The 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships took place in Riga, Latvia, on . As the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships, they included the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, which were last held in 2020. A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. All courses were traffic-free.

The championships held races for the half marathon, 5K, and mile distances, and also included mass-participation events for the same.

This was the first time when any recreational runner who was ready for a challenge could register for any of the official mass races of the World Championships in Riga and earn a unique medal from the World Athletics Road Running Championships.

Results Men's half marathon Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Sabastian Sawe Daniel Ebenyo Samwel Mailu 4 Jemal Yimer Mekonnen 5 Jimmy Gressier PB 6 Thabang Mosiako PB 7 Nibret Melak 1:00:11 8 Benard Kibet 1:00:13 9 Samsom Amare 1:00:19 PB 10 Tsegay Kidanu 1:00:21 11 Stephen Mokoka 1:00:29 PB 12 Tomoki Ota 1:00:43 13 Elroy Gelant 1:00:56 PB 14 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby 1:01:03 15 Djamal Abdi Direh 1:01:05 16 Ibrahim Hassan 1:01:06 SB 17 Pietro Riva 1:01:06 SB 18 Abel Chebet 1:01:09 SB 19 Precious Lesiba Mashele 1:01:13 20 Ali Chebures 1:01:22 SB 21 Andrew Rotich Kwemoi 1:01:25 SB 22 Aleksander Tekleweld 1:01:26 PB 23 Valentin Gondouin 1:01:27 PB 24 Mehdi Frére 1:01:27 25 Abbabiya Simbassa 1:01:28 SB 26 Samuel Barata 1:01:29 PB 27 Mahamed Mahamed 1:01:33 28 Tadesse Getahon 1:01:34 SB 29 Yohanes Chiappinelli 1:01:37 30 Jack Rowe 1:01:39 31 Simon Debognies 1:01:48 PB 32 Davor Aaron Bienenfeld 1:01:49 PB 33 Futsum Zienasellassie 1:01:49 SB 34 Jonathan Mellor 1:01:59 PB 35 Hosea Kiplangat 1:02:02 PB 36 Jacob Thomson 1:02:26 PB 37 Therence Bizoza 1:02:38 SB 38 Richard Ringer 1:02:47 39 Hermon Habtemicael 1:02:48 PB 40 Iliass Aouani 1:02:51 SB 41 Girmaw Aamare 1:02:53 SB 42 Andreas Vojta 1:02:55 43 Bukayawe Malede 1:02:57 SB 44 Benjamin Choquert 1:02:59 45 Cameron Avery 1:03:00 46 Mohcin Outalha 1:03:01 47 Hamza Sahli 1:03:20 SB 48 Tim Vincent 1:03:40 49 Marcelo Laguera 1:03:42 50 Peter Herzog 1:03:47 51 Jean Marie Bukuru 1:03:50 PB 52 Johnatas de Oliveira 1:03:50 53 Reed Fischer 1:03:56 54 Juan Antonio Pérez 1:04:00 SB 55 Ryota Kondo 1:04:01 56 Jean Marie Vianney Niyomukiza 1:04:03 SB 57 Filmon Teklebrhan-Berhe 1:04:12 58 Fábio Correia 1:04:12 59 Kidane Andemikael 1:04:12 PB 60 Hiko Tonosa Haso 1:04:14 61 Leonid Latsepov 1:04:16 SB 62 Yitayew Abuhay 1:04:34 SB 63 Maicon Mancuso 1:04:45 PB 64 Oska Inkster-Baynes 1:04:52 65 Rubén Arando 1:04:53 PB 66 Mohammadreza Abootorabi 1:04:54 SB 67 Rafael Loza 1:05:29 68 Diego Arévalo 1:05:33 PB 69 Christopher Dryden 1:05:38 70 Edward Goddard 1:05:46 71 Jānis Višķers 1:06:01 SB 72 Jorge Luis Cruz 1:06:47 73 Christian Birch Okkels 1:06:54 74 Luke Micallef 1:06:55 SB 75 Mykola Nyzhnyk 1:07:31 76 Michael Voss 1:07:32 77 Altobeli Silva 1:07:58 78 Philippe Parrot-Migas 1:07:59 79 Dillon Cassar 1:08:20 80 Simon Spiteri 1:08:37 PB 81 Christian Vásconez 1:08:38 82 Iván Zarco 1:09:07 SB 83 Aleksandr Salakhudinov 1:10:46 84 Christopher Soosai 1:11:42 85 Arturs Bareikis 1:11:54 SB 86 Leong Meng Tak 1:12:26 NR 87 Aleksandrs Raščevskis 1:12:41 88 Carlos González 1:14:28 89 Gordon Lim Wei Xiang 1:15:27 PB 90 Keane Ko 1:21:55 Justin Kent Samuel Freire Jacob Sommer Simonsen Peter Lynch Dmitrijs Serjogins Seah Chuan Heng Nicolás Cuestas

Women's half marathon Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Peres Jepchirchir 1:07:25 Margaret Kipkemboi 1:07:26 Catherine Amanang'ole 1:07:34 4 Tsigie Gebreselama 1:07:50 5 Irine Jepchumba Kimais 1:08:02 6 Ftaw Zeray 1:08:31 7 Calli Thackery 1:08:56 PB 8 Rahma Tahiri 1:09:19 PB 9 Samantha Harrison 1:09:26 10 Cacisile Sosibo 1:09:31 PB 11 Sofiia Yaremchuk 1:09:37 SB 12 Glenrose Xaba 1:09:47 13 Molly Grabill 1:09:53 PB 14 Isobel Batt-Doyle 1:10:08 15 Cian Oldknow 1:10:08 PB 16 Annet Chemengich Chelangat 1:10:16 PB 17 Rigbe Habteslasie 1:10:27 PB 18 Méline Rollin 1:10:35 PB 19 Belinda Chemutai 1:10:40 DSQ 20 Kaoutar Farkoussi 1:10:40 PB 21 Rkia El Moukim 1:10:49 PB 22 Clara Evans 1:10:53 SB 23 Carolina Wikström 1:10:56 PB 24 Shona Heaslip 1:11:07 25 Abby Donnelly 1:11:08 26 Mekdes Woldu 1:11:12 SB 27 Clementine Mukandanga 1:11:31 SB 28 Yalemget Yaregal 1:11:34 29 Sarah Pagano 1:11:37 30 Manon Trapp 1:11:44 31 Margaux Sieracki 1:12:07 SB 32 Amber Zimmerman 1:12:26 33 Julia Mayer 1:12:30 34 Hanane Qallouj 1:12:30 SB 35 Silvia Ortiz 1:12:44 SB 36 Hanne Mjøen Maridal 1:13:14 SB 37 Maria Sagnes Wågan 1:13:16 SB 38 Emeline Imanizabayo 1:13:19 PB 39 Isabel Oropeza 1:14:11 40 Maor Tiyouri 1:14:31 41 Fionnuala Ross 1:14:40 SB 42 Valdilene Silva 1:14:54 SB 43 Rosa Chacha 1:14:54 44 Loreta Kančytė 1:15:12 45 Kesa Molotsane 1:15:19 46 Sinead Noonan 1:15:29 47 Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekriošienė 1:15:35 PB 48 Tara Palm 1:16:18 49 Sara Schou Kristensen 1:16:20 50 Karen Ehrenreich 1:16:39 SB 51 Laura Maasik 1:16:47 PB 52 Annie Saugstrup 1:16:54 53 Anna Yusupova 1:17:05 PB 54 Katherine Tisalema 1:17:14 SB 55 Katherine Camp 1:17:35 56 Aline de Freitas 1:17:51 PB 57 Jelena Abele 1:18:13 SB 58 Somaya Bousaid 1:18:20 SB 59 Debbie Donald 1:18:35 PB 60 Larissa Quintão 1:18:54 SB 61 Sasha Gollish 1:19:25 62 Lo Ying Chu 1:20:42 SB 63 Joelle Cortis 1:20:47 SB 64 Ilona Marhele 1:21:28 SB 65 Anna Kļučņika 1:21:52 PB 66 Lisa Bezzina 1:25:10 SB 67 Sharon Tan Fang Yu 1:25:22 PB 68 Agata Strausa 1:26:28 69 Verna Goh Shilei 1:31:54 PB 70 Wu Yangyang 1:33:53 SB Jenifer Silva Sarah Lahti

Men's half marathon team The Men's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation. Rank Country Time 2:57:43 2:59:54 3:01:17 3:02:40 3:03:56 3:04:33 3:05:11 3:05:34 3:05:43 3:07:24 3:07:24 3:08:48 3:10:31 3:12:47 3:13:30 3:19:40 3:23:52 3:30:36

Women's half marathon team The Women's Half-Marathon team event was decided on the aggregate of the first three runners across the line for each nation. Rank Country Time 3:22:25 3:27:55 3:29:15 3:29:26 3:30:48 3:33:31 3:33:56 3:41:55 3:44:52 3:49:53 3:51:39 4:01:33

Men's 5 km

The Men's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.

Prior to the event:

Rank Nation Country Time Notes Hagos Gebrhiwet 12:59 CR Yomif Kejelcha 13:02 Nicholas Kimeli 13:16 SB 4 Dawit Seare 13:21 PB 5 Cornelius Kemboi 13:24 SB 6 Etienne Daguinos 13:25 PB 7 Morgan McDonald 13:26 PB 8 Awet Nftalem Kibrab 13:28 NR 9 Scott Beattie 13:32 PB 10 Jonas Glans 13:32 NR 11 Magnus Tuv Myhre 13:33 PB 12 Benjamin Flanagan 13:34 13 Egide Ntakarutimana 13:35 PB 14 Olin Hacker 13:36 15 Célestin Ndikumana 13:36 PB 16 Leonard Chemutai 13:36 PB 17 Maxime Chaumeton 13:36 PB 18 Kanta Shimizu 13:37 NR 19 Stewart Mcsweyn 13:39 PB 20 Ouassim Oumaiz 13:39 SB 21 Ivo Balabanov 13:41 PB 22 Ahmed Muhumed 13:42 23 Joel Ibler Lillesø 13:46 NR 24 Morgan Le Guen 13:46 PB 25 Kevin Kamenschak 13:49 PB 26 Eric Speakman 13:49 PB 27 Santiago Catrofe 13:49 SB 28 Derebe Ayele 13:52 PB 29 Dereje Chekole 13:54 SB 30 Tiidrek Nurme 14:06 PB 31 Abderezak Suleman 14:07 PB 32 Thomas Fafard 14:08 PB 33 Andrii Atamaniuk 14:08 PB 34 Dismas Yeko 14:09 SB 35 Yamato Yoshii 14:11 PB 36 Tim Verbaandert 14:12 PB 37 Uģis Jocis 14:14 NR 38 Nicholas Seoposengwe 14:19 39 Marcin Biskup 14:40 PB 40 Edgars Šumskis 15:01 SB 41 Shaun Goh 15:33 PB Mikael Johnsen

Women's 5 km

The Women's road 5 km race was held on Sunday 1 October 2023 in Riga, Latvia.

Prior to the event: RecordTimeAthleteNationVenueDateWorld record 14:29.00 Senbere Teferi Herzogenaurach 12 Sep 2021 World Leading 14:35.00 Mekides Abebe Lille 19 Mar 2023 14:35.00 Caroline Nyaga Lille 19 Mar 2023

Rank Nation Country Time Notes Beatrice Chebet 14:35 CR Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 14:39 PB Ejgayehu Taye 14:40 SB 4 Medina Eisa 14:41 PB 5 Nadia Battocletti 14:45 NR 6 Joy Cheptoyek 14:50 NR 7 Weini Kelati Frezghi 15:10 SB 8 Verity Ockenden 15:18 PB 9 Francine Niyomukunzi 15:23 NR 10 Klara Lukan 15:25 NR 11 Fiona O'Keeffe 15:40 12 Caitlin Adams 15:41 SB 13 Militsa Mircheva 15:45 PB 14 Nanami Watanabe 15:46 PB 15 Tayla Kavanagh 15:50 PB 16 Kyla Jacobs 15:51 PB 17 Julie-Anne Staehli 15:55 18 Juliane Hvid 15:59 PB 19 Lauren Ryan 15:59 PB 20 Paulina Kaczyńska 16:00 PB 21 Federica Del Buono 16:03 PB 22 Micheline Niyomahoro 16:04 PB 23 Peruth Chemutai 16:09 24 Liza Šajn 16:14 PB 25 Jessy Lacourse 16:15 PB 26 Carolien Millenaar 16:17 PB 27 Maria Kote 16:18 PB 28 Bohdana Semyonova 16:25 PB 29 Lina Kiriliuk 16:38 PB 30 Simone Ferraz 16:39 PB 31 Helen Bell 17:09 PB 32 Evelīna Krista Sitnika 17:27 PB 33 Johanna Ardel 17:44 PB 34 Vanessa Lee Ying Zhuang 18:08 PB

Men's road mile

Rank Nation Country Time Notes Hobbs Kessler 3:56.13 Callum Elson 3:56.41 Samuel Prakel 3:56.43 PB 4 Maël Gouyette 3:56.57 PB 5 Kieran Lumb 3:56.98 PB 6 Ryan Mphahlele 3:57.35 PB 7 Giovanni Filippi 3:57.41 PB 8 Benoit Campion 3:57.62 PB 9 Yobiel Weldrufael 3:57.94 PB 10 Jack Anstey 3:58.30 PB 11 Teddese Lemi 3:59.40 PB 12 Matthew Ramsden 4:00.32 PB 13 Kyumbe Munguti 4:00.67 PB 14 Salim Abu Mayanja 4:00.72 PB 15 Keneth Kiprop 4:00.77 PB 16 Ryoji Tatezawa 4:01.26 PB 17 Santtu Heikkinen 4:01.35 PB 18 Guilherme Kurtz 4:02.75 PB 19 Natnael Teklesenbet 4:03.18 PB 20 Yusuke Takahashi 4:03.32 PB 21 Andreas Lindgreen 4:05.27 22 Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot 4:05.91 PB 23 Christoffer Frost Johansen 4:06.54 PB 24 Mohamed Attaoui 4:06.59 PB 25 Gonzalo García 4:07.81 PB 26 Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali 4:11.60 PB 27 Andrzej Kowalczyk 4:12.70 PB 28 Olavi Allase 4:14.18 PB 29 Deniss Šalkauskas 4:16.02 PB 30 Nikita Bogdanovs 4:18.90 PB 31 Filip Ostrowski 4:19.49 PB 32 Jānis Razgalis 4:23.08 33 Robert Heppenstall 4:27.96 PB 34 Ip Seng Tou 4:31.44 PB 35 Ethan Yan 4:32.44 PB

Women's road mile

Rank Nation Country Time Notes Diribe Welteji 4:20.98 Freweyni Hailu 4:23.06 PB Faith Kipyegon 4:24.13 PB 4 Nelly Chepchirchir 4:31.18 PB 5 Jessica Hull 4:32.45 PB 6 Marta Pérez 4:34.12 PB 7 Berenice Cleyet-Merle 4:34.41 PB 8 Nozomi Tanaka 4:35.32 9 Addison Wiley 4:36.03 10 Marissa Damink 4:36.49 PB 11 Charlotte Mouchet 4:36.71 PB 12 Glynis Sim 4:36.81 PB 13 Weronika Lizakowska 4:37.04 PB 14 Sarah Billings 4:38.97 PB 15 Carina Viljoen 4:39.01 PB 16 Sarah McDonald 4:40.14 SB 17 Helen Schlachtenhaufen 4:40.28 18 Prisca Chesang 4:45.42 PB 19 María Pía Fernández 4:45.81 PB 20 Aleksandra Płocińska 4:46.50 PB 21 Veronika Sadek 4:47.00 PB 22 Regan Yee 4:48.31 PB 23 Roza Haile 4:49.43 PB 24 Jaqueline Beatriz Weber 4:50.11 25 Gina McNamara 4:53.54 SB 26 Mia Helene Morck 4:54.95 PB 27 Tuuli Tomingas 5:09.13 PB 28 Sibilla Vanadziņa 5:18.28 PB 29 Romaine Soh Rui-Min 5:24.19 PB Winnie Nanyondo

Championships timetable +Friday, September 29Saturday, September 30Sunday, October 110:00 – 20:00 – World Athletics Road Running Championships EXPO10:00 – 15:00 Kids’ Day activities 10:00 – 20:00 – World Athletics Road Running Championships EXPO10:00 – 5 km Mass Race starts (time limit: 1.5 hours) 11:30 – Road Mile Mass Race starts (time limit: 30 minutes)

11:50 – 5 km Women's Elite Race starts

12:15 – 5 km Men's Elite Race starts

13:00 – Road Mile Women's Elite Race starts

13:10 – Road Mile Men's Elite Race starts

13:30 – Half Marathon Women's Elite Race starts

14:15 – Half Marathon Men's Elite + Mass Race starts (time limit: 3 hours)

14:15 – Half Marathon Mass Relay Race starts (time limit: 3 hours)

Participation A total of 347 athletes were entered for the championships, with 57 teams being represented: 56 nations and the Athlete Refugee Team.

Medal table

RankNationTotal15341222417310124011250011Overall (after 8 events)88824

Notes

References

External links Official website