title: 1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
text: # 1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
  
  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.
  
  ## Medallists
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 Șimon (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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ren Xiujuan | China | 1:10:39 |
  | | Lidia Șimon | 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 Šafářová | 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.
  
  ## 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 Șimon 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 Šafářová | 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.
  
  * Algeria (1)
  * Andorra (4)
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (1)
  * Belgium (7)
  * Bolivia (2)
  * Brazil (5)
  * Chile (1)
  * China (5)
  * Costa Rica (1)
  * Croatia (5)
  * Cyprus (2)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * Denmark (3)
  * Equatorial Guinea (1)
  * Estonia (1)
  * Ethiopia (9)
  * France (9)
  * Gabon (3)
  * Germany (6)
  * Hong Kong (2)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Iceland (1)
  * India (6)
  * Israel (4)
  * Italy (9)
  * Japan (7)
  * Kazakhstan (2)
  * Kenya (5)
  * Kyrgyzstan (3)
  * Mauritius (3)
  * Mexico (8)
  * Namibia (1)
  * Palestine (1)
  * Poland (3)
  * Puerto Rico (2)
  * Romania (5)
  * Russia (9)
  * Slovakia (4)
  * South Africa (8)
  * Spain (10)
  * Sri Lanka (1)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Switzerland (2)
  * Tanzania (3)
  * Turkmenistan (2)
  * Ukraine (7)
  * United Kingdom (9)
  * United States (10)
  * Uruguay (1)
  * Yemen (2)
  * Zaire (1)
  * Zimbabwe (3)
  