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1997 WORLD ROAD RACE LISTS

Compiled by David E. Martin

MEN

10 Kilometres (Present world best: point-to-point course - 27:04 Joseph Kimani KEN 96; out-and-back course - 27:20 Joseph Kimani KEN 96)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

27:14:00 Ondoro Osoro KEN 1 Pittsburgh* 28-Sep

27:17:00 Hezron Otwori KEN 2 Pittsburgh* 28-Sep

27:37:00 Shem Kororia KEN 1 Brunssum 13-Apr

27:41:00 Worku Bikila ETH 2 Brunssum 13-Apr

27:43:00 Tom Nyariki KEN 1 Washington 27-Apr

27:43:00 Joseph Kimani KEN 1 Atlanta 04-Jul

27:43:00 Larbi Zeroual MAR 3 Pittsburgh* 28-Sep

27:57:00 Paul Koech KEN 1 Charleston 05-Apr

27:57:00 Luka Cherono KEN 1 Wakefield 06-Apr

27:58:00 Khalid Khannouchi MAR 2 Atlanta 04-Jul

28:01:00 Vanderlei Lima BRA 1 Santos 25-May

28:04:00 Ed Eyestone USA 1 Salt Lake City* 24-Jul

28:05:00 Peter Githuka KEN 2 Mobile 22-Mar

28:12:00 Godfrey Kiprotich KEN 3 Atlanta 04-Jul

28:13:00 Joao N'Tyamba ANO 2 Puenta del Este 05-Jan

28:16:00 Alfredo López MEX 1 Guzman 25-May

28:16:00 Jaime Ojeda CHI 1 Santiago 29-Jun

28:18:00 Delmir dos Santos BRA 3 Puenta del Este 05-Jan

28:19:00 Paul Tergat KEN 1 Dongio 30-Mar

28:20:00 Gert Thys RSA 4 Atlanta 04-Jul

* downhill

Half Marathon (Present world best: out-and-back course - 59:47 Moses Tanui KEN 93)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

59:53:00 Benoit Zwierschiewski FRA 1 Las Vegas# 09-Feb

60:02:00 Darren Wilson AUS 1 Tokyo 19-Jan

60:23:00 Shem Kororia KEN 1 Gualtieri 31-Mar

60:23:00 Paul Tergat KEN 1 Milano 12-Apr

60:25:00 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 1 South Shields 14-Sep

60:27:00 Joseph Kibor KEN 2 Gualtieri 31-Mar

60:27:00 Khalid Khannouchi MAR 1 Philadelphia 28-Sep

60:28:00 Armando Quintanilla MEX 2 Tokyo 19-Jan

60:41:00 Willy Cheruiyot KEN 2 South Shields 14-Sep

60:43:00 Samuel Korir KEN 3 South Shields 14-Sep

60:45:00 Kenneth Cheruiyot KEN 2 Milano 12-Apr

60:46:00 Daniel Kirwa KEN 3 Tokyo 19-Jan

60:53:00 Joseph Chebet KEN 1 Grevenmacher 28-Sep

60:56:00 Stefano Baldini ITA 1 Ostia 23-Feb

61:00:00 John Gwako KEN 2 Grevenmacher 28-Sep

61:02:00 Joshua Chelanga KEN 3 Gualtieri 31-Mar

61:03:00 Moses Tanui KEN 4 Tokyo 19-Jan

61:03:00 Leonardo Guedes BRA 5 Tokyo 19-Jan

61:08:00 Graziano Calvaresi ITA 1 Den Haag 23-Mar

61:10:00 Giacomo Leone ITA 2 Ostia 23-Feb

# = substantially downhill course

Marathon (Present world best: out-and-back course - 2:06:50 Belayneh Dinsamo ETH 88)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

02:07:41 Elijah Lagat KEN 1 Berlin 28-Sep

02:07:43 Eric Kimaiyo KEN 2 Berlin 28-Sep

02:07:51 Domingos Castro POR 1 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:07:54 Alejandro Gomez ESP 2 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:07:55 Antonio Pinto POR 1 London 13-Apr

02:07:57 Stefano Baldini ITA 2 London 13-Apr

02:08:00 Sammy Lelei KEN 3 Berlin 28-Sep

02:08:02 Samuel Korir KEN 3 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:08:05 Martin Fiz ESP 1 Otsu 02-Mar

02:08:06 Josiah Thugwane RSA 3 London 13-Apr

02:08:19 Simon Lopuyet KEN 4 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:08:23 Joseph Chebet KEN 1 Torino 11-May

02:08:36 Richard Nerurkar GBR 5 London 13-Apr

02:08:36 Jackson Kipngok KEN 4 Berlin 28-Sep

02:08:45 Steve Moneghetti AUS 6 London 13-Apr

02:08:46 Abebe Mekonnen ETH 5 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:08:55 Luiz Antonio Santos BRA 6 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:09:00 Turbo Tumo ETH 2 Otsu 02-Mar

02:09:07 Giacomo Leone ITA 7 Rotterdam 20-Oct

02:09:07 John Kagwe KEN 1 Praha 24-May

02:09:07 Ronaldo da Costa BRA 5 Berlin 28-Sep

WOMEN

10 Kilometres (Present world best: out-and-back course - 30:39 Liz McColgan GBR 89)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

31:19:00 Elana Meyer RSA 1 Charleston 05-Apr

31:21:00 Hellen Kimaiyo KEN 1 Atlanta 04-Jul

31:29:00 Colleen de Reuck RSA 1 Mobile 22-Mar

31:32:00 Catherina McKiernan IRL 1 Fort Worth 22-Feb

31:34:00 Libbie Hickman USA 3 Atlanta 04-Jul

31:39:00 Delilah Asiago KEN 4 Atlanta 04-Jul

31:41:00 Kristen Ihle USA 1 Salt Lake City* 24-Jul

31:45:00 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 New York 07-Jun

31:47:00 Paula Radcliffe GBR 1 New Orleans 29-Mar

31:47:00 Sally Barsosio KEN 1 Vancouver 20-Apr

31:54:00 Lornah Kiplagat KEN 2 New York 07-Jun

31:58:00 Liz McColgan GBR 2 Mobile 22-Mar

31:58:00 Jane Omoro KEN 5 Atlanta 04-Jul

32:00:00 Yelena Vyazova UKR 1 Pittsburgh* 28-Sep

32:06:00 Anne Marie Lauck USA 3 Mobile 22-Mar

32:09:00 Annette Peters USA 6 Atlanta 04-Jul

32:11:00 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2 Salt Lake City* 24-Jul

32:16:00 Leah Malot KEN 1 Marburg 17-May

32:17:00 Irma Heeren NED 2 Noordwijk 13-Jul

32:20:00 Lynn Jennings USA 2 New Orleans 29-Mar

* downhill

Half Marathon (Present world best: out-and-back course - 67:36 Elana Meyer RSA 97; point-to-point course - 66:43 Masako Chiba JPN 97)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

66:43:00 Masako Chiba JPN 1 Tokyo 19-Jan

67:36:00 Elana Meyer RSA 1 Kyoto 09-Mar

67:43:00 Tegla Loroupe KEN 2 Tokyo 19-Jan

68:13:00 Petra Wassiluk GER 1 Las Vegas# 09-Feb

68:18:00 Yoshiko Ichikawa JPN 3 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:00:00 Catherina McKiernan IRL 1 Glasgow 24-Aug

69:13:00 Sachie Ozaki JPN 4 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:21:00 Anne Wamuci KEN 5 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:22:00 Takako Tobise JPN 6 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:23:00 Ari Ichihashi JPN 7 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:24:00 Lucia Subano KEN 1 South Shields 14-Sep

69:36:00 Kozue Matsumoto JPN 8 Tokyo 19-Jan

69:37:00 Alina Tecuta ROM 1 Paris 09-Mar

69:41:00 Marian Sutton GBR 2 South Shields 14-Sep

69:42:00 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 Paderborn 29-Mar

69:43:00 Fatuma Roba ETH 2 Lisboa* 09-Mar

69:51:00 Gitte Karlshøj DEN 2 Las Vegas# 09-Feb

69:58:00 Olivera Jevtic YUG 1 Beograd 19-Apr

69:59:00 Rocío Ríos ESP 1 Azpeitia 20-Apr

70:04:00 Aniela Nikiel POL 3 Las Vegas# 09-Feb

70:07:00 Chantal Dallenbach FRA 1 Thun 30-Mar

* = course short by ‰ 50 m

# = substantially downhill course

Marathon (Present world best: mixed-race point-to-point course - 2:21:06 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR 85; mixed-race out-and-back course - 2:21:21 Joan Benoit/Samuelson USA 85; women's-only out-and-back course - 2:23:51 Lisa Martin/Ondieki AUS 88)

Mark Name Country Place Venue Date

02:22:07 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:23:44 Catherina McKiernan IRL 1 Berlin 28-Sep

02:24:46 Madina Biktagirova BLR 2 Berlin 28-Sep

02:25:56 Marleen Renders BEL 2 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:25:57 Katrin Dörre GER 1 Osaka 26-Jan

02:26:03 Makiko Ito JPN 3 Rotterdam 20-Apr

02:26:23 Fatuma Roba ETH 1 Boston 21-Apr

02:26:51 Joyce Chepchumba KEN 1 London 13-Apr

02:26:52 Liz McColgan GBR 2 London 13-Apr

02:26:54 Mariko Hara JPN 2 Osaka 26-Jan

02:27:04 Lidia Simon ROM 3 Osaka 26-Jan

02:27:07 Jane Salumae EST 1 Torino 11-May

02:27:09 Elana Meyer RSA 2 Boston 21-Apr

02:27:27 Kayoko Obata JPN 4 Berlin 28-Sep

02:28:01 Ornella Ferrara ITA 2 Torino 11-May

02:28:02 Sonja Krolik GER 4 London 13-Apr

02:28:03 Colleen de Reuck RSA 3 Boston 21-Apr

02:28:07 Ramilya Burangulova RUS 5 London 13-Apr

02:28:12 Manuela Machado POR 6 London 13-Apr

02:28:18 Christine McNamara USA 7 London 13-Apr