# 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 14th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Edmonton, Canada on 1 October 2005. The competition was replaced by the World Road Running Championships in 2006 and 2007, but revived as IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2008.
A total of 156 athletes, 87 men and 69 women, from 43 countries took part. The four and a half lap course begins and ends in Hawrelak Park. 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 | Fabiano Joseph (TAN) | 1:01:08 | Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) | 1:01:09 | Yonas Kifle (ERI) | 1:01:13 |
| Women | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu (ROU) | 1:09:17 | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:10:19 | Susan Chepkemei (KEN) | 1:10:20 |
| Team |||||||
| Team Men | Ethiopia | 3:06:18 | Eritrea | 3:07:05 | Japan | 3:08:30 |
| Team Women | Romania | 3:31:00 | Russia | 3:33:05 | Japan | 3:35:42 |

## Race Results
### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Fabiano Joseph | Tanzania | 1:01:08 | |
| | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar | 1:01:09 | NR |
| | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 1:01:13 | |
| 4 | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 1:01:14 | |
| 5 | Abebe Dinkessa | Ethiopia | 1:01:53 | PB |
| 6 | John Yuda | Tanzania | 1:02:11 | |
| 7 | James Mwangi Macharia | Kenya | 1:02:25 | |
| 8 | Kazuo Ietani | Japan | 1:02:26 | |
| 9 | Yared Asmeron | Eritrea | 1:02:44 | |
| 10 | Norman Dlomo | South Africa | 1:02:45 | |
| 11 | Takayuki Matsumiya | Japan | 1:02:45 | |
| 12 | Tesfayohannes Mesfen | Eritrea | 1:03:08 | PB |
| 13 | Lishan Yegezu | Ethiopia | 1:03:11 | |
| 14 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 1:03:12 | |
| 15 | Ryan Shay | United States | 1:03:13 | |
| 16 | Paul Kimaiyo | Kenya | 1:03:17 | |
| 17 | Takanobu Otsubo | Japan | 1:03:19 | |
| 18 | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | 1:03:23 | |
| 19 | Sultan Khamis Zaman | Qatar | 1:03:31 | |
| 20 | Jason Hartmann | United States | 1:03:32 | |
| 21 | Julius Kibet | Kenya | 1:03:50 | |
| 22 | Antonio Peña | Spain | 1:03:52 | |
| 23 | Ahmed Jumaa Jaber | Qatar | 1:04:06 | PB |
| 24 | Yoshihiro Yamamoto | Japan | 1:04:15 | |
| 25 | Gilbert Okari | Kenya | 1:04:17 | |
| 26 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 1:04:21 | |
| 27 | Sylvester Moleko | South Africa | 1:04:33 | |
| 28 | Keenetse Moswasi | Botswana | 1:04:42 | |
| 29 | Julio César Pérez | Mexico | 1:04:49 | PB |
| 30 | Matt Downin | United States | 1:04:53 | |
| 31 | Jeffrey Gwebu | South Africa | 1:04:57 | |
| 32 | Fabio Mascheroni | Italy | 1:04:57 | |
| 33 | Jason Lehmkuhle | United States | 1:04:58 | |
| 34 | Odilón Cuahutle | Mexico | 1:04:59 | |
| 35 | Brett Cartwright | Australia | 1:05:10 | |
| 36 | José Souza | Brazil | 1:05:24 | PB |
| 37 | Fernando Rey | Spain | 1:05:28 | |
| 38 | Javier Cortés | Spain | 1:05:36 | |
| 39 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 1:05:58 | PB |
| 40 | Nicholas Kemboi | Qatar | 1:06:04 | |
| 41 | Toshihiro Iwasa | Japan | 1:06:14 | |
| 42 | Luis Collazo | Puerto Rico | 1:06:15 | |
| 43 | José Eloy | Brazil | 1:06:17 | |
| 44 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 1:06:19 | SB |
| 45 | Raúl Mora | Chile | 1:06:20 | |
| 46 | Carlos Jaramillo | Chile | 1:06:22 | |
| 47 | Matthew McInnes | Canada | 1:06:28 | SB |
| 48 | César Lam | Puerto Rico | 1:06:30 | |
| 49 | Mike Morgan | United States | 1:06:46 | |
| 50 | Ndabili Bashingili | Botswana | 1:06:47 | |
| 51 | Nicolas Kiprono | Uganda | 1:06:59 | |
| 52 | Andrew Smith | Canada | 1:07:23 | |
| 53 | Asaf Bimro | Israel | 1:07:46 | |
| 54 | Anuradha Cooray | Sri Lanka | 1:08:02 | |
| 55 | Miguel Ángel Gamonal | Spain | 1:08:09 | |
| 56 | Bat-Ochir Ser-Od | Mongolia | 1:08:12 | NR |
| 57 | James Kibet | Uganda | 1:08:36 | |
| 58 | Leonidas Rivadeneira | Chile | 1:08:52 | |
| 59 | Egide Manirakiza | Burundi | 1:09:19 | |
| 60 | Róbert Štefko | Czech Republic | 1:09:32 | |
| 61 | Mukat Derbe | Israel | 1:09:36 | |
| 62 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 1:09:56 | |
| 63 | Coolboy Ngamole | South Africa | 1:10:00 | |
| 64 | Ernest Ndjissipou | Central African Republic | 1:10:01 | |
| 65 | Linos Chintali | Zambia | 1:10:11 | |
| 66 | Mark Bomba | Canada | 1:10:39 | |
| 67 | Wodage Zvadya | Israel | 1:11:09 | |
| 68 | Ryan Day | Canada | 1:11:20 | |
| 69 | Frederic Burquier | French Polynesia | 1:11:30 | PB |
| 70 | Rupert Green | Jamaica | 1:12:59 | NR |
| 71 | Gregory McKenzie | Jamaica | 1:13:27 | PB |
| 72 | Marcel Tschopp | Liechtenstein | 1:13:57 | |
| 73 | Curtis Cox | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:14:52 | |
| 74 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 1:14:56 | |
| 75 | Andrew Gutzmore | Jamaica | 1:14:56 | PB |
| 76 | Fouly Salem | Egypt | 1:15:03 | |
| 77 | Richard Jones | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:17:30 | |
| 78 | Kun Sio Pan | Macau | 1:17:42 | |
| 79 | Lindson Lynch | Dominica | 1:18:09 | |
| 80 | Kani Simons | South Africa | 1:19:32 | |
| 81 | Michael Alexander | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:24:07 | |
| — | Elson Gracioli | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Jean-Paul Niyonsaba | Burundi | DNF | |
| — | Eric Quiros | Costa Rica | DNF | |
| — | El Hassan Lahssini | France | DNF | |
| — | Ali Al-Dawoodi | Qatar | DNF | |
| — | Alex Malinga | Uganda | DNF | |
| — | Roath Ban | Cambodia | DNS | |
| — | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | DNS | |
| — | Osama S. Mabrouk | Palestine | DNS | |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu | Romania | 1:09:17 | SB |
| | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 1:10:19 | SB |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 1:10:20 | |
| 4 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 1:10:34 | PB |
| 5 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 1:10:36 | SB |
| 6 | Madaí Pérez | Mexico | 1:10:37 | PB |
| 7 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | Russia | 1:11:01 | SB |
| 8 | Nuța Olaru | Romania | 1:11:07 | |
| 9 | Merima Hashim | Ethiopia | 1:11:09 | PB |
| 10 | Adriana Pirtea | Romania | 1:11:10 | |
| 11 | Irina Timofeyeva | Russia | 1:11:30 | |
| 12 | Terumi Asoshina | Japan | 1:11:45 | |
| 13 | Hiromi Ominami | Japan | 1:11:57 | |
| 14 | Yoko Yagi | Japan | 1:12:00 | |
| 15 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 1:12:12 | |
| 16 | Caroline Kilel | Kenya | 1:12:13 | SB |
| 17 | Akane Taira | Japan | 1:12:23 | |
| 18 | Mara Yamauchi | Great Britain | 1:12:40 | |
| 19 | Letay Nagash | Ethiopia | 1:12:43 | |
| 20 | Nina Rillstone | New Zealand | 1:13:03 | |
| 21 | Lioudmila Kortchaguina | Canada | 1:13:15 | |
| 22 | Sisay Measo | Ethiopia | 1:13:35 | PB |
| 23 | Deborah Toniolo | Italy | 1:13:36 | |
| 24 | Hayley Haining | Great Britain | 1:13:39 | |
| 25 | Susan Partridge | Great Britain | 1:13:49 | |
| 26 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 1:13:54 | |
| 27 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 1:14:01 | |
| 28 | Nicole Stevenson | Canada | 1:14:26 | |
| 29 | Anastasiya Padalinskaya | Belarus | 1:14:26 | PB |
| 30 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 1:14:27 | |
| 31 | Vincenza Sicari | Italy | 1:14:33 | |
| 32 | Lauren Shelley | Australia | 1:14:36 | |
| 33 | Tara Quinn-Smith | Canada | 1:14:58 | |
| 34 | Josephine Deemay | Tanzania | 1:15:07 | |
| 35 | Christelle Daunay | France | 1:15:27 | |
| 36 | Carmen Oliveras | France | 1:15:42 | |
| 37 | Ivana Iozzia | Italy | 1:15:46 | |
| 38 | Laura Turner | United States | 1:16:11 | |
| 39 | Tina Connelly | Canada | 1:16:12 | |
| 40 | María Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 1:16:12 | |
| 41 | Dolores Pulido | Spain | 1:16:19 | |
| 42 | Rosângela Faria | Brazil | 1:16:28 | |
| 43 | Jenny Spangler | United States | 1:16:41 | |
| 44 | Rosa Barbosa | Brazil | 1:16:48 | |
| 45 | María José Pueyo | Spain | 1:16:50 | |
| 46 | Stephanie Bylander | United States | 1:16:58 | |
| 47 | Yesenia Centeno | Spain | 1:17:48 | |
| 48 | Dorothy McMaham | United States | 1:18:44 | |
| 49 | Lisa Harvey | Canada | 1:19:03 | |
| 50 | Alla Zhilyayeva | Russia | 1:19:25 | |
| 51 | Marcella Mancini | Italy | 1:19:30 | |
| 52 | Debbie Robinson/Mason | Great Britain | 1:19:32 | |
| 53 | Michelle Lafleur | United States | 1:20:36 | |
| 54 | Lourdes Cruz | Puerto Rico | 1:22:04 | |
| 55 | Nili Avramski | Israel | 1:22:34 | |
| 56 | Feri Marince Subnafeu | Indonesia | 1:23:41 | NR |
| 57 | Yolanda Mercado | Puerto Rico | 1:25:09 | |
| 58 | Kerstin Mennenga | Liechtenstein | 1:25:29 | |
| 59 | Vivian Tang | Singapore | 1:26:50 | NR |
| 60 | Mable Chiwama | Zambia | 1:28:45 | |
| 61 | Tamica Thomas | Jamaica | 1:31:41 | NR |
| 62 | Merrecia James | Jamaica | 1:31:54 | PB |
| 63 | Chao Fong Leng | Macau | 1:35:08 | NR |
| 64 | Mona Mahmoud | Egypt | 1:36:55 | |
| — | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | DNF | |
| — | Zahia Dahmani | France | DNF | |
| — | Hafida Gadi-Richard | France | DNF | |
| — | Arieta Martin | Jamaica | DNF | |
| — | Salina Kosgei | Kenya | DNF | |
| — | Selenge Avdiigerel | Mongolia | DNS | |
| — | Zuleima Amaya | Venezuela | DNS | |

## Team Results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Ethiopia | Sileshi Sihine Abebe Dinkessa Lishan Yegezu | 3:06:18 |
| | Eritrea | Yonas Kifle Yared Asmeron Tesfayohannes Mesfen | 3:07:05 |
| | Japan | Kazuo Ietani Takayuki Matsumiya Takanobu Otsubo | 3:08:30 |
| 4 | Qatar | Mubarak Hassan Shami Sultan Khamis Zaman Ahmed Jumaa Jaber | 3:08:46 |
| 5 | Kenya | James Mwangi Macharia Paul Kimaiyo Julius Kibet | 3:09:32 |
| 6 | United States | Ryan Shay Jason Hartmann Matt Downin | 3:11:38 |
| 7 | South Africa | Norman Dlomo Sylvester Moleko Jeffrey Gwebu | 3:12:15 |
| 8 | Spain | Antonio Peña Fernando Rey Javier Cortés | 3:14:56 |
| 9 | Botswana | Keenetse Moswasi Kaelo Mosalagae Ndabili Bashingili | 3:17:27 |
| 10 | Uganda | Wilson Busienei Nicolas Kiprono James Kibet | 3:18:47 |
| 11 | Canada | Jeremy Deere Matthew McInnes Andrew Smith | 3:20:10 |
| 12 | Chile | Raúl Mora Carlos Jaramillo Leonidas Rivadeneira | 3:21:34 |
| 13 | Israel | Ayele Setegne Asaf Bimro Mukat Derbe | 3:21:43 |
| 14 | Jamaica | Rupert Green Gregory McKenzie Andrew Gutzmore | 3:41:22 |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | Curtis Cox Richard Jones Michael Alexander | 3:56:29 |
| — | Brazil | José Souza José Eloy Elson Gracioli | DNF |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Romania | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu Mihaela Botezan Nuța Olaru | 3:31:00 |
| | Russia | Galina Bogomolova Lidiya Grigoryeva Irina Timofeyeva | 3:33:05 |
| | Japan | Terumi Asoshina Hiromi Ominami Yoko Yagi | 3:35:42 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | Merima Hashim Derartu Tulu Letay Nagash | 3:36:04 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Mara Yamauchi Hayley Haining Susan Partridge | 3:40:08 |
| 6 | Canada | Lioudmila Kortchaguina Nicole Stevenson Tara Quinn-Smith | 3:42:39 |
| 7 | Italy | Deborah Toniolo Vincenza Sicari Ivana Iozzia | 3:43:55 |
| 8 | Spain | María Luisa Lárraga Dolores Pulido María José Pueyo | 3:49:21 |
| 9 | United States | Laura Turner Jenny Spangler Stephanie Bylander | 3:49:50 |
| — | France | Christelle Daunay Carmen Oliveras Zahia Dahmani | DNF |
| — | Jamaica | Tamica Thomas Merrecia James Arieta Martin | DNF |
| — | Kenya | Susan Chepkemei Caroline Kilel Salina Kosgei | DNF |

## Participation

The participation of 156 athletes (87 men/69 women) from 43 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from Cambodia, Palestine, and Venezuela did not show.
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (5)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (10)
* Chile (3)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominica (1)
* Egypt (2)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (9)
* France (5)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (5)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (9)
* Kenya (7)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macau (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Mongolia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Qatar (5)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (5)
* Singapore (1)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (8)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tanzania (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* Uganda (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (10)
* Zambia (2)