East African Half Marathon Championships

Last updated
East African Cross Country Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
StatusDefunct
Genre half marathon
Frequencyannual
Venuevaries
Location(s)East Africa
Years active2000–2006
Inaugurated2000
Most recent2006
Participants East African nations
Organised by Confederation of African Athletics

The East African Half Marathon Championships was an international half marathon competition among athletes from East Africa. The competition was the first dedicated road running championship. The event was contiguous with other regional competitions in the sport of athletics, including the East African Athletics Championships (first held 1995) and the East African Cross Country Championships (first held 1999). An East African Marathon Championships was also briefly held during this period, having only one outing in 2002 (won by Tesfit Berhe). [1]

The inaugural edition was staged in Djibouti and featured an individual men's race only. Three further editions were subsequently held, in 2003, 2005 and finally 2006. The last edition included a women's race for the first time. [1] The competition was not held thereafter. [2]

Editions

EditionYearLocationCountryMen's winnerTimeWomen's winnerTime
1st2000?DjiboutiFlag of Tanzania.svg  Simon Peter  (TAN)1:04:34
2nd2003 Massawa EritreaFlag of Eritrea.svg  Zersenay Tadese  (ERI)1:05:32
3rd2005 Khartoum SudanFlag of Sudan.svg  Mohamed Ahmed  (SUD)1:07:30
4th2006 Nairobi KenyaFlag of Kenya.svg  Jacob Yator  (KEN)1:03:56A Flag of Kenya.svg  Hellen Cherono  (KEN)1:15:07A

References

  1. 1 2 East African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. East African Half Marathon Championships. Sport Olympic. Retrieved 2021-01-23.