Paris Half Marathon

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Paris Half Marathon
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DateMarch
LocationParis, France
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorHarmonie mutuelle
Established1993 (29 years ago) (1993)
Official siteOfficial website
Participants~25,000 (2021)[1]
34,000 (2019)[2]
Start line at the 2008 race
At the Km 8 marker in 2015
Yebrgual Melese winning in 2014

Paris Half Marathon (French: Semi-marathon de Paris), known as the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris for sponsorship reasons, is an annual half marathon held every March in Paris, France since 1993.

Kenya's Stanley Biwott is the men's course record holder, with his winning time of 59:44 from the 2012 race. The women's course record is held by , who ran a time of 1:07:55 that same year. Around 30,000 runners took part in the event in 2011.[3]

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, obtaining a voucher of equivalent value, or obtaining a refund after 18 months.[a][5]

Winners[]

Key:   Course record

Source: "Paris Half-Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Year Men's winner Nationality Time[b] Women's winner Nationality Time[b]
2021  Kenya 59:42  Kenya 1:05:46
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[5]
2019 Hizkel Tewelde  Eritrea 1:04:20 Nancy Kiprop  Kenya 1:09:12
2018 Evans Cheruiyot  Kenya 1:01:24  Kenya 1:08:07
2017 Morris Gachaga  Kenya 1:00:38 Ruth Chepngetich  Kenya 1:08:07
2016 Cyprian Kotut Kimurgor  Kenya 1:01:00  Ethiopia 1:09:18
2015  Kenya 1:00:12 Yebrgual Melese  Ethiopia 1:09:50
2014  Ethiopia 1:00:08 Yebrgual Melese  Ethiopia 1:09:23
2013  Ethiopia 1:01:33  Kenya 1:08:58
2012 Stanley Biwott  Kenya 59:44  Kenya 1:07:55
2011 Stephen Kibet  Kenya 1:01:36 Peninah Arusei  Kenya 1:08:30
2010 Wilson Kiprop  Kenya 1:01:26 Atsede Baysa  Ethiopia 1:11:05
2009 Bazu Worku  Ethiopia 1:01:56 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 1:10:43
2008 Stephen Kibiwott  Kenya 1:01.04 Linah Cheruiyot  Kenya 1:09.45
2007 Joseph Maregu  Kenya 1:00:22 Caroline Kwambai  Kenya 1:10:26
2006 Deriba Merga  Ethiopia 1:00:45 Rita Jeptoo  Kenya 1:09:56
2005  Kenya 1:02:34 Linah Cheruiyot  Kenya 1:11:56
2004 Fred Mogaka  Kenya 1:01:14 Ruth Kutol  Kenya 1:11:13
2003 Michael Kosgei Rotich  Kenya 1:01:30 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 1:09:42
2002 Wilson Onsare  Kenya 1:01:33 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 1:11:08
2001  Kenya 1:02:36 Florence Barsosio  Kenya 1:11:22
2000 Zebedayo Bayo  Tanzania 1:00:50  Kenya 1:10:40
1999 Phaustin Baha Sulle  Tanzania 1:01:37 Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 1:11:48
1998  Kenya 1:01:21 Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 1:10:59
1997 Paul Korir  Kenya 1:02:12 Alina Gherasim  Romania 1:09:37
1996 Andrew Masai  Kenya 1:01:16 Nadia Prasad  France 1:09:15
1995  Kenya 1:03.22 Adriana Barbu  Romania 1:11.51
1994  Morocco 1:01.58 Tegla Loroupe  Kenya 1:10.47
1993 Robert Stefko  Slovakia 1:02.42 Maria Rebelo  France 1:13.02

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ It had initially been postponed before being cancelled.[4][5]
  2. ^ a b (h:m:s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Semi-marathon de Paris : 25000 coureurs dans les rues pour regoûter au monde d'avant". 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Semi-marathon de Paris : 40 000 coureurs ont affronté le vent".
  3. ^ Monti, David (6 March 2011). "Course Record for Arusei in Paris Half Marathon". All-Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Paris half-marathon canceled because of coronavirus". AP NEWS. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Archived copy". www.harmoniemutuellesemideparis.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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