Half marathon world record progression

[3] The men's half-marathon world record, pending ratification, is 57:30, set by Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia on 27 October 2024 in the Valencia Half Marathon.

Kejelcha broke Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo's previous world record of 57:31, set on 21 November 2021 in the Lisbon Half Marathon, by one second.

[7][8] The earliest half marathon world record accepted by the Association of Track and Field Statisticians is that of 67:01 minutes run by Englishman Brian Hill-Cottingham in Romford in 1960.

[9][10] For women, the earliest ARRS-recognised time is that of American Kathy Gibbons, who finished the distance in 83:56 on 7 March 1971 in Phoenix, Arizona.

[11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47.

Abraham Kiptum , ran a half marathon in 2018 in a time of 58:18, which would have been a world record (world record 58:23), but in 2019 this world record was nullified, because of a doping violation verdict in 2019. [ 1 ]