Delhi Half Marathon

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Delhi Half Marathon
Delhi Half Marathon.png
The logo for Delhi Half Marathon
Datelate October or early November
Location Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi
Event type Road
Distance Half marathon
Primary sponsor Airtel
Established2005
Course recordsMen: 59:06
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Guye Adola (2014)
Women: 1:06:00
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Tsehay Gemechu (2019)
Official site Delhi Half Marathon

Delhi Half Marathon, currently branded as the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual half marathon foot-race held in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, it is both an elite runner and mass participation event. It is an AIMS-certified course and is listed as a Gold Label Road Race [1] by the IAAF. [2] The race has seen the best of the athletes competing since the course is considered one of the fastest half marathon route. [3] The event sees about 40,000 participants [4] through the race categories of half marathon, the 7 km Great Delhi Run, a 4.3 km run for senior citizens, and a 3.5 km wheelchair race [5]

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There was a virtual race in 2021 before it resumed the next year.

Course

Finish line of Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2016 at Nehru Stadium ADHM-finish-2016.jpg
Finish line of Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2016 at Nehru Stadium

The course starts in the Nehru Stadium, although this was temporarily moved to the grounds of the Secretariat Building while the stadium was under renovation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [6] The race is largely flat and has delivered fast winning times in its short history, with men producing a number of sub-one hour times and women recording times under 1:08:00. [7] [8] [9]

The current title sponsor is Vedanta who signed up in 2022 for 5 years till 2027. [10] The race was sponsored Hutchison Essar for its first two races, and the company sponsored the event as Vodafone Essar in 2007 following a takeover. Rival communications company Airtel held the sponsor role since 2008 to 2020. [11]

Prize

The half marathon [12] is the elite runner race, while the Great Delhi Run attracts the majority of participants overall. The inaugural edition in 2005 had total prize money of US$310,000. [13] The prize for the winners of the men's and women's race was $25,000 dollars in 2009 and $27,000 in 2015. [14] [15]

Past winners

Key:  Course record

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
1st2005Flag of Kenya.svg  Philip Rugut  (KEN)1:01:55Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Timofeyeva  (RUS)1:10:35
2nd2006Flag of Kenya.svg  Francis Kibiwott  (KEN)1:01:36Flag of Kenya.svg  Lineth Chepkurui  (KEN)1:10:40
3rd2007Flag of Rwanda.svg  Dieudonné Disi  (RWA)1:00:43Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Deriba Alemu  (ETH)1:10:30
4th2008Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Deriba Merga  (ETH)59:15Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Aselefech Mergia  (ETH)1:08:17
5th2009Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Deriba Merga  (ETH)59:54Flag of Kenya.svg  Mary Keitany  (KEN)1:06:54
6th2010Flag of Kenya.svg  Geoffrey Mutai  (KEN)59:38Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Aselefech Mergia  (ETH)1:08:35
7th2011 [16] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Lelisa Desisa  (ETH)59:30Flag of Kenya.svg  Lucy Wangui  (KEN)1:07:04
8th2012 [17] Flag of Kenya.svg  Edwin Kipyego  (KEN)1:00:55Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Wude Ayalew  (ETH)1:11:10
9th2013 [18] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Atsedu Tsegay  (ETH)59:12Flag of Kenya.svg  Florence Kiplagat  (KEN)1:08:02
10th2014 [19] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Guye Adola  (ETH)59:06Flag of Kenya.svg  Florence Kiplagat  (KEN)1:10:04
11th2015 [15] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Birhanu Legese  (ETH)59:20Flag of Kenya.svg  Cynthia Limo  (KEN)1:08:35
12th2016 [20] Flag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)59:44Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Worknesh Degefa  (ETH)1:07:42
13th2017 [21] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Birhanu Legese  (ETH)59:46Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Almaz Ayana  (ETH)1:07:12
14th2018 [22] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Andamlak Belihu  (ETH)59:18Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tsehay Gemechu  (ETH)1:06:49
15th2019 [23] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Andamlak Belihu  (ETH)59:10Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tsehay Gemechu  (ETH)1:06:00
16th2020 [24] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Amedework Walelegn  (ETH)58:53Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Yalemzerf Yehualaw  (ETH)1:04:46
17th2022 [25] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Chala Regasa  (ETH)1:00:30Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Irine Cheptai  (ETH)1:06:42
18th2023 [25] Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Ebenyo  (KEN)0:59:27Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Alamz Ayana  (ETH)1:07:58

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