1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	7th
Date	September 27
Host city	Uster, Zürich, Switzerland
Events	2
Participation	236 athletes from 54 nations
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The 7th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 27, 1998, in the city of Uster, Switzerland. A total of 236 athletes, 139 men and 97 women, from 54 countries took part.

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.^[1][2]

Complete results were published.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Men	Paul Koech (KEN)	1:00:01	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	1:00:24	Khalid Skah (MAR)	1:00:24
Women	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	1:08:29	Elana Meyer (RSA)	1:08:32	Lidia Șimon (ROU)	1:08:58
Team
Team Men	South Africa	3:02:21	Kenya	3:03:07	Ethiopia	3:05:18
Team Women	Kenya	3:29:43	Romania	3:32:19	Spain	3:34:18

Race Results

Men's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Koech	Kenya	1:00:01	PB
	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	1:00:24
	Khalid Skah	Morocco	1:00:24	PB
4	Ibrahim Seid	Ethiopia	1:00:31	PB
5	Gert Thys	South Africa	1:00:37
6	Antonio Silio	Argentina	1:00:45	NR
7	Luís Jesús	Portugal	1:01:10
8	Tendai Chimusasa	Zimbabwe	1:01:14
9	Abner Chipu	South Africa	1:01:20
10	Shem Kororia	Kenya	1:01:30
11	John Gwako	Kenya	1:01:36
12	Ronaldo da Costa	Brazil	1:01:40
13	Joseph Kibor	Kenya	1:01:42
14	Bartolomé Serrano	Spain	1:01:43	PB
15	Martín Fiz	Spain	1:01:47
16	Luís Novo	Portugal	1:01:50	PB
17	Carsten Jørgensen	Denmark	1:01:55	PB
18	Javier Cortés	Spain	1:02:02	PB
19	Alemayehu Girma	Ethiopia	1:02:07	PB
20	Janko Benša	Yugoslavia	1:02:11	PB
21	Joseph Kimani	Kenya	1:02:15
22	Maxwell Zungu	South Africa	1:02:16	PB
23	Osamu Nara	Japan	1:02:21
24	Carlos Patrício	Portugal	1:02:22
25	Danilo Goffi	Italy	1:02:24
26	Mohamed Ouaadi	France	1:02:29	PB
27	Daniele Caimmi	Italy	1:02:33	PB
28	Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi	Libya	1:02:39	PB
29	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	1:02:40
30	Atsushi Fujita	Japan	1:02:45
31	Stéphane Schweickhardt	Switzerland	1:02:48
32	Giacomo Leone	Italy	1:02:49
33	Alene Emere	Ethiopia	1:02:50
34	Kebede Tekeste	Ethiopia	1:02:51	PB
35	Wilbroad Axweso	Tanzania	1:02:52
36	Javier Caballero	Spain	1:02:54	PB
37	João NʼTyamba	Angola	1:02:54	PB
38	Marco Gielen	Netherlands	1:02:57
39	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal	1:03:03
40	Mohamed Serbouti	France	1:03:07	PB
41	José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero	Colombia	1:03:08
42	Alfred Shemweta	Sweden	1:03:20
43	Francesco Ingargiola	Italy	1:03:30
44	Valdenor dos Santos	Brazil	1:03:32
45	Juan Carlos Gutiérrez	Colombia	1:03:42
46	Delfim Conceição	Portugal	1:03:44
47	Carlos Grisales	Colombia	1:03:47
48	Pedro Rojas	Colombia	1:03:59	PB
49	Antonio Pérez	Spain	1:04:06
50	Krzysztof Przybyła	Poland	1:04:07	PB
51	Ezael Thlobo	South Africa	1:04:08
52	Benedict Ako	Tanzania	1:04:14
53	Richard Potts	New Zealand	1:04:16	PB
54	André Ramos	Brazil	1:04:17	PB
55	Eryk Szostak	Poland	1:04:20
56	Jonathan Wyatt	New Zealand	1:04:23	PB
57	Stephen Bwalya	Zambia	1:04:26
58	Viktor Röthlin	Switzerland	1:04:30
59	Alex Malinga	Uganda	1:04:33	PB
60	Joseph Nsengiyumya	Rwanda	1:04:40	PB
61	Vladimir Tsyamchik	Belarus	1:04:43
62	Sam Mwape	Zambia	1:04:44
63	Bigboy Goromonzi	Zimbabwe	1:04:46
64	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	1:04:53
65	Jean-Pierre Lautredoux	France	1:04:59
66	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia	1:05:00	PB
67	Elijah Mutandiro	Zimbabwe	1:05:03
68	Koji Kimura	Japan	1:05:06
69	Craig Kirkwood	New Zealand	1:05:08
70	Oliver Mintzlaff	Germany	1:05:09	PB
71	Borislav Dević	Yugoslavia	1:05:14
72	Michael Fietz	Germany	1:05:15
73	Todd Reeser	United States	1:05:18
74	Tekeye Gebrselassie	Netherlands	1:05:18
75	Hansjörg Brücker	Switzerland	1:05:19
76	Toomas Tarm	Estonia	1:05:21	PB
77	Eduardo do Nascimento	Brazil	1:05:27
78	Safari Ingi	Tanzania	1:05:34
79	Gabriel Mazimpaka	Rwanda	1:05:35
80	Gavin Gaynor	United States	1:05:36	PB
81	Peter van der Velden	Netherlands	1:05:47
82	Eric Morrison	United States	1:05:50
83	Markus Gerber	Switzerland	1:05:51
84	Jan Křižák	Slovakia	1:05:56	PB
85	Patrick Phillips	United States	1:05:58	PB
86	Ceslovas Kundrotas	Lithuania	1:05:59
87	Pavelas Fedorenko	Lithuania	1:05:59
88	Felix Mbuye	Zambia	1:06:00
89	Peter Visser	Netherlands	1:06:00
90	Steffen Benecke	Germany	1:06:04
91	Miroslav Sajler	Czech Republic	1:06:06
92	Joseph Nsubuga	Uganda	1:06:09	PB
93	Daniel Ferreira	Brazil	1:06:14
94	Ben Chesang	Uganda	1:06:29	PB
95	Margus Pirksaar	Estonia	1:06:31	PB
96	Philip Rist	Switzerland	1:06:32
97	Pavel Dudr	Czech Republic	1:06:34
98	Sipho Dlamini	Swaziland	1:06:45	PB
99	Ali Awad	Lebanon	1:06:50
100	Andrew Peskett	New Zealand	1:06:51	PB
101	Vladimir Gusev	Kyrgyzstan	1:06:55
102	Pavel Faschingbauer	Czech Republic	1:06:56
103	Menon Ramsamy	Mauritius	1:07:05
104	Jean-François Bertron	France	1:07:06
105	Pascal Fetizon	France	1:07:07
106	Jiří Hajzler	Czech Republic	1:07:15
107	Michael Wolf	Germany	1:07:24
108	Patrick Ishyaka	Rwanda	1:07:42
109	Darrell General	United States	1:07:48
110	Christian Fischer	Germany	1:07:56
111	Ramiz Taipi	Yugoslavia	1:08:18
112	Arunas Balciunas	Lithuania	1:08:28
113	Wiesław Figurski	Poland	1:08:31
114	Samuli Vasala	Finland	1:08:43
115	Hidajet Bulic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:09:10	PB
116	Mehdi Chebli	Lebanon	1:09:53
117	António Zeferino	Cape Verde	1:10:19
118	Omar Abdel Latif	Lebanon	1:10:37
119	Kaare Sørensen	Denmark	1:10:39
120	Room Singh	India	1:10:40	PB
121	Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev	Turkmenistan	1:10:49
122	Roland Wille	Liechtenstein	1:10:56
123	Hari Singh	India	1:10:58	PB
124	Raj Pal	India	1:11:05	PB
125	Clement Omagoro	Uganda	1:11:15	PB
126	Josip Lacković	Croatia	1:11:48
127	Drago Paripović	Croatia	1:12:18
128	Robert Prejnjak	Croatia	1:12:28
129	José Luis Ebatela	Equatorial Guinea	1:13:01	PB
130	Eric Vamben	Mauritius	1:13:38
131	Liam Byrne	Gibraltar	1:14:11
132	Judex Durhone	Mauritius	1:15:14
133	Dovletmomed Nazarov	Turkmenistan	1:16:01
134	Louis Chichon	Gibraltar	1:16:18
135	Aleksandr Levdanskiy	Kyrgyzstan	1:19:25
—	Diego Colorado	Colombia	DNF
—	Saša Ljubojević	Croatia	DNF
—	Michele Gamba	Italy	DNF
—	Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev	Turkmenistan	DNF

Women's

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	1:08:29
	Elana Meyer	South Africa	1:08:32
	Lidia Șimon	Romania	1:08:58	PB
4	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	1:10:02
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	1:10:04
6	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	1:10:10
7	Julia Vaquero	Spain	1:10:33
8	Cristina Pomacu	Romania	1:10:39
9	Yukiko Okamoto	Japan	1:10:50
10	Leah Malot	Kenya	1:11:04
11	Albertina Dias	Portugal	1:11:08
12	Alina Ivanova	Russia	1:11:18
13	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	1:11:26
14	María Luisa Lárraga	Spain	1:11:30	PB
15	Maria Guida	Italy	1:11:31
16	Irma Heeren	Netherlands	1:11:35
17	Rakiya Maraoui	France	1:11:44
18	Franziska Rochat	Switzerland	1:11:47
19	Asha Gigi	Ethiopia	1:11:49	PB
20	Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova	Russia	1:11:53
21	Lornah Kiplagat	Kenya	1:12:09
22	Kazumi Matsuo	Japan	1:12:12
23	Rocío Ríos	Spain	1:12:15
24	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	1:12:25
25	Zahia Dahmani	France	1:12:27
26	Lucilla Andreucci	Italy	1:12:34
27	Franca Fiacconi	Italy	1:12:37
28	Jody Hawkins	United States	1:12:38
29	Constantina Diţă-Tomescu	Romania	1:12:42
30	Sylvia Renz	Germany	1:12:44
31	Nicole Whiteford	South Africa	1:12:49
32	Maren Östringer	Germany	1:12:49
33	Melissa Moon	New Zealand	1:13:06
34	Mayumi Ichikawa	Japan	1:13:16
35	Aurica Buia	Romania	1:13:44
36	Annemette Jensen	Denmark	1:13:47
37	Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk	Belarus	1:13:47
38	Rosa Oliveira	Portugal	1:13:52
39	Alena Peterková	Czech Republic	1:13:58
40	Annick Clouvel	France	1:14:02
41	Jackline Torori	Kenya	1:14:03
42	Shelly Steely	United States	1:14:06
43	Yelena Mazovka	Belarus	1:14:16
44	Irina Šafářová	Russia	1:14:28
45	Takako Kotorida	Japan	1:14:32
46	Leila Aman	Ethiopia	1:14:36
47	Elsabet Truneh	Ethiopia	1:14:37	PB
48	Birgit Jerschabek	Germany	1:14:45
49	Satoko Karita	Japan	1:14:48
51	Christine McNamara	United States	1:15:01
52	Liz Yelling/Talbot	Great Britain	1:15:06	PB
53	Dorota Gruca-Giezek	Poland	1:15:12
54	Florinda Andreucci	Italy	1:15:14
55	Clarisse Rasoarizay	Madagascar	1:15:43
56	Helána Barócsi	Hungary	1:15:48
56	Martha Ernstdóttir	Iceland	1:15:48
57	Pan Jinhong	China	1:15:56
58	Wang Yanfang	China	1:15:56
59	Marietjie McDermott	South Africa	1:15:56
60	Fátima Cabral	Portugal	1:16:05
61	Trina Painter	United States	1:16:10
62	Kim Pawelek	United States	1:16:22
63	Inga Juodeškienė	Lithuania	1:16:23
64	Debbie Percival	Great Britain	1:16:25
65	Yelena Makolova	Belarus	1:16:31
66	Ursula Jeitziner	Switzerland	1:16:40
67	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain	1:16:44
68	Elisabeth Krieg-Ruprecht	Switzerland	1:16:50
69	Dita Hebelková	Czech Republic	1:17:20	PB
70	Anna-Ursula Olbrecht	Switzerland	1:17:20
71	Maria Bradley	Great Britain	1:17:25
72	Yigezu Tsehay	Ethiopia	1:17:30	PB
73	Maree Bunce	New Zealand	1:17:51
74	Eti Einer	Israel	1:18:01	PB
75	Asegedech Gizaw	Ethiopia	1:18:13
76	Lydia Mafula	South Africa	1:18:14
77	Mirjana Glisovic	Yugoslavia	1:18:52
78	Vilija Birbalaitė	Lithuania	1:19:21
79	Sue Reinsford	Great Britain	1:19:30
80	Mable Chiwama	Zambia	1:19:34
81	Dana Janecková	Slovakia	1:19:50
82	Suzana Čirić	Yugoslavia	1:20:10
83	Luz Fabiola Rueda	Colombia	1:20:24
84	Chanda Mwansa	Zambia	1:20:47
85	Jean Mpundu	Zambia	1:21:22
86	Annie Coathalem	France	1:21:39
87	Irena Šádková	Czech Republic	1:21:40
88	Ines Cronjäger	Germany	1:21:52
89	Anna Markelova	Turkmenistan	1:22:13	PB
90	Rigzen Angmo	India	1:31:36
91	Esperanza Obono	Equatorial Guinea	1:33:59
92	Kristinka Marković	Croatia	1:34:04
93	Sarbjett Kaur	India	1:34:06
—	Natalia Bendzik	Belarus	DNF
—	Chantal Dällenbach	France	DNF
—	Sonia Maccioni	Italy	DNF
—	Nuta Olaru	Romania	DNF

Team Results

Men's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala Gert Thys Abner Chipu	3:02:21
	Kenya	Paul Koech Shem Kororia John Gwako	3:03:07
	Ethiopia	Ibrahim Seid Alemayehu Girma Addis Abebe	3:05:18
4	Portugal	Luís Jesús Luís Novo Carlos Patrício	3:05:22
5	Spain	Bartolomé Serrano Martín Fiz Javier Cortés	3:05:32
6	Italy	Danilo Goffi Daniele Caimmi Giacomo Leone	3:07:46
7	Brazil	Ronaldo da Costa Valdenor dos Santos André Ramos	3:09:29
8	Japan	Osamu Nara Atsushi Fujita Katsuhiko Hanada	3:09:59
9	France	Mohamed Ouaadi Mohamed Serbouti Jean-Pierre Lautredoux	3:10:35
10	Colombia	José Orlando Sánchez Guerrero Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Carlos Grisales	3:10:37
11	Zimbabwe	Tendai Chimusasa Bigboy Goromonzi Elijah Mutandiro	3:11:03
12	Switzerland	Stéphane Schweickhardt Viktor Röthlin Hansjörg Brücker	3:12:37
13	Tanzania	Wilbroad Axweso Benedict Ako Safari Ingi	3:12:40
14	New Zealand	Richard Potts Jonathan Wyatt Craig Kirkwood	3:13:47
15	Netherlands	Marco Gielen Tekeye Gebrselassie Peter van der Velden	3:14:02
16	Zambia	Stephen Bwalya Sam Mwape Felix Mbuye	3:15:10
17	Yugoslavia	Janko Benša Borislav Dević Ramiz Taipi	3:15:43
18	Germany	Oliver Mintzlaff Michael Fietz Steffen Benecke	3:16:28
19	United States	Todd Reeser Gavin Gaynor Eric Morrison	3:16:44
20	Estonia	Pavel Loskutov Toomas Tarm Margus Pirksaar	3:16:52
21	Poland	Krzysztof Przybyła Eryk Szostak Wiesław Figurski	3:16:58
22	Uganda	Alex Malinga Joseph Nsubuga Ben Chesang	3:17:11
23	Rwanda	Joseph Nsengiyumya Gabriel Mazimpaka Patrick Ishyaka	3:17:57
24	Czech Republic	Miroslav Sajler Pavel Dudr Pavel Faschingbauer	3:19:36
25	Lithuania	Ceslovas Kundrotas Pavelas Fedorenko Arunas Balciunas	3:20:26
26	Lebanon	Ali Awad Mehdi Chebli Omar Abdel Latif	3:27:20
27	India	Room Singh Hari Singh Raj Pal	3:32:43
28	Mauritius	Menon Ramsamy Eric Vamben Judex Durhone	3:35:57
29	Croatia	Josip Lacković Drago Paripović Robert Prejnjak	3:36:34
—	Turkmenistan	Charygeldiy Allaberdiyev Dovletmomed Nazarov Parakhat Kurtgeldiyev	DNF

Women's

Rank	Country	Team	Time
	Kenya	Tegla Loroupe Joyce Chepchumba Leah Malot	3:29:43
	Romania	Lidia Șimon Cristina Pomacu Constantina Diţă-Tomescu	3:32:19
	Spain	Julia Vaquero María Luisa Lárraga Rocío Ríos	3:34:18
4	Russia	Alina Ivanova Svetlana Zakharova Firiya Sultanova-Zhdanova	3:34:37
5	Japan	Yukiko Okamoto Kazumi Matsuo Mayumi Ichikawa	3:36:18
6	Italy	Maria Guida Lucilla Andreucci Franca Fiacconi	3:36:42
7	South Africa	Elana Meyer Nicole Whiteford Marietjie McDermott	3:37:17
8	France	Rakiya Maraoui Zahia Dahmani Annick Clouvel	3:38:13
9	Germany	Sylvia Renz Maren Östringer Birgit Jerschabek	3:40:18
10	Switzerland	Franziska Rochat Daria Nauer Ursula Jeitziner	3:40:52
11	Ethiopia	Asha Gigi Leila Aman Elsabet Truneh	3:41:02
12	Portugal	Albertina Dias Rosa Oliveira Fátima Cabral	3:41:05
13	United States	Jody Hawkins Shelly Steely Christine McNamara	3:41:45
14	Belarus	Galina Karnatsevich/Baruk Yelena Mazovka Yelena Makolova	3:44:34
15	Great Britain	Liz Yelling/Talbot Debbie Percival Alison Wyeth	3:48:15
16	Yugoslavia	Olivera Jevtić Mirjana Glisovic Suzana Čirić	3:49:04
17	Czech Republic	Alena Peterková Dita Hebelková Irena Šádková	3:52:58
18	Zambia	Mable Chiwama Chanda Mwansa Jean Mpundu	4:01:43

Participation

The participation of 236 athletes (139 men/97 women) from 54 countries is reported.^[3]