# 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on March 29, 2014. The races were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The essentially flat one-loop course was beginning and ending in the city centre by Christiansborg Castle. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race and for the women's race.
Complete results were published for the men's race, for the women's race, for men's team, and for women's team.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Men | Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (KEN) | 59:08 | Samuel Tsegay (ERI) | 59:21 | Guye Adola (ETH) | 59:21 |
| Women | Gladys Cherono (KEN) | 1:07:29 | Mary Wacera Ngugi (KEN) | 1:07:44 | Selly Chepyego Kaptich (KEN) | 1:07:52 |
| Team |||||||
| Men | Eritrea | 2:58:59 | Kenya | 2:59:38 | Ethiopia | 3:00:48 |
| Women | Kenya | 3:23:05 | Ethiopia | 3:27:05 | Japan | 3:31:33 |

## Race Results
### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor | Kenya | 59:08 | WL |
| | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea | 59:21 | PB |
| | Guye Adola | Ethiopia | 59:21 | PB |
| 4 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 59:38 | SB |
| 5 | Nguse Amlosom | Eritrea | 1:00:00 | |
| 6 | Wilson Kiprop | Kenya | 1:00:01 | |
| 7 | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie | Eritrea | 1:00:10 | SB |
| 8 | Samsom Gebreyohannes | Eritrea | 1:00:13 | PB |
| 9 | Adugna Tekele | Ethiopia | 1:00:15 | PB |
| 10 | Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi | Kenya | 1:00:29 | SB |
| 11 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda | 1:00:41 | PB |
| 12 | Stephen Mokoka | South Africa | 1:00:47 | PB |
| 13 | Elroy Gelant | South Africa | 1:01:10 | PB |
| 14 | Bonsa Dida | Ethiopia | 1:01:12 | PB |
| 15 | Lusapho April | South Africa | 1:01:16 | PB |
| 16 | Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Turkey | 1:01:22 | NR |
| 17 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 1:01:22 | PB |
| 18 | Masato Kikuchi | Japan | 1:01:23 | |
| 19 | Fikre Assefa | Ethiopia | 1:01:30 | PB |
| 20 | El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch | France | 1:01:31 | PB |
| 21 | Josphat Boit | United States | 1:01:33 | PB |
| 22 | Simon Cheprot | Kenya | 1:01:37 | |
| 23 | Isaac Korir | Bahrain | 1:01:40 | PB |
| 24 | Robert Kwemoi Chemosin | Kenya | 1:01:43 | |
| 25 | Alemu Bekele | Bahrain | 1:01:46 | PB |
| 26 | Daniel Rotich | Uganda | 1:01:56 | SB |
| 27 | Daniele Meucci | Italy | 1:01:57 | SB |
| 28 | Shogo Nakamura | Japan | 1:01:57 | PB |
| 29 | Moses Kibet | Uganda | 1:02:02 | PB |
| 30 | Paul Pollock | Ireland | 1:02:10 | PB |
| 31 | James Kibocha Theuri | France | 1:02:11 | SB |
| 32 | Wissem Hosni | Tunisia | 1:02:11 | SB |
| 33 | Tyler Pennel | United States | 1:02:20 | |
| 34 | Abdi Hakin Ulad | Denmark | 1:02:24 | PB |
| 35 | Matt Llano | United States | 1:02:25 | |
| 36 | Hiroto Inoue | Japan | 1:02:25 | |
| 37 | José Antonio Uribe | Mexico | 1:02:26 | PB |
| 38 | Javier Guerra | Spain | 1:02:27 | PB |
| 39 | Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott | United States | 1:02:28 | |
| 40 | Mikael Ekvall | Sweden | 1:02:29 | NR |
| 41 | Félicien Muhitira | Rwanda | 1:02:31 | PB |
| 42 | Raouf Boubaker | Tunisia | 1:02:41 | PB |
| 43 | Bekir Karayel | Turkey | 1:02:48 | PB |
| 44 | Urige Buta | Norway | 1:02:50 | SB |
| 45 | Simone Gariboldi | Italy | 1:02:51 | PB |
| 46 | Fernando Cabada Jr | United States | 1:02:54 | |
| 47 | Alexis Nizeyimana | Rwanda | 1:02:55 | SB |
| 48 | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | Saudi Arabia | 1:02:58 | NR |
| 49 | Oscar Cerón | Mexico | 1:02:58 | PB |
| 50 | Aweke Ayalew | Bahrain | 1:03:01 | PB |
| 51 | Bilisuma Shugi | Bahrain | 1:03:02 | PB |
| 52 | Juan Carlos Romero | Mexico | 1:03:10 | |
| 53 | Sohta Hoshi | Japan | 1:03:29 | |
| 54 | Abdellatif Meftah | France | 1:03:46 | SB |
| 55 | Felix Ntirenganya | Rwanda | 1:03:48 | PB |
| 56 | Kenta Murayama | Japan | 1:03:52 | |
| 57 | Marius Ionescu | Romania | 1:03:54 | SB |
| 58 | Isaac Ayeko | Uganda | 1:03:56 | |
| 59 | Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen | Norway | 1:03:56 | PB |
| 60 | Gianmarco Buttazzo | Italy | 1:03:59 | |
| 61 | Lars Budolfsen | Denmark | 1:04:00 | PB |
| 62 | Jesper Faurschou | Denmark | 1:04:01 | PB |
| 63 | Nicolae Alexandru Soare | Romania | 1:04:07 | PB |
| 64 | Ben Moreau | Great Britain | 1:04:09 | SB |
| 65 | Jesús Antonio Núñez | Spain | 1:04:12 | PB |
| 66 | Brihun Wuve | Israel | 1:04:37 | PB |
| 67 | Mehmet Çağlayan | Turkey | 1:04:54 | SB |
| 68 | Ruben Iindongo | France | 1:04:59 | SB |
| 69 | Driss El Himer | France | 1:05:00 | SB |
| 70 | Janis Girgensons | Latvia | 1:05:11 | PB |
| 71 | Hussein Habumugisha | Rwanda | 1:05:11 | SB |
| 72 | Kári Steinn Karlsson | Iceland | 1:05:13 | NR |
| 73 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 1:05:14 | PB |
| 74 | Øystein Sylta | Norway | 1:05:19 | SB |
| 75 | Anuradha Cooray | Sri Lanka | 1:05:20 | NR |
| 76 | Fatih Bilgiç | Turkey | 1:05:26 | SB |
| 77 | Demsew Zegeye | Israel | 1:05:27 | PB |
| 78 | Raúl Pacheco | Peru | 1:05:30 | |
| 79 | Maksim Pankratau | Belarus | 1:05:32 | SB |
| 80 | Zelalem Bacha | Bahrain | 1:05:47 | PB |
| 81 | Luis Alberto Orta | Venezuela | 1:05:47 | SB |
| 82 | Dmytro Siruk | Ukraine | 1:05:57 | PB |
| 83 | Zohar Zimro | Israel | 1:06:04 | PB |
| 84 | César Lizano | Costa Rica | 1:06:07 | SB |
| 85 | Cristhian Pacheco | Peru | 1:06:07 | PB |
| 86 | Yimharan Yosef | Israel | 1:06:29 | PB |
| 87 | Ben Ashkettle | New Zealand | 1:06:39 | SB |
| 88 | Juraj Vitko | Slovakia | 1:06:48 | |
| 89 | Jarkko Järvenpää | Finland | 1:07:04 | SB |
| 90 | El Akhdar Hachani | Tunisia | 1:08:06 | SB |
| 91 | Yolo Nikolov | Bulgaria | 1:08:09 | PB |
| 92 | Esteban Cuestas | Uruguay | 1:08:12 | SB |
| 93 | Rui Yong Soh | Singapore | 1:08:19 | PB |
| 94 | Rafael Iglesias | Spain | 1:08:29 | |
| 95 | Thijs Nijhuis | Denmark | 1:08:38 | SB |
| 96 | Asrat Mamo | Israel | 1:08:53 | PB |
| 97 | Mert Girmalegesse | Turkey | 1:09:16 | |
| 98 | Arnar Pétursson | Iceland | 1:09:45 | PB |
| 99 | Andrew Grech | Malta | 1:10:10 | NR |
| 100 | Ortik Ramazonov | Uzbekistan | 1:10:14 | PB |
| 101 | Mok Ying Ren | Singapore | 1:10:16 | SB |
| 102 | Johannes Naitembu | Namibia | 1:10:27 | SB |
| 103 | Arturs Bareikis | Latvia | 1:11:03 | SB |
| 104 | Khasan Gaforov | Tajikistan | 1:11:21 | |
| 105 | Marcel Tschopp | Liechtenstein | 1:11:25 | SB |
| 106 | Kokan Ajanovski | Macedonia | 1:12:01 | NR |
| 107 | Ilir Kellezi | Albania | 1:15:00 | SB |
| 108 | Chan Kit Chan | Macau | 1:19:24 | SB |
| 109 | Chang Chia-Che | Chinese Taipei | 1:54:51 | SB |
| — | Ingvar Hjartarson | Iceland | DNF | |
| — | Ilja Nikolajev | Estonia | DNF | |
| — | Henrik Them | Denmark | DNF | |
| — | Tebalu Zawude | Ethiopia | DNF | |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Gladys Cherono | Kenya | 1:07:29 | SB |
| | Mary Wacera Ngugi | Kenya | 1:07:44 | PB |
| | Selly Chepyego Kaptich | Kenya | 1:07:52 | PB |
| 4 | Lucy Wangui Kabuu | Kenya | 1:08:37 | SB |
| 5 | Mercy Jerotich Kibarus | Kenya | 1:08:42 | SB |
| 6 | Netsanet Gudeta | Ethiopia | 1:08:46 | PB |
| 7 | Christelle Daunay | France | 1:08:48 | SB |
| 8 | Valeria Straneo | Italy | 1:08:55 | SB |
| 9 | Tsehay Desalegn | Ethiopia | 1:09:04 | PB |
| 10 | Genet Yalew | Ethiopia | 1:09:15 | PB |
| 11 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary | 1:10:08 | |
| 12 | Mame Feyisa | Ethiopia | 1:10:08 | PB |
| 13 | Annie Bersagel | United States | 1:10:10 | PB |
| 14 | Lauren Kleppin | United States | 1:10:16 | PB |
| 15 | Sayo Nomura | Japan | 1:10:18 | SB |
| 16 | Hirut Alemayehu | Ethiopia | 1:10:25 | PB |
| 17 | Risa Takenaka | Japan | 1:10:30 | |
| 18 | Alyson Dixon | Great Britain | 1:10:38 | PB |
| 19 | Reia Iwade | Japan | 1:10:45 | SB |
| 20 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | 1:10:53 | SB |
| 21 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 1:10:56 | PB |
| 22 | Veronica Inglese | Italy | 1:10:57 | PB |
| 23 | Lisa Christina Stublić | Croatia | 1:11:09 | |
| 24 | Chieko Kido | Japan | 1:11:17 | |
| 25 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | 1:11:23 | |
| 26 | Gladys Tejeda | Peru | 1:11:24 | NR |
| 27 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 1:11:53 | SB |
| 28 | Jia Chaofeng | China | 1:11:59 | |
| 29 | Nadia Ejjafini | Italy | 1:12:05 | SB |
| 30 | Alexandra Louison | France | 1:12:06 | PB |
| 31 | Letekidan Gebreaman | Eritrea | 1:12:13 | PB |
| 32 | Isabellah Andersson | Sweden | 1:12:16 | SB |
| 33 | He Yinli | China | 1:12:18 | |
| 34 | Clara Santucci | United States | 1:12:22 | PB |
| 35 | Barkahoum Drici | Algeria | 1:12:34 | |
| 36 | Mattie Suver | United States | 1:12:42 | SB |
| 37 | Luula Berhane | Eritrea | 1:12:45 | PB |
| 38 | Fatna Maraoui | Italy | 1:12:50 | SB |
| 39 | Jessica Draskau-Petersson | Denmark | 1:12:52 | PB |
| 40 | Susan Partridge | Great Britain | 1:13:16 | |
| 41 | Verónica Pérez | Spain | 1:13:26 | PB |
| 42 | Zhang Yingying | China | 1:13:26 | |
| 43 | Linet Chebet | Uganda | 1:13:28 | PB |
| 44 | Wendy Thomas | United States | 1:14:07 | |
| 45 | Leila Luik | Estonia | 1:14:18 | SB |
| 46 | Liina Luik | Estonia | 1:14:18 | PB |
| 47 | Jenna Leigh Challenor | South Africa | 1:14:20 | PB |
| 48 | Rina Yamazaki | Japan | 1:14:20 | |
| 49 | Veronika Brennhovd Blom | Norway | 1:14:22 | PB |
| 50 | Zhang Meixia | China | 1:14:24 | |
| 51 | Lena Eliasson | Sweden | 1:14:28 | PB |
| 52 | Lavinia Haitope | Namibia | 1:14:42 | PB |
| 54 | Soumaya Boussaïd | Tunisia | 1:15:12 | NR |
| 55 | Corinne Herbreteau | France | 1:15:27 | |
| 56 | Yue Chao | China | 1:15:53 | |
| 57 | Rocío Cántara | Peru | 1:15:54 | PB |
| 58 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | 1:15:58 | SB |
| 59 | Louise Langelund Batting | Denmark | 1:16:18 | PB |
| 60 | Nicolasa Condori | Peru | 1:16:35 | SB |
| 61 | Luminita Georgiana Achim | Romania | 1:16:45 | PB |
| 62 | Bahar Doğan | Turkey | 1:17:00 | |
| 63 | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea | 1:17:00 | SB |
| 64 | Volha Krautsova | Belarus | 1:17:05 | SB |
| 65 | Anne Holm Baumeister | Denmark | 1:17:06 | SB |
| 66 | Cornelia Joubert | South Africa | 1:17:10 | SB |
| 67 | Simone Christensen Glad | Denmark | 1:17:11 | PB |
| 68 | Marthe Katrine Myhre | Norway | 1:17:28 | |
| 69 | Aline Camboulives | France | 1:17:46 | SB |
| 70 | Liliana Maria Danci | Romania | 1:18:03 | SB |
| 71 | Tonya Nero | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:18:26 | SB |
| 72 | Annemette Aagaard | Denmark | 1:18:48 | SB |
| 73 | Nilay Esen | Turkey | 1:19:08 | |
| 74 | Claudia Paula Todoran | Romania | 1:19:10 | |
| 75 | Gabriela Traña | Costa Rica | 1:19:25 | SB |
| 76 | Arndi Háfdórsdóttir | Iceland | 1:20:02 | PB |
| 77 | Yiu Kit Ching | Hong Kong | 1:20:28 | PB |
| 78 | Kateryna Karmanenko | Ukraine | 1:20:53 | SB |
| 79 | Elena Moaga | Romania | 1:22:45 | SB |
| 80 | Giselle Camilleri | Malta | 1:23:41 | |
| 81 | Irina Moroz | Uzbekistan | 1:23:46 | PB |
| 82 | Martha Ernstsdóttir | Iceland | 1:24:24 | SB |
| 83 | Sandrine Kengue | Gabon | 1:24:37 | SB |
| 84 | Helen Olafsdóttir | Iceland | 1:24:41 | SB |
| 85 | Carlie Pipe | Barbados | 1:32:58 | NR |
| 86 | Kathrin Gassner | Liechtenstein | 1:36:13 | PB |
| 87 | Pou I Chan | Macau | 1:36:35 | PB |
| 88 | Shamha Ahmed | Maldives | 1:42:04 | NR |
| — | Vesna Kiradzieva | Macedonia | DNF | |
| — | Nicola Duncan | Ireland | DNS | |

## Team results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time |
| 1 | Eritrea | Samuel Tsegay Zersenay Tadese Nguse Amlosom | 2:58:59 |
| 2 | Kenya | Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor Wilson Kiprop Kenneth Kiprop Kipkemoi | 2:59:38 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | Guye Adola Adugna Tekele Bonsa Dida | 3:00:48 |
| 4 | South Africa | Stephen Mokoka Elroy Gelant Lusapho April | 3:03:13 |
| 5 | Uganda | Geofrey Kusuro Daniel Rotich Moses Kibet | 3:04:39 |
| 6 | Japan | Masato Kikuchi Shogo Nakamura Hiroto Inoue | 3:05:45 |
| 7 | United States | Josphat Boit Tyler Pennel Matt Llano | 3:06:18 |
| 8 | Bahrain | Isaac Korir Alemu Bekele Aweke Ayalew | 3:06:27 |
| 9 | France | El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch James Kibocha Theuri Abdellatif Meftah | 3:07:28 |
| 10 | Spain | Ayad Lamdassem Javier Guerra Jesús Antonio Núñez | 3:08:01 |
| 11 | Mexico | José Antonio Uribe Oscar Cerón Juan Carlos Romero | 3:08:34 |
| 12 | Italy | Daniele Meucci Simone Gariboldi Gianmarco Buttazzo | 3:08:47 |
| 13 | Turkey | Polat Kemboi Arıkan Bekir Karayel Mehmet Çağlayan | 3:09:04 |
| 14 | Rwanda | Félicien Muhitira Alexis Nizeyimana Felix Ntirenganya | 3:09:14 |
| 15 | Denmark | Abdi Hakin Ulad Lars Budolfsen Jesper Faurschou | 3:10:25 |
| 16 | Norway | Urige Buta Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen Øystein Sylta | 3:12:05 |
| 17 | Tunisia | Wissem Hosni Raouf Boubaker El Akhdar Hachani | 3:12:58 |
| 18 | Israel | Brihun Wuve Demsew Zegeye Zohar Zimro | 3:16:08 |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time |
| 1 | Kenya | Gladys Cherono Mary Wacera Ngugi Selly Chepyego Kaptich | 3:23:05 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | Netsanet Gudeta Tsehay Desalegn Genet Yalew | 3:27:05 |
| 3 | Japan | Sayo Nomura Risa Takenaka Reia Iwade | 3:31:33 |
| 4 | Italy | Valeria Straneo Veronica Inglese Nadia Ejjafini | 3:31:57 |
| 5 | United States | Annie Bersagel Lauren Kleppin Clara Santucci | 3:32:48 |
| 6 | France | Christelle Daunay Alexandra Louison Corinne Herbreteau | 3:36:21 |
| 7 | China | Jia Chaofeng He Yinli Zhang Yingying | 3:37:43 |
| 8 | Eritrea | Letekidan Gebreaman Luula Berhane Nebiat Habtemariam | 3:41:58 |
| 9 | Norway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Veronika Brennhovd Blom Marthe Katrine Myhre | 3:42:43 |
| 10 | South Africa | René Kalmer Jenna Leigh Challenor Cornelia Joubert | 3:43:23 |
| 11 | Peru | Gladys Tejeda Rocío Cántara Nicolasa Condori | 3:43:53 |
| 12 | Denmark | Jessica Draskau-Petersson Louise Langelund Batting Anne Holm Baumeister | 3:46:16 |
| 13 | Turkey | Elvan Abeylegesse Bahar Doğan Nilay Esen | 3:52:06 |
| 14 | Romania | Luminita Georgiana Achim Liliana Maria Danci Claudia Paula Todoran | 3:53:58 |
| 15 | Iceland | Arndi Háfdórsdóttir Martha Ernstsdóttir Helen Olafsdóttir | 4:09:07 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Eritrea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 201 athletes from 56 countries. Although announced, the athletes from Canada and Palestine did not show.
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (2)
* Bahrain (5)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Denmark (10)
* Eritrea (8)
* Estonia (4)
* Ethiopia (10)
* Finland (1)
* France (9)
* Gabon (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (6)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (10)
* Kenya (10)
* Latvia (2)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Macau (2)
* Macedonia (2)
* Maldives (1)
* Malta (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Namibia (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (6)
* Peru (5)
* Romania (6)
* Rwanda (4)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Spain (6)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (3)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (8)
* Uganda (5)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (3)
* United States (10)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Venezuela (1)