Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon
Date	November
Location	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Primary sponsor	New Balance
Established	1997
Course records	Men: 1:00:11 (2013) Franklin Chepkwony Women: 1:08:24 (2019) Nancy Jelagat
Official site	Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon
Participants	8,108 (2019) 7,873 (2018)

The Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon ( French: Semi-marathon de Boulogne-Billancourt) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance which takes place in November in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

The event was first organised in 1997 by the Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt. The race steadily increased in size in its first years, attaining 1000 entrants by 2000 and doubling this number three years later. The Fédération française d'athlétisme classed it as a national level race in 2006 and following the participation of 4000 runners from 26 countries, it was raised to international race status the following year. ^[1]

At the 2008 edition, Kenyan Nicholas Manza ran a race record time of 1:00:12 hours. A year later, Ethiopia's Firehiwot Dado became the first woman to complete the distance in under one hour and ten minutes, setting the women's course record of 1:09:26 hours. ^[1] The 2011 race was the first run with IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status, marking it as one of the foremost races of its kind. ^[2]

The course for the race is a looped circuit that starts and finishes at the town hall. It follows a clockwise route along the river Seine, passing the Sèvres - Cité de la céramique, Pont de Saint-Cloud. It heads north towards the Longchamp Racecourse and has a short loop through the Bois de Boulogne, where it reaches the halfway mark. At this point the course loops back on itself and follows the Seine in a southerly direction until it finally ends up at the town hall finish point. ^[3]

Past winners

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time ( h: m: s)	Women's winner	Time ( h: m: s)
1st	1997	José Azede ( FRA)	1:08:00	Éva Petrik ( HUN)	1:19:41
2nd	1998	Sami M'Tougi ( FRA)	1:07:38	Zoya Kaznovska ( UKR)	1:21:03
3rd	1999	David Maina ( KEN)	1:04:25	Faustine Keitany ( KEN)	1:15:45
4th	2000	Wilson Onsare ( KEN)	1:04:55	Olga Mitchourina ( RUS)	1:15:15
5th	2001	Julius Maritim ( KEN)	1:02:42	Beatrice Omwanza ( KEN)	1:13:29
6th	2002	Isaac Macharia ( KEN)	1:02:46	Magdaline Chemjor ( KEN)	1:12:53
7th	2003	Luke Metto ( KEN)	1:02:22	Elizabeth Mongudhi ( NAM)	1:16:47
8th	2004	Duncan Kibet ( KEN)	1:01:51	Sally Kimaiyo ( KEN)	1:14:16
9th	2005	David Langat ( KEN)	1:00:47	Meriem Wangari ( KEN)	1:12:00
10th	2006	Jackson Matelong ( KEN)	1:04:25	Eunice Orwaru ( KEN)	1:15:18
11th	2007	Gideon Mitei ( KEN)	1:02:37	Lydia Njeri ( KEN)	1:13:27
12th	2008	Nicholas Kamakya ( KEN)	1:00:12	Emily Rotich ( KEN)	1:10:53
13th	2009	Samson Kiflemariam ( ERI)	1:02:50	Firehiwot Dado ( ETH)	1:09:26
14th	2010	Samsom Gebreyohannes ( ERI)	1:03:01	Sarah Chepchirchir ( KEN)	1:11:01
15th	2011	Sentayehu Ejigu ( ETH)	1:01:38	Goitetom Haftu ( ETH)	1:10:57
16th	2012	Tesfaalem Gebrearegawi ( ETH)	1:01:07	Tigist Kiros ( ETH)	1:11:11
17th	2013	Franklin Chepkwony ( KEN)	1:00:11	Sarah Chepchirchir ( KEN)	1:10:33
18th	2014	Yitayal Atnafu ( ETH)	1:01:03	Bekelech Daba ( ETH)	1:11:10
	2015	Cancelled due to November 2015 Paris attacks [4]
19th	2016	Morris Gachaga ( KEN)	1:02:04	Gebeyanesh Ayele ( ETH)	1:10:21
20th	2017	Hiskel Tewelde ( ERI)	1:01:13	Rahma Tusa ( ETH)	1:08:29
21st	2018	Taye Girma ( ETH)	1:00:55	Parendis Lekapana ( KEN)	1:10:48
22nd	2019	Felix Kipkoech ( KEN)	1:00:12	Nancy Jelagat ( KEN)	1:08:24

References

External links

• Official website