2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships
Race results -- Men 's
Table:
Rank
Athlete
Nationality
Time
Notes

Zersenay Tadesse
Eritrea
56:01
CR

Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba
Kenya
56:41
NR

Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei
Kenya
57:15

4
Wilson Busienei
Uganda
57:21
NR

5
Wilfred Taragon
Kenya
57:22

6
Deriba Merga
Ethiopia
57:27

7
Tadesse Tola
Ethiopia
57:27

8
Mubarak Hassan Shami
Qatar
57:33
NR

9
Dieudonné Disi
Rwanda
57:42
NR

10
Yonas Kifle
Eritrea
57:49

11
Ryan Hall
United States
57:54

12
Dickson Marwa
Tanzania
58:19

13
Martin Toroitich
Uganda
58:26

14
Essa Ismail Rashed
Qatar
58:31

15
Cuthbert Nyasango
Zimbabwe
58:43

16
Jamal Bilal Salem
Qatar
58:55

17
Fred Mogaka
Kenya
59:07

18
Lusapho April
South Africa
59:09

19
James Theuri
France
59:11

20
Demssew Tsega
Ethiopia
59:23

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Zersenay Tadese [ nb ] ( Tigrinya : ዘርእሰናይ ታደሰ ; born 8 February 1982 ) is an Eritrean long-distance track and road running athlete . He held the men 's half marathon world record from 2010 to 2018 . His bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics made him the first ever Eritrean Olympic medallist , and his 20-km title at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships also made him the country 's first athlete to win at a world championship event . He does not use a sprint finish to win races ; his strategy relies on a combination of efficient running and fast pace setting . Zersenay ( Tadese is his father 's name ) has found most of his success in the half marathon , with four consecutive victories in the World Half Marathon Championships from 2006 to 2009 ( with a 2006 20km edition ) , a silver medal in 2010 and a fifth title in 2012 . His 5 titles are a record . He set a world record at the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2010 . He has also excelled in cross country running , winning a gold , a silver , and two bronze medals in the long distance race over five IAAF World Cross Country Championships . He is a four-time Olympian ( 2004 , 2008 , 2012 and 2016 ) . In 2009 , Zersenay became only the second man ( after Paul Tergat ) to win three World Championship medals over three different surfaces in the same year , winning World Cross Country bronze , 10,000 metres World Championship silver on the track , and gold in road running at the World Half Marathon Championships . He is a popular public figure in his home country ; 2500 guests attended his wedding to Merhawit Solomon , which was broadcast live on Eritrean television . His brother , Kidane Tadese , is also a professional distance runner .
Eritrea ( /ˌɛrɪˈtreɪə , ˌɛrɪˈtriːə/ ( listen ) officially the State of Eritrea ) , is a country in the Horn of Africa in East Africa , with its capital at Asmara . It is bordered by Sudan in the west , Ethiopia in the south , and Djibouti in the southeast . The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea . The nation has a total area of approximately 117,600 km2 ( 45,406 sq mi ) , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands . Eritrea is a multi-ethnic country , with nine recognized ethnic groups in its population of around 3 million . Eritrea has nine national languages which are Tigrinya language , Tigre , Afar , Beja , Bilen , Kunama , Nara , Saho . Tigrinya , Arabic , and English serve as the three working languages . Most residents speak languages from the Afroasiatic family , either of the Ethiopian Semitic languages or Cushitic branches . Among these communities , the Tigrinyas make up about 55% of the population , with the Tigre people constituting around 30% of inhabitants . In addition , there are a number of Nilo-Saharan-speaking Nilotic ethnic minorities . Most people in the territory adhere to Islam or Christianity . The Kingdom of Aksum , covering much of modern-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia , was established during the first or second centuries AD .
Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba ( born February 2 , 1984 in Kaptul , Marakwet District ) is a Kenyan long-distance track , and road running athlete .
Kenya ( /ˈkɛnjə/ ( listen ) ) , officially the Republic of Kenya ( Swahili : Jamhuri ya Kenya ) , is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties governed by elected governors . At 580,367 square kilometres ( 224,081 sq mi ) , Kenya is the world 's 48th largest country by total area . With a population of more than 47.6 million people , Kenya is the 29th most populous country . Kenya 's capital and largest city is Nairobi , while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa . Kisumu City is the third largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria . Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret . Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest , Ethiopia to the north , Somalia to the east , Uganda to the west , Tanzania to the south , and the Indian Ocean to the southeast . According to archaeological dating of associated artifacts and skeletal material , the Cushites first settled in the lowlands of Kenya between 3,200 and 1,300 BC , a phase referred to as the Lowland Savanna Pastoral Neolithic . Nilotic-speaking pastoralists ( ancestral to Kenya 's Nilotic speakers ) started migrating from present-day southern Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC . European colonisation of Kenya began in the 19th century during the European exploration of the interior . Modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established by the British Empire in 1895 and the subsequent Kenya Colony , which began in 1920 . Numerous disputes between the UK and the colony led to the Mau Mau revolution , which began in 1952 , and the subsequent declaration of independence in 1963 .
Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei ( born 20 July 1980 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . He is a Nandi by ethnicity . He finished eighth at the 2004 World Half Marathon Championships . At the 2006 World Road Running Championships he finished third in the individual competition . This was good enough to help Kenya win a gold medal in the team competition . Among his victories on the circuit are the Stramilano Half Marathon and Giro di Castelbuono in 2005 , and victories at the World 's Best 10K in Puerto Rico and Philadelphia Half Marathon in 2006 . He was also fourth at the Beijing Marathon that year .
Wilson Kipkemei Busienei ( born 18 August 1981 in Nakasongola ) is an Ugandan long-distance runner . He is best known for winning three gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade . He has represented his country at the World Championship level in cross country running and road running and on the track . He took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics , finishing eleventh in the 10,000 metres . Busienei has also competed at the Commonwealth Games , having taken fifth in the 10,000 m in 2006 . He ran at the 2010 Giro al Sas 10,000 m race in Italy in October and crossed the line after Edwin Soi to finish as runner-up .
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda ( Swahili : Jamhuri ya Uganda ; Luganda : Eggwanga Yuganda ) is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa . It is bordered to the east by Kenya , to the north by South Sudan , to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo , to the south-west by Rwanda , and to the south by Tanzania . The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria , shared with Kenya and Tanzania . Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region . Uganda also lies within the Nile basin , and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate . Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom , which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country , including the capital Kampala . The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago , when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country . Beginning in 1894 , the area was ruled as a protectorate by the UK , who established administrative law across the territory . Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9 October 1962 . The period since then has been marked by violent conflicts , including an 8-year-long far right military dictatorship led by Idi Amin . Additionally , a lengthy civil war against the Lord 's Resistance Army in the Northern Region led by Joseph Kony , has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties . The official languages are English and Swahili , although any other language may be used as a medium of instruction in schools or other educational institutions or for legislative , administrative or judicial purposes as may be prescribed by law .
Wilfred Kipkoech Taragon ( born 25 February 1985 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . He finished seventh in 10,000 metres at the 2006 African Championships . At the 2006 World Road Running Championships he finished fifth in the individual competition . This was good enough to help Kenya win the team competition . In 2005 Taragon won the Bristol Half Marathon , and Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon
Deriba Merga Ejigu ( Amharic : ደርባ መርጋ አጅጉ ; born 26 October 1980 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner . He mainly competes in the marathon . He finished fourth in that event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and went on to win the Boston Marathon the following year . His personal best for the distance is 2:06:38 hours . He also competes in half marathon races and his time of 59:14 minutes in 2008 was the fastest that year . He won the 2006 Paris Half Marathon and took the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games a year later .
Ethiopia ( /ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə/ ; Amharic : ኢትዮጵያ , ʾĪtyōṗṗyā , listen ( help·info ) , Tigrinya : ኢትዮጵያ , Oromo : Itiyoophiyaa , Somali : Itoobiya , Afar : Itiyoophiyaa ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa . It shares borders with Eritrea to the north , Djibouti to the northeast , Somalia , and the de facto state of Somaliland to the east , Kenya to the south , South Sudan to the west and Sudan to the northwest . With over 109 million inhabitants , Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent with a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres ( 420,000 sq mi ) . Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa , which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates . Some of the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia . It is widely considered as the region from which modern humans first set out for the Middle East and places beyond . According to linguists , the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations settled in the Horn region during the ensuing Neolithic era . Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BCE , Ethiopia 's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history . Oral literature tells that the monarchy was founded by the Solomonic dynasty of the Queen of Sheba , under its first king , Menelik I . In the first centuries , the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region , followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137 . During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa , Ethiopia and Liberia were two nations that preserved their sovereignty from long-term colonisation by a European colonial power and many newly-independent nations on the continent subsequently adopted its flag colours . However , the country was later occupied by Italy in 1936 and became Italian Ethiopia ( part of Italian East Africa ) until it was liberated during World War II .
Tadese Tola ( born 31 October 1987 in Addis Ababa ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner . He has represented Ethiopia at World championship level in cross country , road running , and on the track . He made his first impact in 2006 , helping the Ethiopian teams to bronze medals in the junior race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 20 km race at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships . He won a silver medal at the All-Africa Games in the 10,000 metres and ran at the 2007 World Championships . He has largely focused on road running since 2008 , scoring wins at the New York City Half Marathon and San Silvestre Vallecana . He made his marathon debut in 2009 at the Chicago Marathon and won on his second attempt at the Paris Marathon . He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics .
Mubarak Hassan Shami ( Arabic : مبارك حسن شامي , born Richard Yatich on December 1 , 1980 ) is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner . He specializes in half marathon and marathon races .
Qatar ( /ˈkætɑːr/ , /ˈkɑːtɑːr/ ( listen ) , /ˈkɑːtər/ or /kəˈtɑːr/ ( listen ) ; Arabic : قطر Qaṭar [ ˈqɑtˤɑr ] ; local vernacular pronunciation : [ ˈɡɪtˤɑr ] ) , officially the State of Qatar ( Arabic : دولة قطر Dawlat Qaṭar ) , is a country located in Western Asia , occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula . Whether the sovereign state should be regarded as a constitutional monarchy or an absolute monarchy is disputed . Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) monarchy Saudi Arabia to the south , with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf . The Gulf of Bahrain , an inlet of the Persian Gulf , separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain . In early 2017 , Qatar 's total population was 2.6 million : 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates . Islam is the official religion of Qatar . The country has the highest per capita income in the world . Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is widely regarded as the most advanced Arab state for human development . Qatar is a high-income economy , backed by the world 's third-largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves . Qatar has been ruled by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 that recognised its separate status . Following Ottoman rule , Qatar became a British protectorate in the early 20th century until gaining independence in 1971 . In 2003 , the constitution was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum , with almost 98% in favour .
Dieudonné Disi ( born 24 November 1980 in Ntyazo , Butare ) is a Rwandan long-distance and cross country runner . In 2009 he competed in the marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics , but pulled out at the 28 km mark due to an injury . He rebounded after this with a series of victories in October , winning the 10,000 metres race at the Jeux de la Francophonie , the 20 Kilometres de Paris two weeks later , then equalling the course record at the Reims Half Marathon .
Rwanda ( /ruˈɑːndə , -ˈæn-/ ( listen ) ; Kinyarwanda : u Rwanda [ u.ɾɡwaː.nda ] ( listen ) ) , formerly Ruanda , officially the Republic of Rwanda ( Kinyarwanda : Repubulika y ' u Rwanda ; Swahili : Jamhuri ya Rwanda ; French : République du Rwanda or République Rwandaise ) , is a country in Central Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland , and its capital city is Kigali . Located a few degrees south of the Equator , Rwanda is bordered by Uganda , Tanzania , Burundi , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated ; its geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east , with numerous lakes throughout the country . The climate is temperate to subtropical , with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year . Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on 26,338 sq . km of land , and therefore it is the most densely populated mainland African country . The population is young and predominantly rural , with a density among the highest in Africa . Rwandans are drawn from just one cultural and linguistic group , the Banyarwanda , although within this group there are three subgroups : the Hutu , Tutsi and Twa . The Twa are a forest-dwelling pygmy people and are often considered descendants of Rwanda 's earliest inhabitants . Scholars disagree on the origins of and differences between the Hutu and Tutsi ; some believe differences are derived from former social castes within a single people , while others believe the Hutu and Tutsi arrived in the country separately , and from different locations . Christianity is the largest religion in the country ; the principal language is Kinyarwanda , spoken by most Rwandans , with English and French serving as additional official languages . The sovereign state of Rwanda has a presidential system of government .
Yonas Andebrhan Kifle ( born 5 November 1977 ) is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres , the marathon and cross-country running . He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on four occasions ; in 2000 , 2004 , 2008 and 2012 . He has also competed at World Championship-level in cross country , road running , and on the track indoors and outdoors . He was the bronze medallist in the half marathon at the 2007 All-Africa Games and the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships . His personal bests include 59:30 minutes for the half marathon and 2:07:34 hours for the marathon ( an Eritrean record ) .
Ryan Hall ( born October 14 , 1982 in Kirkland , Washington ) is a retired American long-distance runner who holds the U.S. record in the half marathon . With his half marathon record time ( 59:43 ) , he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event . He is also the only American to run a sub-2:05 marathon ( 2:04:58 at the 2011 Boston marathon ) . However , this time is not eligible to be a record due to the course being point-to-point and a net-downhill course . Hall won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
Dickson Marwa Mkami ( born 9 March 1982 in Tarime District , Mara Region ) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner . He competes in both track and road running . He represented Tanzania at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Olympic Games . He is the Tanzanian record holder for the half marathon with his best of 59:52 minutes . He finished sixteenth over 10,000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and was also seventh at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships that year . He was fourteenth on the track at the Beijing Olympics and finished sixteenth for a second time at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics . He is a two-time winner of the Sydney City2Surf and the Bridge to Brisbane , having won both the races in 2006 and 2007 . He took part in the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2008 and finished in third . Marwa won the Prague 10K in 2009 and was runner-up at the event the following year . He took fourth place at the Portugal Half Marathon in 2010 , finishing with a time of 1:03:14 . He finished in the top ten of his first race of 2011 , the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon . He was sixth at the Marseille-Cassis Classic later that year .
Tanzania ( /ˌtænzəˈniːə/ , [ note 2 ] Swahili : [ tanzaˈni.a ] ) , officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( Swahili : Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania ) , is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region . It borders Uganda to the north ; Kenya to the northeast ; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east ; Mozambique and Malawi to the south ; Zambia to the southwest ; and Rwanda , Burundi , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west . Mount Kilimanjaro , Africa 's highest mountain , is in northeastern Tanzania . Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania , such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils . The genus Australopithecus ranged all over Africa 4 to 2 million years ago ; and the oldest remains of the genus Homo are found near Lake Olduvai . Following the rise of Homo erectus 1.8 million years ago , humanity spread all over the Old World , and later in the New World and Australia under the species Homo sapiens . Homo sapiens also overtook Africa and absorbed the older archaic species and subspecies of humanity . One of the oldest known ethnic groups still existing , the Hadzabe , appears to have originated in Tanzania , and their oral history recalls ancestors who were tall and were the first to use fire , medicine , and lived in caves , much like Homo erectus or Homo heidelbergensis who lived in the same region before them . Later in the Stone and Bronze Age , prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia ; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago ; and the Southern Nilotes , including the Datoog , who originated from the present-day South Sudan-Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago . : page 18 These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas . They subsequently migrated across the rest of Tanzania between 2,300 and 1,700 years ago . German rule began in mainland Tanzania during the late 19th century when Germany formed German East Africa .
Martin Kitiyo Toroitich ( born 10 August 1983 in Kurongur ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon . His younger brother Boniface Kiprop Toroitich is a successful Ugandan runner .
Essa Ismail Rashed ( Arabic : عيسى اسماعيل راشد ; born Daniel Kipkosgei on 14 December 1986 ) is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2004 . He represented his adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007 . He is coached by the Italian Renato Canova . In 10,000 metres he won a gold medal at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon and a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha . He came twentieth in the 10,000 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . He was the 5000 m bronze medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and went on to claim another bronze over 3000 m at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games later that year . Rashed ran an Asian indoor record for the 5000 m at the PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf in 2010 , running a time of 13:19.10 minutes . Later that month he was just pipped to the gold in the 3000 m by teammate James Kwalia at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships . He gained selection for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and came ninth in the 3000 m final . He claimed a consecutive silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2010 Asian Games . He ran a personal best in the marathon at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon , coming eleventh with his run of 2:09:22 hours .
Cuthbert Nyasango ( born 17 September 1982 ) is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner . He was born in Nyanga . Nyasango competed for Zimbabwe at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he placed seventh in the marathon and was the flag bearer for his country at the Closing Ceremony on 12 August 2012 .
Zimbabwe ( /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ , -wi/ ) , officially the Republic of Zimbabwe , formerly Rhodesia , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa , between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers , bordered by South Africa , Botswana , Zambia and Mozambique . The capital and largest city is Harare . The second largest is Bulawayo . A country of roughly 14 million people , Zimbabwe has 16 official languages , with English , Shona , and Ndebele the most common . Since the 11th century , present-day Zimbabwe has been the site of several organised states and kingdoms as well as a major route for migration and trade . The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the present territory during the 1890s ; it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923 . In 1965 , the conservative white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia . The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces ; this culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and de jure sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980 . Zimbabwe then joined the Commonwealth of Nations , from which it was suspended in 2002 for breaches of international law by its then-government , and from which it withdrew in December 2003 . The sovereign state is a member of the United Nations , the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) , the African Union ( AU ) , and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ( COMESA ) . It was once known as the Jewel of Africa for its great prosperity . Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 , when his ZANU-PF party won the elections following the end of white minority rule ; he was the President of Zimbabwe from 1987 until his resignation in 2017 .
Gamal Belal Salem ( born Kipkemoi Katui on 12 September 1978 in Eldoret , Kenya ) is a Qatari runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase , training with the world record holder Saif Saaeed Shaheen under the Italian coach Renato Canova . He has represented Qatar at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on numerous occasions , including two team bronze medals at the 2005 competition and one at the 2008 competition . He won the 10,000 metres at the 2005 West Asian Games , and was also the 5000 metres silver medallist . He was also the silver medallist in the steeplechase at the 2006 Asian Games , where he finished behind fellow Kenyan-turned-Qatari Tareq Mubarak Taher . He won the World Military Cross Country Championships that same year . From 2009 onwards , he decided to run road races , leaving the activity on track . He made his debut over the marathon distance at La Route Du Louvre in May 2010 and won in a time of 2:12:46 hours . He ran at the Amatrice-Configno road race in Italy in August 2010 and took second place behind former compatriot and steeplechase specialist Ezekiel Kemboi . He entered the marathon race at the 2010 Asian Games , but did not manage finish the race . Salem improved his marathon best to 2:12:27 hours at the 2011 Madrid Marathon and was fourth overall .
Fred Mogaka Tumbo ( born 18 June 1978 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon . In 2006 he won the silver medal in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games , and finished seventeenth at the inaugural World Road Running Championships . His personal best time in the half marathon is 1:01:14 hours , achieved in March 2004 in Paris ; and his personal best time in the marathon is 2:12:03 hours , achieved at the 2006 Commonwealth Games .
Lusapho Lesly April ( born 1982 ) is a South African long-distance runner . He was born in Uitenhage . He competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , but managed only 43rd place after falling mid-race . He set a national record in 25 km road running ( 1:15:02 ) in 2010 . He is a two-time winner at the Two Oceans Half Marathon . He set a course record at the 2013 Hannover Marathon , winning in a personal best time of 2:08:32 hours . He was the third-place finisher at the 2013 New York City Marathon . He competed in the men 's marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . He finished in 24th place with a time of 2:15:24 .
South Africa , officially the Republic of South Africa ( RSA ) , is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres ( 1,739 mi ) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans ; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia , Botswana , and Zimbabwe ; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ( Swaziland ) ; and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho . South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 24th-largest country in the world by land area and , with over 58 million people , is also the world 's 24th-most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . About 80 percent of South Africans are of Bantu ancestry , divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages , nine of which have official status . The remaining population consists of Africa 's largest communities of European , Asian ( Indian ) , and multiracial ( Coloured ) ancestry . South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures , languages , and religions . Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution 's recognition of 11 official languages , which is the fourth-highest number in the world . Two of these languages are of European origin : Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most coloured and white South Africans ; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism , and is commonly used in public and commercial life , though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language . The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état , and regular elections have been held for almost a century . However , the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994 . During the 20th century , the black majority sought to claim more rights from the dominant white minority , with this struggle playing a large role in the country 's recent history and politics .
James Theuri ( born October 30 , 1978 in Kanjinji , Kenya ) is a French athlete who specialises in the marathon . Theuri competed at the 2009 World Athletics Championships .
France ( French : [ fʁɑ̃s ] ( listen ) ) , officially the French Republic ( French : République française , pronounced [ ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz ] ( listen ) ) , is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . [ XIII ] The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered by Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast , Switzerland and Italy to the east , and Andorra and Spain to the south . The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . The country 's 18 integral regions ( five of which are situated overseas ) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres ( 248,573 sq mi ) and a total population of 67.02 million ( as of July 2019 [ update ] ) . France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris , the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban areas include Lyon , Marseille , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille and Nice . France , including its overseas territories , has the most number of time zones of any country , with a total of 12 . During the Iron Age , what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls , a Celtic people . Rome annexed the area in 51 BC , holding it until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476 , who formed the Kingdom of Francia . The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into East Francia , Middle Francia and West Francia . West Francia , which became the Kingdom of France in 987 , emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages , following its victory in the Hundred Years ' War ( 1337-1453 ) .