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Copenhagen Half Marathon

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Date
  
September

Event type
  
Road

Established
  
2015

Location
  
Copenhagen, Denmark

Distance
  
Half marathon

Copenhagen Half Marathon

Official site
  
Copenhagen Half Marathon

The Copenhagen Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in September on the city streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. It holds IAAF Silver Label Road Race status, making it the foremost race of its type in the country. The event was launched after the success holding of the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in the city. The course was slightly modified for the newly created annual event, with the race starting and finishing near Parken Stadium.

Nearly 20,000 runners took part in the inaugural edition in 2015. The race features both public and professional elements. The first winners were both Kenyan, with Bedan Karoki Muchiri taking the men's race in 59:14 minutes and Purity Cherotich Rionoripo being the women's winner in 68:29 minutes.

Over 22,000 runners took part in the 2016 edition. The winners were James Mwangi Wangari from Kenya taking the men's race in 59:07 minutes and Purity Cherotich Rionoripo from Ethiopia being the women's winner in 68:00 minutes, both beating the existing course record.

The largest annual road running event in the city, followed by the more established Copenhagen Marathon, which has been held there since 1980.

Past winners

Key:   Course record

References

Copenhagen Half Marathon Wikipedia