Budapest Half Marathon
Budapest Half Marathon | |
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Danube River in the 2010 Budapest Half Marathon race | |
Date | September |
Location | Budapest, Hungary |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | Wizz Air |
Established | 1984 |
Course records | Men's: 1:02:44 (1998) Seiji Hamada Women's: 1:10:17 (2000) Mihaela Botezan |
Official site | Budapest Half Marathon |
Participants | 2,998 (2021) 3,779 (2020) 7,964 (2019) |
The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon,
Danube from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Parliament
. The 2017 event took place on Sunday 10 September.
Race history
Between 1984 and 1993 annual half-marathon races were organized as a side event of the
Nike as the event's main supporter. From 2014 the event has a new main sponsor Wizz Air. The popularity of Budapest Half Marathon has constantly increased; the number of participants having grown from an initial 3000 to over 7000 individual runners.[1]
Currently the distance can be run either as an individual or as a relay in a teams of two or three. Competitors with disabilities may compete in wheelchairs.
Past winners
Source: Futanet,[2] Half Marathon Race Guide 2013[3]
Key: Course record
Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Finishers |
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1996 | Zoltán Káldy (HUN) | 1:04:45 | Simona Staicu (HUN) | 1:11:11 | 1768 |
1997 | Keita Fujino (JPN) | 1:03:14 | Sachie Ozaki (JPN) | 1:11:04 | 2535 |
1998 | Seiji Hamada (JPN) | 1:02:44 | Kazumi Kanbayashi (JPN) | 1:10:37 | 2703 |
1999 | Takaki Morikawa (JPN) | 1:03:28 | Tomoko Tamamushi (JPN) | 1:12:15 | 3422 |
2000 | Piotr Gładki (POL) | 1:04:45 | Mihaela Botezan (ROM) | 1:10:17 | 4024 |
2001 | Sreten Ninković (YUG) | 1:04:43 | Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) | 1:13:33 | 3912 |
2002 | William Kipsang (KEN) | 1:02:59 | Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) | 1:13:39 | 4403 |
2003 | Miklós Zatykó (HUN) | 1:05:53 | Anikó Kálovics (HUN) | 1:11:08 | 4470 |
2004 | Sreten Ninković (SCG) | 1:06:51 | Anikó Kálovics (HUN) | 1:11:18 | 4601 |
2005 | András Juhász (HUN) | 1:05:57 | Eszter Erdélyi (HUN) | 1:16:10 | 5466 |
2006 | Barnabás Bene (HUN) | 1:06:32 | Anikó Kálovics (HUN) | 1:10:46 | 4964 |
2007 | Balázs Ott (HUN) | 1:07:19 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 1:12:09 | 5020 |
2008 | Pasquale Rutigliano (ITA) | 1:07:22 | Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) | 1:14:38 | 4930 |
2009 | Ashenafi Erkolo (ETH) | 1:07:24 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 1:15:27 | 4848 |
2010 | László Tóth (HUN) | 1:04:38 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 1:13:13 | 5520 |
2011 | Tamás Kovács (HUN) | 1:06:03 | Anikó Kálovics (HUN) | 1:15:04 | 6203 |
2012 | Gábor Józsa (HUN) | 1:06:36 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 1:15:07 | 6751 |
2013 | Henry Kemboi (KEN) | 1:05:53 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 1:12:32 | 7436 |
2014 | Hillary Maiyo (KEN) | 1:05:05 | Nancy Nzisa (KEN) | 1:15:14 | 7783 |
2015 | Henry Kemboi (KEN) | 1:06:28 | Zita Kácser (HUN) | 1:16:51 | 9074 |
2016 | Henry Kemboi (KEN) | 1:05:40 | Christine Moraa (KEN) | 1:18:53 | 8187 |
2017 | Wycliffe Biwott (KEN) | 1:06:52 | Zita Kácser (HUN) | 1:16:59 | 8315 |
2018 | Matthew Kosgei (KEN) | 1:06:50 | Zita Kácser (HUN) | 1:17:47 | 8669 |
2019 | Laban Cheruiyot (KEN) | 1:04:56 | Zita Kácser (HUN) | 1:14:47 | 7964 |
2020 | Gáspár Csere (HUN) | 1:06:30 | Katalin Kovács-Garami (HUN) | 1:18:53 | 3779 |
2021 | Péter Jenkei (HUN) | 1:06:18 | Nóra Szabó (HUN) | 1:12:21 | 2998 |
"Finishers" refers to individuals completing the course, ignoring relay teams.
References
- ^ "Budapest Félmaraton - Versenytörténet - Futanet.hu".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Run in Budapest" (PDF). 8 January 2015.
External links
- Official website (in English)