2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships
Host city | Riga |
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Country | Latvia |
Organizer | World Athletics |
Edition | 1st |
Nations | 56 + ART[1] |
Athletes | 347[1] |
Events | 9 |
Race length | Half marathon, 5K, mile |
Website | Riga23 Results |
The 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships took place in Riga, Latvia, on 1 October 2023.[2][3][4] As the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships, they included the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, which were last held in 2020.[4][5][a] A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. All courses were traffic-free.
The championships held races for the half marathon, 5K, and mile distances, and also included mass-participation events for the same.[4]
This was the first time when any recreational runner who was ready for a challenge could register for any of the official mass races of the World Championships in Riga and earn a unique medal from the World Athletics Road Running Championships.[7]
Men's Half-Marathon Results
[edit]Women's Half-Marathon Results
[edit]Men's Half-Marathon team standings
[edit]The Men's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.
Rank | Country | Time |
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Kenya | 2:57:43 | |
Ethiopia | 2:59:54 | |
South Africa | 3:01:17 | |
4 | France | 3:02:40 |
5 | Uganda | 3:03:56 |
6 | Eritrea | 3:04:33 |
7 | Great Britain | 3:05:11 |
8 | Italy | 3:05:34 |
9 | United States | 3:05:43 |
10 | Israel | 3:07:24 |
11 | Morocco | 3:07:24 |
12 | Germany | 3:08:48 |
13 | Burundi | 3:10:31 |
14 | Brazil | 3:12:47 |
15 | New Zealand | 3:13:30 |
16 | Ecuador | 3:19:40 |
17 | Malta | 3:23:52 |
18 | Latvia | 3:30:36 |
Women's Half-Marathon team standings
[edit]The Women's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.
Rank | Country | Time |
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Kenya | 3:22:25 | |
Ethiopia | 3:27:55 | |
Great Britain | 3:29:15 | |
4 | South Africa | 3:29:26 |
5 | Morocco | 3:30:48 |
6 | France | 3:33:31 |
7 | United States | 3:33:56 |
8 | Australia | 3:41:55 |
9 | Ecuador | 3:44:52 |
10 | Denmark | 3:49:53 |
11 | Brazil | 3:51:39 |
12 | Latvia | 4:01:33 |
Women's 5 km results
[edit]The Women's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.[8]
Prior to the event:
Record | Time | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date |
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World Record | 14:29.00 | Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia | Herzogenaurach | 12 Sep 2021 |
World Leading | 14:35.00 | Mekides Abebe | Ethiopia | Lille | 19 Mar 2023 |
14:35.00 | Caroline Nyaga | Kenya | Lille | 19 Mar 2023 |
Men's 5 km results
[edit]The Men's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.[9]
Prior to the event:
Women's Road Mile results
[edit]Men's Road Mile results
[edit]Championships timetable
[edit]Friday, September 29 | Saturday, September 30 | Sunday, October 1 |
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10:00 AM – 20:00 PM – World Athletics Road Running Championships EXPO | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Kids’ Day activities
10:00 AM – 20:00 PM – World Athletics Road Running Championships EXPO |
10:00 AM – 5 km Mass Race starts (time limit: 1.5 hours)
11:30 AM – Road Mile Mass Race starts (time limit: 30 minutes) 11:50 AM – 5 km Women's Elite Race starts 12:15 PM – 5 km Men's Elite Race starts 1:00 PM – Road Mile Women's Elite Race starts 1:10 PM – Road Mile Men's Elite Race starts 1:30 PM – Half Marathon Women's Elite Race starts 2:15 PM – Half Marathon Men's Elite + Mass Race starts (time limit: 3 hours) 2:15 PM – Half Marathon Mass Relay Race starts (time limit: 3 hours) |
Participation
[edit]A total of 347 athletes were entered for the championships, with 57 teams being represented: 56 nations and the Athlete Refugee Team.[1]
- Angola (1)
- Athlete Refugee Team (4)
- Australia (16)
- Austria (5)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Bolivia (1)
- Brazil (11)
- Bulgaria (2)
- Burundi (7)
- Canada (12)
- Cape Verde (1)
- Denmark (12)
- Djibouti (3)
- Ecuador (6)
- Eritrea (12)
- Estonia (8)
- Ethiopia (19)
- Finland (1)
- France (13)
- Germany (5)
- Great Britain (12)
- Guinea (2)
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Ireland (5)
- Israel (7)
- Italy (8)
- Japan (8)
- Kenya (21)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Latvia (14)
- Lithuania (3)
- Macau (3)
- Malaysia (1)
- Malta (6)
- Mexico (3)
- Morocco (8)
- Netherlands (3)
- New Zealand (7)
- Norway (4)
- Paraguay (1)
- Poland (7)
- Portugal (1)
- Rwanda (2)
- Singapore (9)
- Slovenia (3)
- South Africa (14)
- Spain (5)
- Sweden (4)
- Switzerland (1)
- Tunisia (1)
- Uganda (15)
- Ukraine (3)
- United Arab Emirates (1)
- United States (18)
- Uruguay (3)
Medal Table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Total | |||
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1 | Kenya | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
2 | Ethiopia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Overall (after 8 events) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The 2022 edition of the half marathon series was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2][6]
References
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