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| events = 2| length = 20 km| nations = 39| athletes = 140| ind_prize = 1st: 30,0002nd: 15,0003rd: 10,0004th: 7,0005th: 5,0006th: 3,000| team_prize = 1st: 15,0002nd: 12,0003rd: 9,0004th: 7,5005th: 6,0006th: 3,0002005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships>2005 Edmonton2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships>2007 Udine}}The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for, with this competition replacing the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in the international sporting calendar. 140 athletes from 39 nations took part in the two races.iaaf.org - World Road Running Championships 2006 NewsAs well as individual honours, there is also a team event where the times of the first three runners home from each country are added together to produce the team standings. Only nations with at least three competitors entered in the race are eligible for this competition.The race was notable for having the first disabled athlete to take part in a world championship athletics event. Mark Brown, who was competing for Gibraltar, lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1981.“Athletics opens up so many doors” – IAAF World Road Running Championships. IAAF.org. 2006-10-08Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given bothfor the men's race

The course

The total race distance was 20 kilometres, and consisted of four laps around a 5000-metre course. The race started and finished in front of the main building of the University of Debrecen (pictured left) on the northern edge of the city, and travelled in a clockwise direction around nearby parkland.The runners started on Egyetem Square, outside the university, before heading around the circular Nagyerdei Avenue. Most of the course followed Nagyerdei Avenue, with two detours onto the roads inside the circle, passing the thermal baths and the Aquaticum Thermal & Wellness Hotel, before rounding the boating lake, passing the Nagyerdõ Stadium and the Hunguest Nagyerdõ Hotel. The race then headed back to Egyetem Square to complete the lap.

Medallists{| {{MedalistTable|typeEvent|columns2}}

Individual|MenZersenay Tadesse| 56:01Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba| 56:41Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei| 57:15|WomenLornah Kiplagat| 1:03:21 Constantina Diţă-Tomescu| 1:03:23 Rita Sitienei Jeptoo| 1:03:47 Team|Team Men| 2:51:18| 2:53:19ETH| 2:54:17|Team Women| 3:15:55ETH| 3:18:50Japan}} 3:19:00

Race results

Complete results were published {{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Men's{| class"wikitable sortable" style" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width"50%"

! Rank || Athlete || Nationality || Time || Notes bgcolor="#F7F6A8" {{gold1}} Zersenay Tadesse {{flagcountry| CR bgcolor="#DCE5E5" {{silver2}} Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba {{flagcountry| NR bgcolor="#FFDAB9" {{bronze3}} Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei {{flagcountry| 4 Wilson Busienei {{flagcountry| NR 5 Wilfred Taragon {{flagcountry| 6 Deriba Merga {{flagcountry1996}} 57:27 7 Tadesse Tola {{flagcountry1996}} 57:27 8 Mubarak Hassan Shami {{flagcountry| NR 9 Dieudonné Disi {{flagcountry| NR 10 Yonas Kifle {{flagcountry| 11 Ryan Hall (runner) >United States}} 57:54 12 Dickson Marwa {{flagcountry| 13 Martin Toroitich {{flagcountry| 14 Essa Ismail Rashed {{flagcountry| 15 Cuthbert Nyasango {{flagcountry| 16 Jamal Bilal Salem {{flagcountry| 17 Fred Mogaka {{flagcountry| 18 Lusapho April {{flagcountry| 19 James Theuri {{flagu| 20 Demssew Tsega {{flagcountry1996}} 59:23 21 Tesfayohannes Mesfen {{flagcountry| 22 Iván Hierro {{flagcountry| 23 Migidio Bourifa {{flagu| 24 James Kibet {{flagcountry| 25 Antonello Petrei {{flagu| 26 Patrick Musyoki {{flagcountry| 27 Kazuo Ietani {{flagcountry| 28 Stephen Rogart {{flagcountry| 29 Sultan Khamis Zaman {{flagcountry| 30 Andrew Carlson (athlete) >United States}} 1:00:12 31 Moulay Ali Ouadih {{flagu| 32 Masayuki Tomura {{flagcountry| 33 Enos Matalane {{flagcountry| 34 Max King (athlete) >United States}} 1:00:26 35 Masatoshi Ibata {{flagcountry| 36 Ibrahim Fouliyeh {{flagu| 37 Juan Vargas (athlete) >MEX}} 1:00:45 38 Henryk Szost {{flagcountry| 39 Iván Galán {{flagcountry| 40 Sergey Rybin {{flagu| 41 Francis Kirwa {{flagcountry| 42 João de Lima {{flagcountry| 43 Rafael Iglesias (athlete) >ESP}} 1:01:00 44 Adriano Fortes {{flagcountry| 45 Martin Dent {{flagu| 46 Jussi Utriainen {{flagcountry| 47 Kahsay Kidane {{flagcountry| 48 Norman Dlomo {{flagcountry| 49 Fabio Mascheroni {{flagu| 50 Elson Gracioli {{flagcountry| 51 Pablo López (athlete) >ESP}} 1:01:56 52 Juan Carlos Romero (athlete) >MEX}} 1:01:57 53 Gian Marco Buttazzo {{flagu| 54 Tamás Tóth (runner) >HUN}} 1:02:04 55 Joseph Driscoll (athlete) >United States}} 1:02:11 57 Cian McLoughlin {{flagcountry| 58 Ernesto Zamora {{flagcountry| 59 Tomonori Michikata {{flagcountry| 60 Mphuthumi Ngedle {{flagcountry| 61 Balázs Csillag {{flagcountry| 62 George Mofokeng (athlete) >RSA}} 1:02:59 63 Simon Munyutu {{flagu| 64 Mohamed Abou Serea {{flagcountry| 65 Kazuyoshi Shimozato {{flagcountry| 66 Alex Malinga {{flagcountry| 67 Christian Pflügl {{flagcountry| 68 Igor Teteryukov {{flagcountry| 68 Rik Ceulemans {{flagcountry| 69 Martin Beckmann (athlete) >Germany}} 1:03:19 70 Joe McAlister (athlete) >IRL}} 1:03:36 71 Solomon Tsige {{flagcountry1996}} 1:03:48 72 Fernando Cabada Jr. {{flagu| 73 Aleksandr Moh {{flagcountry| 74 Roland Kedves {{flagcountry| 75 András Juhász {{flagcountry| 76 Dániel Soos {{flagcountry| 77 Wilson Aquiro {{flagcountry| 78 Mark Brown (athlete) >GIB}} 1:12:11 79 Badboni El-Safadi {{flagcountry| 1:41:15 — Paulo dos Santos {{flagcountry| — Yared Asmeron {{flagcountry| — Lishan Yegezu {{flagcountry1996}} DNF — Nicholas Kemboi (born 1983) >QAT}} DNF — Martin Sulle >TAN}} DNS

Women's{| class"wikitable sortable" style" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width"50%"

! Rank || Athlete || Nationality || Time || Notes bgcolor="#F7F6A8" {{gold1}} Lornah Kiplagat {{flagcountry| WR bgcolor="#DCE5E5" {{silver2}} Constantina Diţă-Tomescu {{flagcountry| NR bgcolor="#FFDAB9" {{bronze3}} Rita Sitienei Jeptoo {{flagcountry| AR 4 Dire Tune {{flagcountry1996}} 1:05:16 NR 5 Edith Masai {{flagcountry| 6 Kayoko Fukushi {{flagcountry| NR 7 Yurika Nakamura {{flagcountry| 8 Natalya Berkut {{flagcountry| 9 Souad Aït Salem {{flagcountry| 10 Teyba Erkesso {{flagcountry1996}} 1:06:15 11 Anikó Kálovics {{flagcountry| 12 Gulnara Vygovskaya {{flagu| 13 Natalya Kurbatova {{flagu| 14 Eunice Jepkorir {{flagcountry| 15 Irina Timofeyeva {{flagu| 16 Luminița Talpoș {{flagcountry| 17 Ashu Kasim {{flagcountry1996}} 1:07:19 18 Anna Thompson (athlete) >Australia}} 1:07:23 19 Ryoko Kizaki {{flagcountry| 20 Masami Sakata {{flagcountry| 21 Olesya Syreva {{flagu| 22 Simona Staicu {{flagcountry| 23 Alina Ivanova {{flagu| 24 Beáta Rakonczai {{flagcountry| 25 Mulu Seboka {{flagcountry1996}} 1:08:59 26 Gloria Marconi {{flagu| 27 Susan Partridge (runner) >Great Britain}} 1:09:17 28 Lidia Șimon {{flagcountry| 29 Adriana Pirtea {{flagcountry| 30 Silvia Sommaggio {{flagu| 31 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu {{flagcountry| 32 Justyna Bąk {{flagcountry| 33 Paula Todoran {{flagcountry| 34 Živilė Balčiūnaitė {{flagcountry| 35 Ivana Iozzia {{flagu| 36 Selma Borst {{flagcountry| 37 Lisa Weightman {{flagu| 38 Wendy Nicholls/Jones {{flagu| 39 Hafida Gadi-Richard {{flagu| 40 Annie Bersagel {{flagu| 41 Ann Alyanak {{flagu| 42 Erin Nehus {{flagu| 43 Desireé Davila {{flagu| 44 Lauren Shelley {{flagu| 45 Maria Rodrigues {{flagcountry| 46 Yodit Mehari {{flagcountry| 47 Merel de Knegt {{flagcountry| 48 Sonja Friend-Uhl {{flagu| 49 Stefania Benedetti {{flagu| 50 Susana Díaz Escobar {{flagcountry| 51 Petra Teveli {{flagcountry| 52 Maria Silva (athlete) >BRA}} 1:14:13 53 Rosa Barbosa {{flagcountry| 54 Antonia da Silva {{flagcountry| 55 Zsuzsanna Vajda {{flagcountry| 56 Sara Abou Hassan {{flagcountry| 57 Maria Laura Bazallo {{flagcountry|

Team results

Men's{| class"wikitable sortable" style" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width"50%"

! Rank || Country || Team || Time bgcolor="#F7F6A8" {{gold1}} {{flagcountryRobert Kipkorir KipchumbaWilson Kiprotich KebeneiWilfred Taragon >| 2:51:18 bgcolor="#DCE5E5" {{silver2}} {{flagcountryZersenay TadesseYonas KifleTesfayohannes Mesfen >| 2:53:19 bgcolor="#FFDAB9" {{bronze3}} {{flagcountry1996}} Deriba MergaTadesse TolaDemssew Tsega 2:54:17 4 {{flagcountryMubarak Hassan ShamiEssa Ismail RashedJamal Bilal Salem >| 2:54:59 5 {{flagcountryWilson BusieneiMartin ToroitichJames Kibet >| 2:55:27 6 {{flaguRyan Hall (runner)>Ryan HallAndrew Carlson (athlete)Max King (athlete)>Max King 2:58:32 7 {{flaguJames TheuriMoulay Ali OuadihIbrahim Fouliyeh >| 3:00:09 8 {{flagcountryKazuo IetaniMasayuki TomuraMasatoshi Ibata >| 3:00:50 9 {{flaguMigidio BourifaAntonello PetreiFabio Mascheroni >| 3:01:00 10 {{flagcountryLusapho AprilEnos MatalaneNorman Dlomo >| 3:01:11 11 {{flagcountryIván HierroIván GalánRafael Iglesias (athlete)>Rafael Iglesias 3:01:24 12 {{flagcountryJoão de LimaAdriano FortesElson Gracioli >| 3:03:57 13 {{flagcountryTamás Tóth (runner)>Tamás TóthBalázs CsillagRoland Kedves 3:09:41

Women's{| class"wikitable sortable" style" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width"50%"

! Rank || Country || Team || Time bgcolor="#F7F6A8" {{gold1}} {{flagcountryRita Sitienei JeptooEdith MasaiEunice Jepkorir >| 3:15:55 bgcolor="#DCE5E5" {{silver2}} {{flagcountry1996}} Dire TuneTeyba ErkessoAshu Kasim 3:18:50 bgcolor="#FFDAB9" {{bronze3}} {{flagcountryKayoko FukushiYurika NakamuraRyoko Kizaki >| 3:19:00 4 {{flagcountryConstantina Diţă-TomescuLuminița TalpoșLidia Șimon >| 3:19:56 5 {{flaguGulnara VygovskayaNatalya KurbatovaIrina Timofeyeva >| 3:20:13 6 {{flagcountryAnikó KálovicsSimona StaicuBeáta Rakonczai >| 3:23:15 7 {{flagcountryLornah KiplagatSelma BorstMerel de Knegt >| 3:26:30 8 {{flaguGloria MarconiSilvia SommaggioIvana Iozzia >| 3:29:05 9 {{flaguAnna Thompson (athlete)>Anna ThompsonLisa WeightmanLauren Shelley 3:30:36 10 {{flaguAnnie BersagelAnn AlyanakErin Nehus >| 3:35:04 11 {{flagcountryMaria RodriguesMaria Silva (athlete)>Maria SilvaRosa Barbosa 3:41:09

Participation

The participation of 140 athletes (83 men/57 women) from 39 countries is reported.{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{ALG}} (1)
• {{flagu|Australia}} (4)
• {{AUT}} (1)
• {{BLR}} (1)
• {{flagu|Belgium}} (1)
• {{flagu|Brazil}} (8)
• {{DOM}} (1)
• {{EGY}} (2)
• {{ERI}} (6)
• {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} (9)
• {{FIN}} (2)
• {{flagu|France}} (5)
• {{flagu|Germany}} (1)
• {{GIB}} (1)
• {{HUN}} (10)
• {{IRL}} (2)
• {{flagu|Italy}} (8)
• {{flagu|Japan}} (9)
• {{KEN}} (8)
• {{KGZ}} (1)
• {{LTU}} (1)
• {{flagu|Mexico}} (3)
• {{flagu|Netherlands}} (3)
• {{NOR}} (1)
• {{PLE}} (1)
• {{flagu|Poland}} (2)
• {{QAT}} (5)
• {{ROU}} (5)
• {{flagu|Russia}} (6)
• {{RWA}} (1)
• {{flagu|South Africa}} (5)
• {{flagu|Spain}} (4)
• {{TAN}} (2)
• {{UGA}} (4)
• {{UKR}} (1)
• {{flagu|United Kingdom}} (2)
• {{flagu|United States}} (10)
• {{URU}} (2)
• {{ZIM}} (1)

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See also

• 2006 in athletics (track and field)
• IAAF
• Road running

References

External links

• IAAF World Road Running Championships - Debrecen 2006 - History
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070517092529weblink">debrecen2006.hu, website of the race organisers

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