IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Editions

Year
Edition
City
Country
Date
No. of athletes
No. of nations
1992
1st (details)
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
19–20 September
204
36
1993
2nd (details)
Brussels
Belgium
3 October
254
49
1994
3rd (details)
Oslo
Norway
24 September
215
47
1995
4th (details)
Montbéliard–Belfort
France
1 October
247
54
1996
5th (details)
Palma de Mallorca
Spain
29 September
209
53
1997
6th (details)
Košice
Slovakia
3 October
228
45
1998
7th (details)
Zürich
Switzerland
27 September
236
54
1999
8th (details)
Palermo
Italy
3 October
193
48
2000
9th (details)
Veracruz
Mexico
12 November
182
52
2001
10th (details)
Bristol
United Kingdom
7 October
202
52
2002
11th (details)
Brussels
Belgium
5 May
201
60
2003
12th (details)
Vilamoura
Portugal
4 October
171
49
2004
13th (details)
New Delhi
India
3 October
152
55
2005
14th (details)
Edmonton
Canada
1 October
156
43
2006
15th (details)
Debrecen
Hungary
8 October
141
42 (20 km race)
2007
16th (details)
Udine
Italy
14 October
148
41
2008
17th (details)
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
12 October
157
43
2009
18th (details)
Birmingham
United Kingdom
11 October
158
39
2010
19th (details)
Nanning
China
16 October
123
30
2012
20th (details)
Kavarna
Bulgaria
6 October
147
42
2014
21st (details)
Copenhagen
Denmark
29 March
201
56
2016
22nd (details)
Cardiff
United Kingdom
26 March
174
49
2018
23rd (details)
Valencia
Spain
24 March
279
80
2020
24th (details)
Gdynia
Poland
TBD
TBD
TBD

Question: When and where was the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held?
Answer: The 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 October 2008.