Bristol Half Marathon 2010

Race history

History of the Bristol Half Marathon

The race is now an established national event with a growing international reputation. It is seen as one of Bristol’s most prestigious sporting events with the 2010 Bristol Half Marathon marking the 22nd occasion on which it has been staged.

The race was first held in 1989 when it attracted 1,000 runners, by 2009 this had grown to over 16,000 entries.

In 2001 the City of Bristol hosted the 10th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships alongside the Bristol Half Marathon and runners taking part were able to follow in the footsteps of British legend Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia. Thousands of people turned out to watch Paula cross the finish line in the record-breaking time of 66 minutes 47 seconds and Gebrselassie take first place in the men’s race with an impressive time of 60 minutes 3 seconds.

In 2003, local veteran Nick Rose won the ‘Legends Challenge’ – a race within a race that saw top British Olympians Steve Cram, Tim Hutchings, Hugh Jones, Steve Jones and Mike McLeod compete against each other for the first time in nearly twenty years. It is worth mentioning that Steve Cram and Tim Hutchings have continued to run in the event – when their busy schedules allow ! and Hugh Jones has also kept in touch as the official course measurer.

Results from previous years

Click here to view the results of the 2009 race
Click here to view the results of the 2008 race
Click here to view the results of the 2007 race
Click here to view the results of the 2006 race

PAST WINNERS

Bristol half marathon winners
Men:
1989 Steve Brace (Bridgend) 68:36;
1990 Wayne Buxton (Bristol AC) 71:22;
1991 Nick Rose (Bristol AC) 67:51;
1992 Gideon Matisya (Kenya) 64:08;
1993 Lazarus Nyakeraka (Kenya) 63:39;
1994 Charles Tangus (Kenya) 66:12;
1995 Bruce Chinnick (Westbury) 66:12;
1996 Martin Cox (Salford);
1997 Kassa Tadessa (Belgrave) 64:52;
1998 Kassa Tadessa (Belgrave) 66:36;
1999 Wilson Cheriyot (Kenya) 65:44;
2000 Nick Wetheridge (Basildon) 64:09;
2001 Geoffry Kinyua (Kenya) 65:09;
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 60.03
2002 Hilary Lelie (Kenya) 65:30;
2003 Julius Kibet (Kenya) 62:52;
2004 Simon Tonui (Kenya) 64:18;
2005 Wilfred Taragon (Kenya) 63:30;
2006 Patrick Makau (Kenya) 63:30;
2007 Tewodros Shiferaw (Ethiopia) 63:01;
2008 Tom Payne (Winchester) 65:48;
2009 Eezekie Cherop (Kenya) 63:25;

Women:
1989 Bronwen Cardy-Wise (B&R) 80:05;
1990 Zina Marchant (City of Bath) 78:47;
1991 Cathy Newman (Exeter) 78:14;
1992 Lesley Morton (Westbury) 76:05;
1993 Karen MacLeod (Edinburgh) 75:00;
1994 Danielle Sanderson (Watford) 74:47;
1995 Maureen Laney (Avon Valley Runners) 82:40;
1996 Olga Mitchurina (Russia) 73:56;
1997 Trudi Thompson (Pitreavie) 78:36;
1998 Laura Woffenden (Leeds) 80:08;
1999 Cathy Newman (Exeter) 77:37;
2000 Andrea Green (Dartford) 73:28;
2001 Andrea Green (Dartford) 74:56;
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Paula Radcliffe (GB) 66.47
2002 Emily Samoie (Kenya) 76:43;
2003 Miryan Wangari (Kenya) 72:22;
2004 Miryan Wangari (Kenya) 73:40;
2005 Birhan Dagne (Belgrave) 72:53;
2006 Cathy Mutwa (Kenya) 72:35;
2007 Jane Muia (Kenya) 70:26;
2008 Birhan Dagne (Belgrave) 74:18;
2009 Claire Hallissey (B&W) 72:02;