Lille Half Marathon
Lille Half Marathon | |
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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) |
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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[]
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
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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[]
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Multiple winners[]
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References[]
- ^ HISTORIQUE Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Semi-Marathon Lille. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
- ^ The half-marathon Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Lille Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
- ^ Seigneuric, Yves (2009-09-22). National Road Champions for France. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
- ^ Turner, Chris (2009-09-07). Keitany powers to 67mins clocking in Lille Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
- ^ Top Lists - Half Marathon - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-19.
- ^ "Après la Braderie de Lille, le semi-marathon et le 10 km annulés". la voix du nord. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- 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)
- Half marathons in France
- Sport in Lille
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986
- Annual sporting events in France
- 1986 establishments in France
- Autumn events in France