Profiles Leading Contenders

Home
Results
News & Reports
Statistics
	- Profiles Men - List 98 Men - All Time Men - Profiles Women - List 98 Women - All Time Women
Official Partners
Uster - Zürich
Loc
Back to IAAF

Profiles leading contenders - Men

Name	Nat	Born	Age	PB	Notes
APOLONIO Gabino	MEX	29-8-71	27	62:06 '98	98 Central American 10,000 bronze medallist ... winner of 98 Tampa 15K ... professor of law
CHIPU Abner	RSA	2-1-72	26	61:15 '98	3rd in 98 South African Half Marathon Championships, close behind Thys & Ramaala
da COSTA Ronaldo	BRA	7-6-70	28	60:54 '94	Removed 45 seconds from world marathon best when clocking 2:06:05 to win Berlin marathon on September 20, 1998 ... former South American & Ibero-American 5000 Champion ... "Ronaldino the Runner" .... set world marathon best with halves of 64:42 & 61:23; average speed of more than 20Km per hour ... won total of $200,000
do NASCIMENTO Eduardo	BRA	2-8-72	26	60:30 '98	South American half marathon record holder ... 95 Tokyo Half Marathon winner ... highly-rated marathon pacemaker
FIZ Martín	ESP	3-3-63	35	61:01 '96	94 European & 95 World Marathon Champion .. 4th in 96 Olympic & silver in 97 World Marathons ... won in Gothenburg 95 in a borrowed vest; forgot his own
GOFFI Danilo	ITA	3-12-72	25	61:23 '96	98 European marathon silver medallist .. 4th in 97 World Marathon ... 3rd in 98 Rotterdam ... former European Junior 10,000 Champion
GWAKO John	KEN	4'9-78	20	61:00 '97	Holds world junior best for half marathon, set in 97 ... also clocked 61:53 aged 17 in 95 ... won 98 Rio Half Mar, beating Ronaldo da Costa among others
JESÚS Luis	POR	19-11-68	29	60:56 '97	Great run in 97 World Half Marathon ... improved by more than one minute to take 8th place ... 3rd at marathon début in 98 Turin
KALOMBO Mwenze	COD	7-6-67	31	63:29 '98	2nd in 98 Paris Half Marathon ... top-20 finisher at 96 Olympic & 97 World Marathons
KIMANI Joseph	KEN	1'9-72	26	60:04 '98	Arguably the world's top road runner in 97; 12 major victories including 5 sub-28:00 10K runs ... disappointing marathon début in 98; 27th at Boston ... 2nd in 98 Tokyo & Lisbon Half Marathons ... brother James Kuria Kuranja also a world-class road runner
KOECH Paul	KEN	25-6-69	29	60:31 '96	Silver in 98 World Long Course XC (team gold) ... 98 World Road Relay Champion .. 4th in 97 World 10,000 ... sub-13 min for 5000 & sub-27 min for 10,000
KORORIA Shem	KEN	25'9-72	25	59:56 '97	Defending Champion ... 95 World 5000 bronze medallist .... 96 Olympic 5000 finalist ... cousin of Kipyego Kororia, 90 World Junior Cross Country Champion
LEONE Giacomo	ITA	10-4-71	27	61:10 '97	96 New York Marathon winner ... 7th in 97 World Marathon ... did not finish 98 European Marathon
MOQHALI Thabiso	LES	7-12-67	30	62:31 '95	New Commonwealth Marathon Champion .. lives & trains in South Africa ... 97 Cape Town marathon winner, 6th in Boston than year
RAMAALA Hendrick	RSA	2-2-72	26	60:07 '97	South African 10,000 & Half Marathon record holder ... 4th in 97 World Half Marathon (1st non-Kenyan) .. 97 Great North Run winner
RAMOS Andre	BRA	20-1-70	28	63:26 '95	Former holder of South American marathon best ... 4th in 98 Boston ... 98 Rio Marathon winner
SCHWEICKHARDT Stéphane	SUI	14'9-60	38	61:26 '97	Host nation's top male road runner ... 10th in 97 World Half Marathon
SILIO Antonio	ARG	9-5-66	32	60:40 '92	92 World Half Marathon silver medallist ... former South American 10,000 Champion ... 98 Ibero-American 10,000 Champion ... lives-Madrid ... from family of 8
SKAH Khalid	MAR	29-1-67	31	60:27 '94	Former Olympic 10,000, World XC & World Half Marathon Champion ... given Norwegian citizenship in 95 ... Norwegian wife, wife Anne Cecile ... father of two
THYS Gert	RSA	12-11-71	26	60:23 '97	Cracked 2:08 for third place in 98 Boston ... 6th in 97 World Half Marathon (team silver) ... 98 South African Half Marathon Champion ... Security Officer