2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
Dates17 October 2020
Host cityGdynia, Poland
Events2
Length21.0975 km
(13.1 mi)
Previous2018 Valencia
Nextcancelled 2022 Yangzhou

2023 Riga

The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

On 2020.08.31, the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite championships remained scheduled.[2][3][4]

Medalists

Individual
MenJacob Kiplimo (Uganda)58:49Kibiwott Kandie (Kenya)58:54Amedework Walelegn (Ethiopia)59:08
WomenPeres Jepchirchir (Kenya)1:05:16Melat Yisak Kejeta (Germany)1:05:18Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia)1:05:19
Team
Men2:58:102:58:252:58:39
Women3:16:393:18:103:28:42

Race results

Men

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Jacob KiplimoUganda58:49
Kibiwott KandieKenya58:54
Amedework WalelegnEthiopia59:08
4Joshua CheptegeiUganda59:21
5Andamlak BelihuEthiopia59:32
6Leonard BarsotonKenya59:34
7Stephen MokokaSouth Africa59:36
8Morhad AmdouniFrance59:40
9Benard KimeliKenya59:42
10Leul GebresilaseEthiopia59:45
11Hailemaryam KirosEthiopia1:00:01
12Hamza SahliMorocco1:00:04
13Mohamed Reda El AarabyMorocco1:00:17
14Lesiba Precious MasheleSouth Africa1:00:24
15Mouhcine OutalhaMorocco1:00:26
16Victor KiplangatUganda1:00:29
17Othmane El GoumriMorocco1:00:30
18Jake SmithUnited Kingdom1:00:31
19Stephen KissaUganda1:00:34
20Bohdan-Ivan HorodyskyyUkraine1:00:40
21Julien WandersSwitzerland1:00:46
22Guye Idemo AdolaEthiopia1:00:50
23Collen MulaudziSouth Africa1:00:51
24Aras KayaTurkey1:00:51
25Tadesse GetahonIsrael1:00:52
26Eyob FanielItaly1:00:53
27Florian CarvalhoFrance1:00:58
28Marhu TeferiIsrael1:00:58
29José Luis SantanaMexico1:01:11
30Juan PachecoMexico1:01:20
31Ayad LamdassemSpain1:01:21
32Benjamin ChoquertFrance1:01:32
33Carlos DíazChile1:01:32
34Krystian ZalewskiPoland1:01:32
35Simon BochGermany1:01:36
36Juan Antonio PérezSpain1:01:39
37David NilssonSweden1:01:40
38Hassan TorissMorocco1:01:42
39Girmaw AmareIsrael1:02:03
40Samuel BarataPortugal1:02:19
41Tiidrek NurmeEstonia1:02:20
42Benard Kipkorir NgenoKenya1:02:26
43Pietro RivaItaly1:02:28
44Stefano La RosaItaly1:02:28
45Nicolas NavarroFrance1:02:29
46Adel MechaalSpain1:02:30
47Morris Munene GachagaKenya1:02:30
48Iván Darío GonzálezColombia1:02:31
49Daniele D'OnofrioItaly1:02:32
50Mohamud Ibrahim AadanUnited Kingdom1:02:41
51Tadesse AbrahamSwitzerland1:02:46
52Hlynur AndréssonIceland1:02:47
53Mikael EkvallSweden1:02:48
54Kaan Kigen ÖzbilenTurkey1:02:53
55Emil Millán de la OlivaSweden1:02:53
56Segundo JamiEcuador1:02:57
57Abderrazak CharikFrance1:02:58
58Kevin SeawardIreland1:02:58
59Roman FostiEstonia1:03:03
60Kristian JonesUnited Kingdom1:03:05
61Polat Kemboi ArikanTurkey1:03:10
62Adam CraigUnited Kingdom1:03:12
63Nicolae SoareRomania1:03:14
64Tom EvansUnited Kingdom1:03:14
65Sezgin AtaçTurkey1:03:21
66Roman RomanenkoUkraine1:03:26
67Otmane Nait HammouART1:03:28
68Maxim RăileanuMoldova1:03:34
69Saffet ElkatmişTurkey1:03:34
70Hugh ArmstrongIreland1:03:37
71Oleksandr SitkovskyyUkraine1:03:41
72Jean Marie Vianney NiyomukizaBDI1:03:43
73Koen NaertBelgium1:03:44
74Simon Holbek KønigsfeldtDenmark1:03:48
75Gilmar LopesBrazil1:03:51
76Moses KibetUganda1:03:54
77Joaquín ArbeArgentina1:03:55
78Luís SaraivaPortugal1:03:56
79Álvaro AbreuDominican Republic1:03:58
80Timon TheuerAustria1:03:59
81Nicolás CuestasUruguay1:04:00
82Remigijus KančysLithuania1:04:00
83Adhanom AbrahaSweden1:04:02
84Iraitz ArrospideSpain1:04:07
85Iván ZarcoHonduras1:04:08
86Ignas BrasevičiusLithuania1:04:09
87Thijs NijhuisDenmark1:04:10
88Christian SteinhammerAustria1:04:11
89Luis OrtaVenezuela1:04:11
90Ederson PereiraBrazil1:04:19
91Yitayew AbuhayIsrael1:04:21
92Igor OlefirenkoUkraine1:04:22
93Daniel do NascimentoBrazil1:04:27
94Andreas LommerDenmark1:04:28
95Adam NowickiPoland1:04:31
96Jesús Arturo EsparzaMexico1:04:35
97Konstantin WedelGermany1:04:45
98Christian VásconezEcuador1:04:49
99Marvin BlancoVenezuela1:05:06
100Amanal PetrosGermany1:05:22
101Damian KabatPoland1:05:26
102Valdas DopolskasLithuania1:05:28
103Jorge BlancoSpain1:05:31
104Tobias BlumGermany1:05:33
105Jeison SuárezColombia1:05:42
106Adam GłogowskiPoland1:05:50
107Nuno LopesPortugal1:06:30
108Fouad IdbafdilART1:06:35
109Bayron PiedraEcuador1:06:45
110Wan Chun WongHong Kong1:06:58
111Rafael LozaEcuador1:08:30
112Oscar Antonio AldanaEl Salvador1:08:31
113Valentin BetoudjiCHA1:08:46
114Charlton DebonoMalta1:08:51
115Stefan AzzopardiMalta1:09:18
116Sonny FolcheriMON1:16:01
117Ilir KëlleziAlbania1:17:27
Arnar PéturssonIceland
Nekagenet CrippaItaly
Rui PintoPortugal
Napoleon SolomonSweden
Ayala GashauIsrael

Women

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Peres JepchirchirKenya1:05:16WRwo
Melat Yisak KejetaGermany1:05:18ARwo
Yalemzerf YehualawEthiopia1:05:19
4Zeineba YimerEthiopia1:05:39
5Ababel YeshanehEthiopia1:05:41
6Joyciline JepkosgeiKenya1:05:58
7Yasemin CanTurkey1:06:20
8Netsanet GudetaEthiopia1:06:46
9Brillian Jepkorir KipkoechKenya1:06:56
10Rosemary WanjiruKenya1:07:10
11Dorcas Jepchumba KimeliKenya1:07:55
12Lonah Chemtai SalpeterIsrael1:08:31
13Fabienne SchlumpfSwitzerland1:08:38
14Juliet ChekwelUganda1:08:44
15Sisay Meseret GolaEthiopia1:09:02
16Glenrose XabaSouth Africa1:09:26
17Doreen ChemutaiUganda1:10:18
18Charlotta FougbergSweden1:10:19
19Úrsula SánchezMexico1:10:19
20Andrea RamírezMexico1:10:20
21Daniela TorresMexico1:10:22
22Florencia BorelliArgentina1:10:30
23Yevheniya ProkofyevaUkraine1:10:32
24Brenda FloresMexico1:10:36
25Sofiia YaremchukUkraine1:10:42
26Laura HottenrottGermany1:10:49
27Fortunate ChidzivoZimbabwe1:10:50
28Izabela PaszkiewiczPoland1:10:52
29Katarzyna JankowskaPoland1:11:02
30Doreen ChesangUganda1:11:04
31Susan Kipsang JeptoooFrance1:11:06
32Angelika MachPoland1:11:07
33Marta GalimanySpain1:11:08
34Moira StewartováCzech Republic1:11:08
35Bojana BjeljacCroatia1:11:12
36Giovanna EpisItaly1:11:14
37Carolina WikströmSweden1:11:31
38Nina LauwaertBelgium1:11:33
39Sara MoreiraPortugal1:11:39
40Valeria StraneoItaly1:11:39
41Samira MezeghraneFrance1:11:40
42Ann Marie McGlynnIreland1:11:40
43Hanna LindholmSweden1:11:47
44Andrea BonillaEcuador1:11:48
45Daiana OcampoArgentina1:11:50
46Francine NiyomukunziBDI1:11:50
47Samantha HarrisonUnited Kingdom1:11:53
48Angie OrjuelaColombia1:12:07
49Kit Ching YiuHong Kong1:12:10
50Tereza HrochováCzech Republic1:12:13
51Aleksandra LisowskaPoland1:12:16
52Esma AydemirTurkey1:12:22
53Maor TiyouriIsrael1:12:27
54Rabea SchönebornGermany1:12:35
55Deborah SchönebornGermany1:12:39
56Elena LoyoSpain1:12:44
57Rachael Zena ChebetUganda1:12:50
58Melody JulienFrance1:12:51
59Fatma DemirTurkey1:12:57
60Olga SkrypakUkraine1:12:58
61Laura MendezSpain1:12:58
62Maria Chiara CascavillaItaly1:13:01
63Jekaterina PatjukEstonia1:13:08
64Becky BriggsUnited Kingdom1:13:08
65Clara EvansUnited Kingdom1:13:11
66Vendula FrintováCzech Republic1:13:16
67Lilia FisikoviciMoldova1:13:32
68Federica SugamieleItaly1:13:38
69Roxana Elisabeta RotaruRomania1:13:45
70Monika BytautienėLithuania1:13:50
71Liliana Maria DragomirRomania1:14:02
72Marcela Cristina GomesArgentina1:14:18
73Marcela JoglováCzech Republic1:14:30
74Beverly RamosPuerto Rico1:14:39
75Thalia CharalambousCyprus1:14:40
76Andreia HesselBrazil1:14:41
77Karen EhrenreichDenmark1:14:45
78Katerine TisalemaEcuador1:14:59
79Loreta KančytėLithuania1:15:15
80Elisa StefaniItaly1:15:16
81Rosa ChachaEcuador1:15:27
82Jéssica AugustoPortugal1:15:29
83Elena Adelina PanaetRomania1:15:33
84Fanny PruvostFrance1:15:34
85Tetyana VernihorUkraine1:16:22
86Victoria SchenkAustria1:16:36
87Fabienne KönigsteinGermany1:17:03
88Tatyana NeroznakKazakhstan1:17:07
89Andrea KolbeinsdóttirIceland1:17:52
90Tania Chavez MoserBolivia1:17:53
91Lina KiriliukLithuania1:18:31
92Stella ChristoforouCyprus1:18:42
93Lisa Marie BezzinaMalta1:18:43
94Valdilene SilvaBrazil1:18:58
95Adela Paulina BaltoiRomania1:19:02
96Tsz Ying VutHong Kong1:19:08
97Joelle CortisMalta1:19:28
98Idelma DelgadoEl Salvador1:21:01
99Andrijana Pop ArsovaNorth Macedonia1:22:18
100Lorena SosaUruguay1:22:38
101Elín Edda SigurðardóttirIceland1:24:20
Annemari KiekaraFinland
Adriana NelsonRomania
Hiruni Kesara WijayaratneSri Lanka
Sarah LahtiSweden

Team standings

Men

RankCountryTime
2:58:10
2:58:25
2:58:39
43:00:47
53:00:51
63:02:10
73:03:53
83:05:30
93:05:49
103:06:17
113:06:54
123:07:06
133:07:21
143:07:47
153:11:29
163:11:43
173:12:26
183:12:37
193:12:45
203:13:37
213:14:31

Women

RankCountryTime
3:16:39
3:18:10
3:28:42
43:30:06
53:31:01
63:31:39
73:33:01
83:33:37
93:34:12
103:35:37
113:35:54
123:36:37
133:36:38
143:36:50
153:38:12
163:42:14
173:43:20
183:47:36

References

  1. ^ "World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia Postponed"
  2. ^ "Gdynia 2020 mass race cancelled | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org
  3. ^ "Gdynia 2020 mass race cancelled". aroundtherings.com
  4. ^ "World Half Marathon organisers "accept the reality" by calling off mass race". www.insidethegames.biz. September 1, 2020.