2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Host city Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Nations 42 Athletes 155 Events 2 Dates 2008-10-12 Race length 21.0975 kilometres Individual prize money (US$) 1st: 30,000 2nd: 15,000 3rd: 10,000 4th: 7,000 5th: 5,000 6th: 3,000 Team prize money (US$) 1st: 15,000 2nd: 12,000 3rd: 9,000 4th: 7,500 5th: 6,000 6th: 3,000
The 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil on 12 October 2008.[ 1]
This event was first announced as the 2008 IAAF World Road Running Championships , but in November 2007, the IAAF announced that the name of the IAAF World Road Running Championships would revert to its original title of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[ 2] [ 3]
Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both
for the men's race[ 4] [ 5] and for the women's race.[ 6] [ 7]
^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday 12 October 2008 Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine , IAAF.org , Retrieved 2008-02-06
^ "Council Selects Four New Venues for Future Events - IAAF Council Meeting, Day Two" . IAAF . 2006-03-29. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2007 .
^ NEWS CENTRE: Rio 2008 – championships renamed . IAAF.org . 2007-11-29
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Turner, Chris (October 12, 2008), Emphatic third triumph; Tadese goes solo from 5km - Men's Race Report, Rio 2008 , IAAF , retrieved September 10, 2013
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Turner, Chris (October 12, 2008), Tadese – confident in victory and his sporting plans at least – Rio 2008 , IAAF , archived from the original on September 10, 2013, retrieved September 10, 2013
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Martin, David (October 12, 2008), Kiplagat saunters to another staggering victory - Women's Race Report, Rio 2008 , IAAF , retrieved September 10, 2013
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Martin, David (October 12, 2008), "Never say never" – Kiplagat, Rio 2008 , IAAF , archived from the original on September 10, 2013, retrieved September 10, 2013