Great Birmingham Run

Great Birmingham Run
Date	Mid-October
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Established	2008
Official site	www.greatrun.org/great-birmingham-run

The Great Birmingham Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Birmingham, UK in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races.^[1]

Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.^[1] The 2009 event was televised live on Sky Sports. Since 2011, the race has been televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.

Winners

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m:s)	Women's winner	Time (m:s)
1st	2008	Andi Jones (GBR)	65:46	Birhan Dagne (GBR)	77:40
2nd	2009	Jean Ndayisenga (BDI)	66:17	Susan Partridge (GBR)	72:50
3rd	2010	Edwin Kipyego (KEN)	63:50	Susan Partridge (GBR)	73:56
4th^[2]	2011	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	61:29	Gemma Steel (GBR)	72:21
5th^[3]	2012	Micah Kogo (KEN)	60:17	Sara Moreira (POR)	72:49
6th^[4]	2013	Thomas Ayeko (UGA)	62:32	Gemma Steel (GBR)	70:19
7th	2014	Joel Kimutai (KEN)	61:30	Polline Wanjiku (KEN)	70:48
8th	2015	Chris Thompson (GBR)	63:00	Dominika Napieraj (POL)	73:39
9th	2016	Andy Vernon (GBR)	63:32	Elizeba Cherono (NED)	73:42

References

1 2 "About the Great Birmingham Run". Greatrun.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
↑ Martin, David (2011-10-23). Gebrselassie returns to winning ways with commanding Half Marathon performance in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
↑ Martin, David (2012-10-21). Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-10-21.
↑ Hardman, Dean (2013-10-20). Steel breaks course record, Ayeko makes promising debut in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.

External links

Great Birmingham Run

Video highlights from FilmNova via BBC Sport

Results from Power of 10

2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Great Run road races

Great Winter Run Great Edinburgh International Cross Country (Great Winter Run) Great Ireland Run Great Birmingham 10K Great Bristol 10K Great Manchester Run Great Women's 10K Great Donington Run Great North 10K Great Newham London Run Great Yorkshire Run Great Bristol Half Marathon Great North Run Great Birmingham Run Great South Run Great Ethiopian Run Great Ireland Run Great Scottish Run Past events Great Australian Run Great Capital Run

Athletics in the United Kingdom

Major meetings	London Grand Prix British Grand Prix Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow International Match AAA Championships

Major road races	London Marathon Great Run series: Great North Run Great Manchester Run Great South Run

Major cross country	Antrim International Cross Country Great Edinburgh International Cross Country UK Cross Challenge

Championships	1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1994 IAAF World Cup 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships 2013 European Team Championships 2017 World Championships in Athletics

See also: Category:Athletics in the United Kingdom; Category:British athletes

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