# 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 12th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on October 4, 2003 in Vilamoura, Portugal. A total of 171 athletes, 98 men and 73 women, from 49 countries took part. 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 | Martin Lel (KEN) | 1:00:49 | Fabiano Joseph (TAN) | 1:00:52 | Martin Sulle (TAN) | 1:00:56 |
| Women | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 1:07:35 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 1:09:02 | Benita Johnson (AUS) | 1:09:26 |
| Team |||||||
| Team Men | Tanzania | 3:03:01 | Kenya | 3:03:09 | Ethiopia | 3:07:34 |
| Team Women | Russia | 3:30:16 | Japan | 3:34:23 | Romania | 3:35:07 |

## Race results
### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Martin Lel | Kenya | 1:00:49 | PB |
| | Fabiano Joseph | Tanzania | 1:00:52 | PB |
| | Martin Sulle | Tanzania | 1:00:56 | PB |
| 4 | John Cheruiyot Korir | Kenya | 1:01:02 | |
| 5 | John Yuda | Tanzania | 1:01:13 | |
| 6 | Yusuf Songoka | Kenya | 1:01:18 | |
| 7 | Zersenay Tadesse | Eritrea | 1:01:26 | PB |
| 8 | Jackson Koech | Kenya | 1:01:28 | PB |
| 9 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia | 1:01:35 | |
| 10 | Ridouane Harroufi | Morocco | 1:02:46 | |
| 11 | Dereje Adere | Ethiopia | 1:02:47 | |
| 12 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 1:02:59 | |
| 13 | Paulo Gomes | Portugal | 1:03:00 | PB |
| 14 | Kazuyuki Maeda | Japan | 1:03:07 | |
| 15 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 1:03:08 | |
| 16 | Mesfin Hailu | Ethiopia | 1:03:12 | |
| 17 | Tariku Jufar | Ethiopia | 1:03:23 | |
| 18 | Rachid Aït Bensalem | Morocco | 1:03:37 | |
| 19 | Abdelghani Lahlali | France | 1:03:37 | |
| 20 | Oscar Fernández | Spain | 1:03:41 | |
| 21 | Alex Malinga | Uganda | 1:03:41 | PB |
| 22 | Saïd Belhout | Algeria | 1:03:48 | PB |
| 23 | Tekle Menghisteab | Eritrea | 1:03:49 | |
| 24 | Ignacio Cáceres | Spain | 1:03:52 | SB |
| 25 | Brian Sell | United States | 1:03:53 | PB |
| 26 | Mostafa Errebbah | Italy | 1:03:54 | |
| 27 | Rachid El-Ghanmouni | Morocco | 1:04:00 | |
| 28 | Tarik Bouzid | France | 1:04:01 | |
| 29 | Tesfayohannes Mesfen | Eritrea | 1:04:10 | PB |
| 30 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 1:04:14 | |
| 31 | Mohamed Serbouti | France | 1:04:17 | |
| 32 | Toshinari Suwa | Japan | 1:04:18 | |
| 33 | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | 1:04:19 | |
| 34 | Ottaviano Andriani | Italy | 1:04:23 | |
| 35 | Sergio Chiesa | Italy | 1:04:34 | |
| 36 | Odilón Cuahutle | Mexico | 1:04:41 | |
| 37 | Masahiko Takeyasu | Japan | 1:04:46 | |
| 38 | José Dias | Portugal | 1:04:48 | |
| 39 | Rik Ceulemans | Belgium | 1:04:50 | |
| 40 | Wataru Okutani | Japan | 1:04:51 | |
| 41 | Joachim Nshimirimana | Burundi | 1:04:54 | |
| 42 | Said Hank | Algeria | 1:04:55 | |
| 43 | Martin Toroitich | Uganda | 1:04:57 | |
| 44 | Eduardo Rojas | Mexico | 1:05:17 | |
| 45 | Iván Sánchez | Spain | 1:05:20 | SB |
| 46 | Karl Rasmussen | Norway | 1:05:22 | |
| 47 | Kamal Kohil | Algeria | 1:05:48 | |
| 48 | Francesco Ingargiola | Italy | 1:05:53 | |
| 49 | Scott Westcott | Australia | 1:05:57 | |
| 50 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 1:05:59 | |
| 51 | Teren Jameson | United States | 1:06:08 | |
| 52 | José Alejandro Semprún | Venezuela | 1:06:21 | |
| 53 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador | 1:06:23 | |
| 54 | Fabio Rinaldi | Italy | 1:06:26 | |
| 55 | Mark Tucker | Australia | 1:06:28 | |
| 56 | Cian McLoughlin | Ireland | 1:06:48 | |
| 57 | Rachid Boulenouar | Algeria | 1:07:04 | |
| 58 | Claes Nyberg | Sweden | 1:07:12 | |
| 59 | Wim Borms | Belgium | 1:07:18 | |
| 60 | Scott Strand | United States | 1:07:32 | |
| 61 | Pedro Mora | Venezuela | 1:07:39 | |
| 62 | Christian Nemeth | Belgium | 1:07:50 | |
| 63 | Francis Yiga | Uganda | 1:07:51 | |
| 64 | Jesús Primo | Mexico | 1:08:02 | |
| 65 | Sun Wenli | China | 1:08:19 | |
| 66 | Zheng Kai | China | 1:09:06 | |
| 67 | Paulo Catarino | Portugal | 1:09:08 | |
| 68 | Ivica Škopac | Croatia | 1:09:11 | |
| 69 | Francisco Roldán | Ecuador | 1:09:42 | |
| 70 | António Zeferino | Cape Verde | 1:09:45 | |
| 71 | Augusto Gomes | France | 1:09:49 | |
| 72 | John Buhagiar | Malta | 1:11:04 | NR |
| 73 | Wang Xiangfeng | China | 1:11:26 | |
| 74 | Polibio Méndez | Ecuador | 1:11:31 | |
| 75 | César Condori | Bolivia | 1:11:36 | |
| 76 | Appachu Chinnappa | India | 1:11:36 | |
| 77 | Kennady Chinna Ramu | India | 1:11:42 | |
| 78 | Artyom Tetenkin | Kyrgyzstan | 1:11:47 | |
| 79 | Matt Thull | United States | 1:12:26 | |
| 80 | Pablo Gardiol | Uruguay | 1:12:32 | |
| 81 | Alexei Scutaru | Moldova | 1:12:53 | |
| 82 | Charles Cilia | Malta | 1:13:03 | |
| 83 | Sechaba Bohosi | Lesotho | 1:15:44 | |
| 84 | Que Yin Tik | Hong Kong | 1:17:57 | |
| 85 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 1:21:55 | NR |
| 86 | Mok Bon Thouen | Cambodia | 1:25:46 | |
| — | José Alberto Montenegro | Argentina | DNF | |
| — | William Amorin | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Buenaventura Yanez | Equatorial Guinea | DNF | |
| — | Richard Muscat | Gibraltar | DNF | |
| — | Michael Sánchez | Gibraltar | DNF | |
| — | Shashi Prakash | India | DNF | |
| — | Lok Wai Kin | Macau | DNF | |
| — | Mohamed El-Hattab | Morocco | DNF | |
| — | Luís Jesús | Portugal | DNF | |
| — | Manuel Magalhães | Portugal | DNF | |
| — | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | DNF | |
| — | Ryan Kirkpatrick | United States | DNF | |
| — | Clotairs Ngoma | Congo | DNS | |
| — | Sydney Pioh | Congo | DNS | |
| — | Kenta Oshima | Japan | DNS | |
| — | Paul Kiprop Kirui | Kenya | DNS | |
| — | Jafred Lorone | Uganda | DNS | |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 1:07:35 | |
| | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 1:09:02 | |
| | Benita Johnson | Australia | 1:09:26 | |
| 4 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | Russia | 1:09:32 | PB |
| 5 | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu | Romania | 1:10:05 | |
| 6 | Alla Zhilyayeva | Russia | 1:10:13 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Biktasheva | Russia | 1:10:31 | PB |
| 8 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 1:10:35 | |
| 9 | Mikie Takanaka | Japan | 1:10:36 | |
| 10 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 1:10:59 | PB |
| 11 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 1:11:17 | |
| 12 | Sylvia Mosqueda | United States | 1:11:22 | |
| 13 | Takako Kotorida | Japan | 1:11:37 | |
| 14 | Yesenia Centeno | Spain | 1:11:53 | |
| 15 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 1:12:02 | |
| 16 | Risa Hagiwara | Japan | 1:12:10 | |
| 17 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 1:12:12 | |
| 18 | Corinne Raux | France | 1:12:17 | |
| 19 | Yumiko Hara | Japan | 1:12:21 | |
| 20 | Bruna Genovese | Italy | 1:12:38 | PB |
| 21 | Teyba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 1:12:43 | |
| 22 | Malika Asahssah | Morocco | 1:12:49 | |
| 23 | Nuta Olaru | Romania | 1:13:00 | |
| 24 | Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel | France | 1:13:34 | SB |
| 25 | Teresa Récio | Spain | 1:13:42 | PB |
| 26 | Beatriz Santíago | Spain | 1:13:44 | |
| 27 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 1:13:45 | PB |
| 28 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 1:13:47 | SB |
| 29 | Rosaria Console | Italy | 1:13:54 | |
| 30 | Kan Yongying | China | 1:13:56 | |
| 31 | Kenza Wahbi | Morocco | 1:14:05 | |
| 32 | Anna Incerti | Italy | 1:14:08 | |
| 33 | Christelle Daunay | France | 1:14:11 | |
| 34 | Kathy Butler | Great Britain | 1:14:17 | |
| 35 | Magdeline Chemjor | Kenya | 1:14:42 | |
| 36 | Derebe Alemu | Ethiopia | 1:14:52 | |
| 37 | Hayley Yelling | Great Britain | 1:14:52 | |
| 38 | Nebiat Habtemariam | Eritrea | 1:14:54 | PB |
| 39 | Souad Aït Salem | Algeria | 1:15:07 | PB |
| 40 | Magdalena Lewy | United States | 1:15:20 | |
| 41 | Salina Kosgei | Kenya | 1:15:41 | |
| 42 | Debbie Robinson/Mason | Great Britain | 1:16:08 | |
| 43 | Noémie Flotté | France | 1:16:28 | |
| 44 | Bev Jenkins | Great Britain | 1:16:37 | |
| 45 | Patrizia Ritondo | Italy | 1:16:49 | |
| 46 | Elisabete Lopes | Portugal | 1:16:58 | PB |
| 47 | Ashu Kasim | Ethiopia | 1:17:29 | |
| 48 | Christine Clifton | United States | 1:17:40 | |
| 49 | Bouchra Chaabi | Morocco | 1:17:45 | |
| 50 | Analídia Torre | Portugal | 1:17:48 | |
| 51 | Fernanda Miranda | Portugal | 1:17:49 | |
| 52 | Sara Wells | United States | 1:18:03 | |
| 53 | Marily dos Santos | Brazil | 1:18:18 | |
| 54 | Sisay Measo | Ethiopia | 1:19:13 | |
| 55 | Liu Lixia | China | 1:19:32 | |
| 56 | Nathalie Loubelle | Belgium | 1:21:23 | |
| 57 | Tatyana Belkina | Belarus | 1:21:55 | |
| 58 | Pushpa Devi | India | 1:22:19 | |
| 59 | Sonia Lopes | Cape Verde | 1:24:59 | |
| 60 | Sylvie Mulle | Belgium | 1:25:51 | |
| 61 | Sarbjett Kaur | India | 1:26:08 | PB |
| 62 | Mamokete Lechela | Lesotho | 1:27:01 | |
| 63 | Merceditas Cuevas | Uruguay | 1:27:12 | |
| 64 | Giselle Camilleri | Malta | 1:27:41 | |
| 65 | Lidija Rajčić | Croatia | 1:28:04 | |
| 66 | Moleboheng Mafata | Lesotho | 1:29:05 | |
| 67 | Hidangmayum Devi | India | 1:30:14 | |
| 68 | Olesia Orlova | Kyrgyzstan | 1:37:40 | |
| — | Luminita Zaituc | Germany | DNF | |
| — | Zhor El-Kamch | Morocco | DNF | |
| — | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | DNF | |
| — | Iulia Olteanu/Negura | Romania | DNF | |
| — | Marla Runyan | United States | DNF | |
| — | Ida Brunelle Kiyindou | Congo | DNS | |
| — | Katie Bayock | Cameroon | DNS | |
| — | Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai | Kenya | DNS | |

## Team results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Tanzania | Fabiano Joseph Martin Sulle John Yuda | 3:03:01 |
| | Kenya | Martin Lel John Cheruiyot Korir Yusuf Songoka | 3:03:09 |
| | Ethiopia | Tesfaye Tola Dereje Adere Mesfin Hailu | 3:07:34 |
| 4 | Morocco | Ridouane Harroufi Abderrahim Goumri Rachid Aït Bensalem | 3:09:22 |
| 5 | Eritrea | Zersenay Tadesse Tekle Menghisteab Tesfayohannes Mesfen | 3:09:25 |
| 6 | Uganda | Wilson Busienei Alex Malinga Martin Toroitich | 3:11:46 |
| 7 | France | Abdelghani Lahlali Tarik Bouzid Mohamed Serbouti | 3:11:55 |
| 8 | Japan | Kazuyuki Maeda Toshinari Suwa Masahiko Takeyasu | 3:12:11 |
| 9 | Italy | Mostafa Errebbah Ottaviano Andriani Sergio Chiesa | 3:12:51 |
| 10 | Spain | Oscar Fernández Ignacio Cáceres Iván Sánchez | 3:12:53 |
| 11 | Algeria | Saïd Belhout Said Hank Kamal Kohil | 3:14:31 |
| 12 | Portugal | Paulo Gomes José Dias Paulo Catarino | 3:16:56 |
| 13 | United States | Brian Sell Teren Jameson Scott Strand | 3:17:33 |
| 14 | Mexico | Odilón Cuahutle Eduardo Rojas Jesús Primo | 3:18:00 |
| 15 | Belgium | Rik Ceulemans Wim Borms Christian Nemeth | 3:19:58 |
| 16 | Ecuador | Franklin Tenorio Francisco Roldán Polibio Méndez | 3:27:36 |
| 17 | China | Sun Wenli Zheng Kai Wang Xiangfeng | 3:28:51 |
| — | India | Appachu Chinnappa Kennady Chinna Ramu Shashi Prakash | DNF |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Russia | Lidiya Grigoryeva Alla Zhilyayeva Lyudmila Biktasheva | 3:30:16 |
| | Japan | Mikie Takanaka Takako Kotorida Risa Hagiwara | 3:34:23 |
| | Romania | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu Luminița Talpoș Nuta Olaru | 3:35:07 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | Berhane Adere Teyba Erkesso Derebe Alemu | 3:36:37 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Paula Radcliffe Kathy Butler Hayley Yelling | 3:36:44 |
| 6 | Spain | Yesenia Centeno Teresa Récio Beatriz Santíago | 3:39:19 |
| 7 | France | Corinne Raux Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel Christelle Daunay | 3:40:02 |
| 8 | Italy | Bruna Genovese Rosaria Console Anna Incerti | 3:40:40 |
| 9 | Kenya | Susan Chepkemei Magdeline Chemjor Salina Kosgei | 3:40:58 |
| 10 | United States | Sylvia Mosqueda Magdalena Lewy Christine Clifton | 3:44:22 |
| 11 | Morocco | Malika Asahssah Kenza Wahbi Bouchra Chaabi | 3:44:39 |
| 12 | Portugal | Elisabete Lopes Analídia Torre Fernanda Miranda | 3:52:35 |
| 13 | India | Pushpa Devi Sarbjett Kaur Hidangmayum Devi | 4:18:41 |

## Participation

The participation of 171 athletes (98 men/73 women) from 49 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from Cameroon and Republic of the Congo did not show.
* Algeria (5)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (3)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (5)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Burundi (1)
* Cambodia (1)
* Cape Verde (2)
* China (5)
* Croatia (2)
* Ecuador (3)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (10)
* Finland (1)
* France (8)
* Germany (1)
* Gibraltar (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (6)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (8)
* Kenya (7)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Lesotho (3)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macau (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Malta (3)
* Moldova (1)
* Morocco (9)
* Mexico (3)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (8)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (5)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Tanzania (3)
* Uganda (4)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (10)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (2)