Istanbul Half Marathon | |
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Date | April |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | Türkiye İş Bankası |
Established | 2014 |
Course records | Men's: 59:15 (2022) Rodgers Kwemoi Women's: 1:04:02 WR (2021) Ruth Chepngetich |
Official site | Istanbul Half Marathon |
Participants | 3,389 finishers (2022) 2,410 (2021) 1,638 (2020) 2,606 (2019) |
The Istanbul Half Marathon (Turkish: İstanbul Yarı Maratonu) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km) that takes place on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey in April. The event is sponsored by Vodafone. It was promoted to the IAAF Gold Label status for 2017.[1]