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Lille Half Marathon

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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
DateLate March
LocationLille, France France
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Established1986
Course recordsMen's: 59:05 (2012)
Kenya Ezekiel Chebii
Women's: 1:06:57 (2022)
Ethiopia Zenebu Fikadu
Official siteLille Half Marathon
Participants3,157 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

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Key:   Course record

Marathon

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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) 2:14:53   Lutsia Belyayeva (RUS) 2:43:55
10th 1995   Ronny Ligneel (BEL) 2:14:48   Yelena Sipatova (RUS) 2:36:21

Half marathon

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Duncan Kibet won the men's race in 2004.
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) 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) 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

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  • Note: Data for half marathon race only

References

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  1. ^ HISTORIQUE Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Semi-Marathon Lille. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
  2. ^ The half-marathon Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Lille Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
  3. ^ Seigneuric, Yves (2009-09-22). National Road Champions for France. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris (2009-09-07). Keitany powers to 67mins clocking in Lille Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
  5. ^ Top Lists - Half Marathon - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-19.
  6. ^ "2023 Lille Half Marathon Results". World Athletics.
  7. ^ "Le Semi-Marathon de Lille". RunAgain. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  8. ^ "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
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