Budapest Half Marathon

The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, Hungarian: Wizz Air Budapest Félmaraton) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance (21.0975 kilometres (13.1094 mi)) which takes place in Budapest, Hungary in September. The route starts and ends in City Park and winds through the city center, offering views of some of the city's main sights, such as Andrássy Avenue with the Opera House, the Danube from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Parliament. The 2017 event took place on Sunday 10 September.

Budapest Half Marathon
Runners crossing Danube River in the 2010 Budapest Half Marathon race
DateSeptember
LocationBudapest, Hungary Hungary
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorWizz Air
Established1984
Course recordsMen's: 1:02:44 (1998)
Japan Seiji Hamada
Women's: 1:10:17 (2000)
Romania Mihaela Botezan
Official siteOfficial website
Participants2,998 (2021)
3,779 (2020)
7,964 (2019)
The Széchenyi Baths in City Park, overlooking the starting point of Budapest Half Marathon

Race history

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Between 1984 and 1993 annual half-marathon races were organized as a side event of the Budapest Marathon. In 1994 and 1995 the Budapest Marathon was discontinued and, since it was re-established in 1996, separate half-marathon races have been held in September, with Nike as the event's main supporter. From 2014 the event has a new main sponsor Wizz Air. The popularity of Budapest Half Marathon has constantly increased; the number of participants having grown from an initial 3000 to over 7000 individual runners.[1] Currently the distance can be run either as an individual or as a relay in a teams of two or three. Competitors with disabilities may compete in wheelchairs.

Past winners

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Source: Futanet,[2] Half Marathon Race Guide 2013[3]

Key:   Course record

Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) Finishers
1996   Zoltán Káldy (HUN) 1:04:45   Simona Staicu (HUN) 1:11:11 1768
1997   Keita Fujino (JPN) 1:03:14   Sachie Ozaki (JPN) 1:11:04 2535
1998   Seiji Hamada (JPN) 1:02:44   Kazumi Kanbayashi (JPN) 1:10:37 2703
1999   Takaki Morikawa (JPN) 1:03:28   Tomoko Tamamushi (JPN) 1:12:15 3422
2000   Piotr Gładki (POL) 1:04:45   Mihaela Botezan (ROM) 1:10:17 4024
2001   Sreten Ninković (YUG) 1:04:43   Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) 1:13:33 3912
2002   William Kipsang (KEN) 1:02:59   Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) 1:13:39 4403
2003   Miklós Zatykó (HUN) 1:05:53   Anikó Kálovics (HUN) 1:11:08 4470
2004   Sreten Ninković (SCG) 1:06:51   Anikó Kálovics (HUN) 1:11:18 4601
2005   András Juhász (HUN) 1:05:57   Eszter Erdélyi (HUN) 1:16:10 5466
2006   Barnabás Bene (HUN) 1:06:32   Anikó Kálovics (HUN) 1:10:46 4964
2007   Balázs Ott (HUN) 1:07:19   Krisztina Papp (HUN) 1:12:09 5020
2008   Pasquale Rutigliano (ITA) 1:07:22   Beáta Rakonczai (HUN) 1:14:38 4930
2009   Ashenafi Erkolo (ETH) 1:07:24   Krisztina Papp (HUN) 1:15:27 4848
2010   László Tóth (HUN) 1:04:38   Krisztina Papp (HUN) 1:13:13 5520
2011   Tamás Kovács (HUN) 1:06:03   Anikó Kálovics (HUN) 1:15:04 6203
2012   Gábor Józsa (HUN) 1:06:36   Krisztina Papp (HUN) 1:15:07 6751
2013   Henry Kemboi (KEN) 1:05:53   Krisztina Papp (HUN) 1:12:32 7436
2014   Hillary Maiyo (KEN) 1:05:05   Nancy Nzisa (KEN) 1:15:14 7783
2015   Henry Kemboi (KEN) 1:06:28   Zita Kácser (HUN) 1:16:51 9074
2016   Henry Kemboi (KEN) 1:05:40   Christine Moraa (KEN) 1:18:53 8187
2017   Wycliffe Biwott (KEN) 1:06:52   Zita Kácser (HUN) 1:16:59 8315
2018   Matthew Kosgei (KEN) 1:06:50   Zita Kácser (HUN) 1:17:47 8669
2019   Laban Cheruiyot (KEN) 1:04:56   Zita Kácser (HUN) 1:14:47 7964
2020   Gáspár Csere (HUN) 1:06:30   Katalin Kovács-Garami (HUN) 1:18:53 3779
2021   Péter Jenkei (HUN) 1:06:18   Nóra Szabó (HUN) 1:12:21 2998
2022   Levente Szemerei (HUN) 1:05:00   Zsófia Virág-Erdélyi (HUN) 1:14:16 4175
2023   Albert Tonui (KEN) 1:04:09   Philice Cheboirot (KEN) 1:14:37 5186
2024   Levente Szemerei (HUN) 1:03:25   Nóra Szabó (HUN) 1:12:08 6870

"Finishers" refers to individuals completing the course, ignoring relay teams.

References

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  1. ^ "Budapest Félmaraton - Versenytörténet - Futanet.hu".
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Run in Budapest" (PDF). 8 January 2015.
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