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2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

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Field	Value
name	2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
dates	2008-10-12
logo	Whmc logo 2008.png
size	250px
host_city	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil
nations	42
athletes	155
events	2
length	21.0975 kilometres
ind_prize	1st: 30,000
2nd: 15,000
3rd: 10,000
4th: 7,000
5th: 5,000
6th: 3,000
team_prize	1st: 15,000
2nd: 12,000
3rd: 9,000
4th: 7,500
5th: 6,000
6th: 3,000
previous	2007 Udine
next	2009 Birmingham

2nd: 15,000 3rd: 10,000 4th: 7,000 5th: 5,000 6th: 3,000 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.

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.

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race | access-date = September 10, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130910230507/http://www.iaaf.net/WHM08/news/kind=100/newsid=48021.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = September 10, 2013 | access-date = September 10, 2013 and for the women's race. | access-date = September 10, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130910230409/http://www.iaaf.net/WHM08/news/kind=100/newsid=48014.html | url-status = usurped | archive-date = September 10, 2013 | access-date = September 10, 2013

Medallists

Team Women	ETH	3:30:59		3:31:24		3:40:58

Race results

Complete results were published | access-date = September 1, 2013 for the men's race,{{ Citation |access-date = September 10, 2013 | access-date = September 10, 2013 for the women's race,{{ Citation |access-date = September 10, 2013 | access-date = September 10, 2013 for men's team, | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130910230409/http://www.iaaf.net/whm08/results/eventCode=3740/sex=M/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html%23det | url-status = usurped | access-date = September 10, 2013 | archive-date = 2013-09-10 | access-date = September 10, 2013 and for women's team. | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130910230435/http://www.iaaf.net/whm08/results/eventCode=3740/sex=W/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html%23det | url-status = usurped | access-date = September 10, 2013 | archive-date = 2013-09-10 | access-date = September 10, 2013

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Team results

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Participation

The participation of 155 athletes (90 men/65 women) from 42 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from did not show.

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Swaziland (1)
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References

[http://www.iaaf.org/WRU08/index.html IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday 12 October 2008] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-10-05 , ''IAAF.org'', Retrieved 2008-02-06)
(2006-03-29). "Council Selects Four New Venues for Future Events - IAAF Council Meeting, Day Two". [[IAAF]].
[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=512/newsId=42537.html NEWS CENTRE: Rio 2008 – championships renamed]. ''IAAF.org''. 2007-11-29

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