6th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Kavarna 2012

CITY FACTS

Population: 12,000

Airport: Varna Airport (40km from Kavarna)

Climate: Average temperature in October: +14-20°

Currency: Bulgarian Lev

Time Zone: GMT+2 (in October)

Altitude: 200m

ORGANISING MEMBER (OM)

Bulgarian Athletics Federation

75 bl. Vassil Levski

Sofia 1040

Tel:  + 359 2 988 5462      

Fax: + 359 2 988 0714

E-mail: bulathletics@mail.bg

Website: http://www.bfla.org

President

Dobromir KARAMARINOV

International Secretaries

Galia PUHALEVA

Velina TSEKOVA

PRIZE MONEY  (US$ paid by the IAAF)

Individual

1st: 30,000

2nd: 15,000

3rd: 10,000

4th: 7,000

5th: 5,000

6th: 3,000

Teams

1st: 15,000

2nd: 12,000

3rd: 9,000

4th: 7,500

5th: 6,000

6th: 3,000

TIMETABLE (6 October 2012)

09:30: Women’s Race

11:00: Men’s Race

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Three laps of 5km and one lap of 6.0975km

ENTRY DETAILS

No Entry Standards

Preliminary Entry deadline: 6 August 2012 (Midnight Monaco time)

Final Entry deadline: 24 September 2012 (Midnight Monaco time)

Member Federations may enter one team in each race. A maximum of seven athletes may be entered; no more than five will be allowed to start, with three to score.

Individual entries by Member Federations are admitted in any of the two races and the finishing athletes shall be eligible for the corresponding individual awards.