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 Association de Promotion des Événements Lillois 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]
| Lille Half Marathon | |
|---|---|
 Rue de Paris in Lille – near the finishing point of the race | |
| Date | Late March |
| Location | Lille, France  |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Half marathon |
| Established | 1986 |
| Course records | Men's: 59:05 (2012) Ezekiel ChebiiWomen's: 1:06:57 (2022)  Zenebu Fikadu |
| Official site | Lille Half Marathon |
| Participants | 3,157 finishers (2018) 2,739 finishers (2019) 2,621 finishers (2022) |
The French Half Marathon Championships were held concurrently with the final edition of the marathon race in 1995. Bruno Leger 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]
In addition to the half and full marathon, the Lille Half Marathon also hosted an elite 5K run and 10K run starting in 2023.[6][7]
Past winners edit
Key: Course record
Marathon edit
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Helmuth Stuhlpfarrer (AUT)
|
2:13:08 |  Fabiola Oppliger (COL)
|
2:42:25 |
| 4th | 1989 | Jean-Pierre Pietrement (FRA)
|
2:14:11 | Brigitte Olive (FRA)
|
2:45:15 |
| 5th | 1990 | Alexandre Rachide (FRA)
|
2:14:51 | Fabiola Oppliger (COL)
|
2:37:46 |
| 6th | 1991 |  Elisio Rios (POR)
|
2:17:45 |  Lutsia Belyayeva (RUS)
|
2:42:38 |
| 7th | 1992 |  Gyula Borka (HUN)
|
2:13:15 | Lutsia Belyayeva (RUS)
|
2:35:46 |
| 8th | 1993 | Csaba Szűcs (HUN)
|
2:14:24 | Alevtina Naumova (RUS)
|
2:36:50 |
| 9th | 1994 | El Hadi Moumou (FRA)
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2:14:53 | Lutsia Belyayeva (RUS)
|
2:43:55 |
| 10th | 1995 |  Ronny Ligneel (BEL)
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2:14:48 | Yelena Sipatova (RUS)
|
2:36:21 |
Half marathon edit
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1996 |  Jean-Paul Gahimbaré (BDI)
|
1:02:11 | Annette Sergent (FRA)
|
1:11:21 |
| 2nd | 1997 | John Gwako (KEN)
|
1:01:10 | Jackline Torori (KEN)
|
1:11:26 |
| 3rd | 1998 | Joseph Kibor (KEN)
|
1:01:46 | Anne Njeri (KEN)
|
1:12:43 |
| 4th | 1999 |  Phaustin Baha Sulle (TAN)
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1:00:38 | Zahia Dahmani (FRA)
|
1:12:38 |
| 5th | 2000 | Abdellah Béhar (FRA)
|
1:01:30 |  Nuța 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 | James Theuri (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 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 (KEN)
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1:00:39 | Diana Sigei (KEN)
|
1:10:14 |
| 19th | 2014 | Mark Korir (KEN)
|
1:00:49 | Rael Kinyara (KEN)
|
1:09:29 |
| 20th | 2015 | Stephen Chebogut (KEN)
|
1:00:19 | Peninah Arusei (KEN)
|
1:08:56 |
| 2016 | Did not held[8] | ||||
| 21st | 2017 | Vincent Kipsang (KEN)
|
59:27 | Gladys Chesir (KEN)
|
1:07:49 |
| 22nd | 2018 | Victor Chumo (KEN)
|
1:00:03 | Antonina Kwambai (KEN)
|
1:09:44 |
| 23rd | 2019 | Kibiwott Kandie (KEN)
|
59:31 | Diana Kipyokei (KEN)
|
1:09:45 |
| – | 2020 | Did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in France. | |||
| – | 2021 | ||||
| 24th | 2022 |  Andrew Kwemoi (UGA)
|
59:37 | Zenebu Fikadu (ETH)
|
1:06:57 |
Statistics edit
- Note: Data for half marathon race only
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2023 Lille Half Marathon Results". World Athletics.
- ^ "Le Semi-Marathon de Lille". RunAgain. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "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 edit
- Official website (in French)