Great Birmingham Run
Appearance
Great Birmingham Run | |
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Date | 7 May 2022 |
Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | Simplyhealth |
Established | 2008 |
Course records | Men: Micah Kogo 60:17 Women: Gemma Steel 70:19 |
Official site | Great Birmingham Run |
The Great Birmingham Run is an annual
Great Run series of road races.[1]
Established in 2008, it incorporated the
Channel 5
.
In 2019, the race distance was reduced to 11.07 miles due to a security alert close to Cannon Hill Park.[2]
The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus.
The race returned in 2022 with the date switched to May, with a 10k race held alongside the half-marathon.
Winners
Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (m:s) | Women's winner | Time (m:s) |
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1st | 2008 | Andi Jones (GBR) | 65:46 | Birhan Dagne (GBR) | 77:40 |
2nd | 2009 | Jean Ndayisenga (BDI) | 66:17 | Susan Partridge (GBR) | 72:50 |
3rd | 2010 | Edwin Kipyego (KEN) | 63:50 | Susan Partridge (GBR) | 73:56 |
4th[3] | 2011 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 61:29 | Gemma Steel (GBR) | 72:21 |
5th[4] | 2012 | Micah Kogo (KEN) | 60:17 | Sara Moreira (POR) | 72:49 |
6th[5] | 2013 | Thomas Ayeko (UGA) | 62:32 | Gemma Steel (GBR) | 70:19 |
7th | 2014 | Joel Kimutai (KEN) | 61:30 | Polline Wanjiku (KEN) | 70:48 |
8th | 2015 | Chris Thompson (GBR) | 63:00 | Dominika Napieraj (POL) | 73:39 |
9th | 2016 | Andy Vernon (GBR) | 63:32 | Elizeba Cherono (NED) | 73:42 |
10th | 2017 | William Richardson (GBR) | 66:38 | Chloe Richardson (GBR) | 81:40 |
11th | 2018 | Kadar Omar Abdullahi (ART) | 66:06 | Nicola Sykes (GBR) | 79:57 |
12th[6] | 2019 | Omar Ahmed (ETH)
|
52:18 (short course) | Hayley Carruthers (GBR) | 62:09 (short course) |
13th | 2022 | Dewi Griffiths (GBR) | 65:10 | Abigail Halcarz (GBR) | 80:03 |
References
- ^ a b "About the Great Birmingham Run". Greatrun.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Part of Great Birmingham Run course axed amid last-minute security alert". 13 October 2019.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-10-21.
- ^ Hardman, Dean (2013-10-20). Steel breaks course record, Ayeko makes promising debut in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
- ^ "Runners 'deflated' as Birmingham half marathon cut short". BBC. BBC. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
External links
Video highlights from FilmNova via BBC Sport
- 2016 race highlights
- 2015 race highlights
- 2014 race highlights
- 2013 race highlights
- 2012 race highlights
Results from Power of 10