# 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on 3 October 2004 in New Delhi, India. A total of 152 athletes, 91 men and 61 women, from 55 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.
The competition also incorporated the 1st Asian Half Marathon Championships. Abdullah Ahmed Hassan of Qatar and Sun Yingjie of China were the inaugural winners. The tournament has not been held since, however.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual |||||||
| Men | Paul Kirui (KEN) | 1:02:15 | Fabiano Joseph (TAN) | 1:02:31 | Ahmed Hassan Abdullah (QAT) | 1:02:36 |
| Women | Sun Yingjie (CHN) | 1:08:40 | Lydia Cheromei (KEN) | 1:09:00 | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu (ROU) | 1:09:07 |
| Team |||||||
| Team Men | Kenya | 3:07:55 | Ethiopia | 3:08:37 | Uganda | 3:13:48 |
| Team Women | Ethiopia | 3:36:00 | Romania | 3:36:08 | Russia | 3:38:21 |

## Race results
### Men's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paul Kirui | Kenya | 1:02:15 | |
| | Fabiano Joseph | Tanzania | 1:02:31 | |
| | Ahmed Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | 1:02:36 | NR |
| 4 | John Cheruiyot Korir | Kenya | 1:02:38 | |
| 5 | Solomon Tsige | Ethiopia | 1:02:42 | |
| 6 | Alene Emere | Ethiopia | 1:02:52 | |
| 7 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 1:02:55 | PB |
| 8 | Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei | Kenya | 1:03:02 | |
| 9 | Berhanu Addane | Ethiopia | 1:03:03 | |
| 10 | Abebe Dinkessa | Ethiopia | 1:04:06 | |
| 11 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 1:04:19 | |
| 12 | Ayele Setegne | Israel | 1:04:41 | |
| 13 | Martin Toroitich | Uganda | 1:04:48 | SB |
| 14 | Yukinobu Nakazaki | Japan | 1:04:48 | |
| 15 | Samson Kiflemariam | Eritrea | 1:05:00 | PB |
| 16 | Yoshinori Oda | Japan | 1:05:03 | |
| 17 | Terumasa Okamura | Japan | 1:05:19 | |
| 18 | Justin Young | United States | 1:05:33 | |
| 19 | Aziz Driouche | Morocco | 1:05:41 | |
| 20 | Lewis Masunda | Zimbabwe | 1:05:42 | |
| 21 | Tesfayohannes Mesfen | Eritrea | 1:05:45 | |
| 22 | Fernando Rey | Spain | 1:05:51 | |
| 23 | Moulay Ali Ouadih | France | 1:05:59 | |
| 24 | Larbi Zéroual | France | 1:06:01 | |
| 25 | Yevgeniy Rybakov | Russia | 1:06:02 | |
| 26 | Gabalebe Moloko | Botswana | 1:06:04 | |
| 27 | Joseph Nsubuga | Uganda | 1:06:05 | SB |
| 28 | Stephen Rogart | Tanzania | 1:06:11 | |
| 29 | Masatoshi Ibata | Japan | 1:06:25 | |
| 30 | Jumah Al-Noor | Qatar | 1:06:42 | |
| 31 | Jeroen van Damme | Netherlands | 1:06:52 | |
| 32 | Víctor Morente | Spain | 1:06:56 | |
| 33 | Leonid Shvetsov | Russia | 1:06:58 | |
| 34 | Rachid El-Ghanmouni | Morocco | 1:07:01 | |
| 35 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | Russia | 1:07:05 | |
| 36 | Eliphas Maiyo | Uganda | 1:07:12 | |
| 37 | Mohamed Serbouti | France | 1:07:24 | |
| 38 | Magnus Michelsson | Australia | 1:07:41 | |
| 39 | Yared Asmeron | Eritrea | 1:07:48 | |
| 40 | Hakim Bagy | France | 1:07:49 | |
| 41 | Carlos Jaramillo | Chile | 1:07:51 | |
| 42 | Nandana Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | 1:08:00 | |
| 43 | Foaad Abubaker | Qatar | 1:08:13 | |
| 44 | Ajith Bandara | Sri Lanka | 1:08:25 | |
| 45 | Oliver Dietz | Germany | 1:08:29 | |
| 46 | James Kibet | Uganda | 1:08:36 | |
| 47 | Josh Cox | United States | 1:08:38 | |
| 48 | Teddy Mitchell | United States | 1:08:39 | PB |
| 49 | Nick Cordes | United States | 1:08:43 | |
| 50 | Kabo Gabaseme | Botswana | 1:09:00 | |
| 51 | Menon Ramsamy | Mauritius | 1:09:05 | |
| 52 | Dhako Naftali | Tanzania | 1:09:11 | |
| 53 | Mikhail Khobotov | Russia | 1:09:23 | |
| 54 | Grigoriy Andreyev | Russia | 1:09:37 | |
| 55 | Kaelo Mosalagae | Botswana | 1:10:10 | PB |
| 56 | Sin Jung-Hoon | South Korea | 1:10:12 | |
| 57 | Stephen Drew | Canada | 1:10:13 | |
| 58 | Kevin Collins | United States | 1:10:32 | |
| 59 | Ram Bahadur Subha | India | 1:10:33 | |
| 60 | Slavko Petrović | Croatia | 1:10:47 | |
| 61 | Simon Labiche | Seychelles | 1:10:52 | |
| 62 | Tsotang Maine | Lesotho | 1:11:08 | |
| 63 | Sipho Dlamini | Swaziland | 1:11:31 | |
| 64 | Suliman Al-Ghodran | Jordan | 1:11:41 | |
| 65 | Muresh Kumar Yadav | India | 1:11:53 | |
| 66 | Ajith Singh | India | 1:12:05 | |
| 67 | Andrey Chigidinov | Kazakhstan | 1:12:07 | |
| 68 | José Alejandro Semprún | Venezuela | 1:12:12 | |
| 69 | Raj Kumar | India | 1:12:12 | |
| 70 | Yousef Al-Hadhrami | Oman | 1:12:24 | |
| 71 | Uttam Khatri | Nepal | 1:12:29 | |
| 72 | Mohan Chandr Kapri | India | 1:12:49 | |
| 73 | Rene Herrera | Philippines | 1:15:06 | |
| 74 | Arjun Prasad Dhakal | Nepal | 1:16:16 | |
| 75 | Marcel Tschopp | Liechtenstein | 1:16:45 | |
| 76 | Amnuay Tongmit | Thailand | 1:17:29 | |
| 77 | Mihail Faiskanov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:18:37 | |
| 78 | Pema Tshewang | Bhutan | 1:18:45 | PB |
| 79 | Hem Bunting | Cambodia | 1:19:40 | NR |
| 80 | Wong Wang Keung | Hong Kong | 1:19:42 | |
| 81 | Steve Osadiuk | Canada | 1:21:26 | |
| 82 | Nara Bahadur Khatri | Nepal | 1:22:32 | |
| 83 | Yac Aboub Abu Turkey | Palestine | 1:22:59 | |
| 84 | Hussein Riyaz | Maldives | 1:25:19 | |
| — | Franck de Almeida | Brazil | DNF | |
| — | Ieong Chio Wa | Macau | DNF | |
| — | Abdelhadi Habassa | Morocco | DNF | |
| — | Ridouane Harroufi | Morocco | DNF | |
| — | Javier Cortés | Spain | DNF | |
| — | Mohamed Msenduki Ikoki | Tanzania | DNF | |
| — | Kemal Tuvakuliyev | Turkmenistan | DNF | |
| — | Wai Kin Lok | Macau | DNS | |
| — | Nurridin Irmatov | Tajikistan | DNS | |
| — | Abdul Aziz Ali Ahmed | Yemen | DNS | |

### Women's

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Sun Yingjie | China | 1:08:40 | NR |
| | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya | 1:09:00 | PB |
| | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu | Romania | 1:09:07 | |
| 4 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 1:10:33 | |
| 5 | Yuki Saito | Japan | 1:11:05 | |
| 6 | Eyerusalem Kuma | Ethiopia | 1:11:07 | |
| 7 | Irina Timofeyeva | Russia | 1:11:17 | |
| 8 | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 1:11:23 | |
| 9 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 1:12:17 | |
| 10 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 1:12:36 | |
| 11 | Gloria Marconi | Italy | 1:12:42 | |
| 12 | Zhou Chunxiu | China | 1:12:52 | |
| 13 | Kei Terada | Japan | 1:13:07 | |
| 14 | Rita Sitienei Jeptoo | Kenya | 1:13:08 | |
| 15 | Teyba Erkesso | Ethiopia | 1:13:30 | |
| 16 | Adanech Zekiros | Ethiopia | 1:13:50 | PB |
| 17 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 1:13:53 | |
| 18 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 1:14:25 | |
| 19 | Isabel Eizmendi | Spain | 1:14:37 | |
| 20 | Keiko Isogai | Japan | 1:14:39 | |
| 21 | Yelena Burykina | Russia | 1:14:47 | |
| 22 | Irina Safarova | Russia | 1:14:52 | |
| 23 | Patrizia Tisi | Italy | 1:14:58 | |
| 24 | Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel | France | 1:15:05 | |
| 25 | Aurica Buia | Romania | 1:15:10 | |
| 26 | Christelle Daunay | France | 1:15:28 | |
| 27 | María Luisa Lárraga | Spain | 1:15:41 | |
| 28 | Petra Kamínková/Drajzajtlová | Czech Republic | 1:15:46 | |
| 29 | Yamna Oubouhou | France | 1:15:53 | |
| 30 | Ivana Iozzia | Italy | 1:15:59 | |
| 31 | Fumi Murata | Japan | 1:16:32 | |
| 32 | Kenza Wahbi | Morocco | 1:16:41 | |
| 33 | Emily Nay | United States | 1:17:09 | |
| 34 | Vincenza Sicari | Italy | 1:17:30 | |
| 35 | Kimberly Fitchen-Young | United States | 1:17:40 | |
| 36 | Melissa White | United States | 1:18:42 | |
| 37 | Elena Fetizon | France | 1:19:13 | |
| 38 | Heather Tanner | United States | 1:19:48 | |
| 39 | Adriana da Silva | Brazil | 1:19:49 | |
| 40 | Maria Zambrano | Canada | 1:21:41 | |
| 41 | Irmalyn Falcón | Puerto Rico | 1:21:58 | |
| 42 | Sujeewa Jayasena | Sri Lanka | 1:22:07 | |
| 43 | Anastasiya Padalinskaya | Belarus | 1:22:44 | |
| 44 | Marina Gurbina | Kazakhstan | 1:22:52 | |
| 45 | Geeta Rani | India | 1:22:59 | PB |
| 46 | Sarita Marbade | India | 1:23:23 | PB |
| 47 | Purshot Laima Devi | India | 1:24:38 | |
| 48 | Pushpa Devi | India | 1:24:44 | |
| 49 | Saiphon Piawong | Thailand | 1:25:20 | NR |
| 50 | Ida Kiyindou | Congo | 1:25:42 | |
| 51 | Matirinta Mota | Lesotho | 1:28:44 | |
| 52 | Sarbjett Kaur | India | 1:28:48 | |
| 53 | Vivian Tang | Singapore | 1:29:22 | |
| 54 | Rashida Sarbasova | Kazakhstan | 1:30:20 | |
| 55 | Olesia Orlova | Kyrgyzstan | 1:36:56 | |
| 56 | Nirmala Bharati | Nepal | 1:44:30 | |
| 57 | Zulaikha Ali | Maldives | 1:44:39 | |
| 58 | Marina Tutynina | Turkmenistan | 1:44:52 | |
| — | Tenzin Yangdon | Bhutan | DNF | |
| — | Emily Kimuria | Kenya | DNF | |
| — | Hafida Izem | Morocco | DNF | |

## Team results
### Men's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Kenya | Paul Kirui John Cheruiyot Korir Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei | 3:07:55 |
| | Ethiopia | Solomon Tsige Alene Emere Berhanu Addane | 3:08:37 |
| | Uganda | Wilson Busienei Martin Toroitich Joseph Nsubuga | 3:13:48 |
| 4 | Eritrea | Yonas Kifle Samson Kiflemariam Tesfayohannes Mesfen | 3:15:04 |
| 5 | Japan | Yukinobu Nakazaki Yoshinori Oda Terumasa Okamura | 3:15:10 |
| 6 | Qatar | Ahmed Hassan Abdullah Jumah Al-Noor Foaad Abubaker | 3:17:31 |
| 7 | Tanzania | Fabiano Joseph Stephen Rogart Dhako Naftali | 3:17:53 |
| 8 | France | Moulay Ali Ouadih Larbi Zéroual Mohamed Serbouti | 3:19:24 |
| 9 | Russia | Yevgeniy Rybakov Leonid Shvetsov Aleksandr Vasilyev | 3:20:05 |
| 10 | United States | Justin Young Josh Cox Teddy Mitchell | 3:22:50 |
| 11 | Botswana | Gabalebe Moloko Kabo Gabaseme Kaelo Mosalagae | 3:25:14 |
| 12 | India | Ram Bahadur Subha Muresh Kumar Yadav Ajith Singh | 3:34:31 |
| 13 | Nepal | Uttam Khatri Arjun Prasad Dhakal Nara Bahadur Khatri | 3:51:17 |
| — | Morocco | Aziz Driouche Rachid El-Ghanmouni Abdelhadi Habassa | DNF |
| — | Spain | Fernando Rey Víctor Morente Javier Cortés | DNF |

### Women's

| Rank | Country | Team | Time |
| | Ethiopia | Eyerusalem Kuma Bezunesh Bekele Teyba Erkesso | 3:36:00 |
| | Romania | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu Mihaela Botezan Luminița Talpoș | 3:36:08 |
| | Russia | Irina Timofeyeva Alina Ivanova Yelena Burykina | 3:38:21 |
| 4 | Japan | Yuki Saito Kei Terada Keiko Isogai | 3:38:51 |
| 5 | Italy | Gloria Marconi Patrizia Tisi Ivana Iozzia | 3:43:39 |
| 6 | France | Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel Christelle Daunay Yamna Oubouhou | 3:46:26 |
| 7 | United States | Emily Nay Kimberly Fitchen-Young Melissa White | 3:53:31 |
| 8 | India | Geeta Rani Sarita Marbade Purshot Laima Devi | 4:11:00 |
| — | Kenya | Lydia Cheromei Rita Sitienei Jeptoo Emily Kimuria | DNF |

## Participation

The participation of 152 athletes (91 men/61 women) from 55 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from Tajikistan and Yemen did not show.
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bhutan (2)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (2)
* Cambodia (1)
* Canada (3)
* Chile (1)
* China (2)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Eritrea (4)
* Ethiopia (8)
* France (8)
* Germany (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (10)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (8)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Lesotho (2)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macau (1)
* Maldives (2)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (6)
* Netherlands (1)
* Nepal (4)
* Oman (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (3)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (9)
* Seychelles (1)
* Singapore (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (5)
* Sri Lanka (3)
* Swaziland (1)
* Tanzania (4)
* Thailand (2)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Uganda (5)
* United States (9)
* Venezuela (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)

## Asian Championships

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's individual | Abdullah Ahmed Hassan (QAT) | 1:02:36 | Yukinobu Nakazaki (JPN) | 1:04:48 | Yoshinori Oda (JPN) | 1:05:03 |
| Women's individual | Sun Yingjie (CHN) | 1:08:40 | Yuki Saito (JPN) | 1:11:05 | Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) | 1:12:52 |
| Men's team | Japan (JPN) | 3:15:10 | Qatar (QAT) | 3:17:31 | India (IND) | 3:34:31 |
| Women's team | Japan (JPN) | 3:38:51 | India (IND) | 4:11:00 | Only two teams competed | Only two teams competed |