2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships

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.

Men's Half-Marathon team standings

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 standings

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

Women's 5 km results

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

Record

Time

Athlete

Nation

Venue

Date

World Record

14:29.00

Senbere Teferi

ETH

Men's 5 km results

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		DNS

Women's Road Mile results

Rank	Nation	Country	Time	Notes
	Diribe Welteji		4:20.98	WR
	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	NR
25	Gina McNamara		4:53.54	SB
26	Mia Helene Morck		4:54.95	PB
27	Tuuli Tomingas		5:09.13	PB
28	Sibilla Vanadzina		5:18.28	PB
29	Romaine Rui-Min Soh		5:24.19	PB
	Winnie Nanyondo		DNF

Men's Road Mile results

Rank	Nation	Country	Time	Notes
	Hobbs Kessler		3:56.13	WR
	Callum Elson		3:56.41	AR
	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	Janis Razgalis		4:23.08
33	Robert Heppenstall		4:27.96	PB
34	Seng Tou Ip		4:31.44	PB
35	Ethan Yan		4:32.44	PB

Participation

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