal 10 degrees temperature with slight winds.
Taking the home
advantage, Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) won a hard-fought race in 61:06
from Australia’s Steve Moneghetti (61:10), Britain’s Carl Thackery
(61:13), Kenya’s Lameck Aguta (61:15) and Brazil’s Valendor dos
Santos (61:17).
The women’s
individual crown went to Coceicao Ferreira of Portugal. Ferreira
sprinted at the finish to stop the clock at 70:07. Mari Tanigawa of
Japan (70:09) and Tegla Loroupe of Kenya (70:12) were finished second
and third respectively.
Kenya defended the
men’s team title while Romania got its first in the women’s side.
South African runner Melk Mothuli arrived first in the junior men’s
race at 62:11 and thus assisted his nation to the team title. The junior
event was discontinued after this edition.
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1994 (September
24) Oslo, Norway
Men: 127 starters/121 finished
Women: 88 starters/85 finished
Nations: 47
Moracco’s Khalid Skah overpowered German Silva of Mexico on ‘tape’
in a thrilling finish (60:27 to 60:28) at the men’s race, which was
conducted on a hilly loop around the central Oslo, started in Martinus
Lordahlsplass and finished at the fabulous Bislett Stadium. Kenya
achieved a three-in-a-row men’s team crown.
Elana Meyer (South
Africa) ran a tactical race to become victor among women runners while
Romania defended the team championship on a warm and sunny day.
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1992
(September 19/20) Tyneside, Great Britain & Northern Ireland
204 athletes (97 men, 24 juniors and 83 women) from 36 member nations
participated in the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
conducted on a point-to-point course from New Castle to South Shields.
Kenya’s
Benson Masya won the first men’s title in a fitting manner, returning a
world best time of 60:24. Masya, along with compatriots Lameck Aguta and
Joseph Keino took Kenya to its first team title.Cheered by the home-crowd,
Liz McColgan became the winner in the women’s race in 68:53. The Japanese
women clinched the team title. There was a junior men’s race conducted at
Tyneside, won by Ethiopian Kadessa Tadesse in 64:51. The junior team trophy
went to Italy.
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