Lille Half Marathon

Lille Half Marathon
Rue de Paris in Lille – near the finishing point of the race
Date	Early September
Location	Lille, France
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Established	1986

The Lille Métropole Half Marathon (French: Semi-Marathon de Lille Métropole) is an annual half marathon foot race which takes place in Lille, France in early September. First organised by the in 1986, the race began as a marathon event before switching to the shorter distance in 1996.^[1] The course of the race begins in the Boulevard de la Liberté and finishes at the front of Lille's city hall on Rue de Paris.^[2]

The French Half Marathon Championships were held concurrently with the final edition of the marathon race in 1995. was the men's winner with a time of 1:02:31 while Christine Mallo took the women's title in 1:12:05.^[3] The half marathon race has delivered some fast winning times – the 2009 race saw the top three men run under an hour and Mary Keitany ran the seventh quickest run ever to become the women's race winner.^[4] The men's course record of 59:05, set by Ezekiel Chebii in 2012, is the fastest ever recorded for the distance in France.^[5]

Past winners[]

Key:   Course record

Marathon[]

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1986	Jacques Boxberger (FRA)	2:14:16	Chantal Langlacé (FRA)	2:33:58
2nd	1987	Luis Soares (FRA)	2:14:41	Chantal Langlacé (FRA)	2:41:43
3rd	1988	(AUT)	2:13:08	Fabiola Oppliger (COL)	2:42:25
4th	1989	(FRA)	2:14:11	(FRA)	2:45:15
5th	1990	(FRA)	2:14:51	Fabiola Oppliger (COL)	2:37:46
6th	1991	(POR)	2:17:45	(RUS)	2:42:38
7th	1992	Gyula Borka (HUN)	2:13:15	(RUS)	2:35:46
8th	1993	Csaba Szűcs (HUN)	2:14:24	(RUS)	2:36:50
9th	1994	(FRA)	2:14:53	(RUS)	2:43:55
10th	1995	(BEL)	2:14:48	Yelena Sipatova (RUS)	2:36:21

Half marathon[]

Duncan Kibet won the men's race in 2004.

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1996	Jean-Paul Gahimbaré (BDI)	1:02:11	Annette Sergent (FRA)	1:11:21
2nd	1997	John Gwako (KEN)	1:01:10	(KEN)	1:11:26
3rd	1998	Joseph Kibor (KEN)	1:01:46	(KEN)	1:12:43
4th	1999	Phaustin Baha Sulle (TAN)	1:00:38	Zahia Dahmani (FRA)	1:12:38
5th	2000	Abdellah Béhar (FRA)	1:01:30	Nuţa Olaru (ROM)	1:11:08
6th	2001	Driss El Himer (FRA)	1:02:08	Hafida Gadi (FRA)	1:13:16
7th	2002	Robert Cheboror (KEN)	1:01:42	Anastasia Ndereba (KEN)	1:11:45
8th	2003	Wilson Onsare (KEN)	1:00:52	Magdaline Chemjor (KEN)	1:09:39
9th	2004	Duncan Kibet (KEN)	1:01:01	Lenah Cheruiyot (KEN)	1:10:15
10th	2005	(KEN)	1:00:54	Merima Denboba (ETH)	1:11:37
11th	2006	Joseph Maregu (KEN)	1:01:20	Meriem Wangari (KEN)	1:11:36
12th	2007	Joseph Maregu (KEN)	59:45	Mary Keitany (KEN)	1:08:43
13th	2008	Tilahun Regassa (ETH)	59:36	Tigist Tufa (ETH)	1:11:42
14th	2009	Stephen Kibiwott (KEN)	59:37	Mary Keitany (KEN)	1:07:00
15th	2010	Wilson Kiprop (KEN)	59:34	Florence Kiplagat  (KEN)	1:07:40
16th	2011	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (KEN)	1:00:02	Valentine Kipketer (KEN)	1:08:21
17th	2012	Ezekiel Chebii (KEN)	59:05	Flomena Chepchirchir (KEN)	1:08:06
18th	2013	Vincent Kipruto Limo (KEN)	1:00:39	Diana Sigei Chepkemoi (KEN)	1:10:14
19th	2014	Mark Korir (KEN)	1:00:49	Ral Kiyara Nguriatukei (KEN)	1:09:29
20th	2015	(KEN)	1:00:19	Peninah Arusei (KEN)	1:08:56
	2016	Race cancelled [6]
21st	2017	Vincent Kipsang Rono (KEN)	59.27	Gladys Chesire (KEN)	1:07.49

Statistics[]

• Note: Data for half marathon race only

Winners by country[] Country Men's race Women's race Total  Kenya 15 12 27  France 2 3 5  Ethiopia 1 2 3  Burundi 1 0 1  Romania 0 1 1  Tanzania 1 0 1

Multiple winners[] Athlete Country Wins Years Joseph Maregu  Kenya 2 2006, 2007 Mary Keitany  Kenya 2 2007, 2009

References[]

List of winners

• Civai, Franco & Lefeuvre, Thierry (2009-09-06). Lille Métropole Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.

External links[]

• Official website (in French)