Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon
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The Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon is an annual road running
event over the half marathon
distance which takes place in November in Boulogne-Billancourt
, France.
The event was first organised in 1997 by the Athletics Club of Boulogne Billancourt (Athlétic Club de Boulogne Billancourt). The race steadily increased in size in its first years, attaining 1000 entrants by 2000 and doubling this number three years later. The Fédération française d'athlétisme classed it as a national level race in 2006 and following the participation of 4000 runners from 26 countries, it was raised to international race status the following year.
At the 2008 edition, Kenyan Nicholas Manza ran a race record time of 1:00:12 hours. A year later, Ethiopia's Firehiwot Dado
became the first woman to complete the distance in under one hour and ten minutes, setting the women's course record of 1:09:26 hours. The 2011 race was the first run with IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status, marking it as one of the foremost races of its kind.
The course for the race is a looped circuit that starts and finishes at the town hall. It follows a clockwise route along the river Seine
, passing the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres, Pont de Saint-Cloud
. It heads north towards the Longchamp Racecourse and has a short loop through the Bois de Boulogne
, where it reaches the halfway mark. At this point the course loops back on itself and follows the Seine in a southerly direction until it finally ends up at the town hall finish point.
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
event over the half marathon
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
distance which takes place in November in Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt....
, France.
The event was first organised in 1997 by the Athletics Club of Boulogne Billancourt (Athlétic Club de Boulogne Billancourt). The race steadily increased in size in its first years, attaining 1000 entrants by 2000 and doubling this number three years later. The Fédération française d'athlétisme classed it as a national level race in 2006 and following the participation of 4000 runners from 26 countries, it was raised to international race status the following year.
At the 2008 edition, Kenyan Nicholas Manza ran a race record time of 1:00:12 hours. A year later, Ethiopia's Firehiwot Dado
Firehiwot Dado
Firehiwot Tufa Dado is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the 2011 New York Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:15. She also has taken three consecutive victories in the Rome City Marathon. She set a previous personal best of 2:25:28 in the classic distance on March 21,...
became the first woman to complete the distance in under one hour and ten minutes, setting the women's course record of 1:09:26 hours. The 2011 race was the first run with IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status, marking it as one of the foremost races of its kind.
The course for the race is a looped circuit that starts and finishes at the town hall. It follows a clockwise route along the river Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
, passing the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres, Pont de Saint-Cloud
Pont de Saint-Cloud
The pont de Saint-Cloud is a French bridge constructed of metal which crosses the Seine between the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine....
. It heads north towards the Longchamp Racecourse and has a short loop through the Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine...
, where it reaches the halfway mark. At this point the course loops back on itself and follows the Seine in a southerly direction until it finally ends up at the town hall finish point.
Past winners
Key:| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
Women's winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
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| 1st | 1997 | 1:08:00 | 1:19:41 | ||
| 2nd | 1998 | 1:07:38 | 1:21:03 | ||
| 3rd | 1999 | 1:04:25 | 1:15:45 | ||
| 4th | 2000 | 1:04:55 | 1:15:15 | ||
| 5th | 2001 | 1:02:42 | 1:13:29 | ||
| 6th | 2002 | 1:02:46 | 1:12:53 | ||
| 7th | 2003 | 1:02:22 | 1:16:47 | ||
| 8th | 2004 | 1:01:51 | 1:14:16 | ||
| 9th | 2005 | 1:00:47 | 1:12:00 | ||
| 10th | 2006 | 1:04:25 | 1:15:18 | ||
| 11th | 2007 | 1:02:37 | 1:13:27 | ||
| 12th | 2008 | 1:00:12 | 1:10:53 | ||
| 13th | 2009 | 1:02:50 | 1:09:26 | ||
| 14th | 2010 | 1:03:01 | 1:11:01 | ||
| 15th | 2011 | 1:01:38 | 1:10:57 |