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

YearAthleteCountryTime
2019Ibrahim Mukunga Wachira  Kenya1:10:24
2020Aki Nummela  Finland1:09:51
2021Dmitrijs Serjogins  Latvia1:05:03
2022Ibrahim Mukunga Wachira  Finland1:07:58
2023Solomon Gachoka Kagimbi  Kenya1:06:19
2024Solomon Boit  Kenya1:04:25
2025Jussi Utriainen  Finland1:06:50

Women

YearAthleteCountryTime
2019Elena Tolstykh  Russia1:19:45
2020Maria Söderström  Finland1:19:48
2021Suvi Miettinen  Finland1:15:33
2022Alisa Vainio  Finland1:12:46
2023Nataliia Semenovych  Ukraine1:15:25
2024Alisa Vainio  Finland1:13:40
2025Nataliia Semenovych  Ukraine1:16:46

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.
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