# 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships

The 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007. 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.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Men | Zersenay Tadesse (ERI) | 58:59 | Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) | 59:02 | Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot (KEN) | 59:05 |
| Women | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 1:06:25 | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (KEN) | 1:06:48 | Pamela Chepchumba (KEN) | 1:08:06 |
| Team |||||||
| Team Men | Kenya | 2:58:54 | Eritrea | 2:59:08 | Ethiopia | 3:01:15 |
| Team Women | Kenya | 3:23:33 | Ethiopia | 3:25:51 | Japan | 3:27:39 |

## Race results

Complete results were published for the men's race, the women's race, the men's team, and the women's team.

### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Zersenay Tadesse | Eritrea | 58:59 | CR |
| | Patrick Makau Musyoki | Kenya | 59:02 | |
| | Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot | Kenya | 59:05 | PB |
| 4 | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 59:16 | PB |
| 5 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 59:30 | PB |
| 6 | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda | 59:32 | NR |
| 7 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 59:33 | AR |
| 8 | Dickson Marwa | Tanzania | 1:00:24 | PB |
| 9 | Atsushi Sato | Japan | 1:00:25 | AR |
| 10 | Cuthbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe | 1:00:26 | NR |
| 11 | Fabiano Joseph | Tanzania | 1:00:27 | |
| 12 | Raji Assefa | Ethiopia | 1:00:31 | PB |
| 13 | Michael Tesfay | Eritrea | 1:00:39 | PB |
| 14 | Ali Dawoud Sedam | Qatar | 1:00:39 | NR |
| 15 | Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba | Kenya | 1:00:47 | SB |
| 16 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 1:00:52 | PB |
| 17 | Nicolas Kiprono | Uganda | 1:00:57 | NR |
| 18 | Tariku Jufar | Ethiopia | 1:01:28 | PB |
| 19 | Ezekiel Ngimba | Tanzania | 1:01:28 | PB |
| 20 | Pierre Joncheray | France | 1:01:36 | PB |
| 21 | Mohammed Abduh Bakhet | Qatar | 1:01:38 | |
| 22 | Kidane Gemechu | Ethiopia | 1:01:38 | PB |
| 23 | Günther Weidlinger | Austria | 1:01:42 | NR |
| 24 | Ahmed Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | 1:01:46 | PB |
| 25 | Samwel Kwaangu Shauri | Tanzania | 1:01:58 | PB |
| 26 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda | 1:01:59 | PB |
| 27 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 1:02:05 | |
| 28 | James Kibet | Uganda | 1:02:07 | PB |
| 29 | Ahmed Jumaa Jaber | Qatar | 1:02:08 | PB |
| 30 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan | 1:02:08 | PB |
| 31 | Ricardo Serrano | Spain | 1:02:09 | PB |
| 32 | Ruggero Pertile | Italy | 1:02:17 | PB |
| 33 | Kenji Noguchi | Japan | 1:02:20 | PB |
| 34 | Lusapho April | South Africa | 1:02:24 | SB |
| 35 | Fernando Rey | Spain | 1:02:26 | PB |
| 36 | Tewoldebrhan Mengisteab | Eritrea | 1:02:36 | |
| 37 | Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido | South Africa | 1:02:36 | PB |
| 38 | Gervais Hakizimana | Rwanda | 1:02:43 | PB |
| 39 | Clodoaldo da Silva | Brazil | 1:02:50 | PB |
| 40 | João de Lima | Brazil | 1:02:51 | PB |
| 41 | Daniele Caimmi | Italy | 1:02:57 | SB |
| 42 | Juan Carlos Romero | Mexico | 1:03:20 | PB |
| 43 | Isaac Kiprop | Uganda | 1:03:20 | |
| 44 | Keenetse Moswasi | Botswana | 1:03:21 | PB |
| 45 | Francis Larabal | Kenya | 1:03:22 | |
| 46 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Russia | 1:03:22 | |
| 47 | Anatoliy Rybakov | Russia | 1:03:23 | PB |
| 48 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland | 1:03:24 | PB |
| 49 | Giovanni Ruggiero | Italy | 1:03:25 | SB |
| 50 | Jesse Stroobants | Belgium | 1:03:29 | |
| 51 | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 1:03:31 | |
| 52 | Olebogeng Masire | South Africa | 1:03:32 | PB |
| 53 | Moustafa Ahmed Shebto | Qatar | 1:03:33 | |
| 54 | Tetsuo Nishimura | Japan | 1:03:41 | |
| 55 | Aguelmis Rojas | Cuba | 1:03:48 | |
| 56 | Ottaviano Andriani | Italy | 1:03:54 | SB |
| 57 | Thabiso Moeng | South Africa | 1:04:02 | PB |
| 58 | Eshetu Gezhagne | Ethiopia | 1:04:04 | |
| 59 | Diego Colorado | Colombia | 1:04:18 | SB |
| 60 | Sergey Yemelyanov | Russia | 1:04:30 | |
| 61 | Martin Pröll | Austria | 1:04:32 | PB |
| 62 | Giomar da Silva | Brazil | 1:04:34 | |
| 63 | José de Souza | Brazil | 1:04:35 | SB |
| 64 | Francisco Bautista | Mexico | 1:04:40 | PB |
| 65 | Markus Hohenwarter | Austria | 1:04:45 | PB |
| 66 | Jan Simons | South Africa | 1:05:38 | |
| 67 | Ernesto Zamora | Uruguay | 1:06:00 | PB |
| 68 | Giovanny Amador | Colombia | 1:06:07 | PB |
| 69 | Christian Pflügl | Austria | 1:06:26 | PB |
| 70 | Julio Rey | Spain | 1:06:29 | |
| 71 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 1:06:57 | SB |
| 72 | Edwin Romero | Colombia | 1:08:00 | PB |
| 73 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 1:08:22 | SB |
| 74 | Robert Lugo | Venezuela | 1:08:22 | |
| 75 | Richard Jones | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:10:17 | |
| 76 | Christophe Yahiri | Ivory Coast | 1:11:23 | |
| 77 | Perhat Annagylyjov | Turkmenistan | 1:13:24 | |
| 78 | Curtis Cox | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:14:51 | PB |
| 79 | Jules La Rode | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:14:52 | PB |
| — | Mokhtar Benhari | France | DNF | |
| — | Denis Curzi | Italy | DNF | |
| — | Jean-Marie Kouakou | Ivory Coast | DNF | |
| — | José Francisco Chaves | Costa Rica | DNS |
| — | Mahmoud Abuattaya | Palestine | DNS |
| — | Abdinasir Said Ibrahim | Somalia | DNS |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 1:06:25 | WR |
| | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany | Kenya | 1:06:48 | NR |
| | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 1:08:06 | PB |
| 4 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 1:08:07 | NR |
| 5 | Atsede Habtamu | Ethiopia | 1:08:29 | |
| 6 | Everline Kimwei | Kenya | 1:08:39 | PB |
| 7 | Chisato Osaki | Japan | 1:08:56 | PB |
| 8 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 1:09:01 | PB |
| 9 | Alice Timbilil | Kenya | 1:09:09 | |
| 10 | Alina Tecuţă/Gherasim | Romania | 1:09:14 | SB |
| 11 | Atsede Baysa | Ethiopia | 1:09:15 | PB |
| 12 | Akane Taira | Japan | 1:09:17 | PB |
| 13 | Yoshimi Ozaki | Japan | 1:09:26 | PB |
| 14 | Irina Timofeyeva | Russia | 1:09:29 | PB |
| 15 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 1:09:32 | PB |
| 16 | Deena Kastor | United States | 1:09:38 | |
| 17 | Olga Glok | Russia | 1:09:58 | PB |
| 18 | Lidia Șimon | Romania | 1:10:08 | SB |
| 19 | Genet Getaneh | Ethiopia | 1:10:30 | |
| 20 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary | 1:10:53 | PB |
| 21 | Furtuna Zegergish | Eritrea | 1:11:03 | NR |
| 22 | Christelle Daunay | France | 1:11:05 | PB |
| 23 | Anna Incerti | Italy | 1:11:09 | SB |
| 24 | Vincenza Sicari | Italy | 1:11:12 | PB |
| 25 | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 1:11:35 | |
| 26 | Yuko Machida | Japan | 1:11:55 | SB |
| 27 | Katie McGregor | United States | 1:12:01 | |
| 28 | Daniela Cârlan | Romania | 1:12:14 | |
| 29 | Selma Borst | Netherlands | 1:12:41 | SB |
| 30 | Claudia Pinna | Italy | 1:12:44 | PB |
| 31 | Angeline Nyiransabimana | Rwanda | 1:12:44 | NR |
| 32 | Tara Storage | United States | 1:12:47 | PB |
| 33 | Lisa Weightman | Australia | 1:12:53 | |
| 34 | Desireé Davila | United States | 1:12:54 | |
| 35 | Karina Pérez | Mexico | 1:12:55 | PB |
| 36 | Luciah Kimani | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:12:55 | NR |
| 37 | Paula Todoran | Romania | 1:12:59 | |
| 38 | Renate Rungger | Italy | 1:13:10 | |
| 39 | Yurika Nakamura | Japan | 1:13:13 | |
| 40 | Michelle Ross-Cope | Great Britain | 1:13:45 | |
| 41 | Ednalva da Silva | Brazil | 1:14:23 | |
| 42 | Bertha Sánchez | Colombia | 1:14:40 | SB |
| 43 | Anke Van Campen | Belgium | 1:14:40 | PB |
| 44 | Petra Kamínková/Drajzajtlová | Czech Republic | 1:14:47 | |
| 45 | Paula Apolonio | Mexico | 1:15:00 | PB |
| 46 | Magdaliní Gazéa | Greece | 1:15:17 | PB |
| 47 | Carmen Oliveras | France | 1:15:27 | |
| 48 | Lucélia Peres | Brazil | 1:15:39 | |
| 49 | Wendy Nicholls/Jones | Great Britain | 1:16:54 | |
| 50 | Épiphanie Nyirabaramé | Rwanda | 1:17:14 | PB |
| 51 | Norelys Lugo | Venezuela | 1:17:48 | |
| 52 | Martha Ronceria | Colombia | 1:18:18 | |
| 53 | Lina Arias | Colombia | 1:20:16 | |
| 54 | Shermin La Saldo | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:25:37 | NR |
| 55 | Marisol Redón | Uruguay | 1:26:47 | |
| 56 | Christine Regis | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:28:50 | |
| — | Mariana Carpine | DR Congo | DNF | |
| — | Louise Damen | Great Britain | DNF | |
| — | Fatna Maraoui | Italy | DNF | |
| — | Leyla Dzhumayeva | Turkmenistan | DNF | |
| — | Alicia Shay | United States | DNF | |
| — | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | DQ | $^†$ |
| — | Sandrine Menguee Zambo | Cameroon | DNS |
$^†$: Susan Chepkemei from Kenya did not finish since she tested positive for Salbutamol and was disqualified.

## Team results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Kenya | Patrick Makau Musyoki Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot Robert Kipchumba | 2:58:54 |
| | Eritrea | Zersenay Tadesse Yonas Kifle Michael Tesfay | 2:59:08 |
| | Ethiopia | Deriba Merga Raji Assefa Tariku Jufar | 3:01:15 |
| 4 | Tanzania | Dickson Marwa Fabiano Joseph Ezekiel Ngimba | 3:02:19 |
| 5 | Qatar | Ali Dawoud Sedam Mohammed Abduh Bakhet Ahmed Hassan Abdullah | 3:04:03 |
| 6 | Rwanda | Dieudonné Disi Sylvain Rukundo Gervais Hakizimana | 3:04:14 |
| 7 | Japan | Atsushi Sato Kazuhiro Maeda Kenji Noguchi | 3:04:53 |
| 8 | Uganda | Nicolas Kiprono Wilson Busienei James Kibet | 3:05:09 |
| 9 | Brazil | Marilson dos Santos Clodoaldo da Silva João de Lima | 3:05:14 |
| 10 | South Africa | Lusapho April Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido Olebogeng Masire | 3:08:32 |
| 11 | Italy | Ruggero Pertile Daniele Caimmi Giovanni Ruggiero | 3:08:39 |
| 12 | Austria | Günther Weidlinger Martin Pröll Markus Hohenwarter | 3:10:59 |
| 13 | Spain | Ricardo Serrano Fernando Rey Julio Rey | 3:11:04 |
| 14 | Russia | Yevgeniy Rybakov Anatoliy Rybakov Sergey Yemelyanov | 3:11:15 |
| 15 | Colombia | Diego Colorado Giovanny Amador Edwin Romero | 3:18:25 |
| 16 | Botswana | Keenetse Moswasi Kaelo Mosalagae Kabo Gabaseme | 3:18:40 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | Richard Jones Curtis Cox Jules La Rode | 3:40:00 |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Kenya | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Pamela Chepchumba Everline Kimwei | 3:23:33 |
| | Ethiopia | Bezunesh Bekele Atsede Habtamu Atsede Baysa | 3:25:51 |
| | Japan | Chisato Osaki Akane Taira Yoshimi Ozaki | 3:27:39 |
| 4 | Romania | Luminița Talpoș Alina Tecuţă/Gherasim Lidia Șimon | 3:28:23 |
| 5 | Russia | Irina Timofeyeva Alina Ivanova Olga Glok | 3:28:59 |
| 6 | United States | Deena Kastor Katie McGregor Tara Storage | 3:34:26 |
| 7 | Italy | Anna Incerti Vincenza Sicari Claudia Pinna | 3:35:05 |
| 8 | Colombia | Bertha Sánchez Martha Ronceria Lina Arias | 3:53:14 |
| — | Great Britain | Michelle Ross-Cope Wendy Nicholls/Jones Louise Damen | DNF |

## Participation

The participation of 144 athletes (82 men/62 women) from 37 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from Cameroon, Costa Rica, Palestine, and Somalia did not show.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (4)
* Belgium (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (7)
* Colombia (6)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Eritrea (6)
* Ethiopia (9)
* Finland (1)
* France (4)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (10)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Japan (9)
* Kenya (10)
* Mexico (4)
* Netherlands (2)
* Qatar (5)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (7)
* Rwanda (5)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (3)
* Tanzania (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (5)
* Uganda (4)
* United Kingdom (3)
* United States (5)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)