Valencia Half Marathon

Valencia Half Marathon
DateOctober
LocationValencia, Spain
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorEDP
Established1988 (36 years ago) (1988)[1]
2006 (18 years ago) (2006) (as half)[1][2]
Course recordsMen's: 58:33 (2018)
Ethiopia Jemal Yimer
Women's: 1:02:52 (2021)
Ethiopia Letesenbet Gidey
Official siteValencia Half Marathon
Participants20,000 (2022),
8,842 finishers (2021)
15,356 (2019)
13,799 (2018)

The Valencia Half Marathon (Spanish: Medio Maratón de Valencia) is an annual half marathon road running event held in Valencia, Spain, since 1988. It is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.[3] The race is organised by the Valencian sports club SD Correcaminos [es], which also organises the annual Valencia Marathon.[4]

The race attracts top level elite competitors from Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco, as well as runners from the host country Spain.

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  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ 23º MEDIO MARATÓN VALENCIA TRINIDAD ALFONSO. S.D. Correcaminos. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.