# Wereldkampioenschap halve marathon 1998

Het wereldkampioenschap halve marathon 1998 vond plaats op 27 september 1998. Het was de zevende keer dat de IAAF een wedstrijd organiseerde met als inzet de wereldtitel op de halve marathon. De wedstrijd vond plaats in de Zwitserse stad Uster.
In totaal namen 236 atleten (waarvan 139 mannen en 97 vrouwen) uit 54 landen deel. Voor zowel de mannen als de vrouwen werd naast een individueel klassement ook een teamklassement samengesteld. De klassering van een land werd berekend aan de hand van de totaaltijd van de drie snelste lopers van dit land.

## Uitslagen
### Mannen
#### Individueel

| rang | land | deelnemer | tijd |
| 1 | KEN | Paul Koech | 1:00.01 |
| 2 | RSA | Hendrick Ramaala | 1:00.24 |
| 3 | MAR | Khalid Skah | 1:00.24 |
| 4 | ETH | Seid Ibrahim | 1:00.31 |
| 5 | RSA | Gert Thys | 1:00.37 |
| 6 | ARG | Antonio Silio | 1:00.45 (NR) |
| 7 | POR | Luís Jesus | 1:01.10 |
| 8 | ZIM | Tendai Chimusasa | 1:01.14 |
| 9 | RSA | Abner Chipu | 1:01.20 |
| 10 | KEN | Shem Kororia | 1:01.30 |
| 11 | KEN | John Gwako | 1:01.36 |
| 12 | BRA | Ronaldo da Costa | 1:01.40 |
| 13 | KEN | Joseph Kibor | 1:01.42 |
| 14 | ESP | Bartolomé Serrano | 1:01.43 |
| 15 | ESP | Martín Fiz | 1:01.47 |
| 16 | POR | Luís Novo | 1:01.50 |
| 17 | DEN | Carsten Jørgensen | 1:01.55 |
| 18 | ESP | Francisco Javier Cortés | 1:02.02 |
| 19 | ETH | Girma Alemayehu | 1:02.07 |
| 20 | YUG | Janko Bensa | 1:02.11 |
| 21 | KEN | Joseph Kimani | 1:02.15 |
| 22 | RSA | Maxwell Zunga | 1:02.16 |
| 23 | JPN | Osamu Nara | 1:02.21 |
| 24 | POR | Carlos Patricio | 1:02.22 |
| 25 | ITA | Danilo Goffi | 1:02.24 |
| 26 | FRA | Mohamed Ouaadi | 1:02.29 |
| 27 | ITA | Daniele Caimmi | 1:02.33 |
| 28 | LIB | Ali Ezayedi | 1:02.39 |
| 29 | ETH | Addis Abebe | 1:02.40 |
| 30 | JPN | Atsushi Fujita | 1:02.45 |
| 31 | SUI | Stephane Schweickhardt | 1:02.48 |
| 32 | ITA | Giacomo Leone | 1:02.49 |
| 33 | ETH | Emere Alene | 1:02.50 |
| 34 | ETH | Kebede Tekeste | 1:02.51 |
| 35 | TAN | Wilbroad Axweso | 1:02.52 |
| 36 | ESP | Javier Caballero | 1:02.54 |
| 37 | AHO | Joao N'tyamba | 1:02.54 |
| 38 | NED | Marco Gielen | 1:02.57 |
| 39 | POR | Alberto Chaíça | 1:03.03 |
| 40 | FRA | Mohamed Serbouti | 1:03.07 |
| 41 | COL | Orlando Guerrero | 1:03.08 |
| 42 | SWE | Alfred Shemweta | 1:03.20 |
| 43 | ITA | Francesco Ingargiola | 1:03.30 |
| 44 | BRA | Valdenor Dos Santos | 1:03.32 |
| 45 | COL | Juan Carlos Gutierrez | 1:03.42 |
| 46 | POR | Delfim ConceiÇÃo | 1:03.44 |
| 47 | COL | Carlos Mario Grisales | 1:03.47 |
| 48 | COL | Pedro Rojas | 1:03.59 |
| 49 | ESP | Antonio Pérez | 1:04.06 |
| 50 | POL | Krzysztof Przybyla | 1:04.07 |
| 51 | RSA | Ezael Tlhobo | 1:04.08 |
| 52 | TAN | Benedict AKO | 1:04.14 |
| 53 | NZL | Richard Potts | 1:04.16 |
| 54 | BRA | Andre Luis Ramos | 1:04.17 |
| 55 | POL | Eryk Szostak | 1:04.20 |
| 56 | NZL | Jonathan Wyatt | 1:04.23 |
| 57 | ZAM | Stephen Bwalya | 1:04.26 |
| 58 | SUI | Viktor Röthlin | 1:04.30 |
| 59 | UGA | Alex Malinga | 1:04.33 |
| 60 | RWA | Joseph Msengiyomua | 1:04.40 |
| 61 | BLR | Uladzimir Tsiamchyk | 1:04.43 |
| 62 | ZAM | Sam Mwape | 1:04.44 |
| 63 | ZIM | Bigboy Goromonzi | 1:04.46 |
| 64 | JPN | Katsuhiko Hanada | 1:04.53 |
| 65 | FRA | Jean-Pierre Lautredoux | 1:04.59 |
| 66 | EST | Pavel Loskutov | 1:05.00 |
| 67 | ZIM | Elijah Mutandiko | 1:05.03 |
| 68 | JPN | Koji Kimura | 1:05.06 |
| 69 | NZL | Craig Kirkwood | 1:05.08 |
| 70 | GER | Oliver Mintzlaff | 1:05.09 |
| 71 | YUG | Borislav Devic | 1:05.14 |
| 72 | GER | Michael Fietz | 1:05.15 |
| 73 | USA | Todd Reeser | 1:05.18 |
| 74 | ETH | Tekeye Gebrselassie | 1:05.18 |
| 75 | SUI | Hansjorg Brucker | 1:05.19 |
| 76 | EST | Toomas Tarm | 1:05.21 |
| 77 | BRA | Eduardo Do Nascimento | 1:05.27 |
| 78 | TAN | Safari Ingi | 1:05.34 |
| 79 | RWA | Gabriel Mazimpaka | 1:05.35 |
| 80 | USA | Gavin Gaynor | 1:05.36 |
| 81 | NED | Peter Van Der Belden | 1:05.47 |
| 82 | USA | Eric Morrison | 1:05.50 |
| 83 | SUI | Markus Gerber | 1:05.51 |
| 84 | SVK | Ján Krizák | 1:05.56 |
| 85 | USA | Patrick Phillips | 1:05.58 |
| 86 | LTU | Ceslovas Kundrotas | 1:05.59 |
| 87 | LTU | Pavel Federenko | 1:05.59 |
| 88 | ZAM | Felix Mbuye | 1:06.00 |
| 89 | NED | Peter Visser | 1:06.00 |
| 90 | GER | Steffen Benecke | 1:06.04 |
| 91 | CZE | Miroslav Sajler | 1:06.06 |
| 92 | UGA | Joseph Nsubuga | 1:06.09 |
| 93 | BRA | Daniel Lopes Ferreira | 1:06.14 |
| 94 | UGA | Ben Chesang | 1:06.29 |
| 95 | EST | Margus Pirksaar | 1:06.31 |
| 96 | SUI | Philip Rist | 1:06.32 |
| 97 | CZE | Pavel Dudr | 1:06.34 |
| 98 | SWZ | Sipho Dlamini | 1:06.45 |
| 99 | LIB | Ali Awad | 1:06.50 |
| 100 | NZL | Andrew Peskett | 1:06.51 |
| 101 | KGZ | Vladimir Goesev | 1:06.55 |
| 102 | CZE | Pavel Faschingbauer | 1:06.56 |
| 103 | MRI | Menon Ramsamy | 1:07.05 |
| 104 | FRA | Jean-Francois Bertron | 1:07.06 |
| 105 | FRA | Pascal Fetizon | 1:07.07 |
| 106 | CZE | Jifi Hajzler | 1:07.15 |
| 107 | GER | Michael Wolf | 1:07.24 |
| 108 | RWA | Patrick Ishyaka | 1:07.42 |
| 109 | USA | Darrell General | 1:07.48 |
| 110 | GER | Christian Fischer | 1:07.56 |
| 111 | YUG | Ramiz Taipi | 1:08.18 |
| 112 | LTU | Arunas Balciunas | 1:08.28 |
| 113 | POL | Wieslaw Figurski | 1:08.31 |
| 114 | FIN | Sahuli Vasala | 1:08.43 |
| 115 | BIH | Hidajet Bulic | 1:09.10 |
| 116 | LIB | Mehdi Sheblii | 1:09.53 |
| 117 | COM | Antonio Carlos Zeferino | 1:10.19 |
| 118 | LIB | Omar Abdel Latif | 1:10.37 |
| 119 | DEN | Kaare Sorensen | 1:10.39 |
| 120 | IND | Room Singh | 1:10.40 |
| 121 | TKM | Chany Allabendyev | 1:10.49 |
| 122 | LIE | Roland Wille | 1:10.56 |
| 123 | IND | Hari Singh | 1:10.58 |
| 124 | IND | Raj Pal | 1:11.05 |
| 125 | UGA | Clement Omagoro | 1:11.15 |
| 126 | CRO | Josep Lackovic | 1:11.48 |
| 127 | CRO | Drago Paripovic | 1:12.18 |
| 128 | CRO | Robert Prejnjak | 1:12.28 |
| 129 | GEQ | Jose Luis Ebatela Nvo | 1:13.01 |
| 130 | MRI | Eric Vamben | 1:13.38 |
| 131 | GIB | Liam Byrne | 1:14.11 |
| 132 | MRI | Judex Durhone | 1:15.14 |
| 133 | TKM | Dovletmomed Nazarov | 1:16.01 |
| 134 | GIB | Louis Chichon | 1:16.18 |
| 135 | KGZ | Alexandre Leidanski | 1:19.25 |
| | TKM | Parakhat Kourtgeldyev | DNF |
| | CRO | Sasa Ljubojevic | DNF |
| | COL | Diego Colorado | DNF |
| | ITA | Michele Gamba | DNF |

#### Team

| rang | team | deelnemers | tijd |
| 1 | Zuid-Afrika | Hendrick Ramaala (2e) Gert Thys (5e) Abner Chipu (9e) | 3:02.21 |
| 2 | Kenia | Paul Koech (1e) Shem Kororia (10e) John Gwako (11e) | 3:03.07 |
| 3 | Ethiopië | Seid Ibrahim (4e) Girma Alemayehu (19e) Addis Abebe (29e) | 3:05.18 |
| 4 | Portugal | Luís Jesus (7e) Luís Novo (16e) Carlos Patrício (24e) | 3:05.22 |
| 5 | Spanje | Bartolomé Serrano (14e) Martín Fiz (15e) Francisco Javier Cortés (18e) | 3:05.32 |

### Vrouwen
#### Individueel

| rang | land | deelnemer | tijd |
| 1 | KEN | Tegla Loroupe | 1:08.29 |
| 2 | RSA | Elana Meyer | 1:08.32 |
| 3 | ROU | Lidia Şimon | 1:08.58 |
| 4 | SCG | Olivera Jevtić | 1:10.02 |
| 5 | FIN | Annemari Sandell | 1:10.04 |
| 6 | KEN | Joyce Chepchumba | 1:10.10 |
| 7 | ESP | Julia Vaquero | 1:10.33 |
| 8 | ROU | Cristiana Pomacu | 1:10.39 |
| 9 | JPN | Yukiko Okamoto | 1:10.50 |
| 10 | KEN | Leah Malot | 1:11.04 |
| 11 | POR | Albertina Dias | 1:11.08 |
| 12 | RUS | Alina Ivanova | 1:11.18 |
| 13 | RUS | Svetlana Zacharova | 1:11.26 |
| 14 | ESP | María Luisa Larraga | 1:11.30 |
| 15 | ITA | Maria Guida | 1:11.31 |
| 16 | NED | Irma Heeren | 1:11.35 |
| 17 | FRA | Rakiya Quetier-Maraoui | 1:11.44 |
| 18 | SUI | Franziska Rochat-Moser | 1:11.47 |
| 19 | ETH | Asha Gigi | 1:11.49 |
| 20 | RUS | Firaya Sultanova | 1:11.53 |
| 21 | KEN | Lornah Kiplagat | 1:12.09 |
| 22 | JPN | Kazumi Matsuo | 1:12.12 |
| 23 | ESP | Rocío Ríos | 1:12.15 |
| 24 | SUI | Daria Nauer | 1:12.25 |
| 25 | FRA | Zahia Dahmani | 1:12.27 |
| 26 | ITA | Lucilla Andreucci | 1:12.34 |
| 27 | ITA | Franca Fiacconi | 1:12.37 |
| 28 | USA | Jody Hawkins | 1:12.38 |
| 29 | ROU | Constantina Diţă | 1:12.42 |
| 30 | GER | Sylvia Renz | 1:12.44 |
| 31 | RSA | Nicole Fuller | 1:12.49 |
| 32 | GER | Maren Östringer | 1:12.49 |
| 33 | NZL | Melissa Moon | 1:13.06 |
| 34 | JPN | Mayumi Ichikawa | 1:13.16 |
| 35 | ROU | Aurica Buia | 1:13.44 |
| 36 | DEN | Annemette Jensen | 1:13.47 |
| 37 | BLR | Halina Karnatsevich | 1:13.47 |
| 38 | POR | Rosa Oliveira | 1:13.52 |
| 39 | CZE | Alena Peterková | 1:13.58 |
| 40 | FRA | Annick Clouvel | 1:14.02 |
| 41 | KEN | Jackline Torori | 1:14.03 |
| 42 | USA | Shelly Steely | 1:14.06 |
| 43 | BLR | Alena Mazouka | 1:14.16 |
| 44 | RUS | Irina Safarova | 1:14.28 |
| 45 | JPN | Takako Kotorida | 1:14.32 |
| 46 | ETH | Leila Aman | 1:14.36 |
| 47 | ETH | Elsabet Truneh | 1:14.37 |
| 48 | GER | Birgit Jerschabek | 1:14.45 |
| 49 | JPN | Satoko Karita | 1:14.48 |
| 50 | ISL | Martha Ernstsdóttir | 1:14.58 |
| 51 | USA | Christine Mcnamara | 1:15.01 |
| 52 | GBR | Liz Yelling | 1:15.06 |
| 53 | POL | Dorota Gruca | 1:15.12 |
| 54 | ITA | Florinda Andreucci | 1:15.14 |
| 55 | MAD | Clarisse Rasoarizay | 1:15.43 |
| 56 | HUN | Heléna Barócsi | 1:15.48 |
| 57 | CHN | Jinhong Pan | 1:15.56 |
| 58 | CHN | Yanfang Wang | 1:15.56 |
| 59 | RSA | Marietjie Mc Dermott | 1:15.56 |
| 60 | POR | Fátima Cabral | 1:16.05 |
| 61 | USA | Trina Painter | 1:16.10 |
| 62 | USA | Kim Pawelek | 1:16.22 |
| 63 | LTU | Inga Juodeskiene | 1:16.23 |
| 64 | GBR | Debbie Percival | 1:16.25 |
| 65 | BLR | Yelena Makolova | 1:16.31 |
| 66 | SUI | Ursula Jeitziner | 1:16.40 |
| 67 | GBR | Alison Wyeth | 1:16.44 |
| 68 | SUI | Elisabeth Krieg-Ruprecht | 1:16.50 |
| 69 | CZE | Dita Hebelkova | 1:17.20 |
| 70 | SUI | Anna Ursula Olbrecht | 1:17.20 |
| 71 | GBR | Maria Bradley | 1:17.25 |
| 72 | ETH | Yigezu Tsehay | 1:17.30 |
| 73 | NZL | Maree Bunce | 1:17.51 |
| 74 | ISR | Eti Ayner | 1:18.01 |
| 75 | ETH | Asegedech Gizaw | 1:18.13 |
| 76 | RSA | Lydia Mafula | 1:18.14 |
| 77 | YUG | Mirjana Glisovic | 1:18.52 |
| 78 | LTU | Vilija Birbalaite | 1:19.21 |
| 79 | GBR | Sue Reinsford | 1:19.30 |
| 80 | ZAM | Mable Chiwama | 1:19.34 |
| 81 | SVK | Dana Janecková | 1:19.50 |
| 82 | YUG | Suzana Ciric | 1:20.10 |
| 83 | COL | Fabiola Rueda | 1:20.24 |
| 84 | ZAM | Chanda Mwansa | 1:20.47 |
| 85 | ZAM | Jean Mpundu | 1:21.22 |
| 86 | FRA | Annie Coathalem | 1:21.39 |
| 87 | CZE | Irena Sadkova | 1:21.40 |
| 88 | GER | Ines Cronjäger | 1:21.52 |
| 89 | TKM | Anna Markelova | 1:22.13 |
| 90 | IND | Rigzen Angmo | 1:31.36 |
| 91 | GEQ | Esperanza Obono Ela | 1:33.59 |
| 92 | CRO | Kristinka Markovic | 1:34.04 |
| 93 | IND | Sarabjeet Kaur | 1:34.06 |
| | ITA | Sonia Maccioni | DNF |
| | BLR | Natallia Bendzik | DNF |
| | ROU | Nuta Olarua | DNF |
| | FRA | Chantal Dällenbach | DNF |

#### Team

| rang | team | deelnemers | tijd |
| 1 | Kenia | Tegla Loroupe (1e) Joyce Chepchumba (6e) Leah Malot (10e) | 3:29.43 |
| 2 | Roemenië | Lidia Şimon (3e) Cristiana Pomacu (8e) Constantina Diţă (29e) | 3:32.19 |
| 3 | Spanje | Julia Vaquero (7e) María Luisa Larraga (14e) Rocío Ríos (23e) | 3:34.18 |
| 4 | Rusland | Alina Ivanova (12e) Svetlana Zacharova (13e) Firiya Sultanova (20e) | 3:34.37 |
| 5 | Japan | Yukiko Okamoto (9e) Kazumi Matsuo (22e) Mayumi Ichikawa (34e) | 3:36.18 |

## Afkortingen

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