Kyiv Half Marathon

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Kyiv Half Marathon
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Kyiv Half Marathon Logo 2018
DateApril
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon, 5K run
Primary sponsorWork.ua
Established2011 (10 years ago) (2011)
Organizer [uk]
Course recordsMen's: 1:02:56 (2018)
Ethiopia
Women's: 1:10:53 (2019)
Kenya
Official siteKyiv Half Marathon
Participants2,169 finishers (2021)
4,829 (2019)

The Kyiv Half Marathon is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance which is held in April on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine since 2011. In 2015 Kyiv half marathon became a full member of the AIMS. It carries World Athletics Silver Label Road Race status.[1] The race is part of the  [uk], an annual series of races held in Ukrainian cities.[2]

History[]

In 2018, the participants were traditionally offered to choose one of the individual courses of the event: 21.0975 km, 5 km and 2 km. Besides the individual races, the 8th Kyiv Half Marathon included relay races (1х10 km + 1х11 km HeForShe Kyiv Half Marathon Relay and 3х5 km + 1х6 km Under Armour Relay) and corporate races (Chamber Cup, Diplomat Cup, Security Cup). The organizers welcomed almost 1000 children of various ages on children's races: 1000 m, 500 m and 100 m. The number of participants reached 11000 people (3595 participated in half marathon race) from 52 countries.[3]

Additionally, the 8th Kyiv Half Marathon became the first running event in Ukraine to receive the Bronze Label from the world organization IAAF.[4]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022, or receiving credit of equivalent value for other races.[5][a]

Course[]

External image
image icon Course map of half marathon in 2019[9]

The route of the race runs across Kyiv city uniting two banks of the Dnipro river. Track surface: 97% – blacktop, 3% – paving. Total elevation gain – 172 meters. The start and finish lines of all courses are located in the same spot on Square of Contracts.

Winners[]

Key:    Course record

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[b] Women's winner Time[b] Rf.
10 2021  Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy (UKR) 1:03:41  Yeheniya Prokofyeva (UKR) 1:14:11 [10]
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [5]
9 2019   (KEN) 1:03:42   (KEN) 1:10:53
8 2018   (ETH) 1:02:56  Viktoriya Kalyuzhna (UKR) 1:13:44 [11][12]
7 2017   (ETH) 1:03:57   (ETH) 1:13:58 [13]
6 2016   (UKR) 1:04:41   (UKR) 1:13:55 [11]
5 2015   (UKR) 1:06:51   (UKR) 1:19:52
4 2014   (UKR) 1:06:34   (UKR) 1:23:07
3 2013  Oleksandr Sitkovskyy (UKR) 1:05:33  Svitlana Stanko-Klymenko (UKR) 1:18:12

Notes[]

  1. ^ Initially, all foreigners, including elite foreign runners, were banned from running the race, but the event was eventually postponed to the second half of the year, and the ban on foreign runners lifted, before the in-person event was eventually cancelled.[6][7][8][5]
  2. ^ a b h:m:s

References[]

  1. ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races". www.worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "8th Nova Poshta Kyiv Half Marathon 2018 started a new page in the running history of Ukraine |". KYIV HALF MARATHON. 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Kyiv half marathon has received IAAF BRONZE LABEL | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "The 10th WORK.UA KYIV HALF MARATHON to be held in the online format | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 15 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Official statement from Run Ukraine regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Official statement from Run Ukraine regarding COVID-19 outbreak from 11 March 2020 | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "FAQ regarding change of the date of Kyiv half marathon | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Routes | Work.ua Kyiv Half Marathon". 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019.
  10. ^ "2021 Kyiv Half Marathon results". my.raceresult.com. 19 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Archive results |". KYIV HALF MARATHON. 26 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Viktoria KALYUZHNA | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
  13. ^ "Archive results 2017 |". NOVA POSHTA KYIV HALF MARATHON. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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