Great South Run

KEN Joseph Ebuya 45:15 Women: GBR Eilish McColgan 50:43

The Great South Run is an annual 10 mile (16.09 km) road running race which takes place in Portsmouth, United Kingdom providing an intermediate distance between the ten kilometre and the half marathon (21.097 km) runs. Launched in 1990, it is part of the Great Run series created by former British athlete Brendan Foster. It was originally held in Southampton, but the race moved to its current course after the first edition.

The Great South Run has become one of Europe's most popular mass participation races over 10 miles, with a record 21,000 entries for the 2009 race. Although the elite race is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race which attracts some of the most successful professional runners, it is not a recognised distance for purposes of IAAF records.{{cite web |access-date = 25 April 2012}} World record holder Paula Radcliffe and 2007 World Champion Luke Kibet are among the past winners. The event is currently sponsored by AJ Bell. Previous sponsors have been ExpressTest by Cignpost Diagnostics (2021), Simplyhealth (2017–2019), Morrisons (2015), Bupa (1993–2014) and Diet Coke (1990–1992). The 2016 and 2022 races did not have a major sponsor.

The 1999 edition of the race was selected to be the Amateur Athletic Association 10-mile championships that year. In 2021, British runner Eilish McColgan set the current women's record of 50:42. Paula Radcliffe won the women's race in 2008 in a time of 51 minutes 11 seconds, a new British record. Kenyan runner Joseph Ebuya won the 2010 edition in 45:15 minutes, which was a significant improvement upon the previous UK all-comers record held by the 1995 winner Benson Masya.

Channel 5 broadcast the Great South Run every year until 2019. The event is currently untelevised.

The 2025 Great South Run will take place on 19th October.

Past winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)	Thomas Naali	Boay Akonay	Gary Staines
Date
1st	1990		Marti ten Kate	47:52	Alison Gooderham	56:09
2nd	1991		47:11	Olga Bondarenko	53:16
3rd	1992		47:04	Iulia Negura	53:19
4th	1993		46:11	Iulia Negura	53:01
5th	1994		Gary Staines	47:00	Gitte Karlshøj	54:49
6th	1995		Benson Masya	45:56	Liz McColgan	53:12
7th	1996		Gary Staines	46:57	Derartu Tulu	52:39
8th	1997		Christopher Kelong	46:53	Liz McColgan	52:00
9th	1998		Stéphane Franke	47:40	Marian Sutton	54:17
10th	1999	19 September	Simon Kasimili	47:42	Esther Kiplagat	54:42
11th	2000	26 November (rescheduled after event cancelled in September due to flooding)	Gert Thys	48:26	Restituta Joseph	55:10
12th	2001	14 October	Khalid Skah	46:17	Restituta Joseph	52:36
13th	2002	8 September	Simon Kasimili	47:27	Sonia O'Sullivan	51:00
14th	2003	12 October	John Yuda	46:35	Sonia O'Sullivan	53:26
15th	2004	10 October	Hendrick Ramaala	47:14	Benita Johnson	52:32
16th	2005	9 October	John Yuda	46:45	Derartu Tulu	51:27
17th	2006	22 October	Simon Arusei	47:17	Jo Pavey	52:46
18th	2007	28 October	Luke Kibet	47:31	Rose Cheruiyot	53:44
19th	2008		Bernard Kipyego	46:42	Paula Radcliffe	51:11
20th	2009		Mo Farah	46:25	Inês Monteiro	52:32
21st	2010		Joseph Ebuya	45:15	Grace Momanyi	52:03
22nd	2011		Leonard Komon	46:18	Aselefech Mergia	52:55
23rd	2012		Stephen Mokoka	46:40	Jo Pavey	53:01
24th	2013		Emmanuel Bett	48:03	Florence Kiplagat	53:53
25th	2014		James Rungaru	46:31	Belaynesh Oljira	52:40
26th	2015		Moses Kipsiro	46:00	Vivian Cheruiyot	51:17
27th	2016		Chris Thompson	47:23	Tirunesh Dibaba	51:49
28th	2017		Chris Thompson	48:32	Gemma Steel	55:25
29th	2018		Chris Thompson	46:56	Eilish McColgan	54:43
30th	2019		Marc Scott	46:57	Eilish McColgan	51:38
	2020		Event cancelled due to COVID-19
31st	2021		Jack Rowe	47:20	Eilish McColgan	50:43
32nd	2022		Ben Connor	47:19	Lily Partridge	54:29
33rd	2023		Zak Mahamed	46:41	Lily Partridge	54:05
	2024		Event cancelled due to high winds and rain
34th	2025		TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA