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Budapest Half Marathon 
Runners crossing Danube River in the 2010 Budapest Half Marathon raceDate Early September Location Budapest, Hungary 
Event type Road Distance Half marathon Established 1984 Official site [2] The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Nike Budapest International Half Marathon, Hungarian: Nike Budapest Nemzetközi 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 early September. The route starts and ends in City Park and winds through the city center, offering a spectacular view for runners on 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 2011 event took place on Sunday 4 September and attracted almost 12000 professional and fun runners, among them more than 7000 running individually the half marathon distance.[1]
The Széchenyi Baths in City Park, overlooking the starting point of Budapest Half Marathon
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Race history
Between 1984 and 1993 annual half-marathon races were organized as a side event of Budapest Marathon. In 1994 and 1995 Budapest Marathon was discontinued; since it was re-established in 1996, separate half-marathon races have been held in early September, with Nike as the event's main supporter. The popularity of Budapest Half Marathon has been constantly increasing; the number of participants has grown from an initial 3000 to 7000 in 2010.[2] Currently the distance can be completed both by individual runners and teams of two; competitors with disabilities may run in wheelchairs.
Past winners
Source: Futanet[3]
Key: Course record
Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) 1996 Zoltán Káldy (HUN)1:04:45 Simona Staicu (HUN)1:11:11 1997 
Keita Fujino (JPN)1:03:14 Sachie Ozaki (JPN)1:11:04 1998 Seiji Hamada (JPN)1:02:44 Kazumi Kanbayashi (JPN)1:10:37 1999 Takaki Morikawa (JPN)1:03:28 Tomoko Tamamushi (JPN)1:12:15 2000 
Piotr Gladki (POL)1:04:45 
Mihaela Botezan (ROM)1:10:17 2001 
Sreten Ninković (YUG)1:04:43 Beáta Rakonczai (HUN)1:13:33 2002 
William Kipsang (KEN)1:02:59 Beáta Rakonczai (HUN)1:13:39 2003 Miklós Zatykó (HUN)1:05:53 Anikó Kálovics (HUN)1:11:08 2004 
Sreten Ninkovic (SCG)1:06:51 Anikó Kálovics (HUN)1:11:18 2005 András Juhász (HUN)1:05:57 Eszter Erdélyi (HUN)1:16:10 2006 Barnabás Bene (HUN)1:06:32 Anikó Kálovics (HUN)1:10:46 2007 Balázs Ott (HUN)1:07:19 Krisztina Papp (HUN)1:12:09 2008 
Roberto Pasquale Rutigliano (ITA)1:07:22 Beáta Rakonczai (HUN)1:14:38 2009 
Erkolo Ashenafi (ETH)1:07:24 Krisztina Papp (HUN)1:15:27 2010 László Tóth (HUN)1:04:38 Krisztina Papp (HUN)1:13:13 2011 Tamás Kovács (HUN)1:06:03 Anikó Kálovics (HUN)1:15:04 References
- ^ http://www.futanet.hu/cikk/csucsot-dontott-a-nike-budapest-felmaraton
- ^ http://www.futanet.hu/cikk/25.-budapest-nemzetkozi-felmaraton/budapest-nemzetkozi-felmaraton-versenytortenet
- ^ [1]
External links
Annual half marathons in Europe France Lille Half Marathon • Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale • Paris Half MarathonNetherlands Portugal Lisbon Half Marathon • Porto Half Marathon • Portugal Half MarathonSweden United Kingdom Barrathon • Bath • Bristol • Cardiff • Great Birmingham Run • Great Eastern Run • Great North Run • Great West Run • Hastings • Liverpool • Maidenhead • Meadows Marathon • Nottingham • Reading • Run to the Beat • Sheffield • Silverstone • Tunbridge Wells • Windsor • WokinghamElsewhere Berlin Half Marathon (Germany) • Budapest Half Marathon (Hungary) • Neujahrsmarathon Zürich (Switzerland) • Prague Half Marathon (Czech Republic) • Roma-Ostia Half Marathon (Italy) • Zurrieq Half Marathon (Malta) • Kärnten läuft (Austria)Categories:- Sport in Budapest
- Half marathons
- Recurring sporting events established in 1984
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