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Great Bristol Half Marathon

The Great Bristol Half Marathon is an annual road running event held on the streets of Bristol, UK. The route is at sea level and starts on Anchor Road outside We The Curious. Participants make their way toward Hotwells before heading under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and along the Portway toward Sea Mills before returning the same way then navigating around Cumberland Basin then along Spike Island before crossing Prince Street Bridge, circling Queen Square then heading to Castle Park via St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Circus. The final mile and a half take place in the Old City and Bristol city centre before crossing the finish line back at Anchor Road.

Great Bristol Half Marathon
Fun runners taking part in the 2006 Bristol Half Marathon
DateSeptember
LocationBristol
Event typeHalf marathon
Distance13 miles, 192.5 yards (21,097.5 metres)
Established1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Course recordsMen's: 1:00:03 (Haile Gebrselassie, 2001)
Women's: 1:06:47 (Paula Radcliffe, 2001)
Official siteOfficial Website

The runner's village is located at Millennium Square.

Race history edit

Bristol Marathon edit

The half-marathon had been preceded locally by the Bristol Marathon, which was first run in 1982.[1] In 2014, a new marathon was launched in Bristol.[2] Organised by Go2Events, the Bristol + Bath Marathon follows much of the Bristol Half Marathon route before heading out of the city through South Gloucestershire and into Bath finishing at Royal Victoria Park.[3] The inaugural event took place on 25 October 2015.

Bristol Half Marathon edit

The first Bristol Half Marathon was held in 1989, with just 1,000 runners competing. The event grew with 12,000 competitors in 2005, 15,000 in 2006 and 16,000 in 2009, a figure around which the participation level has settled.[4]

In the 1992 race, two Kenyan teammates finished first with the same time. Gideon Mutisya and David Mungai shared the 1:04:08 course-record time, though Mutisya was declared winner.[5]

Notable editions of the race include 1997, when the event was titled 'The Cabot 500 Run Through History' to celebrate the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's first voyage to Newfoundland in 1497 and 2001, when the Bristol Half Marathon was also the 10th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and attracted competitors such as Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe.

In 2007 the race incorporated the UK Athletics team selection trial for the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, as well as the Amateur Athletic Association championship half marathon.

The first fatality in the race occurred in 2011, when a male runner collapsed and died.[6]

The names of various sponsors have prefixed the title of the race in the past, with names including the BUPA Bristol Half Marathon, the Reebok Bristol Half Marathon and the Run Bristol Half Marathon, being sponsored by Bristol City Council. On 14 December 2015, it was announced from 2016 the event, alongside sister event the Bristol 10k, would be organised by Great Run and renamed the Great Bristol Half Marathon.[7]

In 2011 a business challenge was introduced, to stimulate participation by colleagues within Bristol companies.

Past winners edit

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1989   Steve Brace (GBR) 1:08:36   Bronwen Cardy-Wise (GBR) 1:20:05
2nd 1990   Wayne Buxton (GBR) 1:11:22   Zina Marchant (GBR) 1:18:47
3rd 1991   Nick Rose (GBR) 1:07:51   Cathy Newman (GBR) 1:18:14
4th 1992   Gideon Mutisya (KEN)[a] 1:04:08   Lesley Morton (GBR) 1:16:05
5th 1993   Lazarus Nyakeraka (KEN) 1:03:39   Karen MacLeod (GBR) 1:15:00
6th 1994   Charles Tangus (KEN) 1:02:45   Danielle Sanderson (GBR) 1:14:47
7th 1995   Bruce Chinnick (GBR) 1:06:12   Maureen Laney (GBR) 1:22:40
8th 1996   Martin Cox (GBR) 1:04:16   Olga Mitchurina (RUS) 1:13:56
9th[8] 1997   Kassa Tadessa (GBR) 1:04:52   Trudi Thomson (GBR) 1:18:36
10th 1998   Kassa Tadessa (GBR) 1:06:36   Laura Woffenden (GBR) 1:20:08
11th 1999   Wilson Cheruiyot (KEN) 1:05:44   Cathy Newman (GBR) 1:17:37
12th 2000   Nick Wetheridge (GBR) 1:04:09   Andrea Green (GBR) 1:13:28
WHMC 2001   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 1:00:03   Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 1:06:47
13th 2001   Geoffrey Kinyua (KEN) 1:05:09   Andrea Green (GBR) 1:14:56
14th 2002   Hilary Lelei (KEN) 1:05:30   Emily Samoei (KEN) 1:16:43
15th 2003   Julius Kibet (KEN) 1:02:52   Meriem Wangari (KEN) 1:12:22
16th 2004   Simon Tanui (KEN) 1:04:18   Meriem Wangari (KEN) 1:13:40
17th 2005   Wilfred Taragon (KEN) 1:03:30   Birhan Dagne (GBR) 1:12:53
18th 2006   Patrick Makau (KEN) 1:03:38   Cathy Mutwa (KEN) 1:12:35
19th 2007   Tewodros Shiferaw (ETH) 1:03:01   Jane Muia (KEN) 1:10:26
20th 2008   Tom Payne (GBR) 1:05:48   Birhan Dagne (GBR) 1:14:18
21st 2009   Ezekiel Cherop (KEN) 1:03:25   Claire Hallissey (GBR) 1:12:03
22nd 2010   Edwin Kipyego (KEN) 1:03:08   Claire Hallissey (GBR) 1:12:02
23rd[9] 2011   Edwin Kipyego (KEN) 1:03:20   Gemma Steel (GBR) 1:13:32
24th 2012   Dominic Ondoro (KEN) 1:02:51   Emily Biwott (KEN) 1:11:22
25th 2013   Bernard Rotich (KEN) 1:03:56   Emma Stepto (GBR) 1:13:40
26th 2014   Ben Siwa (UGA) 1:03:55   Gladys Yator (KEN) 1:13:01
27th 2015   Morris Gachaga (KEN) 1:01:32   Teresiah Omosa (KEN) 1:13:48
28th 2016   James Connor (GBR)[10] 1:07:54   Jenny Spink (GBR)[11] 1:14:58
29th 2017   Aaron Richmond (GBR) 1:08:07   Emma Stepto (GBR) 1:17:42
30th 2018   Matt Clowes (GBR) 1:05:10   Clara Evans (GBR) 1:16:26
31st 2019   Matt Clowes (GBR) 1:05:08   Annabel Gummow (GBR) 1:17:05
– 2020 Cancelled[12]
32nd 2021   Chris Thompson (GBR)[b] 1:07:53[13]   Chloe Richardson (GBR) 1:18:18[14]
33rd 2022   Jacob Brockmann (AUS) 1:10:40   Charlotte Taylor (GBR) 1:15:49

All information taken from runbristol,[15] ARRS[16] and This is Bristol[17]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gideon Mutisya and David Mungai finished with the same official time in the 1992 race.
  2. ^ Omar Ahmed finished first, but was disqualified as he had signed up for the 10 km race rather than the half marathon event.[13]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Bristol Marathon returns after 29 years". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ^ "New marathon from Bristol to Bath set for 2015". Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Everything You Need To Know". Bristol+Bath Marathon.
  4. ^ "Runbristol". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  5. ^ Ken Young; Andy Milroy, eds. (24 February 2021). "Bristol". Mattole Valley, California: Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Bristol Half Marathon: Male runner dies". BBC News. 11 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Great Run Launches Two New Events". Great Run. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
  8. ^ Billed as the 'Cabot 500 Run Through History'
  9. ^ "Bristol Half Marathon: Male runner dies". BBC Bristol. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  10. ^ James Connor at Power of 10
  11. ^ Jenny Spink at Power of 10
  12. ^ Pipe, Ellie (1 July 2020). "BRISTOL HALF MARATHON CANCELLED FOR 2020". Bristol 24/7. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Winner of Great Bristol Run half-marathon disqualified after investigation". ITV News. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  14. ^ "More records for Karsten Warholm – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  15. ^ Bristol half marathon: Race history
  16. ^ Bristol Half Marathon
  17. ^ Bristol half marathon winner Claire can run even faster, says coach. 12. September 2009

External links edit

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