Copenhagen Half Marathon

Copenhagen Half Marathon
Runners at the inaugural edition in 2015
DateSeptember
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorZalando
Established2015
Course recordsMen's: 58:01 (2019)
Kenya Geoffrey Kamworor
Women's: 1:05:08 (2021)
Ethiopia Tsehay Gemechu
Official siteCopenhagen Half Marathon
Participants15,054 finishers (2021)
22,810 (2019)
Running in costume in 2015

The Copenhagen Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in September on the city streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, first held in 2015. It is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race,[1] making it the foremost race of its type in the country. The race features both public and professional elements.

The Copenhagen Half Marathon is the largest annual road running event in the city, followed by the more established Copenhagen Marathon, which has been held there since 1980.[2] Geoffrey Kamworor set the half marathon world record during this race with a time of 58:01 in 2019.

  1. ^ "IAAF Gold Label awarded to Copenhagen Half Marathon". Copenhagen Half Marathon. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ Copenhagen Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.