Karlovy Vary Half Marathon

The Karlovy Vary Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race which takes place in mid May in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Known as the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon, it is a part of RunCzech running circuit.

Karlovy Vary Half Marathon
DateMay
LocationKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorMattoni
Established2013
Course recordsMen: 1:00:54
Kenya Wilfred Kimitei (2017)
Women: 1:08:19
Kenya Yvonne Morwa (2017)
Official siteOfficial website

The course winds through Karlovy Vary city centre and along the Ohře river. The inaugural edition of the event was held in 2013. In 2017, almost 4 000 runners participated in the race.

The course records are held by Wilfred Kimitei and Yvonne Jelagat.

Past winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2013   Daniel Wanjiru (KEN) 1:03:04   Mame Feyisa (ETH) 1:12:49
2nd 2014   Teshome Mekonen (ETH) 1:01:21   Christelle Daunay (FRA) 1:09:17
3rd 2015   Elijah Tirop (KEN) 1:01:01   Mulu Seboka (ETH) 1:09:11
4th 2016   Abraham Kasongor (KEN) 1:02:08   Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:09:07
5th 2017   Wilfred Kimitei (KEN) 1:00:54   Yvonne Morwa (KEN) 1:08:19
6th 2018   Roman Romanenko (UKR) 1:03:58   Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová (CZE) 1:11:54
7th 2019   Yassine Rachik (ITA) 1:02:59   Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) 1:12:34
2020 Did not held
2021
2022
8th 2023   Vitaliy Shafar (UKR) 1:04:53   Aleksandra Lisowska (POL) 1:13:24
9th 2024   Khalid Choukoud (NED) 1:04:01   Tereza Hrochová (CZE) 1:12:29

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