20K run


The 20K run is a long distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event. The event held IAAF world championship status in 2006 only, when the existing IAAF World Half Marathon Championships briefly hosted the shorter distance.
The world best for men is held by Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea who ran a time of 56:01 at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. The women's world best is held by Florence Kiplagat of Kenya who ran a time of 1:01:54 at the 2015 Barcelona Half Marathon in Barcelona, Spain. IAAF records require the 20 km distance to be run on a course without a significant drop in elevation between the start and finish points and where the birds-eye distance between the start of finish points is less than ten kilometres. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians has an additional criteria in that it requires records to be set in competitions of the given distance, thus it does not recognise Kiplagat's run due to it being recorded en route to a longer distance. The ARRS-recognised world record is 1:03:21 by Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands, who also recorded her time at the 2006 World Championships.

Road races

There are several annual road running competitions over the 20 km distance, mostly based in Western Europe, the United States, and Japan.
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The Kanaguri Hai Tamana Half Marathon, Dam to Dam Half Marathon and Ogden Newspapers Classic Half Marathon were all previously 20 km races for much of their history.

All-time top 25

RankTimeAthleteNationDateRacePlaceRef
155:00Geoffrey KamwororKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
255:18Abraham KiptumKenya28 October 2018Valencia Half MarathonValencia
355:21Zersenay TadeseEritrea21 March 2010Lisbon Half MarathonLisbon
456:07Kibiwott KandieKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
556:09Benard Kipkorir NgenoKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
656:15Alexander Mutiso MunyaoKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
756:16Edwin Kiprop KiptooKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
756:16Berehanu TseguEthiopia15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
956:27Mo Farah2015
956:27Amos KurgatKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
1156:41Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba2006
1256:42Sondre Nordstad Moen2017
1356:43Mule WasihunEthiopia21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
1456:44Philemon KiplimoKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
1556:46Alfrad BarkachKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
1656:48Dathan Ritzenhein2009
1756:49Vincent Kibor RaimoiKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
1856:52Eshetu Wendimu2014
1956:54Leonard BarsotonKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
2056:55Joseph NgangaKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
2156:57Gabriel GeayTanzania21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
2257:01Mekubo MogusuKenya2007
2257:01Maxwell RotichUganda21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
2457:07Shadrack KoechKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
2457:07Kinde Atanaw AyalewEthiopia15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen

Women

RankTimeAthleteNationDateRacePlaceRef
11:01:11Ababel YeshanehEthiopia21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
21:01:20 Brigid KosgeiKenya8 September 2019Great North RunNewcastle upon Tyne-South Shields
31:01:25Joyciline JepkosgeiKenya1 April 2017Prague Half MarathonPrague
41:01:54Florence Kiplagat2015
51:02:10Rosemary WanjiruKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
61:02:31Birhane DibabaEthiopia15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
71:02:34Evaline ChirchirKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
81:02:42Joan ChelimoKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
91:02:59Dorcas Jepchirchir TuitoekKenya15 September 2019Copenhagen Half MarathonCopenhagen
101:03:13 Hitomi NiiyaJapan19 January 2020Houston Half MarathonHouston
111:03:14Yalemzerf Yelahun DensaEthiopia21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
121:03:16Magdalena ShauriTanzania21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
121:03:16Vivian Jerono KiplagatKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
141:03:21Lornah Kiplagat2006
151:03:23Constantina Diță2006
161:03:26Degitu AzimerawEthiopia21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
171:03:47Rita Jeptoo2006
181:03:58Kim Smith2011
191:04:01Esther Wanjiru2000
201:04:22Fancy ChemutaiKenya21 February 2020Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonEmirate of Ras Al Khaimah
211:05:01Rose Chelimo2014
221:05:03Sarah Chepchirchir2013
231:05:08Cynthia Jerotich Limo2001
241:05:11Wang Xiuting2013