Singapore runners post personal best times at IAAF World Half Marathon

From the left, Soh Rui Yong, Anne Qi Hui and Steven Quek. Image courtesy of Soh Rui Yong

Soh Rui Yong finished 72nd out of 78th position with a time of 72:12 minutes in the IAAF World Half Marathon held last Saturday. It’s a new personal best for the 21-year-old, who improved upon his timing that was used to qualify for the competition, which was 72.25 minutes achieved at the SAFRA Bay Run & Army Half Marathon held last month.

While Anne Qi Hui completed the 21.0975 kilometres course in a time of 83:16 minutes. She managed 54th position out of a total of 59. It’s also a new personal best the 32-years-old. She recently ran 83:39 minutes at the SAFRA Bay Run & Army Half Marathon.

The IAAF World Half Marathon was won by Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 60:19 minutes in the men’s event, while Meseret Hailu (ETH) won the women’s event in 68:55 minutes.

Full Results

Men

1 Zersenay Tadese ERI 8 Feb 82 60:19
2 Deressa Chimsa ETH 21 Nov 76 60:51 PB
3 John Mwangangi KEN 1 Nov 90 61:01
4 Pius Kirop KEN 8 Jan 90 61:11
5 Stephen Kibet KEN 9 Nov 86 61:40
6 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 5 Nov 84 61:52
7 Jackson Kiprop UGA 85 62:05 PB
8 Stephen Mokoka RSA 1 Apr 85 62:06
9 Tewelde Estifanos ERI 2 Oct 87 62:10 SB
10 Kiflom Slum Weldemichael ERI 87 62:12 SB
11 Belay Assefa ETH 17 Jun 92 62:17
12 Robert Kajuga RWA 1 Jan 85 62:22
13 Mulue Andom ERI 12 Oct 91 62:23
14 Giovani dos Santos BRA 1 Jul 81 62:32
15 Augustus Maiyo USA 10 May 83 62:33 PB
16 Habtamu Assefa ETH 29 Mar 85 62:35
17 Luke Puskedra USA 8 Feb 90 62:46
18 Gladwin Mzazi RSA 28 Aug 88 63:46
19 Nathan Ayeko UGA 63:54 PB
20 Jean-Domascene Habarurema FRA 4 Dec 76 63:59
21 Yuki Kawauchi JPN 5 Mar 87 64:04
22 Cyriaqu Ndayikengurukiye RWA 10 Mar 90 64:05 PB
23 Liam Adams AUS 4 Sep 86 64:08
24 Harry Summers AUS 19 May 90 64:13
25 Debesay Tsege ERI 20 Aug 88 64:15 PB
26 Solomon Mutai UGA 92 64:21 PB
27 James Theuri FRA 30 Nov 78 64:33
28 Ian Burrell USA 15 Feb 85 64:37
29 Tsuyoshi Ugachi JPN 27 Apr 87 64:49 SB
30 Yigzawe Debas ETH 64:52 PB
31 Benjamin Malaty FRA 7 May 86 65:17
32 Tilahun Aliyev AZE 21 Mar 90 65:34 SB
33 Jaume Leiva ESP 30 Jul 83 65:36
34 Paul Pollock IRL 25 Jun 86 65:38
35 Naoki Okamoto JPN 26 May 84 65:40
36 Scott Smith USA 13 Jul 86 65:46
37 Javier Díaz ESP 17 Apr 76 66:06 SB
38 Jean Marie Uwajeneza RWA 89 66:07 PB
39 Andrey Petrov UZB 13 Oct 86 66:16
40 Wissam Hosni TUN 8 Mar 85 66:34 SB
41 Raúl Machacuay PER 18 Feb 83 66:38 PB
42 Stéphane Lefrand FRA 15 Jun 83 66:38
43 Artur Kozłowski POL 19 Jan 85 66:47 SB
44 Abdi Hakin Ulad DEN 14 Jun 91 66:53 PB
45 Constantino León PER 12 Apr 74 66:58 SB
46 Djamel Bachiri FRA 22 May 77 67:03 SB
47 Godiraone Nthompe BOT 15 Mar 86 67:14 SB
48 Rapula Diphoko BOT 15 Apr 89 67:17 SB
49 Lucky Mohale Modike RSA 21 Aug 85 67:17
50 Chang Chia-Che TPE 22 Apr 83 67:21 SB
51 Clinton Perrett AUS 11 May 83 67:31
52 Carlos Cordero MEX 7 Jan 77 67:42 SB
53 Sylvain Rukundo RWA 20 Dec 88 67:44 SB
54 Kristof Shaanika NAM 5 Oct 82 67:55 PB
55 Oscar Cerón MEX 19 Oct 83 67:56 SB
56 Francisco Caluvi ANG 1 Nov 88 68:19 PB
57 Iolo Nikolov BUL 4 Feb 84 68:32 PB
58 Chihiro Miyawaki JPN 28 Aug 91 68:33
59 Mike Eaton USA 9 Jun 87 68:52
60 Daniel Vargas MEX 6 Mar 84 68:56 PB
61 Johan Damkjær DEN 17 Oct 84 69:01 PB
62 Peter Bech DEN 1 Oct 76 69:13 PB
63 José Francisco Chaves PUR 19 Apr 80 69:27 PB
64 Su Guoxiong CHN 26 May 92 69:58 SB
65 Ulrik Heltmann Jensen DEN 19 Feb 84 69:59 PB
66 Dimcho Mitsov BUL 28 Jan 88 71:11 PB
67 Masato Kihara JPN 13 Jul 86 71:31
68 Gi Ka Man HKG 25 Jan 84 71:35 SB
69 Alfonzo Paula Acosta DOM 20 Mar 86 71:44 PB
70 Shaban Mustafa BUL 16 Jul 78 72:02 SB
71 Boris Simonov ARM 11 Feb 93 72:07 PB
72 Rui Yong Soh SIN 6 Aug 91 72:12 PB
73 Ilir Kellezi ALB 8 Jul 88 73:59 PB
74 Sangay Wangchuk BHU 1 Jan 83 75:19 PB
75 Franco Forestier URU 28 Apr 87 75:33 PB
76 Yordan Petrov BUL 89 78:47 PB
77 Nikola Mikulic CRO 12 Dec 90 85:50 PB
78 Chan Weng U MAC 28 Oct 89 86:03 PB
José Márcio da Silva BRA 22 Nov 90 DNF
Gilmar Lopes BRA 30 May 89 DNF
Luis Fernando Paula BRA 8 Jul 79 DNF
Hristo Stefanov BUL 21 Dec 70 DNF
Raji Assefa ETH 18 Feb 86 DNF
Philemon Limo KEN 2 Aug 85 DNF
Aleksandar Kiradjiev MKD 87 DNF
Jhon Cusi PER 18 Jan 85 DNF

Women

1 Meseret Hailu ETH 12 Sep 90 68:55 PB
2 Feysa Tadesse ETH 19 Nov 88 68:56 SB
3 Pasalia Kipkoech KEN 22 Dec 88 69:04
4 Lydia Cheromei KEN 11 May 77 69:13
5 Emebet Etea ETH 11 Jan 90 70:01 PB
6 Pauline Kahenya KEN 85 70:22
7 Gemma Steel GBR 12 Nov 85 71:09
8 Tomomi Tanaka JPN 25 Jan 88 71:09
9 Mai Ito JPN 23 May 84 71:25
10 Caryl Jones GBR 4 Apr 87 71:52
11 Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 6 Dec 80 72:04 SB
12 Asami Kato JPN 12 Oct 90 72:11
13 Maegan Krifchin USA 8 Apr 88 72:29
14 Lara Tamsett AUS 12 Oct 88 72:58 SB
15 Yoko Miyauchi JPN 19 Jun 83 73:00
16 Renè Kalmer RSA 3 Nov 80 73:16
17 Deribe Godana ETH 13 Mar 88 73:16 PB
18 Adriana Nelson USA 31 Jan 80 73:30 SB
19 Kayo Sugihara JPN 24 Feb 83 73:36
20 Karolina Jarzyńska POL 6 Sep 81 73:45
21 Priscah Cherono KEN 27 Jun 80 73:55
22 Susan Partridge GBR 4 Jan 80 73:55
23 Maria Azucena Díaz ESP 19 Dec 82 74:05 SB
24 Carmen Oliveras FRA 29 Jun 71 74:28 PB
25 Shalane Flanagan USA 8 Jul 81 74:41
26 Sara Prieto MEX 29 Mar 89 75:03 PB
27 Tonya Nero TRI 27 Nov 88 75:13 PB
28 Adero Nyakisi UGA 2 Jul 86 75:26 SB
29 Zhang Jingxia CHN 15 Jul 91 75:51 PB
30 Peninah Arusei KEN 23 Feb 79 75:55
31 Magali Bernard FRA 24 May 85 76:25
32 Michelle Frey USA 15 Apr 82 76:55
33 Alvina Begay USA 9 Sep 80 76:58
34 Eden Tesfalem ERI 85 77:01 SB
35 Marisol Romero MEX 26 Nov 83 77:17
36 Sueli Silva BRA 11 Jan 77 77:31
37 Nolene Conrad RSA 26 Jul 85 77:51
38 Xiao Huimin CHN 1 Mar 92 78:16 PB
39 Sirlene de Pinho BRA 18 Jan 76 78:30
40 Lavinia Haitope NAM 3 Mar 90 78:36 PB
41 Adriana Cristina da Luz BRA 9 Nov 92 78:44
42 Amine Ben Amor TUN 7 Sep 85 79:01
43 Selam Abere ETH 79:09 PB
44 Maritza Arenas MEX 23 Jul 89 79:25
45 Lene Hjelmsø DEN 79 79:32
46 Christine Kalmer RSA 10 Feb 86 79:40
47 Anna Sofie Holm Baumeister DEN 29 Dec 87 80:04 PB
48 Roselaine Silva BRA 27 May 81 80:53
49 Rocío Cántara PER 4 Jan 87 81:07 SB
50 Matea Matošević CRO 14 Mar 89 81:33 PB
51 Anita Krasteva BUL 12 Sep 80 81:56 PB
52 Cristiana Frumuz ROU 19 Feb 88 82:42 SB
53 Sitora Khamidova UZB 12 May 89 83:12
54 Qi Hui SIN 3 Oct 80 83:16 PB
55 Silvia Danekova BUL 7 Feb 83 84:07 SB
56 Iveta Bonova BUL 80 85:02 PB
57 Chi Ngan Chow HKG 89:02 PB
58 Cynthia Ruiz PER 27 Nov 88 89:12 PB
59 Chang Lap Iang MAC 1 May 77 99:55 PB
Andreina de la Rosa DOM 19 Aug 85 DNF

Related Links:
SAA page on IAAF World Half Marathon