In which country was the 1st World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in 1992?

The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. The 1st World Athletics Half Marathon Championships took place in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

It was renamed the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20K run, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the original competition name the year after that. The competition was renamed to its current title in 2020 after the governing body rebranded itself moving away from the long-standing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) moniker.

The competition replaced the female-only IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, which was held annually from 1983 to 1991.

The competition is generally held every October. Runners compete on public roads which have been closed off to traffic specifically for the event. Prize money varies from US$30,000 to US$3000.

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Stevie G

Newcastle, England.

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The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Other than England, the constituent countries have their own devolved governments, each with varying powers.

michael d engels

The UK is a group of countries... 🌞

Denise Currie

It is actually held in England

Jerry Edwards

The "Great North Run" (since 1981) and the "World Athletics Half Marathon" are two different events that were united for the inaugural run in 1992. The former of the two events is held annually in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Whereas the latter travels around the globe every two years since 2010 (as can be deduced from the explanation)

Ellen Duff

Known as the Great North Run It is held every September It runs from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields

John W Shreve

I would imagine that there being so many corrections on Quizzclub over and over informing us that each entity in the United Kingdom is a country that the writers would have it figured out.