Half marathon

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A half marathon is a road running event of 21,097.5 meters, or 13 ⁷/₆₄ miles, about 13.1 miles. It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. It is a popular race for intermediate runners, long enough to be a serious challenge but not requiring the level of training of a marathon. In consequence, many towns and cities hold annual all-comers half marathon races through their streets. It is also common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon, using almost the same course with an early finish.

Contents 1 World records 1.1 World record progression - Men 1.2 World record progression - Women 2 Best Year Performance 2.1 Men's Seasons Best 2.2 Women's Seasons Best 3 Notable half marathons 4 Running multiple half marathons 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] World records

The male world record is 58:33, set by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya on March 17, 2007, in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The female world record is 1:06:25, set by Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands on October 14, 2007, in Udine, Italy.

[edit] World record progression - Men

Time	Name	Birth	Nationality	Date	Town
62:56	Miruts Yifter	1944	Ethiopia	06.02.1977	Coamo, PUR
62:47	Anthony Simmons	1948	United Kingdom	24.06.1978	Welwyn Garden City, GBR
62:36	Nick Rose	1951	United Kingdom	14.10.1979	Dayton, USA
62:32	Kirk Pfeffer	1956	United States	07.12.1979	Las Vegas, USA
62:16	Stan Mavis	1955	United States	27.01.1980	New Orleans, USA
61:47	Herb Lindsay	1954	United States	20.09.1981	Manchester, USA
61:36	Mike Musyoki	1956	Kenya	19.09.1982	Philadelphia, USA
61:32	Paul Cummings	1953	United States	25.09.1983	Philadelphia, USA
61:21	Alex Hagelsteens	1956	Belgium	23.09.1984	Remich, LUX-Grevenmacher, LUX
61:14	Steve Jones	1955	United Kingdom	11.08.1985	Birmingham, GBR
60:55	Mark Curp	1959	United States	15.09.1985	Philadelphia, USA
60:56	Xolile Yawa	1962	South Africa	25.07.1987	East London, RSA
60:46	Dionicio Cerón	1965	Mexico	16.09.1990	Philadelphia, USA
59:47	Moses Tanui	1965	Kenya	03.04.1993	Milan, ITA
59:17	Paul Tergat	1969	Kenya	04.04.1998	Milan, ITA
59:16	Samuel Wanjiru	1986	Kenya	11.09.2005	Rotterdam, NED
58:55	Haile Gebrselassie	1973	Ethiopia	15.01.2006	Phoenix, USA
58:33	Samuel Wanjiru	1986	Kenya	17.03.2007	The Hague, NED

[edit] World record progression - Women

Time	Name	Birth	Nationality	Date	Town
77:48	Daniele Justin	19??	Belgium	12.11.1978	Nazaré, POR
75:58	Michiko Gorman	1935	United States	19.11.1978	Pasadena, USA
75:01	Ellison Goodall	1954	United States	10.03.1979	Winston-Salem, USA
74:03	Patti Catalano	1953	United States	29.09.1979	Manchester, USA
73:59	Marja Wokke	1957	Netherlands	29.03.1980	The Hague, NED
73:26	Joan Benoit	1957	United States	18.01.1981	New Orleans, USA
71:16	Joan Benoit	1957	United States	07.03.1981	San Diego, USA
69:57	Grete Waitz	1953	Norway	15.05.1982	Gothenburg, SWE
69:14	Joan Benoit	1957	United States	18.09.1983	Philadelphia, USA
68:34	Joan Benoit	1957	United States	16.09.1984	Philadelphia, USA
68:31	Ingrid Kristiansen	1956	Norway	19.03.1989	New Bedford, USA
67:59	Elana Meyer	1966	South Africa	18.05.1991	East London, RSA
67:58	Uta Pippig	1965	Germany	19.03.1995	Kyoto, JPN
67:36	Elana Meyer	1966	South Africa	09.03.1997	Kyoto, JPN
67:29	Elana Meyer	1966	South Africa	08.03.1998	Kyoto, JPN
66:44	Elana Meyer	1966	South Africa	15.01.1999	Tokyo, JPN
66:25	Lornah Kiplagat	1974	Netherlands	14.10.2007	Udine, ITA

[edit] Best Year Performance

[edit] Men's Seasons Best

YEAR	TIME	ATHLETE	PLACE
1970	1:03:53	Derek Graham (NIR)	Belfast
1971	1:05:25	Ron Hill (GBR)	Freckleton
1972	1:04:23	Victor Manual Mora (COL)	Coamo
1973	1:05:07	Mario Cuevas (MEX)	Maracaibo
1974	1:04:45	Vladimir Merkushin (URS)	Wieze
1975	1:05:08	Paul Angenvoorth (FRG)	Grevenmacher
1976	1:03:46	Juan Rafael Perez (CRC)	Coamo
1977	1:02:56	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	Coamo
1978	1:02:47	Anthony Simmons (GBR)	Welwyn Garden City
1979	1:02:32	Kirk Pfeffer (USA)	Las Vegas
1980	1:02:16	Stan Mavis (USA)	New Orleans
1981	1:01:47	Herb Lindsay (USA)	Manchester
1982	1:01:36	Michael Musyoki (KEN)	Philadelphia
1983	1:01:32	Paul Cummings (USA)	Dayton
1984	1:01:52	Alberto Cova (ITA)	Milan
1985	1:00:55	Mark Curp (USA)	Philadelphia
1986	1:00:43	Michael Musyoki (KEN)	South Shields
1987	1:00:10	Matthew Temane (RSA)	East London
1988	1:01:00	John Treacy (IRL)	South Shields
1989	1:01:10	Matthew Temane (RSA)	Durban
1990	1:00:34	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	South Shields
1991	1:00:58	Lawrence Peu (RSA)	East London
1992	1:00:24	Benson Masya (KEN)	South Shields
1993	1:00:15	Moses Tanui (KEN)	South Shields
1994	1:00:02	Benson Masya (KEN)	South Shields
1995	1:00:26	Simon Lopuyet (KEN)	Lisbon
1996	1:00:31	Paul Koech (KEN)	Ivry-sur-Seine
1997	59:56	Shem Kororia (KEN)	Kosice
1998	59:17	Paul Tergat (KEN)	Milan
1999	59:22	Paul Tergat (KEN)	Milan
2000	1:00:30	Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)	Tokyo
2001	59:52	Fabian Roncero (ESP)	Berlin
2002	59:41	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Lisbon
2003	1:00:01	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	South Shields
2004	59:37	Dejene Birhanu (ETH)	South Shields
2005	59:05	Zersenay Tadesse (ERI)	South Shields
2006	58:55	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	Tempe
2007	58:33	Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)	The Hague

[edit] Women's Seasons Best

YEAR	TIME	ATHLETE	PLACE
1978	1:15:04	Marty Cooksey (USA)	San Diego
1979	1:14:03	Patti Catalano (USA)	Manchester
1980	1:13:59	Marja Wokke (NED)	Den Haag
1981	1:11:16	Joan Samuelson (USA)	San Diego
1982	1:09:57	Grete Waitz (NOR)	Gothenburg
1983	1:09:10	Joan Samuelson (USA)	Philadelphia
1984	1:08:34	Joan Samuelson (USA)	Philadelphia
1985	1:09:44	Joan Samuelson (USA)	Philadelphia
1986	1:09:03	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	Drammen
1987	1:09:47	Lisa Ondieki (AUS)	South Shields
1988	1:08:49	Grete Waitz (NOR)	South Shields
1989	1:08:31	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	New Bedford
1990	1:09:33	Rosa Mota (POR)	South Shields
1991	1:07:59	Elana Meyer (RSA)	East London
1992	1:08:42	Liz McColgan (GBR)	Dundee
1993	1:09:35	Valentina Yegorova (RUS)	St Petersburg
1994	1:07:59	Uta Pippig (GER)	Kyoto
1995	1:07:59	Uta Pippig (GER)	Kyoto
1996	1:09:15	Nadia Prasad (NCL)	Paris
1997	1:07:36	Elana Meyer (RSA)	Kyoto
1998	1:07:29	Elana Meyer (RSA)	Kyoto
1999	1:06:44	Elana Meyer (RSA)	Tokyo
2000	1:07:07	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	South Shields
2001	1:06:47	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	Bristol
2002	1:07:19	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	South Shields
2003	1:05:39	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	South Shields
2004	1:07:55	Benita Johnson (AUS)	South Shields
2005	1:07:33	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	South Shields
2006	1:07:16	Edith Masai (KEN)	Berlin
2007	1:06:25	Lornah Kiplagat (NED)	Udine

[edit] Notable half marathons

• France
  • Paris Half Marathon (Paris)

• Sweden
  • Göteborgsvarvet (Gothenburg)
  • Stockholm Half Marathon (Stockholm)

• United Kingdom
  • Bristol Half Marathon (Bristol)
  • Great North Run (Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • Great West Run (Exeter)
  • Hastings Half Marathon (Hastings)
  • Reading Half Marathon (Reading)
  • The Morpeth (Morpeth)

• United States
  • La Jolla Half (La Jolla, California)
  • America's Finest City Half (San Diego, California)
  • Walt Disney World Half (Orlando, Florida)
  • Rock 'n Roll Half (Virginia Beach, Virginia)

• Brazil
  • Meia Maratona do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

• India
  • Vodafone Delhi Half Marathon, New Delhi

[edit] Running multiple half marathons

As running half marathons has become more popular, athletes have started to set goals involving competing in multiple races. A popular goal is to run a half marathon in each state of the United States and the District of Columbia. At least four runners have completed this series.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of half marathon races
• IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
• List of marathon races
• Mini marathon
• Marathon

[edit] External links

• The best half-marathon times for men
• The best half-marathon times for women
• HalfMarathons.Net - Directory of half marathons in the USA and around the world
• Best Year Performances
• World Masters Rankings

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