2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships
Host cityRiga
CountryLatvia
OrganizerWorld Athletics
Edition1st
Nations56 + ART[1]
Athletes347[1]
Events9
Race lengthHalf marathon, 5K, mile
WebsiteRiga23
Results

The 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships are scheduled to take place in Riga, Latvia, on 1 October 2023.[2][3][4] As the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships, they will include the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, which were last held in 2020.[4][5][lower-alpha 1] A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. All courses are traffic-free.

The championships are scheduled to hold races for the half marathon, 5K, and mile distances, and also include mass-participation events for the same.[4]

This will be the first time when any recreational runner who is ready for a challenge can 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

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sabastian Sawe Kenya59:10CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Daniel Ebenyo Kenya59:14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Samwel Mailu Kenya59:19
4Jemal Yimer Mekonnen Ethiopia59:22
5Jimmy Gressier France59:46PB
6Thabang Mosiako South Africa59:52PB
7Nibret Melak Ethiopia1:00:11
8Benard Kibet Kenya1:00:13
9Samsom Amare Eritrea1:00:19PB
10Tsegay Kidanu Ethiopia1:00:21
11Stephen Mokoka South Africa1:00:29PB
12Tomoki Ota Japan1:00:43
13Elroy Gelant South Africa1:00:56PB
14Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Morocco1:01:03
15Djamal Abdi Direh Djibouti1:01:05
16Ibrahim Hassan Djibouti1:01:06SB
17Pietro Riva Italy1:01:06SB
18Abel Chebet Uganda1:01:09SB
19Precious Lesiba Mashele South Africa1:01:13
20Ali Chebures Uganda1:01:22SB
21Andrew Rotich Kwemoi Uganda1:01:25SB
22Aleksander Tekleweld Eritrea1:01:26PB
23Valentin Gondouin France1:01:27PB
24Mehdi Frére France1:01:27
25Abbabiya Simbassa United States1:01:28SB
26Samuel Barata Portugal1:01:29PB
27Mahamed Mahamed Great Britain1:01:33
28Tadesse Getahon Israel1:01:34SB
29Yohanes Chiappinelli Italy1:01:37
30Jack Rowe Great Britain1:01:39
31Simon Debogines Belgium1:01:48PB
32Davor Aaron Bienenfeld Germany1:01:49PB
33Futsum Zienasellassie United States1:01:49SB
34Jonathan Mellor Great Britain1:01:59PB
35Hosea Kiplangat Uganda1:02:02PB
36Jacob Thompson United States1:02:26PB
37Therence Bizoza Burundi1:02:38SB
38Richard Ringer Germany1:02:47
39Hermon Habtemicael Eritrea1:02:48PB
40Iliass Aouani Italy1:02:51SB
41Girmaw Aamare Israel1:02:53SB
42Andreas Vojta Austria1:02:55
43Bukayawe Malede Israel1:02:57SB
44Benjamin Choquert France1:02:59
45Cameron Avery New Zealand1:03:00
46Mohcin Outalha Morocco1:03:01
47Hamza Sahli Morocco1:03:20SB
48Tim Vincent Australia1:03:40
49Marcelo Laguera Mexico1:03:42
50Peter Herzog Austria1:03:47
51Jean Marie Bukuru Burundi1:03:50PB
52Johnatas De Oliveira Brazil1:03:50
53Reed Fischer United States1:03:56
54Juan Antonio Pérez Spain1:04:00SB
55Ryota Kondo Japan1:04:01
56Jean Marie Vianney Niyomukiza Burundi1:04:03SB
57Filmon Teklebrhan-Berhe Germany1:04:12
58Fabio Jesus Correia Brazil1:04:12
59Kidane Andemikael Eritrea1:04:12PB
60Hiko Tonosa Haso Ireland1:04:14
61Leonid Latsepov Estonia1:04:16SB
62Yitayew Abuhay Israel1:04:34SB
63Maicon da Silva Mancuso Brazil1:04:45PB
64Oska Inkster-Baynes New Zealand1:04:52
65Ruben Erick Arando Quispe Bolivia1:04:53PB
66Mohammadreza Abootorabi Sweden1:04:54SB
67Rafael Vicente Loza Bejarano Ecuador1:05:29
68Diego Patricio Arévalo Vizhñay Ecuador1:05:33PB
69Christopher Dryden New Zealand1:05:38
70Edward Goddard Australia1:05:46
71Jānis Višķers Latvia1:06:01SB
72Jorge Luis Cruz Mexico1:06:47
73Christian Birch Okkels Denmark1:06:54
74Luke Micallef Malta1:06:55SB
75Mykola Nyzhnyk Ukraine1:07:31
76Michael Voss New Zealand1:07:32
77Altobeli Silva Brazil1:07:58
78Philippe Parrot-Migas Canada1:07:59
79Dillon Cassar Malta1:08:20
80Simon Spiteri Malta1:08:37PB
81Christian Salvador Vasconez Manzano Ecuador1:08:38
82Iván Zarco Honduras1:09:07SB
83Aleksandr Salakhudinov Kyrgyzstan1:10:46
84Christopher Soosai Malaysia1:11:42
85Arturs Bareikis Latvia1:11:54SB
86Meng Tak Leong Macau1:12:26NR
87Aleksandrs Raščevskis Latvia1:12:41
88Carlos Alejandro González Paraguay1:14:28
89Wei Xiang Gordon Lim Singapore1:15:27PB
90Keane Ko Singapore1:21:55
Justin Kent CanadaDNF
Samuel Freire Cape VerdeDNF
Jacob Sommer Simonsen DenmarkDNF
Peter Lynch IrelandDNF
Dmitrijs Serjogins LatviaDNF
Chuan Heng Seah SingaporeDNF
Nicolás Cuestas UruguayDNF

Women's Half-Marathon Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Peres Jepchirchir Kenya1:07:25CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Margaret Kipkemboi Kenya1:07:26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Catherine Amanang'ole Kenya1:07:34
4Tsigie Gebreselama Ethiopia1:07:50
5Irine Jepchumba Kimais Kenya1:08:02
6Ftaw Zeray Ethiopia1:08:31
7Calli Thackery United Kingdom1:08:56PB
8Rahma Tahiri Morocco1:09:19PB
9Samantha Harrison United Kingdom1:09:26
10Cacisile Sosibo South Africa1:09:31PB
11Sofiia Yaremchuk Italy1:09:37SB
12Glenrose Xaba South Africa1:09:47
13Molly Grabill United States1:09:53PB
14Isobel Batt-Doyle Australia1:10:08
15Cian Oldknow South Africa1:10:08PB
16Annet Chemengich Chelangat Uganda1:10:16PB
17Rigbe Habteslasie Tesfamariam Eritrea1:10:27PB
18Méline Rollin France1:10:35PB
19Belinda Chemutai Uganda1:10:40PB
20Kaoutar Farkoussi Morocco1:10:40PB
21Rkia El Moukim Morocco1:10:49PB
22Clara Evans United Kingdom1:10:53SB
23Carolina Wikström Sweden1:10:56PB
24Shona Heaslip Ireland1:11:07
25Abby Donnelly United Kingdom1:11:08
26Mekdes Woldu France1:11:12SB
27Clementine Mukandanga Rwanda1:11:31SB
28Yalemget Yaregal Ethiopia1:11:34
29Sarah Pagano United States1:11:37
30Manon Trapp France1:11:44
31Margaux Sieracki France1:12:07SB
32Amber Zimmerman United States1:12:26
33Julia Mayer Austria1:12:30
34Hanane Qallouj Morocco1:12:30SB
35Silvia Patricia Ortiz Morocho Ecuador1:12:44SB
36Hanne Mjøen Maridal Norway1:13:14SB
37Maria Sagnes Wågan Norway1:13:16SB
38Emeline Imanizabayo Rwanda1:13:19PB
39Isabel Oropeza Vazquez Mexico1:14:11
40Maor Tiyouri Israel1:14:31
41Fionnuala Ross Ireland1:14:40SB
42Valdilene Dos Santos Silva Brazil1:14:54SB
43Rosa Alva Chacha Chacha Ecuador1:14:54
44Loreta Kančytė Lithuania1:15:12
45Kesa Molotsane South Africa1:15:19
46Sinead Noonan Australia1:15:29
47Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekriošienė Lithuania1:15:35PB
48Tara Palm Australia1:16:18
49Sara Schou Kristensen Denmark1:16:20
50Karen Ehrenreich Denmark1:16:39SB
51Laura Maasik Estonia1:16:47PB
52Annie Saugstrup Denmark1:16:54
53Anna Yusupova Azerbaijan1:17:05PB
54Katherine Tisalema Puruncaja Ecuador1:17:14SB
55Katherine Camp New Zealand1:17:35
56Aline De Freitas Brazil1:17:51PB
57Jelena Abele Latvia1:18:13SB
58Somaya Bousaid Tunisia1:18:20SB
59Debbie Donald New Zealand1:18:35PB
60Larissa Marcelle Moreira Quintão Brazil1:18:54SB
61Sasha Gollish Canada1:19:25
62Ying Chu Lo Hong Kong1:20:42SB
63Joelle Cortis Malta1:20:47SB
64Ilona Marhele Latvia1:21:28SB
65Anna Clucnika Latvia1:21:52PB
66Lisa Bezzina Malta1:25:10SB
67Fang Yu Sharon Tan Singapore1:25:22PB
68Agata Strausa Latvia1:26:28
69Verna Shilei Goh Singapore1:31:54PB
70Yangyang Wu Macau1:33:53SB
Jenifer Do Nascimento Silva BrazilDNF
Sarah Lahti SwedenDNF

Men's Half-Marathon team standings

The Men's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.

RankCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya2:57:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ethiopia2:59:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) South Africa3:01:17
4 France3:02:40
5 Uganda3:03:56
6 Eritrea3:04:33
7 Great Britain3:05:11
8 Italy3:05:34
9 United States3:05:43
10 Israel3:07:24
11 Morocco3:07:24
12 Germany3:08:48
13 Burundi3:10:31
14 Brazil3:12:47
15 New Zealand3:13:30
16 Ecuador3:19:40
17 Malta3:23:52
18 Latvia3:30:36

Women's Half-Marathon team standings

The Women's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation.

RankCountryTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenya3:22:25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ethiopia3:27:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Great Britain3:29:15
4 South Africa3:29:26
5 Morocco3:30:48
6 France3:33:31
7 United States3:33:56
8 Australia3:41:55
9 Ecuador3:44:52
10 Denmark3:49:53
11 Brazil3:51:39
12 Latvia4:01:33

Women's 5 km results

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
World Record 14:29.00Senbere Teferi EthiopiaGermany Herzogenaurach12 Sep 2021
World Leading 14:35.00Mekides Abebe EthiopiaFrance Lille19 Mar 2023
14:35.00Caroline Nyaga KenyaFrance Lille19 Mar 2023
RankNationCountryTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Beatrice Chebet Kenya14:35CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Kenya14:39PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ejgayehu Taye Ethiopia14:40SB
4Medina Eisa Ethiopia14:41PB
5Nadia Battocletti Italy14:45NR
6Joy Cheptoyek Uganda14:50NR
7Weini Kelati Frezghi United States15:10SB
8Verity Ockenden Great Britain15:18PB
9Francine Niyomukunzi Burundi15:23NR
10Klara Lukan Slovenia15:25NR
11Fiona O'Keeffe United States15:40
12Caitlin Adams Australia15:41SB
13Militsa Mircheva Bulgaria15:45PB
14Nanami Watanabe Japan15:46PB
15Tayla Kavanagh South Africa15:50PB
16Kyla Jacobs South Africa15:51PB
17Julie-Anne Staehli Canada15:55
18Juliane Hvid Denmark15:59PB
19Lauren Ryan Australia15:59PB
20Paulina Kaczyńska Poland16:00PB
21Federica Del Buono Italy16:03PB
22Micheline Niyomahoro Burundi16:04PB
23Peruth Chemutai Uganda16:09
24Liza Šajn Slovenia16:14PB
25Jessy Lacourse Canada16:15PB
26Carolien Millenaar Denmark16:17PB
27Maria Kote Eritrea16:18PB
28Bohdana Semyonova Ukraine16:25PB
29Lina Kiriliuk Lithuania16:38PB
30Simone Ferraz Brazil16:39PB
31Helen Bell Estonia17:09PB
32Evelīna Krista Sitnika Latvia17:27PB
33Johanna Ardel Estonia17:44PB
34Vanessa Ying Zhuang Lee Singapore18:08PB

Men's 5 km results

The Men's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.[9]

Prior to the event:

RankNationCountryTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia12:59CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia13:02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Nicholas Kimeli Kenya13:16SB
4Dawit Seare Eritrea13:21PB
5Cornelius Kemboi Kenya13:24SB
6Etienne Daguinos France13:25PB
7Morgan McDonald Australia13:26PB
8Awet Nftalem Kibrab Norway13:28NR
9Scott Beattie Great Britain13:32PB
10Jonas Glans Sweden13:32NR
11Magnus Tuv Myhre Norway13:33PB
12Benjamin Flanagan Canada13:34
13Egide Ntakarutimana Burundi13:35PB
14Olin Hacker United States13:36
15Célestin Ndikumana Burundi13:36PB
16Leonard Chemutai Uganda13:36PB
17Maxime Chaumeton South Africa13:36PB
18Kanta Shimizu Japan13:37NR
19Stewart Mcsweyn Australia13:39PB
20Ouassim Oumaiz Spain13:39SB
21Ivo Balabanov Bulgaria13:41PB
22Ahmed Muhumed United States13:42
23Joel Ibler Lillesø Denmark13:46NR
24Morgan Le Guen  Switzerland13:46PB
25Kevin Kamenschak Austria13:49PB
26Eric Speakman New Zealand13:49PB
27Santiago Catrofe Uruguay13:49SB
28Derebe Ayele Israel13:52PB
29Dereje Chekole Israel13:54SB
30Tiidrek Nurme Estonia14:06PB
31Abderezak Suleman Eritrea14:07PB
32Thomas Fafard Canada14:08PB
33Andrii Atamaniuk Ukraine14:08PB
34Dismas Yeko Uganda14:09SB
35Yamato Yoshii Japan14:11PB
36Tim Verbaandert Netherlands14:12PB
37Uģis Jocis Latvia14:14NR
38Nicholas Seoposengwe South Africa14:19
39Marcin Biskup Poland14:40PB
40Edgars Šumskis Latvia15:01SB
41Shaun Goh Singapore15:33PB
Mikael Johnsen DenmarkDNS

Women's Road Mile results

RankNationCountryTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Diribe Welteji Ethiopia4:20.98WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Freweyni Hailu Ethiopia4:23.06PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Faith Kipyegon Kenya4:24.13PB
4Nelly Chepchirchir Kenya4:31.18PB
5Jessica Hull Australia4:32.45PB
6Marta Pérez Spain4:34.12PB
7Berenice Cleyet-Merle France4:34.41PB
8Nozomi Tanaka Japan4:35.32
9Addison Wiley United States4:36.03
10Marissa Damink Netherlands4:36.49PB
11Charlotte Mouchet France4:36.71PB
12Glynis Sim Canada4:36.81PB
13Weronika Lizakowska Poland4:37.04PB
14Sarah Billings Australia4:38.97PB
15Carina Viljoen South Africa4:39.01PB
16Sarah McDonald Great Britain4:40.14SB
17Helen Schlachtenhaufen United States4:40.28
18Prisca Chesang Uganda4:45.42PB
19María Pía Fernandez Uruguay4:45.81PB
20Aleksandra Plocinska Poland4:46.50PB
21Veronika Sadek Slovenia4:47.00PB
22Regan Yee Canada4:48.31PB
23Roza Haile Eritrea4:49.43PB
24Jaqueline Beatriz Weber Brazil4:50.11NR
25Gina McNamara Malta4:53.54SB
26Mia Helene Morck Denmark4:54.95PB
27Tuuli Tomingas Estonia5:09.13PB
28Sibilla Vanadzina Latvia5:18.28PB
29Romaine Rui-Min Soh Singapore5:24.19PB
Winnie Nanyondo UgandaDNF

Men's Road Mile results

RankNationCountryTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hobbs Kessler United States3:56.13WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Callum Elson Great Britain3:56.41AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Samuel Prakel United States3:56.43PB
4Maël Gouyette France3:56.57PB
5Kieran Lumb Canada3:56.98PB
6Ryan Mphahlele South Africa3:57.35PB
7Giovanni Filippi Italy3:57.41PB
8Benoit Campion France3:57.62PB
9Yobiel Weldrufael Eritrea3:57.94PB
10Jack Anstey Australia3:58.30PB
11Teddese Lemi Ethiopia3:59.40PB
12Matthew Ramsden Australia4:00.32PB
13Kyumbe Munguti Kenya4:00.67PB
14Salim Abu Mayanja Uganda4:00.72PB
15Keneth Kiprop Uganda4:00.77PB
16Ryoji Tatezawa Japan4:01.26PB
17Santtu Heikkinen Finland4:01.35PB
18Guilherme Kurtz Brazil4:02.75PB
19Natnael Teklesenbet Eritrea4:03.18PB
20Yusuke Takahashi Japan4:03.32PB
21Andreas Lindgreen Denmark4:05.27
22Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot Kenya4:05.91PB
23Christoffer Frost Johansen Denmark4:06.54PB
24Mohamed Attaoui Spain4:06.59PB
25Gonzalo García Spain4:07.81PB
26Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali Italy4:11.60PB
27Andrzej Kowalczyk Poland4:12.70PB
28Olavi Allase Estonia4:14.18PB
29Deniss Šalkauskas Estonia4:16.02PB
30Nikita Bogdanovs Latvia4:18.90PB
31Filip Ostrowski Poland4:19.49PB
32Janis Razgalis Latvia4:23.08
33Robert Heppenstall Canada4:27.96PB
34Seng Tou Ip Macau4:31.44PB
35Ethan Yan Singapore4:32.44PB

Championships timetable

Friday, September 29 Saturday, September 30 Sunday, October 1
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

A total of 347 athletes were entered for the championships, with 57 teams being represented: 56 nations and the Athlete Refugee Team.[1]

Medal Table

Rank Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
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

  1. The 2022 edition of the half marathon series was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2][6]

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