Tarsus Half Marathon

The Tarsus Half Marathon (Turkish: Tarsus Yarı Maratonu) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance, which is held in March in Tarsus in Mersin Province Turkey.

The 2012 edition attracted 1,200 competitors from 16 countries.^[1] The elite level competition attracts top level international runners as well as national level runners.^[2][3] The event also features a shorter 5-kilometre race for fun runners.

The route celebrates the historic roads of Tarsus, which were built and used by the Romans around 500-600 A.D.^[4]

Past winners[]

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2004	(KEN)	1:06:57	(RUS)	1:15:18
2nd	2005	Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA)	1:04:30	(ETH)	1:12:35
3rd	2006	Patrick Musyoki (KEN)	1:02:42	(ETH)	1:12:03
4th	2007	Wilson Kiprotich (KEN)	1:02:05	Luminița Talpoș (ROM)	1:12:29
5th	2008	Wilson Kiprotich (KEN)	1:02:50	(TUR)	1:23:13
No	2009	(ETH)	1:04:27	Atsede Baysa (ETH)	1:11:37
6th	2010	(TUR)	1:03:05	Layes Abdullayeva (AZE)	1:13:08
7th	2011	(ETH)	1:04:27	Atsede Baysa (ETH)	1:11:37
8th	2012	Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH)	1:02:19	Atsede Baysa (ETH)	1:09:39
9th	2013	(KEN)	1:03:56	Ümmü Kiraz (TUR)	1:12:56
10th	2014	(KEN)	1:03:20	(ETH)	1:12:26
11th	2015	Evans Kiplagat (KEN)	1:02:15	(KEN)	1:11:35
—	2016	cancelled due to security concerns
—	2017	Not held

References[]

External links[]

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