The Lille Métropole Half Marathon (

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: ''Semi-Marathon de Lille Métropole'') is an annual half marathon foot race which takes place in Lille, France, in early September. First organised by the Association de Promotion des Événements Lillois in 1986, the race began as a

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

event before switching to the shorter distance in 1996. The course of the race begins in the Boulevard de la Liberté and finishes at the front of Lille's city hall on Rue de Paris. The French Half Marathon Championships were held concurrently with the final edition of the marathon race in 1995.

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was the men's winner with a time of 1:02:31 while

Christine Mallo Christine Mallo (born 26 February 1966 at Orléans) is a French former athlete, who specialized in long-distance running. She won the French national title in the half marathon in 1995. In 1996, at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in ...

took the women's title in 1:12:05. The half marathon race has delivered some fast winning times – the 2009 race saw the top three men run under an hour and

Mary Keitany Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (born 18 January 1982) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. She is the world record holder in a women-only marathon, having won the 2017 London Marathon in a time of 2:17:01. As of November 2022, she plac ...

ran the seventh quickest run ever to become the women's race winner. The men's course record of 59:05, set by

Ezekiel Chebii Ezekiel Kiptoo Chebii (born 3 January 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races. He has personal bests of 59:05 minutes and 2:09:15 hours, respectively. His half marathon best ranks him among the top ...

in 2012, is the fastest ever recorded for the distance in France.Top Lists - Half Marathon - men - senior - outdoor
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Past winners

Key:

Marathon

Half marathon

Statistics

:*''Note: Data for half marathon race only''

Winners by country

Multiple winners

References

;List of winners * Civai, Franco & Lefeuvre, Thierry (2009-09-06)

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. Retrieved on 2010-04-06.

External links

Official website
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