Copenhagen Half Marathon

The Copenhagen Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in September on the city streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, first held in 2015. It is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race,[1] making it the foremost race of its type in the country. The race features both public and professional elements.

Copenhagen Half Marathon
Runners at the inaugural edition in 2015
DateSeptember
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorZalando
Established2015
Course recordsMen's: 58:01 (2019)
Geoffrey Kamworor
Women's: 1:05:15 (2018)
Sifan Hassan
Official siteCopenhagen Half Marathon
Participants22,810 (2019)
Running in costume in 2015

The Copenhagen Half Marathon is the largest annual road running event in the city, followed by the more established Copenhagen Marathon, which has been held there since 1980.[2] Geoffrey Kamworor set the half marathon world record during this race with a time of 58:01 in 2019.

History

The event was launched after the success holding of the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in the city. The course was slightly modified for the newly created annual event, with the race starting and finishing near Parken Stadium.[3]

Nearly 20,000 runners took part in the inaugural edition in 2015.[4] The first winners were both Kenyan, with Bedan Karoki Muchiri taking the men's race in 59:14 minutes and Purity Cherotich Rionoripo being the women's winner in 68:29 minutes.[5]

Over 22,000 runners took part in the 2016 edition. The winners were James Mwangi Wangari from Kenya taking the men's race in 59:07 minutes and Purity Cherotich Rionoripo from Ethiopia being the women's winner in 68:00 minutes, both beating the existing course record.[6]

It held the IAAF Silver Label Road Race[7] status in 2016 and the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2017.[8]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or obtaining a refund.[9]

Winners

Key:   Course record

Ed. Year Male Time[lower-alpha 1] Female Time[lower-alpha 2] Rf.
12015  Bedan Muchiri (KEN) 59:14  Purity Rionoripo (KEN) 1:08:29 [10]
22016  James Wangari (KEN) 59:07  Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH) 1:08:00 [10]
32017  Abraham Cheroben (BHR) 58:40  Eunice Chumba (BHR) 1:06:11 [10]
42018  Daniel Kipchumba (KEN) 59:06  Sifan Hassan (NED) 1:05:15 ER [10]
52019  Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) 58:01 WR  Birhane Dibaba (ETH) 1:05:57 [10]
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [9]

Notes
  1. m:s
  2. h:m:s

References
  1. "IAAF Gold Label awarded to Copenhagen Half Marathon". Copenhagen Half Marathon. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. Copenhagen Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  3. Minshull, Phil (2015-09-11). Karoki takes aim at the world half marathon record in Copenhagen. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  4. Copenhagen Half Marathon exceeds expectations. European Athletics (2015-09-22). Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  5. Karoki runs world-leading 59:14 in Copenhagen. IAAF (2015-09-13). Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  6. . IAAF (2016-09-18). Retrieved on 2016-09-19.
  7. Prestigious international silver label to Copenhagen Half Marathon Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2016-09-17.
  8. "IAAF Gold Label awarded to Copenhagen Half Marathon". Copenhagen Half Marathon. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. https://cphhalf.dk/copenhagen-half-marathon-2020-er-aflyst
  10. https://cphhalf.dk/en/resultatarkiv/
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