Warsaw Half Marathon

Warsaw Half Marathon
Running with the 2:15 pace group in 2010
Date	March[1]
Location	Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Established	2006 (18 years ago) (2006)[2][3]
Official site	https://www.polmaratonwarszawski.pl

The Warsaw Half Marathon (Polish: Półmaraton Warszawski^[3][a]) is an annual road-based half marathon hosted by Warsaw, Poland, since 2006.^[5][3][6] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.^[1][7] A 5K race is also held on the same day, before the half marathon.^[8][9]

The half marathon is the second-largest footrace in Poland by number of finishers, after the Polish Independence Run in Warsaw.^[10][b]

History

The inaugural event was held on 26 March 2006.^[3] Nearly 1,100 people took part in the half marathon, which was won by Kenyan runner Michael Karonei and Polish runner Małgorzata Jamróz, with finish times of 1:04:12 and 1:14:47, respectively.^[3]

Course

External image
Course map of half marathon in 2024[12]

The half marathon runs on a point-to-point course that begins and ends outside Stadion Narodowy.^[12] The course starts at the eastern end of Poniatowski Bridge south of the stadium, and ends near the Warszawa Stadion railway station north of the stadium.^[12]

Runners first head west to cross the bridge over the Vistula River.^[12] The course then heads north, past Castle Square, up to the northern border of the neighbourhood of Marymont, around where the halfway point is crossed.^[12] Runners then head back south and pass the Warsaw Citadel before crossing the Vistula again, at Gdańsk Bridge.^[12] The course then continues south, passing the Warsaw Zoo before finishing outside the stadium.^[12]

See also

• Warsaw Marathon
• Warsaw Marathon (Orlen)

Notes

References

External links

• Official site