18th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Birmingham 2009

News

47 Member Federations set to compete in Birmingham

06 Oct 2009

Monte-Carlo – A total of 47 IAAF Member Federations are set to compete this coming weekend at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October.

This year’s entry is the best since 2004, though the record number of Member Federations that have taken part in this IAAF World Athletics Series event was 60 in the 2002 edition which was held in Brussels, Belgium.

Britain last held the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2001, when 52 territories from around the world sent athletes, and also hosted the inaugural edition of these championships on Tyneside in 1992, when 36 federations participated.

Timetable – 11 October 2009 (times are local, GMT +1hr)
09:00 Women’s race
09:30 Men’s race

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