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Great Birmingham Run

Sportsevent in 2008

Summary

Sportsevent in 2008

Field	Value
bgcolour	#0a4595
name	Great Birmingham Run
date	7 May 2022
location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
type	Road
distance	Half marathon
est	2008
sponsor	Simplyhealth
record	Men:
KEN Micah Kogo 60:17
Women:
GBR Gemma Steel 70:19
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KEN Micah Kogo 60:17 Women: GBR Gemma Steel 70:19 The Great Birmingham Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Birmingham, UK in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races.

Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. The 2009 event was televised live on Sky Sports and between 2011 and 2016 the race was televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.

In 2019, the race distance was reduced to 11.07 miles due to a security alert close to Cannon Hill Park.

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus.

The race returned in 2022 with the date switched to May, with a 10k race held alongside the half-marathon.

Winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1st	2008	Andi Jones	65:46	Birhan Dagne	77:40
2nd	2009	Jean Ndayisenga	66:17	Susan Partridge	72:50
3rd	2010	Edwin Kipyego	63:50	Susan Partridge	73:56
4th	2011	Haile Gebrselassie	61:29	Gemma Steel	72:21
5th	2012	Micah Kogo	60:17	Sara Moreira	72:49
6th	2013	Thomas Ayeko	62:32	Gemma Steel	70:19
7th	2014	Joel Kimutai	61:30	Polline Wanjiku	70:48
8th	2015	Chris Thompson	63:00	Dominika Napieraj	73:39
9th	2016	Andy Vernon	63:32	Elizeba Cherono	73:42
10th	2017	William Richardson	66:38	Chloe Richardson	81:40
11th	2018	Kadar Omar Abdullahi	66:06	Nicola Sykes	79:57
12th	2019	Omar Ahmed	52:18 (short course)	Hayley Carruthers	62:09 (short course)
13th	2022	Dewi Griffiths	65:10	Abigail Halcarz	80:03

References

"About the Great Birmingham Run". Greatrun.org.
(13 October 2019). "Part of Great Birmingham Run course axed amid last-minute security alert".
Martin, David (2011-10-23). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=62761.html Gebrselassie returns to winning ways with commanding Half Marathon performance in Birmingham]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
Martin, David (2012-10-21). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=68005 Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2012-10-21.
Hardman, Dean (2013-10-20). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/steel-breaks-course-record-ayeko-makes-promis Steel breaks course record, Ayeko makes promising debut in Birmingham]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
(13 October 2019). "Runners 'deflated' as Birmingham half marathon cut short". BBC.

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