Helsinki City Half

Helsinki City Half
DateMay
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Event typeHalf marathon
Distance21.0975 km
Primary sponsorOP Uusimaa
Established1994
Last held2025-05-17
Official sitehttps://helsinkicityrun.fi/en/helsinkicityrun-halfmarathon/

Helsinki City Half formerly known as Helsinki City Run[1], is an annual half marathon that takes place every May as a road running event around the streets and parks of Helsinki. Starting in 1994[2] and organised by Finnish Athletics Federation, the race has become popular over the years, attracting a record number of 17,000 participants in 2013.[3]

Winners

Source:[4]
Key:   Course record

Men

Year Athlete Country Time
2019 Ibrahim Mukunga Wachira  Kenya 1:10:24
2020 Aki Nummela  Finland 1:09:51
2021 Dmitrijs Serjogins  Latvia 1:05:03
2022 Ibrahim Mukunga Wachira  Finland 1:07:58
2023 Solomon Gachoka Kagimbi  Kenya 1:06:19
2024 Solomon Boit  Kenya 1:04:25
2025 Jussi Utriainen  Finland 1:06:50

Women

Year Athlete Country Time
2019 Elena Tolstykh  Russia 1:19:45
2020 Maria Söderström  Finland 1:19:48
2021 Suvi Miettinen  Finland 1:15:33
2022 Alisa Vainio  Finland 1:12:46
2023 Nataliia Semenovych  Ukraine 1:15:25
2024 Alisa Vainio  Finland 1:13:40
2025 Nataliia Semenovych  Ukraine 1:16:46

See also

References

  1. ^ "Next Year The Event Will Be Called Helsinki City Run". Suomen Urheiluliitto. 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  2. ^ "Helsinki City Runin Historia" (in Finnish). Suomen Urheiluliitto. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  3. ^ Toivonen, Janne (2013-05-05). "17 000 juoksi halki keväisen Helsingin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  4. ^ "The Results of Helsinki City Running Day". Helsinki City Run. Finnish Athletics Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_City_Run