Valencia Half Marathon
Valencia Half Marathon | |
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Date | October |
Location | Valencia, Spain |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | EDP |
Established | 1988[1] 2006 (as half)[1][2] |
Course records | Men's: 58:33 (2018) Jemal Yimer Women's: 1:02:52 (2021) Letesenbet Gidey |
Official site | Valencia Half Marathon |
Participants | 8,842 finishers (2021) 15,356 (2019) 13,799 (2018) |
The Valencia Half Marathon (Spanish: Medio Maratón de Valencia) is an annual half marathon road running event held in Valencia, Spain, since 1988. It is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.[3] The race is organised by the Valencian sports club , which also organises the annual Valencia Marathon.[4]
The race attracts top level elite competitors from Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco, as well as runners from the host country Spain.
History[]
The event was initially founded as a race of 20 km (12 mi), called the "20 kilómetros Adidas", with the inaugural race taking place in 1988.[1] From 1993 to 1995, the race was not contested for reasons beyond the organizer's control.[1]
The race was later lengthened to a half marathon, beginning with the 2006 edition of the race.[1][2][5] The change coincided with a growth in the number of participants and a higher standard of elite level competition. A record 9328 runners from over 10,300 entrants finished the race in October 2013.[6]
On 30 July 2020, the race organizer announced the cancellation of the 2020 in-person edition of the race due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or obtaining a full refund.[7] About a month later, on 10 September, the organizer announced that the Valencia Marathon (which it also organized and whose mass race was just cancelled days earlier) would hold an "Elite Edition" of the race on 6 December, and that it would also include a half marathon race that year.[8][9] On the day of the race, four half marathon runners broke the previous world record of 58:01, with Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie setting a new world record of 57:32.[10][11]
Course[]
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Course map of half marathon in 2019[12] |
The half marathon starts and finishes on Carrer d'Antonio Ferrandis about 1 km (0.62 mi) southwest of the City of Arts and Sciences.[12]
The course first crosses the City of Arts and Sciences before making a loop around the districts for the first third of the race.[12] The half marathon then largely follows the roads along the as it makes its way northwest to and then back to the start.[12]
andWinners[]
The course records for the half marathon are 57:32 for the men's race (set by Kibiwott Kandie in 2020) and 64:51 minutes for the women's race (also a world record at the time, set by Joyciline Jepkosgei in 2017).[13] The latter time is the women's all-comers record for the event in Spain.[14]
Key: Course record (in bold)
20K[]
Ed. | Year | Men's winner | Time[a] | Women's winner | Time[a] | Rf. |
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— | — | not held from 1993 to 1995 | [1] | |||
10 | 2000 | (KEN) | 1:00:44 | (TZA) | 1:13:19 | [15][16] |
11 | 2001 | Julio Rey (ESP) | 1:01:43 | (ESP) | 1:25:36 | |
12 | 2002 | Julio Rey (ESP) | 59:46 | (TAN) | 1:11:08 | |
13 | 2003 | (MAR) | 1:02:39 | Sandra Ruales (ECU) | 1:11:09 | |
14 | 2004 | (KEN) | 1:01:33 | Gladys Cherono (KEN) | 1:10:28 | |
15 | 2005 | Abdellatif Meftah (MAR) | 1:00:46 | Ashu Kasim (ETH) | 1:09:30 |
Half marathon[]
Ed. | Year | Men's winner | Time[a] | Women's winner | Time[a] | Rf. |
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16 | 2006 | (KEN) | 1:02:48 | Joan Aiyabei (KEN) | 1:12:48 | |
17 | 2007 | (KEN) | 1:02:24 | Joan Aiyabei (KEN) | 1:11:16 | |
18 | 2008 | (KEN) | 1:01:32 | (KEN) | 1:15:18 | |
19 | 2009 | Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) | 59:30 | Beatrice Jepchumba (KEN) | 1:15:31 | |
20 | 2010 | John Mwangangi (KEN) | 1:01:10 | Joyce Chepkirui (KEN) | 1:09:25 | |
21 | 2011 | John Mwangangi (KEN) | 59:45 | (MAR) | 1:10:26 | |
22 | 2012 | (KEN) | 59:36 | (KEN) | 1:09:57 | |
23 | 2013 | (KEN) | 59:58 | Joyce Chepkirui (KEN) | 1:08:15 | |
24 | 2014 | Abraham Cheroben (KEN) | 58:48 | Emily Chebet (KEN) | 1:08:01 | |
25 | 2015 | Abraham Cheroben (KEN) | 59:10 | Netsanet Gudeta (ETH) | 1:07:31 | |
26 | 2016 | Stephen Kibet (KEN) | 59:27 | Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) | 1:07:09 | |
27 | 2017 | Abraham Cheroben (BHR) | 59:11 | Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) | 1:04:51 | |
28 | 2018 | Jemal Yimer (ETH)[b] | 58:18 | Gelete Burka (ETH) | 1:06:11 | [13][19][20] |
29 | 2019 | Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) | 59:05 | Senbere Teferi (ETH) | 1:05:32 | |
30 | 2020 | Kibiwott Kandie (KEN) | 57:32 WR | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | 1:05:18 | |
31 | 2021 | (KEN) | 58:07 | Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) | 1:02:52 WR |
Notes[]
References[]
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- ^ a b "Archived copy". www.rfea.es. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ 23º MEDIO MARATÓN VALENCIA TRINIDAD ALFONSO. S.D. Correcaminos. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.rfea.es. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ La media maratón bate dos de sus tres récords. El Mundo (2013-10-20). Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". de.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b c d
- ^ a b "Archived copy". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ All-Comers Records- Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170824001739if_/http://www.rfea.es/competi/resultados_otros/2000_2al.pdf#page=31
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110126/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/tanzania/margaret-irro-ngadi-014302627
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191117105941if_/https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/disciplinary-process/en/191105-IAAF-v-Kiptum-Decision.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201125063654/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/jemal-yimer-mekonnen-14757695
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201020202323/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/gelete-burka-14259909
External links[]
- Half marathons
- Marathons in Spain
- Sports competitions in Valencia
- Recurring sporting events established in 1991
- 1991 establishments in Spain
- Autumn events in Spain