Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon

Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon
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

The 2001 women's champion Beatrice Omwanza went on to win the Paris Marathon in 2003.

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