Canadian Half Marathon Championships | |
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Location | Canada |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half Marathon |
Official site | https://manitobamarathon.mb.ca/marathon/half-marathon/ |
The Canadian Half Marathon Championships is the annual national championships for the half marathon in Canada sanctioned by Athletics Canada.
The event is currently hosted by the Manitoba Marathon weekend, which is awarded hosting duties from 2019 through 2024. [1] It was previously hosted by the Calgary Marathon weekend [2] and the Banque Scotia 21K de Montréal. [3]
The 2018 championships hosted by the Calgary Half Marathon was won by Calgarian Trevor Hofbauer. [4]
Brackets indicate # of times won. |
Red indicates Canadian Record. |
Year | Race | Canadian Men's Winner | Overall Finish | Time | Canadian Women's Winner | Overall Finish | Time |
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2013 | Banque Scotia 21K de Montréal [3] | Eric Gillis | 1 | 1:05:56 [5] | Krista DuChene | 12 | 1:12:27 [5] |
2014 | |||||||
2015 | |||||||
2016 | |||||||
2017 | Calgary Half Marathon [2] [6] | Kip Kangogo | 1 | 1:06:26 [7] | Rachel Hannah | 16 | 1:17:14 [7] |
2018 | Trevor Hofbauer | 1 | 1:08:25 [4] | Catrin Jones | 7 | 1:14:19 [4] | |
2019 | Manitoba Half Marathon [1] | Tristan Woodfine | 1 | 1:04:44 [8] | Malindi Elmore | 7 | 1:11:06 [8] |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [9] | ||||||
2021 | |||||||
2022 | Cameron Levins | 1 | 1:03:23 [10] | Natasha Wodak | 11 | 1:15:20 [11] | |
2023 | Cameron Levins | 1 | 1:01:41 [12] | Elissa Legault | 7 | 1:12:15 [13] |
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