Antrim Coast Half Marathon

Antrim Coast Half Marathon
Datelast weekend of August (Bank Holiday Weekend)
LocationLarne, Antrim, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorCondor Executive
Established2020
OrganizerAsociación Ñandú
Course recordsMen's: 58:36 (2023)
Kenya Daniel Mateiko
Women's: 1:03:44 (2021)
Ethiopia Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Official siteOfficial website

Antrim Coast Half Marathon is an annual international half marathon competition which is contested every August in Larne, Northern Ireland. It is one of two half marathons within UK & Ireland which carries World Athletics 'Elite' Label Road Race status.[1]

Antrim Coast Half Marathon (Elite Start)

Ethiopian runners have been successful in the competition, accounting for winning both the 2021 and 2022 men's and women's editions. The women's course record of 1 hr 04 min 22 sec was set by Yalemzerf Yehualaw in 2022, which is the current[when?] UK & Ireland All comers record for the half marathon distance.[2] Yehualaw broke the world record in 2021 in a time of 1 hr 03 min 44 sec becoming the first women in history to break the 1 hr 04-minute barrier, only for the time to be unratified due to the course measurement being 54 metres short.[3]

The men’s course record of 58 min 36 sec was set by Daniel Mateiko of Kenya in 2023, which is the current UK & Ireland All comers record for the half marathon distance.

Black Arch
Black Arch

The Elite and Mass race start on the Antrim Coast Road, which was designed and built by designer William Bald completed in 1842.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  2. ^ "Yehualaw and Yimer run UK all-comers' records in Larne | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  3. ^ "Antrim Coast world record not ratified". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-04-26.