1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	5th
Date	September 29
Host city	Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
Events	2
Participation	206 athletes from 53 nations
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The 5th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 29, 1996, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. A total of 206 athletes, 134 men and 72 women, from 53 countries took part.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	1:01:17	Josephat Kiprono (KEN)	1:01:30	Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)	1:02:00
Women	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	1:10:39	Lidia Simon (ROU)	1:10:57	Aurica Buia (ROU)	1:11:01
Team
Team Men	Italy	3:07:42	Spain	3:08:36	Japan	3:08:43
Team Women	Romania	3:32:59	France	3:38:44	Italy	3:41:28

Race results

Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stefano Baldini	Italy	1:01:17
	Josephat Kiprono	Kenya	1:01:30
	Tendai Chimusasa	Zimbabwe	1:02:00
4	Carlos de la Torre	Spain	1:02:03
5	Toshiyuki Hayata	Japan	1:02:05
6	Neema Tuluway	Tanzania	1:02:30
7	Delmir dos Santos	Brazil	1:02:44
8	Alejandro Gómez	Spain	1:02:47
9	Giacomo Leone	Italy	1:02:48
10	Stéphane Schweickhardt	Switzerland	1:02:49
11	Gemechu Kebede	Ethiopia	1:02:52
12	Masatoshi Ibata	Japan	1:03:07
13	Lucketz Swartbooi	Namibia	1:03:24
14	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	1:03:31
15	Ezael Thlobo	South Africa	1:03:32
16	Philip Chirchir	Kenya	1:03:36
17	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	1:03:37
18	Dario Fegatelli	Italy	1:03:38
19	Kamal Kohil	Algeria	1:03:39
20	Christopher Isengwe	Tanzania	1:03:43
21	Paul Arpin	France	1:03:44
22	Dave Swanston	Great Britain	1:03:44
23	José Manuel García	Spain	1:03:46
24	André Ramos	Brazil	1:03:46
25	Michele Gamba	Italy	1:03:50
26	John Sence	United States	1:04:07
27	Dagne Debela	Ethiopia	1:04:13
28	Charles Tangus	Kenya	1:04:18
29	Johannes Maremane	South Africa	1:04:20
30	Margarito Zamora	Mexico	1:04:21
31	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	1:04:26
32	Eduardo do Nascimento	Brazil	1:04:35
33	Pablo Olmedo Castañon	Mexico	1:04:37
34	Klaus-Peter Hansen	Denmark	1:04:39
35	Bruno Léger	France	1:04:41
36	Ronny Ligneel	Belgium	1:04:49
37	James Herald	United States	1:04:50
38	Jens Karrass	Germany	1:04:52
39	Jerry Lawson	United States	1:04:55
40	Muneyuki Ojima	Japan	1:04:59
41	Chris Robison	Great Britain	1:05:10
42	Aleksandr Bolkhovitin	Russia	1:05:12
43	Kaare Sørensen	Denmark	1:05:15
44	Abdi Djama	France	1:05:20
45	Mykola Rudyk	Ukraine	1:05:20
46	Philip Tanui	Kenya	1:05:22
47	Luboš Šubrt	Czech Republic	1:05:26
48	Vladimir Afanasyev	Russia	1:05:37
49	Geraldo Morales	Mexico	1:05:39
50	Wodage Zvadya	Israel	1:05:40
51	Viktor Rogovoy	Ukraine	1:05:46
52	Herman Decoux	Belgium	1:05:53
53	Miroslav Sajler	Czech Republic	1:06:05
54	Andrey Shalagin	Russia	1:06:08
55	Farid Khayrullin	Russia	1:06:08
56	Xia Fengyuan	China	1:06:10
57	Meck Mothuli	South Africa	1:06:12
58	Aleksandr Kuzin	Ukraine	1:06:18
59	Dominique Chauvelier	France	1:06:21
60	Carsten Eich	Germany	1:06:31
61	Alfredo Vigueras	United States	1:06:35
62	Phil Makepeace	Great Britain	1:06:36
63	Zoltán Holba	Hungary	1:06:42
64	Kidane Gebrmichael	Ethiopia	1:06:46
65	Apolinar Caudillo	Mexico	1:06:47
66	Rainer Huth	Germany	1:06:49
67	Ángel Vizcarrondo	Puerto Rico	1:06:52
68	Tesfaye Tola	Ethiopia	1:06:59
69	Asaf Bimro	Israel	1:07:12
70	Semyon Zhustin	Russia	1:07:15
71	Ayele Setegne	Israel	1:07:21
72	Tadayuki Ojima	Japan	1:07:42
73	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia	1:07:50
74	Marly Sopyev	Turkmenistan	1:07:50
75	Josphat Mhandu	Zimbabwe	1:07:55
76	Carlos Ayala	Mexico	1:07:58
77	Peter Ndirangu	Kenya	1:08:06
78	Leonid Pykhteyev	Kyrgyzstan	1:08:13
79	Peter Weilenmann	United States	1:08:28
80	Martin Block	Germany	1:08:31
81	Fungai Kapanyota	Zimbabwe	1:08:38
82	Dov Kremer	Israel	1:08:40
83	Ricardo Vera	Uruguay	1:08:48
84	Aleksandr Saprykin	Kazakhstan	1:08:51
85	Sujeewa Chandrapala	Sri Lanka	1:08:54
86	Marcel Matanin	Slovakia	1:08:56
87	Vladimir Gusev	Kazakhstan	1:09:15
88	David Tune	Great Britain	1:09:26
89	Martin Horáček	Czech Republic	1:09:36
90	Johnny Loría	Costa Rica	1:09:45
91	Nazirdin Akylbekov	Kyrgyzstan	1:09:53
92	Jaroslav Jakubáček	Slovakia	1:09:54
93	Mo Shuxin	China	1:09:56
94	Miroslav Plešivka	Slovakia	1:10:09
95	Drago Paripović	Croatia	1:10:34
96	Josip Lacković	Croatia	1:10:45
97	Gabriel Laboy	Puerto Rico	1:10:49
98	Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev	Turkmenistan	1:10:51
99	Nazim Noorbux	Mauritius	1:11:04
100	Vladimir Kiselyov	Kyrgyzstan	1:11:17
101	Bhairon Singh Loney	India	1:11:27
102	Toni Bernadó	Andorra	1:11:40
103	Nedeljko Ravić	Croatia	1:12:09
104	Muni Rajappa	India	1:12:21
105	Khalid Al-Estashi	Yemen	1:13:17
106	José Luis Ebatela	Equatorial Guinea	1:13:17
107	Satish Huryl	Mauritius	1:13:28
108	Marco Ivan Condori	Bolivia	1:13:28
109	Jean Ntdugou	Gabon	1:14:01
110	Kostas Konstantinou	Cyprus	1:14:15
111	Michal Kavacký	Slovakia	1:14:34
112	Loasis Boussougou	Gabon	1:14:37
113	Soudesh Rajcoomar	Mauritius	1:15:21
114	Leonard Madinda	Gabon	1:16:33
115	Redmal Singh	India	1:16:34
116	Theofilou Vasos	Cyprus	1:16:44
117	Carles Font	Andorra	1:17:39
118	Ihab Salama	Palestine	1:18:42
119	Mohamed Al-Khawlani	Yemen	1:19:33
120	Xavier Bossa	Andorra	1:22:42
121	Josep Graells	Andorra	1:22:42
—	Marcelo Cascabelo	Argentina	DNF
—	Stéphane Rousseau	Belgium	DNF
—	Gino Van Geyte	Belgium	DNF
—	Marco Antonio Condori	Bolivia	DNF
—	Tomix da Costa	Brazil	DNF
—	Vanderlei de Lima	Brazil	DNF
—	Willy Kalombo	Zaire	DNF
—	Mohamed El-Massoudi	France	DNF
—	Klaus-Peter Nabein	Germany	DNF
—	Robert de Vido	Hong Kong	DNF
—	Sam Molokomme	South Africa	DNF
—	Bartolomé Serrano	Spain	DNF
—	Maxmillian Iranqhe	Tanzania	DNF

Women's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ren Xiujuan	China	1:10:39
	Lidia Simon	Romania	1:10:57
	Aurica Buia	Romania	1:11:01
4	Nuta Olaru	Romania	1:11:07
5	Kanako Haginaga	Japan	1:11:18
6	Christine Mallo	France	1:12:24
7	Firiya Sultanova	Russia	1:12:34
8	Heather Turland	Australia	1:12:46
9	Zahia Dahmani	France	1:12:47
10	Lucilla Andreucci	Italy	1:12:50
11	Cristina Pomacu	Romania	1:13:05
12	Zola Pieterse	South Africa	1:13:19
13	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	1:13:22
14	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	1:13:27
15	Muriel Linsolas	France	1:13:33
16	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	1:13:41
17	Mayumi Ichikawa	Japan	1:13:42
18	Alla Zhilyayeva	Russia	1:13:47
19	Dorota Gruca-Giezek	Poland	1:14:07
20	Nina Korvryzkina	Ukraine	1:14:28
21	Teresa Récio	Spain	1:14:32
22	Tatyana Dzhabrayilova	Ukraine	1:14:45
23	Bénédicte Molle	France	1:14:52
24	Sonia Maccioni	Italy	1:14:57
25	Paola Cabrera	Mexico	1:15:00
26	María Luisa Lárraga	Spain	1:15:03
27	Wendy Barrett	United States	1:15:23
28	Sally Goldsmith	Great Britain	1:15:33
29	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	1:15:50
30	Patrizia Ritondo	Italy	1:16:04
31	Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella	United States	1:16:05
32	Magdalena Thorsell	Sweden	1:16:07
33	Tatyana Belovol	Ukraine	1:16:11
34	Nicole Whiteford	South Africa	1:16:15
35	Emebet Abossa	Ethiopia	1:16:16
36	María Luisa Muñoz	Spain	1:16:29
37	Sonja Deckers	Belgium	1:16:32
38	Dörte Köster	Germany	1:16:45
39	Irina Safarova	Russia	1:16:48
40	Katrina Price	United States	1:16:49
41	Renata Paradowska	Poland	1:16:49
42	Gadissie Edato	Ethiopia	1:16:53
43	Natalia Requena	Spain	1:16:54
44	Danielle Sanderson	Great Britain	1:16:56
45	Laurel Park	United States	1:17:04
46	Ilona Barbanova	Ukraine	1:17:29
47	Hayley Nash	Great Britain	1:17:45
48	Nelly Glauser	Switzerland	1:18:05
49	Adriana Fernández	Mexico	1:18:25
50	Anniek Beckers	Belgium	1:18:51
51	Tijana Pavičić	Croatia	1:19:22
52	Chunping Jin	China	1:19:41
53	Asselefech Assefa	Ethiopia	1:19:45
54	Lu Jing	China	1:20:00
55	Danuta Marczyk	Poland	1:20:36
56	Ingrid Van Giel	Belgium	1:21:53
57	Eloisa Toral	Mexico	1:21:56
58	Lizianne Holmes	South Africa	1:21:58
59	Lynn Doering	United States	1:22:25
60	Mandy Lo	Hong Kong	1:22:37
61	Flor Venegas	Chile	1:24:28
62	Abebe Tola	Ethiopia	1:24:36
63	Usha Verma	India	1:24:50
64	Slavica Brčić	Croatia	1:25:10
65	Shelyi Joseph	India	1:25:36
66	Rigzen Angmo	India	1:25:37
—	Anja Jørgensen	Denmark	DNF
—	Heather Heasman	Great Britain	DNF
—	Liz McColgan	Great Britain	DNF
—	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	DNF
—	Paulina Phaho	South Africa	DNF
—	Cristina Burca	Romania	DQ†

^†: Cristina Burca from  Romania was initially 8th (1:12:37), but disqualified later. From 2 May 1999, the IAAF imposed a life ban on her.^[2]

Team results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Italy	Stefano Baldini Giacomo Leone Vincenzo Modica	3:07:42
	Spain	Carlos de la Torre Alejandro Gómez José Manuel García	3:08:36
	Japan	Toshiyuki Hayata Masatoshi Ibata Katsuhiko Hanada	3:08:43
4	Kenya	Josephat Kiprono Philip Chirchir Charles Tangus	3:09:24
5	Brazil	Delmir dos Santos André Ramos Eduardo do Nascimento	3:11:05
6	France	Paul Arpin Bruno Léger Abdi Djama	3:13:45
7	Ethiopia	Gemechu Kebede Dagne Debela Kidane Gebrmichael	3:13:51
8	United States	John Sence James Herald Jerry Lawson	3:13:52
9	South Africa	Ezael Thlobo Johannes Maremane Meck Mothuli	3:14:04
10	Mexico	Margarito Zamora Pablo Olmedo Castañon Geraldo Morales	3:14:37
11	Great Britain	Dave Swanston Chris Robison Phil Makepeace	3:15:30
12	Russia	Aleksandr Bolkhovitin Vladimir Afanasyev Andrey Shalagin	3:16:57
13	Ukraine	Mykola Rudyk Viktor Rogovoy Aleksandr Kuzin	3:17:24
14	Germany	Jens Karrass Carsten Eich Rainer Huth	3:18:12
15	Zimbabwe	Tendai Chimusasa Josphat Mhandu Fungai Kapanyota	3:18:33
16	Israel	Wodage Zvadya Asaf Bimro Ayele Setegne	3:20:13
17	Czech Republic	Luboš Šubrt Miroslav Sajler Martin Horáček	3:21:07
18	Slovakia	Marcel Matanin Jaroslav Jakubáček Miroslav Plešivka	3:28:59
19	Kyrgyzstan	Leonid Pykhteyev Nazirdin Akylbekov Vladimir Kiselyov	3:29:23
20	Croatia	Drago Paripović Josip Lacković Nedeljko Ravić	3:33:28
21	Mauritius	Nazim Noorbux Satish Huryl Soudesh Rajcoomar	3:39:53
22	India	Bhairon Singh Loney Muni Rajappa Redmal Singh	3:40:22
23	Gabon	Jean Ntdugou Loasis Boussougou Leonard Madinda	3:45:11
24	Andorra	Toni Bernadó Carles Font Xavier Bossa	3:52:01
—	Belgium	Ronny Ligneel Herman Decoux Stéphane Rousseau	DNF
—	Tanzania	Neema Tuluway Christopher Isengwe Maxmillian Iranqhe	DNF

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Romania	Lidia Simon Aurica Buia Nuta Olaru	3:33:05
	France	Christine Mallo Zahia Dahmani Muriel Linsolas	3:38:44
	Italy	Lucilla Andreucci Annalisa Scurti Sonia Maccioni	3:41:28
4	Russia	Firiya Sultanova Alla Zhilyayeva Irina Safarova	3:43:09
5	Ukraine	Nina Korvryzkina Tatyana Dzhabrayilova Tatyana Belovol	3:45:24
6	Spain	Teresa Récio María Luisa Lárraga Angelines Rodríguez	3:45:25
7	Ethiopia	Getenesh Urge Emebet Abossa Gadissie Edato	3:46:31
8	United States	Wendy Barrett Lorraine Masuoka/Hochella Katrina Price	3:48:17
9	Great Britain	Sally Goldsmith Danielle Sanderson Hayley Nash	3:50:14
10	China	Ren Xiujuan Chunping Jin Lu Jing	3:50:20
11	Poland	Dorota Gruca-Giezek Renata Paradowska Danuta Marczyk	3:51:32
12	South Africa	Zola Pieterse Nicole Whiteford Lizianne Holmes	3:51:32
13	Mexico	Paola Cabrera Adriana Fernández Eloisa Toral	3:55:21
14	Belgium	Sonja Deckers Anniek Beckers Ingrid Van Giel	3:57:16
15	India	Usha Verma Shelyi Joseph Rigzen Angmo	4:16:03

Participation

The participation of 206 athletes (134 men/72 women) from 53 countries is reported.^[1]