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KHOJUMYAN Hayk	ARM	71:05:00	06/04/74
Mar pb: 2:29:57	

CARROLL Pat	AUS	62:55:00	61:11-94	17-8-61	
Mar pb: 2:09:39-95 (2:11:20-97). 3000/5000 pbs: 7:47.66-90/13:25.49-91.	
10,000 pb: 28:32.89-93. 8 COM 5000 90; 14 Fukuoka 87; 1 Brisbane 88 (2 89);
3 Gold Cost 93; 35 World Half Mar 93; 4 Beppu 94; 5 COM 94; 1 Beppu 95; 9
Chunchon 95. At WXC: 88-72, 90-42, 91-98, 92-47. 1 Australian XC 91.
Insurance Consultant. In 97: 16 Tokyo; 2 Sydney Half Mar; 1 Gold Coast
TROOP Lee	AUS	63:17:00	22-3-73	
5000 pb: 13:36.69-97. 10,000: 29:05.74. At WXC: 96-66. In 97: 2 Australian
5000; 2 Australian XC

LIGNEEL Ronny	BEL	62:43-93	11-3-64	
Westland 95; 1 Lille 95; 26 World Half Mar 93 (92-60, 94-42, 95-76, 96-36).
In 97: 5 Naaldwijk
Only athlete to compete in every edition of the World Half Marathon
Championships	
MAES Jos	BEL	64:56:00	11/04/61
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:52.99-90/28:46.0-90. At WXC: 79-84J, 84-104, 85-65,
87-47, 88-98, 87-87, 90-26, 91-84, 92-93, 93-131. (10th appearance). At
EXC: 95-58. Soldier - served with UN forces in Yugoslavia 1994/95. Well
known as pacemaker at Grand Prix steeplechases (pb: 8:33.54)
MOURHIT Mohammed	BEL	61:17:00	61:17-97	10/10/70
Belgian records at 3000, 5000 & 10,000 this year. 5000 pb: 113:05.49-97.
0,000 pb: 27:17.09-97. 3000 pb: 7:34.49-97. Half Mar pb: 61:45-96. =1 Paris
20k 93. Ex-Moroccan (has Belgian wife). Belgian citizenship confirmed at
beginning of July 1997. In 97: 1 Lisbon Half Mar 61:17; 5 WXC (1st European);
3 Hengelo 2M; 7 Rome 5000; 6 Paris 5000; 2 Oslo 10,000; 8 Nice	3000;  
4 Brussels 10,000; 6 Berlin 5000; 4 GP Final 5000Qualified for WCH 10,000 final
but withdrew - wore socks for first time in heat because of the hard track and 
suffered severe blisters as a consequence

AL-DOSERI Abdulla	BHR	67:22:00	19/04/65
10,000 pb: 30:04.0
AL-DOSERI Ali BHR	68:00:00	19/04/65

BATUYEV Boris BLR	64:54-94	13/07/66
Mar pb: 2:15:03. 10,000 pb: 29:12.17. 52 WCP Mar 93. 67 World Half Mar 94
(93-88)	
GAPEYENKO Zorislav	BLR	65:13:00	15/01/75
10,000 pb: 29:27.36-97. In 97: 6 under-23 ECH 10,000
TONCHINSKIY Vladimir BLR	64:51:00	26/04/67
10,000 pb: 29:09.0. Mar pb: 2:13:18-97. 95 World Half Mar 93. In 97: 1 Naaldwijk
TYAMCHIK Vladimir BLR	64:21:00	14/12/73
10,000 pb: 29:36.0. At WXC: 94-135

da COSTA Tomix	BRA	63:02:00	09/12/62
10,000 pb: 28:43.7. 47 World Half Mar 93; 2 World Road Relay 96; dnf World
half Mar 96. At WXC: 94-142
da SILVA Sergio	BRA	61:15:00	61:15-97	29/11/67
10,000 pb: 28:39.90-95. At WXC: 96-74, 97-48. In 97: 7 Tokyo Half Mar; 6
Brazilian XC; 48 WXC; 9 Rio 3000
de BARROS DIAS Francismar	BRA
de CARVALHO Elisvaldo	BRA
do NASCIMENTO Eduardo	BRA	60:40-96	02/08/72
10,000 pb: 28:31.3-96. 3000 pb: 7:51.93-96. 3000SC pb: 8:30.31-95. 1 Tokyo
Half Mar 95; 97 World Half Mar 95 (96-32)
FERREIRA Daniel	BRA	63:03-95	02/02/67
Mar pb: 2:15:40-95. At WXC: 94-104, 95-101, 96-27. Lives-Săo Paulo. Has 4
brothers & 2 sisters

BULIC Hidajet	BSH	66:30:00	10/12/72
10,000 pb: 29:30.0
DUGUM Islam	BSH	68:52:00	01/01/60
Mar pb: 2:24:04. 10,000: 29:54.0
KONDO Sead	BSH	67:02:00	03/10/51
Mar pb: 2:15:55. 10,000 pb: 29:29.9
ZORNIC Jusuf	BSH	01/03/77

LACKOVIC Josip	CRO	67:48:00	20/03/65
Mar pb: 2:20:24. 10,000 pb: 30:29.00, 96 World Half Mar 96. At EXC: 96-96
LETONIJA Zeljko-Franjo	CRO	71:28:00	
10,000 pb: 34:11.67
PARIPOVIC Drago	CRO	65:17:00	05/11/59
Mar pb: 2:17:05. 10,000 pb: 30:26.50. 95 World Half Mar 96. At EXC: 96-100
PREJNJAK Robert	CRO	69:27:00	10/01/72
Mar pb: 2:32:05. 10,000 pb: 32:08.97
SKOPAC Ivica	CRO	69:32:00	24/06/74
Mar pb: 2:49:03

BLAHA Jan	CZE	65:09:00	25/06/71
Mar pb: 2:21:22. 10,000 pb: 29:46.74. 94 World Half Mar 95
FASCHINGBAUER Pavel	CZE	65:56:00	28/11/73
At EXC: 96-84
PESAVA Jan	CZE	62:00:00	14/01/72
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:34.02-95/28:10.73-94. 7 WJC 5000 90; 6 ECP 5000 93; 7
ECH 10,000 94; ht WCH 5000 95. At WXC: 93-40, 94-194. 1 Czech 5000 92/93; 1
Czech 10,000 95/96
VASEK Vladimír	CZE	65:37:00	08/05/69
10,000 pb: 30:01.17-95. At EXC: 95-76, 96-95

ADÁN José Carlos	ESP	64:02:00	22/07/67
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:19.71-93/27:59.49-93. ht OLY 10,000 92;  3 ECP 10,000
93; 16 WCH 10,000 93; 1 Spanish XC 94; 6 ECH5000 94. At WXC: 86-19J,	
89-58, 91-25, 90-153, 92-28, 93-29, 94-71, 95-18, 97-80. At EXC: 94-4,	
95-49, 96-18. In 97: 6 European Clubs XC; 5 Spanish XC; 80 WXC
de la  TORRE Carlos	ESP	62:03-96	18/05/66
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:29.85-92/27:49.17-96. ht OLY 10,000 92; 8 ECH 10,000
94; 14 OLY 10,000 96; 4 World Half Mar 96. At EXC: 96-69. At WXC: 92-37,
94-27, 96-53, 97-dnf. In 97: dnf WXC; 3 Spanish 10,000; ht WCH 10,000	
GÓMEZ Alejandro	ESP	61:20-92	11/04/67
5000/10,000 pbs: 27:39.38-93/13:20.91-89. Mar pb: 2:07:54-97. Spanish half
marathon record holder. 2 WJC 5000 86; 10 ECH 10,000 90; 9 WCH 10,000 91; 9
World Half Mar 92 (96-8); 3 ECP 10,000 95; 16 WCH 10,000 95; 15 OLY 10,000
96. At WXC: 85-16J, 86-8J, 87-114, 88-24, 89-6, 90-32, 91-14, 93-38, 94-65,
95-28, 96-19. At EXC: 94-13, 95-2, 96-12. 5x Spanish 10,000 Champion	
(89/91/93/95/96). 1 Spanish Half Mar 92. Born-Vigo. In 97: 2 European Clubs
XC; 39 WXC; 2 Rotterdam (fastest ever marathon début)
PEŃA Antonio	ESP	61:48:00	26/08/70
Mar pb: 2:11:35-92. 10,000 pb: 28:50.64-91. 13 WSG 10,000 91; 13 World Half
Mar 92 (93-33); 1 San Sebastian 92; 32 ECH 94
SERRANO Bartolomé	ESP	62:40-95	05/03/69
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:46.33-96/28:43.92-96. Mar pb: 2:13:28-95. 5 Carpi 94.
11 World Half Mar 95 (96-dnf). At WXC: 95-48. No relation to Antonio
Serrano

ASSEFA Abraham	ETH	63:10:00	09/12/72
10,000 pb: 27:43.99-96. 2 WJC 5000 90 (4 10,000). 2 World Road Relay 94. 4
African Games 10,000 95; ht OLY 10,000 96. 3 World Road Relay 96. At WXC:
90-7J, 91-11J, 92-107, 93-19, 96-11, 97-23. In 97: 23 WXC
EMRE Alene	ETH	65:20:00	
At WXC: 97-7J
GIRMA Alemayehu	ETH	65:13:00	
10,000 pb: 30:28.8
LEMMA Alemayeh	ETH	66:02:00	
3000SC: 8:41.01-95. 4 African Games 3000SC 95. At WXC: 94-5J, 96-10J
TOLA Tesfaye	ETH	66:07:00	
Mar pb: 2:18:20. 10,000 pb: 30:16.2. 68  World Half Mar 96

BAGY Hakim	FRA	64:28:00	20/03/68
At EXC: 95-24
BALLESTER Cyrille	FRA	63:49:00	11/08/72
DJAMA Abdi	FRA	62:46-95	01/01/65
Mar pb: 2:15:36-96. 27 World Half Mar 95 (96-44). 15 Paris 96
LAUTREDOUX Jean-Pierre	FRA	63:30:00	05/05/66
In 97: 5  French XC
MONCIAUX Jean-Pierre	FRA	62:39:00	62:39-97	07/10/62
Mar pb: 2:13:52-97. In 97: 5 Paris Half Mar; 14 London; 29 WCH
NAAJI Atiq	FRA	64:42:00	21/11/66
3000 pb: 7:39.12-94. 5000 pb: 13:23.09-94. 1 French 5000 95; ht WCH 5000
95; 8 EIC 3000 96. Born-Morocco

CHILTON Alan	GBR	65:18:00	65:18-97	16/04/71
Mar pb: 2:20:09-97. 48 NY 95. Coach/Girlfriend Pat Beeson. In 97: 40
London; 4 Liverpool Half Mar
HUDSPITH Ian	GBR	63:09:00	62:53-96	23/09/70
10,000 pb: 28:35.11. 1 Morpeth-Newcastle 95. 13 AAA 10,000 95. Maths
teacher. Coach-Jim Alder. Younger brother of Mark Hudspith (3 COM Mar 94).
Based-Enfield. In 97: 11 Hague Half Mar; 4 Glasgow Half Mar
STEINLE Mark	GBR	64:56:00	64:31-96	27/11/74
10,000 pb: 29:07.33-95. 5000 pb: 14:03.82-94. In 96: 1 AAA 10,000; 2
AAA/Reading Half Mar
TAYLOR David	GBR	63:26:00	63:26-97	09/01/64
10,000 pb: 29:11.79. 51 World Half Mar 95. At EXC: 95-42 (fourth
scorer-team bronze). 6 English XC 95; 1 Bath Half Mar 95. Born-Nairobi.
Father-South African. Educated-South Africa. Has dual passport GBR/RSA. In
97: 18  Hague Half Mar; 2 AAA 10,000; 6 British 10,000
TROMANS Glyn	GBR	64:53:00	64:53-97	17/03/69
10,000 pb: 28:35.52. 1 Inter-Counties 5000 95. Repetitive flu syndrome
winter 95/96. In spring 1996 had two operations to seal an extra valve in
his heart. Coach-David Dix. Lecturer. In 97: 161 WXC; 2 British 10,000; 14
British 5000
TUNE David	GBR	65:08:00	64:48-96	29/10/70
10,000 pb: 29:41.54. 5000 pb: 14:09.49-94. Potato Merchant. 8 AAA road 10k
95; 14 AAA 5000 96. 1 Brampton to Carlisle 10M 95; 88 World Half Mar 96. In
97: Paced London Marathon; 4 AAA/Reading Half Mar

FIETZ Michael	GER	64:08:00	13/11/67
Mar pb: 2:18:43. 10,000 pb: 28:13.42. 5000 pb: 13:53.76-97. In 97: 2 German 5000
FRANKE Stéphane	GER	12/02/65
Mar pb: 2:11:26-97. 5000/10,000 pbs: 13:03.76-95/27:48.88-95. 3000 pb:
7:39.78-95. Only man to run in both 5k & 10k finals in Atlanta 1996. 12 WCH
10,000 91; ht OLY 10,000 92; 4 WCH 10,000 93;  3 ECH 10,000 94 (10 5000); 4
WCP 10,000 94; 7 WCH 10,000 95; 9 OLY 10,000 96 (14 5000).  1 German 10,000
93/95/96. 18 Fukuoka 95.  Born-Versailles. In 97: 10 London; 31 WCH
HUTH Rainer	GER	64:20:00	01/05/71
Mar pb: 2:20:16. 10,000 pb: 30:08.84. 66 World Half Mar 96
KARRASS Jens	GER	63:55:00	14/10/68
10,000 pb: 28:15.28. 1 EJC 10,000 87. 38 World Half Mar 96

BACSKAI Zsolt	HUN	63:22:00	08/04/75
10,000 pb: 29:20.0. 30 World Junior Half Mar 93
BERKOVICS Imre	HUN	63:45:00	17/08/66
10,000 pb: 29:08.0. 5000 pb: 13:40.96-95. 1 Hungarian XC 93. At WXC: 94-56,
97-59
HOLBA Zoltán	HUN	63:51:00	04/11/68
Mar pb: 2:14:13. 10,000 pb: 29:13.0. 1 EJC road 20k 87. At WXC: 87-76J,
97-180. At EXC: 95-97. 63 World Half Mar 96. In 97: 180 WXC; 1 Las Vegas
KÁLDY Zoltán	HUN	62:27:00	07/01/69
10,000 pb: 28:01.88-91. 5000 pb: 13:30.82-92. 1 EJC 20k 87 (3 10,000); 9
ECH 10,000 90; 12 OLY 10,000 92; 12 ECH 10,000 94; 16 OLY 10,000 96. At
WXC: 85-70J, 86-26J, 87-22J, 88-11J, 97-145. In 97: 1 Hungarian XC; 145
WXC; 1 Hungarian 10,000 (7th time); ht WCH 10,000
KLISZEK Tamas	HUN	63:36:00	24/06/70
10,000 pb: 29:17.0. At EXC: 95-80. 7 EJC 5000 89. 1 Hungarian 10,000 94.
SZEMAN Janos	HUN	64:37:00	24/07/69
Mar pb: 2:18:45. 10,000 pb: 29:36.0. At EXC: 95-93

BIMRO Asaf	ISR	67:12:00	01/01/69
Mar pb: 2:16:45-97. 10,000 pb: 30:14.39. 5 Tiberias 95; 14 Rotterdam 95; 69
World Half Mar 96 (93-112, 94-75). In 97: 59 WCH
KREMER Dov	ISR	63:56:00	07/02/65
Mar pb: 2:15:45-94. Israeli marathon record holder. 22 ECH 94. 82 World
Half Mar 96
MOCHA Adra	ISR	01/01/78

ARMUZZI Antonio	ITA	63:22:00	14/08/69
10,000 pb: 28:33.18. At EXC: 95-38
BALDINI Stefano	ITA	61:35:00	60:56-97	25/05/71
Defending Champion. Mar pb: 2:07:57-97. Italian marathon record holder, set
in London 1997. 10,000 pb: 27:43.98-96 (28:07.81-97). 5000 pb: 13:23.43-96.
3000/Half Mar pbs: 7:43.14-96/60:56-97. 20 ECH 10,000 94; 1 ECP 10,000 95;
18 WCH 10,000 95. 6 Venice 95 (début); 18 OLY 10,000 (sf 5000) 96; 1 World
Half Mar 96; dnf NY 96. 4x Italian 10,000 Champion (93-96); 1 Italian Half
Mar 95. At WXC: 90J-13, 93-dnf, 94-51, 95-90. Works part-time for
construction company-also his sponsor. 8th of 10 brothers - older brother
Marco also a marathon runner. In 97: 2 Lisbon Half Mar; 2 London; 9 WCH
10,000
BOURIFA Migidio	ITA	62:58:00	31/01/69
10,000 pb: 29:28.73
GAMBA Michele	ITA	63:16:00	02/10/72
25 World Half Mar 96. At EXC: 95-63, 96-22
RUGGERO Giovanni	ITA	62:09-96	19/01/74
Mar pb: 2:13:44. 10,000 pb: 29:23.1. 7 World Junior Half Mar 93

IGARASHI Noriaki	JPN	62:19:00	62:19-97	28/10/72
In 97: 3 Yamaguchi Half Mar
KAWAMOTO Kokichi	JPN	62:15:00	62:15-97	16/06/74
10,000 pb: 29:02.13. In 97: 2 Yamaguchi Half Mar
MIYAMOTO Yoshifumi	JPN62:38-95	09/02/73
10,000 pb: 28:51.6. 9 World Half Mar 95
NARA Osamu	JPN	64:05:00	09/01/71
10,000 pb: 28:24.25. 3000SC pb: 8:39.02. At WXC: 89-31J, 90-30J, 95-69

CHEGE Laban	KEN	62:10:00	
10,000 pb: 27:33.28-97. 5000 pb: 13:21.41-95 (13:22.36-97). 3000 pb:
7:48.50-97. 9 COM 5000 94 (after setting fast pace to help team-mate
Mosima); 1 Marseilles Half Mar 95. In 97: 1 Le Mans XC; 2 Tourcoing XC; 8
Seville 3000; 8 St Denis 5000; 5 Bratislava 5000; 4 Helsinki 5000; 4 Oslo
10,000; 2 Düsseldorf 10k; 9 Brussels 10,000
CHELANGA Joshua	KEN	61:02:00	61:02-97	07/04/73
5000 pb: 13:27.19-96. 10,000 pb: 27:36.62-97. 7 Kenyan 5000 95. 1 French
10,000 96. Appendicitis in 1996. In 97: 1 Kenyan Armed Forces Half Mar
(64:07 at altitude); 4 Kenyan XC (led for the first half of the race - had
a lead of 30m at one stage); 5 Nairobi XC; 17 WXC; 3 Gualtieri Half Mar; 3
Ivry Vitry Half Mar; 4 Kenyan 10,000; 7 La Courneuve 15k; 1 L Puy 15k; 6
Brussels 10,000; 2 Lille Half Mar. 3x below 61:40 this year
CHERUIYOT Kenneth	KEN	60:45:00	60:45-97	02/08/74
5 Paris Half Mar 96. In 97: 8 Kenyan Armed Forces XC; 2  Stramilano (led at
10k in 28:24); 1 Berlin 25k (World best 1:13:58)
KORORIA Shem	KEN	60:23:00	60:23-97	25/09/72
10,000 pb: 27:18.02-95 (28:44.27-97). 5000 pb: 13:02.80-95. 3000 pb:
7:33.13-96 (7:52.76-97). 5 World Half Mar 94; 3 WCH 5000 95; 1
International Military 5000 95; 9 OLY 5000 96. 1 Kenyan 5000 95. Helped
pace Salah Hissou's world record 10,000 in Brussels 1996. Cousin of Kipyego
Kororia, 1990 World Junior Cross Country Champion. At WXC: 94-9, 97-19. In
97: 9 Kenyan Armed Forces XC; 19 WXC; 1 Gualtieri Half Mar; 1 Brunssum 10k
(27:37, fastest road 10k of 1997); 1 Rio 3000; 13 Seville 3000; 13 Brussels
10,000
Fastest entry at Half Marathon in 1997
TANUI Moses	KEN	61:03:00	59:47-94	20/08/65
Holder of World Half Marathon best. 5000/10,000 pbs:
13:17.80-92/27:18.32-93. Mar pb: 2:09:15-96 (2:11:38-97). 2 COM 10,000 90
(5 5000); 1 WCH 10,000 91 (2 93, lost shoe in final lap sprint with H
Gebrselassie); 8 OLY 10,000 88/92; 1 Boston 96 (95-2, 94-10); dnf NY 96.
Declined selection for 1996 Olympic marathon. 2x Great North Run winner
(93/95). 4x Kenyan 10,000 Champion. 4x Stramilano winner. At WXC: 87-18,
88-6, 89-9, 90-2, 91-2, 93-4. 1 World Half Marathon 95 (94-9). Won $100,000
in prize money from 3 races in North America in 1996. In 97: 1 Kyoto Half
Mar; 4 Tokyo Half Mar; 27:49 road 10k; 5 Boston

GUSEV Vladimir	KGZ	65:43:00	28/05/66
10,000 pb: 30:12.09. 87 World Half Mar 96
LEIDANSKI Alexandre	KGZ	03/03/58
Half Mar pb: 68:52. 10,000 pb: 30:17.08
PYKHTEYEV Leonid	KGZ	08/09/68
78 World Half Mar 96. At WXC: 94-248, 95-202, 97-215. In 97: 215 WXC

KAPANE Khomojoo	LES68:00:00	
10,000 pb: 30:10.0
MAKOETLAME Kelebone	LES	64:02:00	02/03/78
10,000 pb: 29:06.0. At WXC: 97-55J
PEKILE Kopamo	LES	67:08:00	13/11/69
At WXC: 97-250
RALEKHETLA Thabiso	LES	66:01:00	03/03/60
Mar pb: 2:17:40. 29 OLY 96
RETERE Sentso	LES	65:02:00	
SEPHOOA Lefu	LES	64:00:00	04/04/72
Mar: 2:24:03. At WXC: 96-196, 97-172

AWAD Ali	LIB	68:04:00	05/02/74
10,000 pb: 30:36.74. ht WCH 5000 95
AWADA Hussein	LIB	69:33:00	
10,000 pb: 33:05.9
CHEBLI Medhi	LIB	70:20:00	01/05/73
10,000 pb: 33:11.0
DIAB Jacques	LIB	70:42:00	19/07/74
10,000 pb: 33:50.0

GIELEN Marco	NED	61:55:00	61:55-97	30/05/70
Mar pb: 2:20:18. 5000/10,000 pbs: 13:48.89-94/28:21.0. 9 EJC 10,000 89. 86
World Half Mar 93. At WXC: 89-105J, 92-156, 94-143. At EXC: 95-19, 96-28.
1.86 tall. In 97: 1 Apeldoorn 27.5k; 1 Alphen aan Rijn 20k 58:56 (beat good
field); 4  Hague Half Mar; 41 London; 1 Dutch Half Mar

SPILLANE Jeff	NZL	64:36:00	64:36-97	03/12/71
10,000 pb: 29:23.0. In 97: 1 New Zealand Half Mar

CHAICA Alberto	POR	63:46:00	17/09/73
COSTA Alcidlo	POR	62:20-96	03/06/66
Mar pb: 2:14:48. 10,000 pb: 28:37.7
JESÚS Luis	POR	62:17:00	62:17-97	19/11/68
10,000 pb: 28:06.70-93. 1500 pb: 3:37.74-95. 3000SC pb: 8:33.51. ht WCH
1500 95.  1 Portuguese 5000 93
JUNQUEIRA Joăo	POR	62:40:00	24/06/65
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:22.3-94/27:53.74-94. 3000SC pb: 8:25.81-93. 6 ECH
10,000 94. At EXC: 96-37. 1 Portuguese 3000SC 93. In 97: 9 Eur Clubs XC
PINHEIRO Joaquim	POR	61:36-92	20/12/60
Mar pb: 2:09:32-96. 10,000 pb: 27:55.00. 5 London 91 (90-15). 7 Chicago 90;
dnf WCH Mar 91/93/95; 10 World Half Mar 95; 11 Fukuoka 91; 2 Boston 92; 1
Venice 92; dnf Boston 93. 4 New York 93 (15 94, 7 95); 6 London 95 (pb);
At WXC: 82-81, 84-84, 86-88, 87-41, 88-26, 89-72, 91-16, 92-dnf, 93-25,
95-45 (10th appearance). 1.64 tall. In 96: 7 Açoteias XC; 10 Portuguese XC;
1 Otsu Mar

NEGRU Nicolae	ROM	62:40:00	02/08/72
10,000 pb: 28:42.98-97. 87 World Half Mar 93. 1 Balkan XC 95. In 97: 1
Balkan 5000/10,000

FIKA Makhosonke	RSA	63:29:00	63:29-97	20/01/72
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:35.21-95/28:46.1-96. Familiar name-Shonks. From Cape
Town. 3 South African XC Sep 95. At WXC: 95-120, 96-208, 97-95. In 97: 5
South African XC Trial; 95 WXC; 1 Wellington (RSA) Half Mar
MOTLAGALE Adam	RSA	61:11-93	06/03/61
Mar pb: 2:13:37-96. 8 World Half Mar 93. 1 South African Half Mar 93; 3
Cape Town 96. In 97: 81 WXC; 33 WCH
RAMAALA Hendrick	RSA	60:25:00	60:25-97	02/02/72
10,000 pb: 27:36.30-97. 5000 pb: 13:24.78-95. South African 10,000 record
holder. At WXC: 95-35, 97-167. 17 WCH 10,000 95; ht OLY 10,000 96.  1 South
African 5000/10,000 95. 2 sisters, 4 brothers. Law graduate.  In 97: 167
WXC; 5 Hengelo 10,000; 4 Lille 10,000; 5 Hengelo 10,000; 14 WCH 10,000; 1
Durban Half Mar (RSA Champs); 1 Great North Run
THYS Gert	RSA	62:22:00	61:39-95	12/11/71
Mar pb: 2:08:30-96 (2:11:53-97). 10,000 pb: 27:58.0. 9 Cape Town 92; 62
World Half Mar 92; 3 Otsu 95; 2 Fukuoka 93; 11 NY 95; 1 Beppu 96; 33 OLY
96. Security officer with Johannesburg City Council. 1.67 tall. In 97: 2
Beppu (lost a 440m lead at 30k); 2 Gold Coast; 4 South African Half Mar

KOKIN Pavel	RUS	62:16:00	62:16-97	21/07/74
6 Lyon 96. 16 World Junior Half Mar 93. In 97: 1 Yerres Half Mar
KUZMAN Valery	RUS	65:42:00	
10 World Junior Half Mar 93
NIKOLESKO Anton	RUS	65:32:00	29/07/75
13 World Junior Half Mar 93
PANIN Gennadiy	RUS	63:10-94	12/04/67
72 World Half Mar 94.  At WXC: 94-101, 95-63. At EXC: 96-36. 1 Russian road
10k 96. In 97: 3 Russian 10,000

PISKUR Benno	SLO	65:30:00	22/12/62
10,000 pb: 30:50.00

BRÜCKER Hansjörg	SUI	63:31:00	16/11/63
Mar pb: 2:15:45-96. 10,000 pb: 30:51.13. 10 Venice 96. 101 World half Mar 94
GERBER Markus	SUI	64:52:00	14/01/60
Mar pb: 2:15:55. 10,000 pb: 29:53.61. 82 World Half Mar 94
RÖTHLIN Viktor	SUI	65:10:00	14/10/74
10,000 pb: 28:55.72. At WXC: 92-53J, 93-20J, 96-103, 97-168. In 97: 168 WXC
SCHWEICKHARDT Stéphane	SUI	62:33-95	14/09/60
Mar pb: 2:17:22-92. 2 Swiss Half Mar 94. 3x Swiss 25k Champ (89-91); 10
World Half Mar 96 (94-dnf, 96-112); 1 Swiss Half Mar 95

PETRO Robert	SVK	67:10:00	67:10-97	2-8-69
10,000 pb: 30:37.62-91. 1 Slovak 5000/10,000 93; 1 Slovak 5000 96. Mountain
runner. School director. In 97: 1 Slovak Half Mar
PIPA Petr	SVK	64:57:00	64:57-97	12-6-64
Mar pb: 2:14:50-97. 10,000 pb: 28:47.74-89. 29 WCH 93; 1 Kosice 94; 1
Vigarano 95; 1 Hamburg 96. At WXC: 90-175. Czech origin. In 97: 3 Devin
11.6k; 14 Hamburg; dnf Slovak Half Mar
SÁDEK Robert	SVK	66:43:00	66:43-97	14-2-70
Mar pb: 2:21:01-96. 10,000 pb: 30:33.68-95. 121 World Half Mar 95. In 97: 1
Slovak XC; 2 Bratislava-Hainburg Half Mar; 2 Slovak Half Mar; 21 WSG Half
Mar
STEFKO Robert	SVK	-	61:46-96	28/05/68
Slovak 3000/10,000/Half Marathon record holder. 10,000 pb: 27:42.98-97. 4
ECH 10,000 94; 6 WCP 10,000 94; ht WCH 5000 95/OLY 10,000 96. 37 World Half
Mar 92. At WXC: 91-96, 92-61, 93-35, 94-28, 96-58, 97-64. 1 Czechoslovak
10,000 91/92; 1 Slovak 1500 93/95. In 97: 1 ECP 2nd League 3000; 2 Sopot
3000; 5 Helsinki 5000; 1 Slovak 1500; 2 Lille 10,000; 3 Korschenbroich 8k;
11 La Courneuve 15k; 3 Castelbuono 10.26k; 3 Prague 10k
Lives-Prague but born in Kosice, where his parents live; National records
at 3000 & 10,000 this year
VANKO Miroslav	SVK	67:22:00	66:44-94	14/02/73
5000/10,000 pbs: 13:32.87-95/28:03.67-96. 9 WJC 5000 92; ht WCH 10,000 95;
sf OLY 5000 96 (ht 10,000).  93 World Half Mar 94. At WXC: 94-86, 96-158,
97-dnf. 1 Slovak 5000  95 (2 1500). Trains with Robert Stefko. In 97: dnf
WXC; 13 Hengelo 10,000; 1 ECP 2nd  League 5000;  10 Bratislava 5000; 3
Sopot 3000; 1 Slovak 5000

AKO Benedict	TAN	61:34:00	61:34-97	05/08/68
Mar pb: 2:13:53-94. 10,000 pb: 28:22.15-97. 1 Arusha 93; 12 Paris 94; 14
Rotterdam 96. At WXC: 95-47, 97-25. In 97: 25 WXC; 7 Gualtieri Half Mar; 1
Alicante Half Mar
AXWESO Wilbroad	TAN
SAKTAY Faustin	TAN	64:02-92	10/11/72
Mar pb: 2:11:56-90. 1 Madrid 92; 5 Marrakesh 92; 3 Stockholm 91; 5 Belgrade
95. At WXC: 97-41. In 97: 41 WXC
TULUWAY Neema	TAN	61:36:00	61:36-97	06/11/74
6 World Half Mar 96. In 97: 1 Seixal Half Mar; 136 WXC; 5  Gualtieri Half
Mar; 8 Ivry-Vitry Half Mar; 11 Grevenmacher Half Mar

MABERDIEV Charigeldi	TKM	68:00:00	27/10/66
NAZAROV Dovletmomed	TKM	70:00:00	09/08/79
RADJAPOV Rustam		TKM	68:00:00	05/12/74

HSU Gi-Sheng	TPE	64:05-97	02/01/64
Mar pb: 2:14:35-95 (2:25:55-97). Chinese Taipei 10,000/Marathon record
holder. 10,000 pb: 29:12.1-93. 6 Beppu 95; 38 WCH 95; 57 OLY 96. In 97: 51
WCH

AHIMBISUBWE Gordon	UGA	71:58:00	03/01/73
10,000 pb: 30:02.0
AKAKWANSA Macbeth	UGA	68:46:00	08/11/63
Mar pb: 2:29:30. 10,000 pb: 32:33.0
LONGIROS Benjamin	UGA	68:22:00	03/03/63
Mar pb: 2:19:50. 10,000 pb: 30:15.0
MALINGA Alex		UGA	
Mar pb: 2:29:22. 10,000 pb: 31:19.0. At WXC: 96-113
OMAGORO Clement		UGA	71:46:00	09/10/75
Mar pb: 2:25:27. 10,000 pb: 30:03.0

GICHUN Yuriy		UKR	64:51:00		10/02/77
10,000 pb: 29:37.0
KRUPA Bogdan		UKR	64:58:00	26/06/72
10,000 pb: 29:31.0
KUZIN Aleksandr		UKR	63:43:00	21/10/74
58 World Half Mar 96. At WXC: 94-230, 95-139, 96-150, 97-142
RUDYK Nikolay		UKR	63:47:00	20/12/73
10,000 pb: 29:18.0. 45 World Half Mar 96. At EXC: 96-81

GENERAL Darrell		USA	64:48:00	02/12/65
10,000 pb: 29:29.0. Mar pb: 2:14:42-89. 1 Washington 95
HERALD Jimmy		USA	64:42:00	05/03/68
10,000 pb: 28:35.0. 37  World Half Mar 96. Born-Illinois
MORRIS David		USA	61:08-95	17/05/70
Mar pb: 2:16:20. 10,000 pb: 29:09.0. 103 World Half Mar 95
MORRISON Eric		USA	66:49:00	26/06/70
Mar pb: 2:15:52. 10,000 pb: 29:26.0. At WXC: 95-82
REESER Todd		USA	66:02:00	
10,000 pb: 30:22.0