Kyiv Half Marathon


The Kyiv Half Marathon is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance which is held in April on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine since 2011. In 2015 Kyiv half marathon became a full member of the AIMS. It carries World Athletics Silver Label Road Race status. Part of the Run Ukraine Running League.

History

The route of the race runs across Kyiv city uniting two banks of the Dnipro river. Track surface: 97% – blacktop, 3% – paving. Total elevation gain – 172 meters. The start and finish lines of all courses are located in the same spot on Square of Contracts.
In 2018 the participants were traditionally offered to choose one of the individual courses of the event: 21.0975 km, 5 km and 2 km. Besides the individual races, 8th Kyiv Half Marathon included relay races and corporate races. The organizers welcomed almost 1000 children of various ages on children's races: 1000 m, 500 m and 100 m. The number of participants reached 11000 people from 52 countries.
8th Kyiv Half Marathon became the first running event in Ukraine to receive the Bronze Label from the world organization IAAF.
In 2020, initially, all foreigners, including elite foreign runners, were banned from running the race due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the event was eventually postponed to the second half of the year, and the ban on foreign runners lifted.

List of winners

Key:
EditionYearMen's winnerTime Women's winnerTime
9th20191:03:421:10:53
8th20181:02:561:13:44
7th20171:03:571:13:58
6th20161:04:411:13:55
5th20151:06:511:19:52
4th20141:06:341:23:07
3rd20131:05:331:18:12