Adana Half Marathon

Adana Half Marathon
Date	First Sunday following January 1st
Location	Adana, Turkey
Event type	Road
Distance	Half Marathon
Primary sponsor	Adana Metropolitan Municipality
Established	2011
Course records	Men: 1:00:46 (2016) Barselius Kipyego Women: 1:08:42 (2018) Diana Chemtai
Official site	Adana Half Marathon
Participants	578 finishers (2020) 1,064 (2020) 990 (2019)

Adana Half Marathon (Turkish: Adana Kurtuluş Yarı Maratonu) is an IAAF international athletic event that takes place in Adana annually since 2011. The marathon is organized the first Sunday following January 5, the independence day of Adana. Master Men, Master Women and Wheelchair competitions, as well as 4 km Public Run are held during the event.^[1]

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2011	Murat Ertaş (TUR)	1:06:47	Bahar Doğan (TUR)	1:20:49
2nd	2012	Mert Girmalegesse (TUR)	1:08:04	Bahar Doğan (TUR)	1:16:18
3rd	2013	Chakir Boujattaoui (MAR)	1:04:13	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	1:11:09
4th	2014	Moussaab Hadout (MAR)	1:04:10	Tsenga Tsehaynesh (MAR)	1:17:28
5th	2015	Barselius Kipyego (KEN)	1:00:51	Rose Chelimo (KEN)	1:08:53
6th	2016	Barselius Kipyego (KEN)	1:00:46	Ababel Yeshaneh (ETH)	1:09:36
7th	2017	Belay Tilahun (ETH)	1:03:34	Ruth Chepngetich (KEN)	1:09:06
8th	2018	Felix Kibitok (KEN)	1:01:50	Diana Chemtai (KEN)	1:08:42
9th	2019	Vincent Kipchumba (KEN)	1:02:12	Joyce Tele (KEN)	1:11:20
10th	2020	Joseph Karanja (KEN)	1:01:14	Irene Kimais (KEN)	1:09:01
11th	2021	Sezgin Ataç (TUR)	1:03:47	Yayla Kiliç (TUR)	1:13:48

The first marathon was held on January 9 on a national level with the participation of 223 athletes nationwide. A total of 10700TL awarded to the winners. Public Run is conducted on a 4 km course with 750 participants.^[2]

Winners;

In 2012, the marathon gained IAAF International Marathon status and took place on January 8 with some changes to the racecourse. 610 athletes from 10 nations raced at the half marathon. Due to the rain, participation to the 4 km Public Run was lower than last year.

The half marathon started from Atatürk Park and headed north to Central Train Station, then south on Ziyapaşa boulevard, turning east just south of the Atatürk Park, heading to the old town streets, crossing Taşköprü, returning to Seyhan district, going north along the both banks of the river and returning to Merkez Park and ending at the park center. The total prize given to winners in 2012 was raised to 35000TL. Winners of Master Men and Master Women races both received 5000TL, winners of Wheelchair men and women races received 750TL each. 4 km Public Run also started from Atatürk Park and ended in Merkez Park. Participants for the Public Run were awarded with certificates.^[3]

This year race for men's was dominated by international athletes though the results were not better than last year. Among the women, Bahar Doğan again won the title and also breaking marathon record for women.

Winners;

• Adana Sports and Youth Services Directorate
• Adana Yarı Maratonu Resmi İnternet Sitesi