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.HISTORIQUE . Semi-Marathon Lille. Retrieved on 2010-04-06. 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.The half-marathon . Lille Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
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.Seigneuric, Yves (2009-09-22). National Road Champions for France. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-06. 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.Turner, Chris (2009-09-07). Keitany powers to 67mins clocking in Lille Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-06. The men's course record of 59:05, set by Ezekiel Chebii in 2012, is the fastest ever recorded for the distance in France.Top Lists - Half Marathon - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-19.
In addition to the half and full marathon, the Lille Half Marathon also hosted an elite 5K run and 10K run starting in 2023.
Past winners Key:
Marathon EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)1st19862:14:162:33:582nd19872:14:412:41:433rd19882:13:082:42:254th19892:14:112:45:155th19902:14:512:37:466th19912:17:452:42:387th19922:13:152:35:468th19932:14:242:36:509th19942:14:532:43:5510th19952:14:482:36:21
Half marathon
EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)1st19961:02:111:11:212nd19971:01:101:11:263rd19981:01:461:12:434th19991:00:381:12:385th20001:01:301:11:086th20011:02:081:13:167th20021:01:421:11:458th20031:00:521:09:399th20041:01:011:10:1510th20051:00:541:11:3711th20061:01:201:11:3612th200759:451:08:4313th200859:361:11:4214th200959:371:07:0015th201059:341:07:4016th20111:00:021:08:2117th201259:051:08:0618th20131:00:391:10:1419th20141:00:491:09:2920th20151:00:191:08:562016Did not held21st201759:271:07:4922nd20181:00:031:09:4423rd201959:311:09:45–2020Did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in France.–202124th202259:371:06:57
Statistics Note: Data for half marathon race only
Winners by country CountryMen's raceWomen's raceTotal 19 17 36 2 3 5 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Multiple winners AthleteCountryWinsYearsJoseph Maregu22006, 2007Mary Keitany22007, 2009
References
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 Official website
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