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{{Infobox XC Championships
|Name       = 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
|Logo       = Whmc logo 2004.png
|Size       = 257px
|Caption    = 
|Organisers = [[IAAF]]
|Edition    = 13th
|Date       = 3 October
|Host city  = [[New Delhi]], [[National_Capital_Territory#India|National Capital Territory]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}
|Location   = 
|Nations participating  = 55
|Athletes participating = 152
|Races      = 2
|Website    = 
|Previous   = [[2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2003 Vilamoura]]
|Next       = [[2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2005 Edmonton]]
}}
The '''13th [[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships]]''' was held on 3 October 2004 in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. A total of 152 athletes, 91 men and 61 women, from 55 countries took part.

Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both
for the men's race<ref name=iaaf_02>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Kirui takes gold as Kenya wins back World Half Marathon Team Title in New Delhi
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/news/newsid=27603.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214428/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/news/newsid=27603.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_03>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Kirui takes gold as Kenya wins back World Half Marathon Team Title in New Delhi
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/news/kirui-takes-gold-as-kenya-wins-back-world-hal
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref> and for the women's race.<ref name=iaaf_04>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Sun Yingjie sets National Record to take World Title on Asian soil
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/news/newsid=27604.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214508/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/news/newsid=27604.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_05>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Sun Yingjie sets National Record to take World Title on Asian soil
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/news/sun-yingjie-sets-national-record-to-take-worl
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref>

Complete results were published<ref name=iaaf_01>
{{ Citation 
| title = IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS - KAVARNA 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES - Incorporating the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010) & the IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006/2007
| url = http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/4338c03a-914e-4df3-ac47-68e78067142c.pdf
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 1 September 2013
}}
</ref> for the men's race,<ref name=iaaf_06>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Half Marathon - M - Results
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=M/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214424/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=M/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_07>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Results - 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - New Delhi, INDIA 03 OCT 2004 - Half Marathon - men 
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/13th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-3228/results/men/half-marathon/final/result
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref> for the women's race,<ref name=iaaf_08>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Half Marathon - W - Results
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=W/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214448/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=W/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_09>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Results - 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - New Delhi, INDIA 03 OCT 2004 - Half Marathon - women 
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/13th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-3228/results/women/half-marathon/final/result
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref> for men's team,<ref name=iaaf_10>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Official Team Results Half Marathon - M
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=M/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214430/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=M/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_11>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Results - 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - New Delhi, INDIA 03 OCT 2004 - Half Marathon - men - team
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/13th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-3228/results/men/half-marathon/final/team
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref> and for women's team.<ref name=iaaf_12>{{Citation
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Official Team Results Half Marathon -  W
| url = http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=W/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130909214448/http://www.iaaf.net/history/WHM/season=2004/eventCode=3228/results/sex=W/discCode=HMAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 9 September 2013
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}</ref><ref name=iaaf_13>
{{ Citation 
| date = 3 October 2004
| title = Results - 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - New Delhi, INDIA 03 OCT 2004 - Half Marathon - women - team
| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/13th-iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships-3228/results/women/half-marathon/final/team
| publisher = [[IAAF]]
| access-date = 9 September 2013
}}
</ref>

The competition also incorporated the '''1st Asian Half Marathon Championships'''. [[Abdullah Ahmed Hassan]] of Qatar and [[Sun Yingjie]] of China were the inaugural winners. The tournament has not been held since, however.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/road.htm Asian Half Marathon Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-11-26.</ref>

==Medallists==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Individual'''
|-
|Men
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kirui]]|KEN}} ||  1:02:15 
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Joseph]]|TAN}} ||  1:02:31 
|{{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Hassan Abdullah]]|QAT}} ||  1:02:36 
|-
|Women
|{{flagathlete|[[Sun Yingjie]]|CHN}} ||  1:08:40 
|{{flagathlete|[[Lydia Cheromei]]|KEN}} ||  1:09:00 
|{{flagathlete|[[Constantina Diţă-Tomescu]]|ROU}} ||  1:09:07 
|-
|colspan=7 bgcolor=#eeeeee style=text-align:center;| '''Team'''
|-
|Team Men
|{{KEN}} ||  3:07:55
|{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  3:08:37
|{{UGA}} ||  3:13:48
|-
|Team Women
|{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  3:36:00
|{{ROU}} ||  3:36:08
|{{RUS}} ||  3:38:21
|}

==Race results==
===Men's===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank || Athlete || Nationality || Time || Notes 
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align=center| {{gold1}} || [[Paul Kirui]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} ||  1:02:15 || 
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align=center| {{silver2}} || [[Fabiano Joseph]] || {{flagcountry|TAN}} ||  1:02:31 || 
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || [[Ahmed Hassan Abdullah]] || {{flagcountry|QAT}} ||  1:02:36 || '''NR'''
|- 
|align=center| 4 || [[John Cheruiyot Korir]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} ||  1:02:38 || 
|- 
|align=center| 5 || [[Solomon Tsige]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:02:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 6 || [[Alene Emere]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:02:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 7 || [[Wilson Busienei]] || {{flagcountry|UGA}} ||  1:02:55 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 8 || [[Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} ||  1:03:02 || 
|- 
|align=center| 9 || [[Berhanu Addane]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:03:03 || 
|- 
|align=center| 10 || [[Abebe Dinkessa]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:04:06 || 
|- 
|align=center| 11 || [[Yonas Kifle]] || {{flagcountry|ERI}} ||  1:04:19 || 
|- 
|align=center| 12 || [[Ayele Setegne]] || {{flagcountry|ISR}} ||  1:04:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 13 || [[Martin Toroitich]] || {{flagcountry|UGA}} ||  1:04:48 || '''SB'''
|- 
|align=center| 14 || [[Yukinobu Nakazaki]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:04:48 || 
|- 
|align=center| 15 || [[Samson Kiflemariam]] || {{flagcountry|ERI}} ||  1:05:00 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 16 || [[Yoshinori Oda]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:05:03 || 
|- 
|align=center| 17 || [[Terumasa Okamura]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:05:19 || 
|- 
|align=center| 18 || [[Justin Young (athlete)|Justin Young]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:05:33 || 
|- 
|align=center| 19 || [[Aziz Driouche]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} ||  1:05:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 20 || [[Lewis Masunda]] || {{flagcountry|ZIM}} ||  1:05:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 21 || [[Tesfayohannes Mesfen]] || {{flagcountry|ERI}} ||  1:05:45 || 
|- 
|align=center| 22 || [[Fernando Rey (athlete)|Fernando Rey]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} ||  1:05:51 || 
|- 
|align=center| 23 || [[Moulay Ali Ouadih]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:05:59 || 
|- 
|align=center| 24 || [[Larbi Zéroual]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:06:01 || 
|- 
|align=center| 25 || [[Yevgeniy Rybakov]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:06:02 || 
|- 
|align=center| 26 || [[Gabalebe Moloko]] || {{flagcountry|BOT}} ||  1:06:04 || 
|- 
|align=center| 27 || [[Joseph Nsubuga]] || {{flagcountry|UGA}} ||  1:06:05 || '''SB'''
|- 
|align=center| 28 || [[Stephen Rogart]] || {{flagcountry|TAN}} ||  1:06:11 || 
|- 
|align=center| 29 || [[Masatoshi Ibata]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:06:25 || 
|- 
|align=center| 30 || [[Jumah Al-Noor]] || {{flagcountry|QAT}} ||  1:06:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 31 || [[Jeroen van Damme]] || {{flagcountry|NED}} ||  1:06:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 32 || [[Víctor Morente]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} ||  1:06:56 || 
|- 
|align=center| 33 || [[Leonid Shvetsov]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:06:58 || 
|- 
|align=center| 34 || [[Rachid El-Ghanmouni]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} ||  1:07:01 || 
|- 
|align=center| 35 || [[Aleksandr Vasilyev (runner)|Aleksandr Vasilyev]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:07:05 || 
|- 
|align=center| 36 || [[Eliphas Maiyo]] || {{flagcountry|UGA}} ||  1:07:12 || 
|- 
|align=center| 37 || [[Mohamed Serbouti]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:07:24 || 
|- 
|align=center| 38 || [[Magnus Michelsson]] || {{flagcountry|AUS}} ||  1:07:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 39 || [[Yared Asmeron]] || {{flagcountry|ERI}} ||  1:07:48 || 
|- 
|align=center| 40 || [[Hakim Bagy]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:07:49 || 
|- 
|align=center| 41 || [[Carlos Jaramillo (athlete)|Carlos Jaramillo]] || {{flagcountry|CHI}} ||  1:07:51 || 
|- 
|align=center| 42 || [[Nandana Ratnayake]] || {{flagcountry|SRI}} ||  1:08:00 || 
|- 
|align=center| 43 || [[Foaad Abubaker]] || {{flagcountry|QAT}} ||  1:08:13 || 
|- 
|align=center| 44 || [[Ajith Bandara (athlete)|Ajith Bandara]] || {{flagcountry|SRI}} ||  1:08:25 || 
|- 
|align=center| 45 || [[Oliver Dietz]] || {{flagcountry|GER}} ||  1:08:29 || 
|- 
|align=center| 46 || [[James Kibet]] || {{flagcountry|UGA}} ||  1:08:36 || 
|- 
|align=center| 47 || [[Josh Cox]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:08:38 || 
|- 
|align=center| 48 || [[Teddy Mitchell]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:08:39 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 49 || [[Nick Cordes]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:08:43 || 
|- 
|align=center| 50 || [[Kabo Gabaseme]] || {{flagcountry|BOT}} ||  1:09:00 || 
|- 
|align=center| 51 || [[Menon Ramsamy]] || {{flagcountry|MRI}} ||  1:09:05 || 
|- 
|align=center| 52 || [[Dhako Naftali]] || {{flagcountry|TAN}} ||  1:09:11 || 
|- 
|align=center| 53 || [[Mikhail Khobotov]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:09:23 || 
|- 
|align=center| 54 || [[Grigoriy Andreyev]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:09:37 || 
|- 
|align=center| 55 || [[Kaelo Mosalagae]] || {{flagcountry|BOT}} ||  1:10:10 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 56 || [[Sin Jung-Hoon]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}} ||  1:10:12 || 
|- 
|align=center| 57 || [[Stephen Drew (athlete)|Stephen Drew]] || {{flagcountry|CAN}} ||  1:10:13 || 
|- 
|align=center| 58 || [[Kevin Collins (athlete)|Kevin Collins]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:10:32 || 
|- 
|align=center| 59 || [[Ram Bahadur Subha]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:10:33 || 
|- 
|align=center| 60 || [[Slavko Petrović (athlete)|Slavko Petrović]] || {{flagcountry|CRO}} ||  1:10:47 || 
|- 
|align=center| 61 || [[Simon Labiche]] || {{flagcountry|SEY}} ||  1:10:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 62 || [[Tsotang Maine]] || {{flagcountry|LES}} ||  1:11:08 || 
|- 
|align=center| 63 || [[Sipho Dlamini]] || {{flagcountry|Swaziland}} ||  1:11:31 || 
|- 
|align=center| 64 || [[Suliman Al-Ghodran]] || {{flagcountry|JOR}} ||  1:11:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 65 || [[Muresh Kumar Yadav]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:11:53 || 
|- 
|align=center| 66 || [[Ajith Singh]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:12:05 || 
|- 
|align=center| 67 || [[Andrey Chigidinov]] || {{flagcountry|KAZ}} ||  1:12:07 || 
|- 
|align=center| 68 || [[José Alejandro Semprún]] || {{flagcountry|VEN}} ||  1:12:12 || 
|- 
|align=center| 69 || [[Raj Kumar (athlete)|Raj Kumar]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:12:12 || 
|- 
|align=center| 70 || [[Yousef Al-Hadhrami]] || {{flagcountry|OMN}} ||  1:12:24 || 
|- 
|align=center| 71 || [[Uttam Khatri]] || {{flagcountry|NEP}} ||  1:12:29 || 
|- 
|align=center| 72 || [[Mohan Chandr Kapri]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:12:49 || 
|- 
|align=center| 73 || [[Rene Herrera]] || {{flagcountry|PHI}} ||  1:15:06 || 
|- 
|align=center| 74 || [[Arjun Prasad Dhakal]] || {{flagcountry|NEP}} ||  1:16:16 || 
|- 
|align=center| 75 || [[Marcel Tschopp]] || {{flagcountry|LIE}} ||  1:16:45 || 
|- 
|align=center| 76 || [[Amnuay Tongmit]] || {{flagcountry|THA}} ||  1:17:29 || 
|- 
|align=center| 77 || [[Mihail Faiskanov]] || {{flagcountry|KGZ}} ||  1:18:37 || 
|- 
|align=center| 78 || [[Pema Tshewang (athlete)|Pema Tshewang]] || {{flagcountry|BHU}} ||  1:18:45 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 79 || [[Hem Bunting]] || {{flagcountry|CAM}} ||  1:19:40 || '''NR'''
|- 
|align=center| 80 || [[Wong Wang Keung]] || {{flagcountry|HKG}} ||  1:19:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 81 || [[Steve Osadiuk]] || {{flagcountry|CAN}} ||  1:21:26 || 
|- 
|align=center| 82 || [[Nara Bahadur Khatri]] || {{flagcountry|NEP}} ||  1:22:32 || 
|- 
|align=center| 83 || [[Yac Aboub Abu Turkey]] || {{flagcountry|PLE}} ||  1:22:59 || 
|- 
|align=center| 84 || [[Hussein Riyaz]] || {{flagcountry|MDV}} ||  1:25:19 || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Franck de Almeida]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Ieong Chio Wa]] || {{flagcountry|MAC}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Abdelhadi Habassa]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Ridouane Harroufi]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Javier Cortés (athlete)|Javier Cortés]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Mohamed Msenduki Ikoki]] || {{flagcountry|TAN}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Kemal Tuvakuliyev]] || {{flagcountry|TKM}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Wai Kin Lok]] || {{flagcountry|MAC}} || DNS || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Nurridin Irmatov]] || {{flagcountry|TJK}} || DNS || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Abdul Aziz Ali Ahmed]] || {{flagcountry|YEM}} || DNS || 
|}

===Women's===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank || Athlete || Nationality || Time || Notes 
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align=center| {{gold1}} || [[Sun Yingjie]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}} ||  1:08:40 || '''NR'''
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align=center| {{silver2}} || [[Lydia Cheromei]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} ||  1:09:00 || '''PB'''
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || [[Constantina Diţă-Tomescu]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} ||  1:09:07 || 
|- 
|align=center| 4 || [[Sonia O'Sullivan]] || {{flagcountry|IRL}} ||  1:10:33 || 
|- 
|align=center| 5 || [[Yuki Saito (athlete)|Yuki Saito]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:11:05 || 
|- 
|align=center| 6 || [[Eyerusalem Kuma]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:11:07 || 
|- 
|align=center| 7 || [[Irina Timofeyeva]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:11:17 || 
|- 
|align=center| 8 || [[Bezunesh Bekele]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:11:23 || 
|- 
|align=center| 9 || [[Alina Ivanova]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:12:17 || 
|- 
|align=center| 10 || [[Mihaela Botezan]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} ||  1:12:36 || 
|- 
|align=center| 11 || [[Gloria Marconi]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} ||  1:12:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 12 || [[Zhou Chunxiu]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}} ||  1:12:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 13 || [[Kei Terada]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:13:07 || 
|- 
|align=center| 14 || [[Rita Sitienei Jeptoo]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} ||  1:13:08 || 
|- 
|align=center| 15 || [[Teyba Erkesso]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:13:30 || 
|- 
|align=center| 16 || [[Adanech Zekiros]] || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} ||  1:13:50 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 17 || [[Živilė Balčiūnaitė]] || {{flagcountry|LTU}} ||  1:13:53 || 
|- 
|align=center| 18 || [[Luminița Talpoș]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} ||  1:14:25 || 
|- 
|align=center| 19 || [[Isabel Eizmendi]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} ||  1:14:37 || 
|- 
|align=center| 20 || [[Keiko Isogai]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:14:39 || 
|- 
|align=center| 21 || [[Yelena Burykina]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:14:47 || 
|- 
|align=center| 22 || [[Irina Safarova]] || {{flagcountry|RUS}} ||  1:14:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 23 || [[Patrizia Tisi]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} ||  1:14:58 || 
|- 
|align=center| 24 || [[Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:15:05 || 
|- 
|align=center| 25 || [[Aurica Buia]] || {{flagcountry|ROU}} ||  1:15:10 || 
|- 
|align=center| 26 || [[Christelle Daunay]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:15:28 || 
|- 
|align=center| 27 || [[María Luisa Lárraga]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}} ||  1:15:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 28 || [[Petra Kamínková/Drajzajtlová]] || {{flagcountry|CZE}} ||  1:15:46 || 
|- 
|align=center| 29 || [[Yamna Oubouhou]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:15:53 || 
|- 
|align=center| 30 || [[Ivana Iozzia]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} ||  1:15:59 || 
|- 
|align=center| 31 || [[Fumi Murata]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}} ||  1:16:32 || 
|- 
|align=center| 32 || [[Kenza Wahbi]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} ||  1:16:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 33 || [[Emily Nay]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:17:09 || 
|- 
|align=center| 34 || [[Vincenza Sicari]] || {{flagcountry|ITA}} ||  1:17:30 || 
|- 
|align=center| 35 || [[Kimberly Fitchen-Young]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:17:40 || 
|- 
|align=center| 36 || [[Melissa White]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:18:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 37 || [[Elena Fetizon]] || {{flagcountry|FRA}} ||  1:19:13 || 
|- 
|align=center| 38 || [[Heather Tanner (athlete)|Heather Tanner]] || {{flagcountry|USA}} ||  1:19:48 || 
|- 
|align=center| 39 || [[Adriana da Silva]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}} ||  1:19:49 || 
|- 
|align=center| 40 || [[Maria Zambrano (athlete)|Maria Zambrano]] || {{flagcountry|CAN}} ||  1:21:41 || 
|- 
|align=center| 41 || [[Irmalyn Falcón]] || {{flagcountry|PUR}} ||  1:21:58 || 
|- 
|align=center| 42 || [[Sujeewa Jayasena]] || {{flagcountry|SRI}} ||  1:22:07 || 
|- 
|align=center| 43 || [[Anastasiya Padalinskaya]] || {{flagcountry|BLR}} ||  1:22:44 || 
|- 
|align=center| 44 || [[Marina Gurbina]] || {{flagcountry|KAZ}} ||  1:22:52 || 
|- 
|align=center| 45 || [[Geeta Rani (athlete)|Geeta Rani]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:22:59 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 46 || [[Sarita Marbade]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:23:23 || '''PB'''
|- 
|align=center| 47 || [[Purshot Laima Devi]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:24:38 || 
|- 
|align=center| 48 || [[Pushpa Devi (runner)|Pushpa Devi]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:24:44 || 
|- 
|align=center| 49 || [[Saiphon Piawong]] || {{flagcountry|THA}} ||  1:25:20 || '''NR'''
|- 
|align=center| 50 || [[Ida Kiyindou]] || {{flagcountry|CGO}} ||  1:25:42 || 
|- 
|align=center| 51 || [[Matirinta Mota]] || {{flagcountry|LES}} ||  1:28:44 || 
|- 
|align=center| 52 || [[Sarbjett Kaur]] || {{flagcountry|IND}} ||  1:28:48 || 
|- 
|align=center| 53 || [[Vivian Tang]] || {{flagcountry|SIN}} ||  1:29:22 || 
|- 
|align=center| 54 || [[Rashida Sarbasova]] || {{flagcountry|KAZ}} ||  1:30:20 || 
|- 
|align=center| 55 || [[Olesia Orlova]] || {{flagcountry|KGZ}} ||  1:36:56 || 
|- 
|align=center| 56 || [[Nirmala Bharati]] || {{flagcountry|NEP}} || 1:44:30 || 
|- 
|align=center| 57 || [[Zulaikha Ali]] || {{flagcountry|MDV}} || 1:44:39 || 
|- 
|align=center| 58 || [[Marina Tutynina]] || {{flagcountry|TKM}} || 1:44:52 || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Tenzin Yangdon]] || {{flagcountry|BHU}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Emily Kimuria]] || {{flagcountry|KEN}} || DNF || 
|- 
|align=center|  —  || [[Hafida Izem]] || {{flagcountry|MAR}} || DNF || 
|}

==Team results==
===Men's===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank || Country || Team || Time 
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align=center| {{gold1}} || {{flagcountry|KEN}} || [[Paul Kirui]]<br>[[John Cheruiyot Korir]]<br>[[Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei]] ||  3:07:55
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align=center| {{silver2}} || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} || [[Solomon Tsige]]<br>[[Alene Emere]]<br>[[Berhanu Addane]] ||  3:08:37
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || {{flagcountry|UGA}} || [[Wilson Busienei]]<br>[[Martin Toroitich]]<br>[[Joseph Nsubuga]] ||  3:13:48
|- 
|align=center| 4 || {{flagcountry|ERI}} || [[Yonas Kifle]]<br>[[Samson Kiflemariam]]<br>[[Tesfayohannes Mesfen]] ||  3:15:04
|- 
|align=center| 5 || {{flagcountry|JPN}} || [[Yukinobu Nakazaki]]<br>[[Yoshinori Oda]]<br>[[Terumasa Okamura]] ||  3:15:10
|- 
|align=center| 6 || {{flagcountry|QAT}} || [[Ahmed Hassan Abdullah]]<br>[[Jumah Al-Noor]]<br>[[Foaad Abubaker]] ||  3:17:31
|- 
|align=center| 7 || {{flagcountry|TAN}} || [[Fabiano Joseph]]<br>[[Stephen Rogart]]<br>[[Dhako Naftali]] ||  3:17:53
|- 
|align=center| 8 || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || [[Moulay Ali Ouadih]]<br>[[Larbi Zéroual]]<br>[[Mohamed Serbouti]] ||  3:19:24
|- 
|align=center| 9 || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || [[Yevgeniy Rybakov]]<br>[[Leonid Shvetsov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Vasilyev (runner)|Aleksandr Vasilyev]] ||  3:20:05
|- 
|align=center| 10 || {{flagcountry|USA}} || [[Justin Young (athlete)|Justin Young]]<br>[[Josh Cox]]<br>[[Teddy Mitchell]] ||  3:22:50
|- 
|align=center| 11 || {{flagcountry|BOT}} || [[Gabalebe Moloko]]<br>[[Kabo Gabaseme]]<br>[[Kaelo Mosalagae]] ||  3:25:14
|- 
|align=center| 12 || {{flagcountry|IND}} || [[Ram Bahadur Subha]]<br>[[Muresh Kumar Yadav]]<br>[[Ajith Singh]] ||  3:34:31
|- 
|align=center| 13 || {{flagcountry|NEP}} || [[Uttam Khatri]]<br>[[Arjun Prasad Dhakal]]<br>[[Nara Bahadur Khatri]] ||  3:51:17
|- 
|align=center|  —  || {{flagcountry|MAR}} || [[Aziz Driouche]]<br>[[Rachid El-Ghanmouni]]<br>[[Abdelhadi Habassa]] ||  DNF
|- 
|align=center|  —  || {{flagcountry|ESP}} || [[Fernando Rey (athlete)|Fernando Rey]]<br>[[Víctor Morente]]<br>[[Javier Cortés (athlete)|Javier Cortés]] ||  DNF
|}

===Women's===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:95%;" width="50%"
! Rank || Country || Team || Time 
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
|align=center| {{gold1}} || {{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} || [[Eyerusalem Kuma]]<br>[[Bezunesh Bekele]]<br>[[Teyba Erkesso]] ||  3:36:00
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
|align=center| {{silver2}} || {{flagcountry|ROU}} || [[Constantina Diţă-Tomescu]]<br>[[Mihaela Botezan]]<br>[[Luminița Talpoș]] ||  3:36:08
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
|align=center| {{bronze3}} || {{flagcountry|RUS}} || [[Irina Timofeyeva]]<br>[[Alina Ivanova]]<br>[[Yelena Burykina]] ||  3:38:21
|- 
|align=center| 4 || {{flagcountry|JPN}} || [[Yuki Saito (athlete)|Yuki Saito]]<br>[[Kei Terada]]<br>[[Keiko Isogai]] ||  3:38:51
|- 
|align=center| 5 || {{flagcountry|ITA}} || [[Gloria Marconi]]<br>[[Patrizia Tisi]]<br>[[Ivana Iozzia]] ||  3:43:39
|- 
|align=center| 6 || {{flagcountry|FRA}} || [[Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel]]<br>[[Christelle Daunay]]<br>[[Yamna Oubouhou]] ||  3:46:26
|- 
|align=center| 7 || {{flagcountry|USA}} || [[Emily Nay]]<br>[[Kimberly Fitchen-Young]]<br>[[Melissa White]] ||  3:53:31
|- 
|align=center| 8 || {{flagcountry|IND}} || [[Geeta Rani (athlete)|Geeta Rani]]<br>[[Sarita Marbade]]<br>[[Purshot Laima Devi]] ||  4:11:00
|- 
|align=center|  —  || {{flagcountry|KEN}} || [[Lydia Cheromei]]<br>[[Rita Sitienei Jeptoo]]<br>[[Emily Kimuria]] ||  DNF
|}

==Participation==
The participation of 152 athletes (91 men/61 women) from 55 countries is reported.<ref name=iaaf_01/>  Although announced, athletes from {{TJK}} and {{YEM}} did not show.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{AUS}} (1)
*{{BLR}} (1)
*{{BHU}} (2)
*{{BOT}} (3)
*{{BRA}} (2)
*{{CAM}} (1)
*{{CAN}} (3)
*{{CHI}} (1)
*{{CHN}} (2)
*{{CGO}} (1)
*{{CRO}} (1)
*{{CZE}} (1)
*{{ERI}} (4)
*{{flagcountry|ETH|1996}} (8)
*{{FRA}} (8)
*{{GER}} (1)
*{{HKG}} (1)
*{{IND}} (10)
*{{IRL}} (1)
*{{ISR}} (1)
*{{ITA}} (4)
*{{JPN}} (8)
*{{JOR}} (1)
*{{KAZ}} (3)
*{{KEN}} (6)
*{{KGZ}} (2)
*{{LES}} (2)
*{{LIE}} (1)
*{{LTU}} (1)
*{{MAC}} (1)
*{{MDV}} (2)
*{{MRI}} (1)
*{{MAR}} (6)
*{{NED}} (1)
*{{NEP}} (4)
*{{OMN}} (1)
*{{PLE}} (1)
*{{PHI}} (1)
*{{PUR}} (1)
*{{QAT}} (3)
*{{ROU}} (4)
*{{RUS}} (9)
*{{SEY}} (1)
*{{SIN}} (1)
*{{KOR}} (1)
*{{ESP}} (5)
*{{SRI}} (3)
*{{flag|Swaziland}} (1)
*{{TAN}} (4)
*{{THA}} (2)
*{{TKM}} (2)
*{{UGA}} (5)
*{{USA}} (9)
*{{VEN}} (1)
*{{ZIM}} (1)
{{div col end}}

==Asian Championships==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|Men's individual
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdullah Ahmed Hassan]]|QAT}} || 1:02:36
|{{flagathlete|[[Yukinobu Nakazaki]]|JPN}} || 1:04:48
|{{flagathlete|[[Yoshinori Oda]]|JPN}} || 1:05:03
|-
|Women's individual
|{{flagathlete|[[Sun Yingjie]]|CHN}} || 1:08:40
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuki Saito (athlete)|Yuki Saito]]|JPN}} || 1:11:05
|{{flagathlete|[[Zhou Chunxiu]]|CHN}} || 1:12:52
|-
|Men's team
|{{flagteam|JPN}} || 3:15:10
|{{flagteam|QAT}} || 3:17:31
|{{flagteam|IND}} || 3:34:31
|-
|Women's team
|{{flagteam|JPN}} || 3:38:51
|{{flagteam|IND}} || 4:11:00
!colspan=2|Only two teams competed
|}

==See also==
*[[2004 in athletics (track and field)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090426022155/http://www.iaaf.org/history/WHM/season%3D2004/eventcode%3D3228/news/index.html Official website]

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