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Lille Half Marathon

Annual foot race in Lille, France

Summary

Annual foot race in Lille, France

Field	Value
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image	Lille rue de Paris.JPG
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caption	Rue de Paris in Lille – near the finishing point of the race
date	Late March
location	Lille, France France
type	Road
distance	Half marathon
est	1986
record	Men's: 59:05 (2012)
KEN Ezekiel Chebii
Women's: 1:06:57 (2022)
ETH Zenebu Fikadu
participants	3,157 finishers (2018)
2,739 finishers (2019)
2,621 finishers (2022)
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KEN Ezekiel Chebii Women's: 1:06:57 (2022) ETH Zenebu Fikadu 2,739 finishers (2019) 2,621 finishers (2022) The Lille Métropole Half Marathon (French: Semi-Marathon de Lille Métropole) is an annual half marathon foot race which takes place in Lille, France, in early September. First organised by the Association de Promotion des Événements Lillois in 1986, the race began as a marathon event before switching to the shorter distance in 1996. The course of the race begins in the Boulevard de la Liberté and finishes at the front of Lille's city hall on Rue de Paris.

The French Half Marathon Championships were held concurrently with the final edition of the marathon race in 1995. Bruno Leger was the men's winner with a time of 1:02:31 while Christine Mallo took the women's title in 1:12:05. The half marathon race has delivered some fast winning times – the 2009 race saw the top three men run under an hour and Mary Keitany ran the seventh quickest run ever to become the women's race winner. The men's course record of 59:05, set by Ezekiel Chebii in 2012, is the fastest ever recorded for the distance in France.

In addition to the half and full marathon, the Lille Half Marathon also hosted an elite 5K run and 10K run starting in 2023.

Past winners

Key:

Marathon

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1986	Jacques Boxberger	2:14:16	Chantal Langlacé	2:33:58
2nd	1987	Luis Soares	2:14:41	Chantal Langlacé	2:41:43
3rd	1988	Helmuth Stuhlpfarrer	2:13:08	Fabiola Oppliger	2:42:25
4th	1989	Jean-Pierre Pietrement	2:14:11	Brigitte Olive	2:45:15
5th	1990	Alexandre Rachide	2:14:51	Fabiola Oppliger	2:37:46
6th	1991	Elisio Rios	2:17:45	Lutsia Belyayeva	2:42:38
7th	1992	Gyula Borka	2:13:15	Lutsia Belyayeva	2:35:46
8th	1993	Csaba Szűcs	2:14:24	Alevtina Naumova	2:36:50
9th	1994	El Hadi Moumou	2:14:53	Lutsia Belyayeva	2:43:55
10th	1995	Ronny Ligneel	2:14:48	Yelena Sipatova	2:36:21

Half marathon

[[Duncan Kibet]] won the men's race in 2004.

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1996	Jean-Paul Gahimbaré	1:02:11	Annette Sergent	1:11:21
2nd	1997	John Gwako	1:01:10	Jackline Torori	1:11:26
3rd	1998	Joseph Kibor	1:01:46	Anne Njeri	1:12:43
4th	1999	Phaustin Baha Sulle	1:00:38	Zahia Dahmani	1:12:38
5th	2000	Abdellah Béhar	1:01:30	Nuța Olaru	1:11:08
6th	2001	Driss El Himer	1:02:08	Hafida Gadi	1:13:16
7th	2002	Robert Cheboror	1:01:42	Anastasia Ndereba	1:11:45
8th	2003	Wilson Onsare	1:00:52	Magdaline Chemjor	1:09:39
9th	2004	Duncan Kibet	1:01:01	Lenah Cheruiyot	1:10:15
10th	2005	James Theuri	1:00:54	Merima Denboba	1:11:37
11th	2006	Joseph Maregu	1:01:20	Meriem Wangari	1:11:36
12th	2007	Joseph Maregu	59:45	Mary Keitany	1:08:43
13th	2008	Tilahun Regassa	59:36	Tigist Tufa	1:11:42
14th	2009	Stephen Kibiwott	59:37	Mary Keitany	1:07:00
15th	2010	Wilson Kiprop	59:34	Florence Kiplagat	1:07:40
16th	2011	Geoffrey Kamworor	1:00:02	Valentine Kipketer	1:08:21
17th	2012	Ezekiel Chebii	59:05	Flomena Chepchirchir	1:08:06
18th	2013	Vincent Kipruto	1:00:39	Diana Sigei	1:10:14
19th	2014	Mark Korir	1:00:49	Rael Kinyara	1:09:29
20th	2015	Stephen Chebogut	1:00:19	Peninah Arusei	1:08:56
	2016	Did not held
21st	2017	Vincent Kipsang	59:27	Gladys Chesir	1:07:49
22nd	2018	Victor Chumo	1:00:03	Antonina Kwambai	1:09:44
23rd	2019	Kibiwott Kandie	59:31	Diana Kipyokei	1:09:45
–	2020	Did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in France.
–	2021
24th	2022	Andrew Kwemoi	59:37	Zenebu Fikadu	1:06:57

Statistics

:*Note: Data for half marathon race only

Winners by country

Men's race	Women's race	Total
19	17	36
2	3	5
1	3	4
1	0	1
0	1	1
1	0	1

Multiple winners

Athlete	Country	Wins	Years
Joseph Maregu		2	2006, 2007
Mary Keitany		2	2007, 2009

References

;List of winners

Civai, Franco & Lefeuvre, Thierry (2009-09-06). Lille Métropole Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.

References

link. (2010-08-31 {{in lang). fr. Semi-Marathon Lille. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
[http://www.lilletourism.com/info-1-204-0-gb.html The half-marathon] {{webarchive. link. (2010-04-12 . Lille Tourism. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.)
Seigneuric, Yves (2009-09-22). [https://www.arrs.run/NC_RoadFRA.htm National Road Champions for France]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
Turner, Chris (2009-09-07). [http://www.iaaf.org/WHM09/news/kind=100/newsid=54256.html Keitany powers to 67mins clocking in Lille Half Marathon]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.
[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/road-running/half-marathon/outdoor/men/senior/ Top Lists - Half Marathon - men - senior - outdoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-19.
"2023 Lille Half Marathon Results".
"Le Semi-Marathon de Lille".
(9 August 2016). "Après la Braderie de Lille, le semi-marathon et le 10 km annulés".

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