The World Half Marathon Championship concluded on 14/10/2007 in the city of Udine in Italy. The Kenyan team seized the 1st rank (2:58:54), while Eritrea ranked 2nd (2:59:08) and Ethiopia ranked 3rd (3:01:15) and Tanzania ranked 4th (3:02:19). Qatar’s team successfully occupied the 5th rank (3:04:03). According to the IAAF rules, the final team result is counted in accordance with the best results by three of the team’s athletes. The Qatari ranking result was gained by three athletes:

Rank 14: Ali Sidam: 1:00:39 (a new Qatari record in the half marathon event. The previous record was seized by Qatar’s Mubarek Shami in Paris 11/3/2007)
Rank 21: Mohamed Abdah: 1:01:38
Rank 24: Ahmed Hassan: 1:01:46 (According to the IAAF rules, the final team result is counted in accordance with the best results by three of the team’s athletes, 3:04:03 )
Rank 29: Ahmed Jumaa Jaber : 1:02:08
Rank 53: Mustafa Ahmed : 1:03:33