Delhi Half Marathon


Airtel Delhi Half Marathon is an annual half marathon foot-race held in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, it is both an elite runner and mass participation event. It is an AIMS-certified course and is listed as a Gold Label Road Raceby the IAAF. The 2009 event attracted around 30k runners who competed in one of the four races: The event includes the half marathon, the 7 km Great Delhi Run, a 4.3 km run for senior citizens, and a 3.5 km wheelchair race.

Course

The course starts in the Nehru Stadium, although this was temporarily moved to the grounds of the Secretariat Building while the stadium was under renovation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The race is largely flat and has delivered fast winning times in its short history, with men producing a number of sub-one hour times and women recording times under 1:08:00.

Sponsor

The race was sponsored Hutchison Essar for its first two races, and the company sponsored the event as Vodafone Essar in 2007 following a takeover. Rival communications company Airtel holds the sponsor role since 2008.

Prize

The is the elite runner race, while the Great Delhi Run attracts the majority of participants overall. The inaugural edition in 2005 had total prize money of US$310,000. The prize for the winners of the men's and women's race was $25,000 dollars in 2009 and $27,000 in 2015.

Past winners

Key:
EditionYearMen's winnerTime Women's winnerTime
1st20051:01:551:10:35
2nd20061:01:361:10:40
3rd20071:00:431:10:30
4th200859:151:08:17
5th200959:541:06:54
6th201059:381:08:35
7th201159:301:07:04
8th20121:00:551:11:10
9th201359:121:08:02
10th201459:061:10:04
11th201559:201:08:35
12th201659:441:07:42
13th201759:461:07:12
14th201859:181:06:49
15th201959:101:06:00

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