RAK half marathon
The RAK Half Marathon (English RAK Half Marathon ) is a half marathon that takes place in Ra's al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates . The abbreviation RAK is derived from Ras Al Khaimah , the English transcription of the venue.
It has been held annually in February since 2007 and was considered the world's best-endowed half marathon. However, the Zayed International Half Marathon in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2010 paid out significantly higher prize money to the winners.
The flat route and the regular high-profile field of participants make the RAK half marathon one of the fastest in the world. In 2007 , Samuel Kamau Wanjiru achieved a world best time in the half marathon with 58:53 minutes, which was not recognized as a world record because there was no EPO test. His intermediate time of 41:29 minutes after 15 kilometers corresponded to the world record of his compatriot Felix Limo over this distance.
Ethiopian Deriba Merga ran the same intermediate time in 2009 , but ultimately only finished third in 59:18 minutes. The winner Patrick Makau Musyoki from Kenya achieved the second fastest half marathon time ever run in 2009 with 58:52 minutes, while Dire Tune from Ethiopia moved up to fifth place in the world best list with 1:07:18 hours and set a national record. In 2011 the Kenyan Mary Keitany improved the world record by 35 seconds to 1:05:50 h. After Florence Kiplagat had increased the world record at the Barcelona Half Marathon to 1:05:12 h in 2014 and 1:05:09 h in 2015, Peres Jepchirchir undercut this mark in her victory in Ra's al-Khaimah in 2017 with her winning time of 1:05 : 06 h again by 3 seconds. In 2018, her compatriot Fancy Chemutai was able to improve this time further, but in 1:04:52 h only exceeded the world record held by Joyciline Jepkosgei for one second . Two years later, the Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh improved the world record still held by Jepkosgei by 20 seconds to 1:04:31 h.
statistics
Course records
- Men: 58:42 min, Bedan Karoki Kenya , 2018 & Stephen Kiprop Kenya , 2019
- Women: 1:04:31 h, Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia , 2020
Winners list
date | Men | Time (h) | Women | Time (h) |
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Feb 21, 2020 | Kibiwott Kandie Kenya | 0:58:58 | Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia | 1:04:31 |
Feb. 8, 2019 | Stephen Kiprop Kenya | 0:58:42 | Senbere Teferi Ethiopia | 1:05:45 |
9 Feb 2018 | Kenya -2- | Bedan Karoki0:58:42 | Fancy Chemutai Kenya | 1:04:52 |
Feb 10, 2017 | Bedan Karoki Kenya | 0:59:10 | Peres Jepchirchir Kenya | 1:05:06 |
Feb 12, 2016 | Birhanu Legese Ethiopia | 1:00:40 | Cynthia Jerotich Limo Kenya | 1:06:04 |
Feb 13, 2015 | Mosinet Geremew Ethiopia | 1:00:05 | Kenya -3- | Mary Keitany1:06:02 |
Feb. 14, 2014 | Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia | 0:59:36 | Priscah Jeptoo Kenya | 1:07:02 |
Feb 15, 2013 | Geoffrey Kamworor Kenya | 0:58:54 | Lucy Wangui Kabuu Kenya | 1:06:09 |
Feb 17, 2012 | Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Kenya | 1:00:40 | Kenya -2- | Mary Keitany1:06:49 |
Feb. 18, 2011 | Deriba Merga Ethiopia | 0:59:24 | Mary Keitany Kenya | 1:05:50 |
19 Feb 2010 | Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai Kenya | 0:59:43 | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey | 1:07:07 |
Feb 20, 2009 | Kenya -2- | Patrick Makau Musyoki0:58:52 | Dire Tune Ethiopia | 1:07:18 |
Feb 8, 2008 | Patrick Makau Musyoki Kenya | 0:59:35 | Salina Jebet Kosgei Kenya | 1:12:29 |
Feb 20, 2007 | Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya | 0:58:53 | Berhane Adere Ethiopia | 1:10:58 |
Development of the number of finishers
year | total | Men | Women |
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2020 | 3185 | 2176 | 1009 |
2019 | 2390 | 1641 | 749 |
2018 | 2250 | 1488 | 762 |
2017 | 2153 | 1407 | 746 |
2016 | 2225 | 1461 | 764 |
2015 | 1817 | 1178 | 639 |
2014 | 1811 | 1192 | 619 |
2013 | 1483 | 978 | 505 |
2012 | 1617 | 1036 | 581 |
2011 | 1360 | 863 | 497 |
2010 | 1312 | 813 | 499 |
2009 | 979 | 649 | 330 |
2008 | 608 | 408 | 200 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ SCC-Events.com: Patrick Makau and Salina Kosgei victorious in the best endowed half marathon in the world . February 8, 2008
- ↑ GulfNews: Regassa wins Zayed half marathon , January 8, 2010
- ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Samuel Wanjiru - The Redeemer . October 4, 2008
- ^ IAAF: Makau produces second fastest time ever, Tune clocks national record at RAK Half Marathon ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , February 20, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah ( Memento from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). February 18, 2011
- ↑ Tim Hutchings, Jon Mulkeen: Jepchirchir breaks world half marathon record in Ras al-Khaimah ( English ) IAAF. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Chemutai threatens world record at RAK half marathon ( English ) IAAF. February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ Yeshaneh breaks half marathon world record in Ras Al Khaimah ( English ) World Athletics. February 21, 2020. Accessed February 21, 2020.