1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 1st IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on September 19 and 20, 2001 in Tyneside, UK, and was run simultaneously with that year's Great North Run. A total of 204 athletes, 96 men, 84 women and 24 juniors, from 36 countries took part. Complete results were published.

1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition1st
DateSeptember 19-20
Host cityNewcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Events3
Participation204 athletes from
36 nations

Though this competition was the first of its kind, it followed on from the 1991 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, which was held over the 15K distance.

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