# 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 9th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on November 12, 2000, in the city of Veracruz, Mexico. A total of 182 athletes, 121 men and 61 women, from 52 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.
Complete results were published.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Men | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 1:03:47 | Faustin Baha (TAN) | 1:03:48 | Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) | 1:03:50 |
| Women | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:09:07 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:09:40 | Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 1:10:24 |
| Team |||||||
| Team Men | Kenya | 3:11:38 | Ethiopia | 3:14:45 | Belgium | 3:18:35 |
| Team Women | Romania | 3:34:22 | Japan | 3:36:25 | Russia | 3:45:41 |

## Race Results
### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 1:03:47 | |
| | Faustin Baha | Tanzania | 1:03:48 | |
| | Tesfaye Jifar | Ethiopia | 1:03:50 | |
| 4 | Joseph Kimani | Kenya | 1:03:52 | |
| 5 | David Ruto | Kenya | 1:03:59 | |
| 6 | John Gwako | Kenya | 1:04:16 | |
| 7 | Zebedayo Bayo | Tanzania | 1:04:25 | |
| 8 | Óscar Fernández | Spain | 1:04:25 | |
| 9 | Marco Mazza | Italy | 1:04:26 | |
| 10 | Noureddine Betim | Algeria | 1:04:40 | |
| 11 | Toshiyuki Hayata | Japan | 1:04:55 | |
| 12 | Ibrahim Seid | Ethiopia | 1:05:19 | |
| 13 | Faustino Reynoso | Mexico | 1:05:34 | |
| 14 | Gemechu Kebede | Ethiopia | 1:05:36 | |
| 15 | Koen Allaert | Belgium | 1:05:41 | |
| 16 | Mohamed Awol | Ethiopia | 1:05:51 | |
| 17 | Clint Verran | United States | 1:05:56 | |
| 18 | Satoshi Irifune | Japan | 1:06:08 | |
| 19 | George Mofokeng | South Africa | 1:06:12 | |
| 20 | Bethuel Netshifhefhe | South Africa | 1:06:18 | |
| 21 | Guy Fays | Belgium | 1:06:21 | |
| 22 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 1:06:25 | |
| 23 | Diego Colorado | Colombia | 1:06:27 | |
| 24 | Christian Nemeth | Belgium | 1:06:33 | |
| 25 | João Lopes | Portugal | 1:06:33 | |
| 26 | José de Souza | Brazil | 1:06:37 | |
| 27 | El-Arbi Khattabi | Morocco | 1:06:43 | |
| 28 | Ronny Ligneel | Belgium | 1:06:49 | |
| 29 | Mohamed Serbouti | France | 1:07:01 | |
| 30 | Antonio Peña | Spain | 1:07:11 | |
| 31 | Fidencio Torres | Mexico | 1:07:15 | |
| 32 | Migidio Bourifa | Italy | 1:07:17 | |
| 33 | Mostafa Errebbah | Morocco | 1:07:19 | |
| 34 | Rachid Aït Bensalem | Morocco | 1:07:23 | |
| 35 | Janne Holmén | Finland | 1:07:32 | |
| 36 | Daniele Caimmi | Italy | 1:07:38 | |
| 37 | Andrew Letherby | Australia | 1:07:38 | |
| 38 | Jun Shida | Japan | 1:07:41 | |
| 39 | Herder Vázquez | Colombia | 1:07:55 | |
| 40 | Motsehi Moeketsane | South Africa | 1:07:58 | |
| 41 | Scott Westcott | Australia | 1:08:04 | |
| 42 | Stéphane Hannot | France | 1:08:08 | |
| 43 | Shaun Creighton | Australia | 1:08:12 | |
| 44 | Abdelhadi Habassa | Morocco | 1:08:16 | |
| 45 | Amar Dahbi | Algeria | 1:08:17 | |
| 46 | Andrés Espinosa | Mexico | 1:08:23 | |
| 47 | Dale Warrender | New Zealand | 1:08:31 | |
| 48 | Iván Sánchez | Spain | 1:08:36 | |
| 49 | Frédéric Collignon | Belgium | 1:08:45 | |
| 50 | Saïd Belhout | Algeria | 1:08:46 | |
| 51 | Zarislav Gapeyenko | Belarus | 1:08:57 | |
| 52 | Matthew Vaux-Harvey | Great Britain | 1:09:20 | |
| 53 | Denis Curzi | Italy | 1:09:36 | |
| 54 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho | 1:09:46 | PB |
| 55 | Alvaro Neuta | Colombia | 1:09:47 | |
| 56 | Teddy Mitchell | United States | 1:09:48 | |
| 57 | Todd Reeser | United States | 1:09:52 | |
| 58 | Johnny Loría | Costa Rica | 1:09:58 | |
| 59 | Ernest Ndjissipou | Central African Republic | 1:10:13 | |
| 60 | Abdel Krim Benzai | Algeria | 1:10:21 | |
| 61 | Brahim El-Ghazali | France | 1:10:33 | |
| 62 | Vladimir Tsyamchik | Belarus | 1:10:41 | |
| 63 | Siphesihle Mdluli | Swaziland | 1:10:43 | |
| 64 | Makhosonke Fika | South Africa | 1:11:08 | |
| 65 | Marco Antonio Condori | Bolivia | 1:11:21 | |
| 66 | Pat Carroll | Australia | 1:11:28 | |
| 67 | Ivica Škopac | Croatia | 1:11:40 | |
| 68 | Leonardo Guedes | Brazil | 1:11:49 | |
| 69 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 1:11:52 | |
| 70 | Nick Wetheridge | Great Britain | 1:12:00 | |
| 71 | Ronald Arias | El Salvador | 1:12:04 | |
| 72 | Jeff Campbell | United States | 1:12:06 | |
| 73 | Jiří Hnilička | Czech Republic | 1:12:23 | |
| 74 | Juan Ramos | Guatemala | 1:13:02 | |
| 75 | Elisvaldo de Carvalho | Brazil | 1:13:27 | |
| 76 | Drago Paripović | Croatia | 1:13:28 | |
| 77 | Simón Alvarado | Panama | 1:13:30 | |
| 78 | Percy Sephoda | Lesotho | 1:13:42 | |
| 79 | Andrey Gordeyev | Belarus | 1:13:52 | |
| 80 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 1:14:15 | |
| 81 | Nick Jones | Great Britain | 1:14:23 | |
| 82 | Tau Khotso | Lesotho | 1:14:54 | |
| 83 | Leonid Pykhteyev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:15:12 | |
| 84 | Edwin Medina | Puerto Rico | 1:15:25 | |
| 85 | Kim Reynierse | Aruba | 1:15:58 | |
| 86 | Tatsumi Morimasa | Japan | 1:16:19 | |
| 87 | Nedeljko Ravić | Croatia | 1:16:35 | |
| 88 | Gonzalo Iquite | Guatemala | 1:16:50 | |
| 89 | Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev | Turkmenistan | 1:17:04 | |
| 90 | Khalid Al-Estashi | Yemen | 1:17:11 | |
| 91 | Freddy Nystad | Aruba | 1:17:36 | |
| 92 | Lee Kar Lun | Hong Kong | 1:18:11 | |
| 93 | Khasan Rakhimov | Uzbekistan | 1:18:19 | |
| 94 | Mohamed Al-Khawlani | Yemen | 1:18:36 | |
| 95 | Vasiliy Medvedev | Uzbekistan | 1:19:40 | |
| 96 | Djamched Rasulov | Tajikistan | 1:20:04 | |
| 97 | Sergey Zabavskiy | Tajikistan | 1:22:25 | |
| 98 | Richard Rodriguez | Aruba | 1:24:32 | |
| 99 | Chokirjon Irmatov | Tajikistan | 1:30:35 | |
| 100 | Fouad Obad | Yemen | 2:55:54 |
| — | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria | DNF | |
| — | Vahagn Hovanesyan | Armenia | DNF | |
| — | Hayk Khojumyan | Armenia | DNF | |
| — | Alvin Ras | Aruba | DNF | |
| — | Marco Ivan Condori | Bolivia | DNF | |
| — | Israel dos Anjos | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Manuel Peñaherrera | Ecuador | DNF | |
| — | Néstor Quinapanta | Ecuador | DNF | |
| — | Abdellah Béhar | France | DNF | |
| — | Moulay Ali Ouadih | France | DNF | |
| — | Fermin Sequén | Guatemala | DNF | |
| — | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | DNF | |
| — | Philip Rugut | Kenya | DNF | |
| — | Denis Bagrev | Kyrgyzstan | DNF | |
| — | Arkadiy Tolstyn/Nikitin | Kyrgyzstan | DNF | |
| — | David Galván | Mexico | DNF | |
| — | Enrique Montiel | Mexico | DNF | |
| — | Joseph Nsengiyumya | Rwanda | DNF | |
| — | Aaron Gabonewe | South Africa | DNF | |
| — | Jerry Lawson | United States | DNF | |
| — | Yevgeniy Nujdin | Uzbekistan | DNF | |
| — | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | DNS | |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 1:09:07 |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 1:09:40 |
| | Lidia Șimon | Romania | 1:10:24 |
| 4 | Mizuki Noguchi | Japan | 1:11:11 |
| 5 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 1:11:33 |
| 6 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 1:11:52 |
| 7 | Cristina Pomacu | Romania | 1:12:06 |
| 8 | Yukiko Okamoto | Japan | 1:12:20 |
| 9 | Yasuko Hashimoto | Japan | 1:12:54 |
| 10 | Milena Glusac | United States | 1:13:53 |
| 11 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | Russia | 1:14:26 |
| 12 | Stine Larsen | Norway | 1:14:39 |
| 13 | Galina Aleksandrova | Russia | 1:15:02 |
| 14 | Selma dos Reis | Brazil | 1:15:16 |
| 15 | Wilma van Onna | Netherlands | 1:15:17 |
| 16 | Fumi Murata | Japan | 1:15:52 |
| 17 | Aster Demissie | Ethiopia | 1:15:52 |
| 18 | María Luisa Muñoz | Spain | 1:15:54 |
| 19 | Sarah Wilkinson | Great Britain | 1:15:55 |
| 20 | Abebe Tola | Ethiopia | 1:15:59 |
| 21 | Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | 1:16:01 |
| 22 | Zinaida Semyonova | Russia | 1:16:13 |
| 23 | Kristin Beaney | United States | 1:16:20 |
| 24 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 1:16:25 |
| 25 | Annemette Jensen | Denmark | 1:16:26 |
| 26 | Carlien Cornelissen | South Africa | 1:16:27 |
| 27 | Meseret Kotu | Ethiopia | 1:16:29 |
| 28 | Hafida Gadi-Richard | France | 1:16:45 |
| 29 | Shireen Crumpton | New Zealand | 1:16:48 |
| 30 | Silvia Skvortsova | Russia | 1:16:57 |
| 31 | Alina Tecuţă/Gherasim | Romania | 1:17:16 |
| 32 | Dorota Gruca-Giezek | Poland | 1:17:27 |
| 33 | Margaríta Tapía | Mexico | 1:17:34 |
| 34 | Jana Klimešová | Czech Republic | 1:18:06 |
| 35 | Shelly Steely | United States | 1:18:50 |
| 36 | Theresa du Toit | South Africa | 1:19:15 |
| 37 | Dulce María Rodríguez | Mexico | 1:19:23 |
| 38 | Sibongile Ngcongwane | South Africa | 1:19:44 |
| 39 | Leila Aman | Ethiopia | 1:19:49 |
| 40 | Liliana Merlo | Mexico | 1:19:58 |
| 41 | Nuta Olaru | Romania | 1:20:00 |
| 42 | Kelly Keeler | United States | 1:21:51 |
| 43 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | 1:22:33 |
| 44 | Nili Avramski | Israel | 1:22:58 |
| 45 | Andrea Green | Great Britain | 1:24:53 |
| 46 | Catherine Maapela | South Africa | 1:27:08 |
| 47 | Lourdes Cruz | Puerto Rico | 1:27:59 |
| 48 | Kristinka Marković | Croatia | 1:29:11 |
| 49 | Elsa Monterroso | Guatemala | 1:30:30 |
| 50 | Angelina Cornelio | Guatemala | 1:30:57 |
| 51 | Herlinda Xol | Guatemala | 1:32:09 |
| 52 | Tijana Pavičić | Croatia | 1:33:45 |
| 53 | Slavica Brčić | Croatia | 1:38:33 |
| 54 | Anna Markelova | Turkmenistan | 1:41:58 |
| — | Josiane Aboungono | Gabon | DNF |
| — | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Omara Loza | Nicaragua | DNF |
| — | Sandra Arroyo | Puerto Rico | DNF |
| — | Louisa Leballo | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Leyla Dzhumayeva | Turkmenistan | DNF |
| — | Kelly Cordell | United States | DNF |
| — | Wilma Guerra | Ecuador | DNS |

## Team Results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Kenya | Paul Tergat Joseph Kimani David Ruto | 3:11:38 |
| | Ethiopia | Tesfaye Jifar Ibrahim Seid Gemechu Kebede | 3:14:45 |
| | Belgium | Koen Allaert Guy Fays Christian Nemeth | 3:18:35 |
| 4 | Japan | Toshiyuki Hayata Satoshi Irifune Jun Shida | 3:18:44 |
| 5 | Italy | Marco Mazza Migidio Bourifa Daniele Caimmi | 3:19:21 |
| 6 | Spain | Óscar Fernández Antonio Peña Iván Sánchez | 3:20:12 |
| 7 | South Africa | George Mofokeng Bethuel Netshifhefhe Motsehi Moeketsane | 3:20:28 |
| 8 | Mexico | Faustino Reynoso Fidencio Torres Andrés Espinosa | 3:21:12 |
| 9 | Morocco | El-Arbi Khattabi Mostafa Errebbah Rachid Aït Bensalem | 3:21:25 |
| 10 | Algeria | Noureddine Betim Amar Dahbi Saïd Belhout | 3:21:43 |
| 11 | Australia | Andrew Letherby Scott Westcott Shaun Creighton | 3:23:54 |
| 12 | Colombia | Diego Colorado Herder Vázquez Alvaro Neuta | 3:24:09 |
| 13 | United States | Clint Verran Teddy Mitchell Todd Reeser | 3:25:36 |
| 14 | France | Mohamed Serbouti Stéphane Hannot Brahim El-Ghazali | 3:25:42 |
| 15 | Brazil | José de Souza Leonardo Guedes Elisvaldo de Carvalho | 3:31:53 |
| 16 | Belarus | Zarislav Gapeyenko Vladimir Tsyamchik Andrey Gordeyev | 3:33:30 |
| 17 | Great Britain | Matthew Vaux-Harvey Nick Wetheridge Nick Jones | 3:35:43 |
| 18 | Lesotho | Thabiso Moqhali Percy Sephoda Tau Khotso | 3:38:22 |
| 19 | Croatia | Ivica Škopac Drago Paripović Nedeljko Ravić | 3:41:43 |
| 20 | Aruba | Kim Reynierse Freddy Nystad Richard Rodriguez | 3:58:06 |
| 21 | Tajikistan | Djamched Rasulov Sergey Zabavskiy Chokirjon Irmatov | 4:13:04 |
| 22 | Yemen | Khalid Al-Estashi Mohamed Al-Khawlani Fouad Obad | 2:38:42 |
| — | Guatemala | Juan Ramos Gonzalo Iquite Fermin Sequén | DNF |
| — | Kyrgyzstan | Leonid Pykhteyev Denis Bagrev Arkadiy Tolstyn/Nikitin | DNF |
| — | Uzbekistan | Khasan Rakhimov Vasiliy Medvedev Yevgeniy Nujdin | DNF |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Romania | Lidia Șimon Mihaela Botezan Cristina Pomacu | 3:34:22 |
| | Japan | Mizuki Noguchi Yukiko Okamoto Yasuko Hashimoto | 3:36:25 |
| | Russia | Lidiya Grigoryeva Galina Aleksandrova Zinaida Semyonova | 3:45:41 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | Aster Demissie Abebe Tola Meseret Kotu | 3:48:20 |
| 5 | United States | Milena Glusac Kristin Beaney Shelly Steely | 3:49:03 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Paula Radcliffe Sarah Wilkinson Andrea Green | 3:49:55 |
| 7 | South Africa | Carlien Cornelissen Theresa du Toit Sibongile Ngcongwane | 3:55:26 |
| 8 | Mexico | Margaríta Tapía Dulce María Rodríguez Liliana Merlo | 3:56:55 |
| 9 | Guatemala | Elsa Monterroso Angelina Cornelio Herlinda Xol | 4:33:36 |
| 10 | Croatia | Kristinka Marković Tijana Pavičić Slavica Brčić | 4:41:29 |

## Participation

The participation of 182 athletes (121 men/61 women) from 52 countries is reported.
* Algeria (6)
* Armenia (2)
* Aruba (4)
* Australia (4)
* Belarus (3)
* Belgium (5)
* Bolivia (2)
* Brazil (5)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Colombia (3)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (6)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (2)
* Ecuador (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Ethiopia (8)
* Finland (2)
* France (6)
* Gabon (1)
* Guatemala (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (7)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Lesotho (3)
* Morocco (4)
* Mexico (9)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Norway (1)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (4)
* Rwanda (2)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Africa (10)
* Spain (5)
* Swaziland (1)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Tanzania (2)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (10)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Yemen (3)