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Results

Men's Race

Individual

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	1:00:03 (PB)
2	Tesfaye Jifar	ETH	1:00:04 (PB)
3	John Yuda	TAN	1:00:12 (PB)
4	Hendrick Ramaala	RSA	1:00:15
5	Tesfaye Tola	ETH	1:00:24 (PB)
6	Evans Rutto	KEN	1:00:43
7	Peter Chebet	KEN	1:00:56 (PB)
8	Christopher Cheboiboch	KEN	1:01:14
9	Jaouad Gharib	MAR	1:01:41
10	Khalid Skah	MAR	1:01:41
11	Salah Hissou	MAR	1:01:56 (PB)
12	Phaustin Baha	TAN	1:02:15
13	John Gwako	KEN	1:02:15 (PB)
14	Abner Chipu	RSA	1:02:18
15	Mostafa Errebbah	ITA	1:02:19 (PB)

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Team

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Ethiopia	Haile Gebrselassie (1st) Tesfaye Jifar (2nd) Tesfaye Tola (5th)
2	Kenya	Evans Rutto (6th) Peter Chebet (7th) Christopher Cheboiboch (8th)
3	Tanzania	John Yuda (3rd) Phaustin Baha (12th) Benedict Ako (22nd)
4	Morrocco	Jaouad Gharib (9th) Khalid Skah (10th) Salah Hissou (11th)
5	South Africa	Hendrick Ramaala (4th) Abner Chipu (14th) George Mofokeng (27th)

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Women's Race

Individual

Position	Competitor	Nationality	Time
1	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	1:06:47 (CR)
2	Susan Chepkemei	KEN	1:07:36 (PB)
3	Berhane Adere	ETH	1:08:17 (PB)
4	Mizuki Noguchi	JPN	1:08:23 (PB)
5	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	1:08:43 (PB)
6	Elana Meyer	RSA	1:08:56 (PB)
7	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	1:09:51 (PB)
8	Isabella Ochichi	KEN	1:10:01
9	Yasuyo Iwamoto	JPN	1:10:06 (PB)
10	Mihaela Botezan	ROM	1:10:11
11	Nuta Olaru	ROM	1:10:27
12	Caroline Kwambai	KEN	1:10:27
13	Lyudmila Biktasheva	RUS	1:10:31 (PB)
14	Aurica Buia	ROM	1:10:40 (PB)
15	Restituta Joseph	TAN	1:10:43

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Team

Position	Team	Comptetitors
1	Kenya	Susan Chepkemei (2nd) Isabella Ochichi (8th) Caroline Kwambai (12th)
2	Japan	Mizuki Noguchi (4th) Yasuyo Iwamoto (9th) Takako Kotorida (25th)
3	Ethiopia	Berhane Adere (3rd) Meseret Kotu (17th) Teyeba Erkesso (20th)
4	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	Paula Radcliffe (1st) Liz Yelling (23rd) Annie Emmerson (31st)
5	Romania	Mihaela Botezan (10th) Nuta Olaru (11th) Aurica Buia (14th)

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External link

• Official website