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21K Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This is a list of notable half marathon races . [nb 1] According to Running Times Magazine, There were approximately 870 half marathons in the United States in 2009. [1]
3M Half Marathon (Austin, Texas, USA)
21K Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Bangsaen21 Half Marathon (Bang Saen, Thailand)
Barrathon (Barra, Scotland)
Bath Half Marathon (Bath, England)
Belgrade Half Marathon (Belgrade, Serbia)
Berlin Half Marathon (Berlin, Germany) Birmingham Half Marathon (Birmingham, England)
Bogotá Half Marathon, (Bogotá, Colombia) Brass Monkey Half Marathon (York, England) [3] Brighton Half Marathon (Brighton, England) [4] Bristol Half Marathon (Bristol, England)
Budapest Half Marathon (Budapest, Hungary) Edinburgh Marathon Festival Half Marathon (Edinburgh, Scotland) [7] Fleet Half Marathon (Fleet, Hampshire, England) [8] Four Villages Half Marathon (Helsby, England) [9] Freckleton Half Marathon (Freckleton, England) [10] 
Göteborgsvarvet (Gothenburg, Sweden) Great Eastern Run (Peterborough, England) Great North Run (Newcastle upon Tyne, England) Great North West Half Marathon (Blackpool, England) Great Scottish Run (Glasgow, Scotland) Great West Run (Exeter, England)
Greifenseelauf (Uster, Switzerland)
Guadalajara Half Marathon (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) [11] 
Guwahati Half Marathon (Guwahati, India) Hastings Half Marathon (Hastings, England) Hamburg Half Marathon (Hamburg, Germany)
Helsinki City Run (Helsinki, Finland)
Hong Kong Marathon (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Kuldīga Half Marathon (Kuldīga, Latvia)
Kärnten läuft (Klagenfurt, Austria)
Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon (Lake Vyrnwy, Wales)
Lisbon Half Marathon (Lisbon, Portugal) Liverpool Half Marathon (Liverpool, England) Madeline Island Half-Marathon (La Pointe, Wisconsin, USA) [12] Maidenhead Half Marathon (Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom)
Malaga Half Marathon (Málaga, Andalusia, Spain) [13] Marine Corps Historic Half (Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA) [14] 
Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale (Marseille, France) [15] Naples Half Marathon (Naples, Florida, USA) New York City Half Marathon (New York, USA)
RAK Half Marathon (Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates) Reading Half Marathon (Reading, England) Robin Hood Marathon (Nottingham, England) Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon (San Jose, California, USA) Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA)
Rocky River Run (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia)
Roma-Ostia (Rome, Italy)
Rotterdam Half Marathon (Rotterdam, Netherlands) Royal Parks Half Marathon (London, England) [16] Run to the Beat (London, England) San Diego Half Marathon (San Diego, California, USA) [17] Semi-Marathon de Paris (Paris, France) Sheffield Half Marathon (Sheffield, England) Silverstone Half Marathon (Northamptonshire, England) [18] SMH half marathon (Sydney, NSW, Australia) Stramilano (Milan, Italy) Stroud Half Marathon (Stroud, England) [19] Stuttgarter Zeitung-Lauf (Stuttgart, Germany) [20] 
Tarsus Half Marathon (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon (Tunbridge Wells, England)
Two Oceans Half Marathon (Cape Town, South Africa)
Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon (Tainan, Taïwan)
Warsaw Half Marathon (Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland) [21] WhistleStop Half Marathon (Ashland, Wisconsin, USA) [22] Wilmslow Half Marathon (Wilmslow, England) [23] Windsor Half Marathon (Windsor, England) Wokingham Half Marathon (Wokingham, England)
Margaret Okayo is a professional Kenyan marathon runner. She has won four World Marathon Majors with victories in the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon and the London Marathon, setting three course records. Okayo's 2003 New York course record of 2:22:31 still stands today, despite the challenge of some of the world’s best distance runners having the benefit of improved shoe technology. She has also won the San Diego Marathon on two occasions.
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcuts. If finisher medals are awarded, the medal or ribbon may differ from those for the full marathon. The half marathon is also known as a 21K, 21.1K, or 13.1 miles, although these values are rounded and not formally correct.
Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi is a retired American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the 2009 New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, and the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014, becoming the first American man to win each race since 1982 and 1983, respectively. Keflezighi is a graduate of UCLA, where he won four NCAA championships competing for the UCLA Bruins track and field team. He came in fourth in the 2014 New York City Marathon on November 2, 2014, eighth in the 2015 Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015, and second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Jeļena Prokopčuka is a retired Latvian long-distance runner, best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006.
The Peachtree Road Race is a series of two American 10-kilometer runs held annually in Atlanta. After being held on Independence Day from 1970 to 2019, the race was cancelled temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic after originally being set for Thanksgiving. It is the world's largest 10k race, a title it has held since the late 1970s. The race has become a citywide tradition in which over 70,000 amateur and professional runners try to register for one of the limited 60,000 spots. The event also includes a wheelchair race, which precedes the footrace. In recent years, the race also has a special division for soldiers stationed in the Middle East. The race attracts some of the world's elite 10K runners and has served as both the United States' men's and women's 10K championship.
Shalane Grace Flanagan is an American long-distance runner, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion. She was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977. She holds the NACAC area records in both the 10k and 15k road races.
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, commonly known as either Magdalena or Magda Boulet, is an American runner from Oakland, California. Born in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland, Lewy-Boulet became a U.S. citizen on September 11, 2001.
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The 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held in Nanning, China on 16 October 2010. The competition took place on the city streets, beginning and ending at Wuxiang Square, with a total prize purse of US$245,000 at stake.
The Stramilano is an annual athletics event which takes place in Milan, Italy in spring. The event comprises three parts: the Stramilano International Half Marathon, the La Stramilano dei 50.000 and the Stramilanina – a 5 km event for younger people.
Wilson Kiprop is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. He was the world champion at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2010 and was the 10,000 m gold medalist at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics.
Wilson Kwambai Chebet is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. He has a marathon best of 2:05:27 hours.
Lelisa Desisa Benti is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 metres gold medal.
Stephen Mokoka is a South African long-distance runner who competes in races ranging from 3000 metres to the 50 km distance. He formerly held the 50 km world record. He is a four-time medalist at the Universiade and has represented South Africa internationally in road, cross country, and track events. He represented South Africa in the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics.
Silas Kipngetich Sang is a Kenyan long-distance runner who mainly competes in half marathon competitions. He is a three-time winner of the Portugal Half Marathon and set his personal best of 1:00:20 hours at the race in 2009.
Joyce Chepkirui is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events. She established herself as a half marathon runner, winning races in Granollers, Bogotá and Gothenburg. She set a best of 1:06:19 hours to win the 2014 Prague Half Marathon. She also competes in 10K road races and her personal best of 30:38 minutes makes her fifth fastest woman ever.
Tirfi Tsegaye Beyene is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has won the Berlin Marathon, the Paris Marathon, the Tokyo Marathon, and the Dubai Marathon. Her personal best of 2:20:18 hours came as winner of the 2014 Berlin Marathon.
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The Istanbul Half Marathon 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 world record in the half marathon has been officially recognized since 1 January 2004 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of athletics. A total of five men's world records and six women's world records have been officially ratified since that date. The IAAF officially recognized the fastest times before that date as a "world best" from 1 January 2003 onwards. Before that date, the IAAF did not recognize any road running world records, though the concept of a world record was recognized by other organizations, such as the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS).
