Results Istanbul Half Marathon 2024

Livestream, startlists and results from Istanbul Half Marathon which is held on Sunday 28th of April 2024.

Istanbul Half Marathon 2024

19th edition

Date

April 28

Place

Istanbul – Turkey

Distance

Road half marathon

The race will start at 8:10am local time (GMT +3)

Results

Men, top 50

Women, top 50

Livestream

Startlist

Elite runners and personal bests

MEN

• Solomon Berihu ETH 59:17
• Edmond Kipngetich KEN 59:25
• Dinkalem Ayele ETH 59:30
• Solomon Kipchoge KEN 59:37
• Benard Biwott KEN 59:44
• Antony Kimtai KEN 59:45
• Tadesse Abraham SUI 59:53
• Hicham Amghar MAR 59:53

WOMEN

• Gladys Chepkurui KEN 65:46
• Ftaw Zeray ETH 66:04
• Betelihem Afenigus ETH 66:46
• Aberash Shilima ETH 67:26
• Anchinalu Dessie ETH 67:30
• Zewditu Aderaw ETH 67:44
• Betty Kibet KEN 67:44
• Ruth Jebet BRN 68:22
• Zinashwork Yenew ETH 69:16
• Sheila Chelangat KEN 69:38
• Meseret Dinke ETH 70:39
• Amina Bettiche ALG 71:38

Course

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About Istanbul Half Marathon

The Istanbul Half Marathon (Turkish: İstanbul Yarı Maratonu) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km) that takes place on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey in April. The event is sponsored by Vodafone. It was promoted to the IAAF Gold Label status for 2017.

The event was established in 1987 under the name «Haliç Yarı Maratonu» («Golden Horn Half Marathon»), and continued to run until 1993. After a break of 17 years, it revived in 2010 under the name «8th International Golden Horn Half Marathon» with participation of around 1,500 athletes from 22 nations.

The organization of the half marathon took afour-year break until 2015 when the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality re-established the road running event under the name «Istanbul Half Marathon», and Vodafon took over the sponsorship. The start-finish line of the event was relocated to Balat on the coast of Golden Horn.

The first edition immediately attracted high caliber elite runners, resulting in quick winning times of 1:00:13 minutes in the men’s category and 1:06:38 minutes in the women’s race. A total of 2,095 runners finished the inaugural mass race in Istanbul.

The event was organized by Istanbul Sports Events – the organizer of the long-running Istanbul Marathon event. The half marathon course begins and ends in Eyüp in the central-western part of the city, following a route south to the seafront area of Eminönü. Among other sights, it passes the Golden Horn, Yenikapı square and Kadir Has University. A 10K run is also hosted for amateur runners and this section had over 1500 finishers in 2016.

The 2016 edition of the race gained IAAF Bronze Label status and the field included world record breakers Zersenay Tadese and Leonard Patrick Komon. That year, the event was staged on the same weekend as the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.

In December 2016, it was announced that the event was promoted to IAAF Gold Label status for 2017.

The race in 2021 ended with a course record in 59:32 by Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie and a world record for women in 1:04:02 by Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich.

Previous winners of Istanbul Half Marathon

Year	Men’s winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women’s winner	Time (h:m:s)
2014	Fetene Regasa (ETH)	1:05:20	Bahar Doğan (TUR)	1:16:33
2015	Evans Kiplagat (KEN)	1:00:13	Gladys Cherono (KEN)	1:06:37
2016[10]	Ali Kaya (TUR)	1:00:16	Violah Jepchumba (KEN)	1:08:18
2017[1]	Ismail Juma (TAN)	1:00:09	Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)	1:06:19
2018	Amedework Walelegn (ETH)	59:50 CR	Ababel Yeshaneh (ETH)	1:06:22
2019	Benard Ngeno (KEN)	59:56	Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)	1:05:30 CR
2020	Sezgin Ataç (TUR)	1:03:16	Fatma Demir (TUR)	1:13:17
2021	Kibiwott Kandie (KEN)	59:35 CR	Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)	1:04:02 WR
2022	Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN)	59:15 CR	Hellen Obiri (KEN)	1:04:48

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