Hackney Half | |
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Date | May |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | Wizz Air |
Established | 2014 |
Official site | www |
The Hackney Half is an annual half-marathon held during the spring in the London borough of Hackney. The first event was held in 2014, with over 12,000 runners taking part.[1] The event is London's biggest half-marathon event, with 24,000 runners taking part in the 2023 event.[2]
In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In 2021, the event originally set to happen in May, was postponed to September 26th with a scaled back event due to the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2023, organisers of the event were accused of “greenwashing” by Green councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, after the airline Wizz Air sponsored the event.[5]
The closed road race has a flat course that starts and finishes in Hackney Marshes, taking in Hackney Downs, Hackney Central past the Hackney Empire, Broadway Market, and Hackney Wick.[6]
Edition | Date | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time |
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1 | 22 June 2014[7] | Peter Emase | 1:04:19 | Gladys Yator | 1:15:30 |
2 | 10 May 2015[8] | Mathew Kimutai | 1:03:21 | Katy Webster | 1:17:38 |
3 | 8 May 2016[9] | Mark Kibiwott | 1:04:38 | Hannah Walker | 1:18:12 |
4 | 30 April 2017[10] | Paul Whittaker | 1:06:55 | Isabel Clark | 1:18:10 |
7 | 26 September 2021[11] | Jonathan Cornish | 1:06:36 | Laura Kaye | 1:19:12 |
8 | 22 May 2022[12] | Sam Bramwell | 1:09:17 | Rebecca Bunting | 1:19:13 |
9 | 21 May 2023[13] | Sam Bramwell | 1:07.56 | Kirsty Fraser | 1:17.16 |
10 | 19 May 2024[14] | Fredrick Hessian | 1:08:05 | Yvie Lock | 1:15:25 |