{"id":315,"date":"2018-09-16T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T16:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/?p=315"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:07:25","slug":"hassan-sets-record-at-copenhagen-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/news\/hassan-sets-record-at-copenhagen-half","title":{"rendered":"Hassan sets record at Copenhagen Half"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sifan<\/a><\/p>\n

16th September 2018 – Sifan Hassan showed at Sunday\u2019s Copenhagen Half Marathon (IAAF Gold Label Race) that she is not only a world-class runner on the track<\/p>\n

In near perfect weather conditions, the 25-year-old from Holland lowered the European Record from 2007 with more than a minute, winning in 65:15 minutes \u2013 only 24 seconds short of a new World Record. <\/p>\n

Sifan Hassan breaks the European Record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon<\/h3>\n

The Kenyan<\/a> favorite, Joan Chelimo Melly, had to settle with a 3rd place after having lead most of the race. Melly looked to be on a way to a new world record splitting the first 5K in 15:06. Only Hassan could catch up with that pace, although she several times looked to lose the grip on the Kenyan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI often thought I was going to die! The pace was so hard, but I just kept coming back,\u201d Hassan said after the race, which could be called her debut, although she did run a \u2013 much slower – half marathon<\/a> back in 2011.<\/p>\n

Melly\u2019s pace dropped significantly on the last kilometer, and at the last stage Abadel Yeshaneh Brihane (ETH) took the 2nd place in a PB of 65:46 \u2013 also well below the course record set last year.<\/p>\n

The Danish organizers had hoped for a world record in the men\u2019s race. World records, however, do not come that easy. The first 10K proved to be too slow with a big leading group splitting in 28:10. Daniel Kipchumba (KEN) won in 59:06, equalizing his best time set back in April when he won in Lago Maggiore Half Marathon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy. I wanted to push the pace at 15K, but I found conditions to be too windy, and so I stayed in the group,\u201d said the 21-year-old Kenyan, who will be attempting a new fast half marathon time in New Delhi on October 21st.<\/p>\n

With the first eight men finishing in a time below one hour, CPH Half once again proved to be one of fastest half marathon races in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a fantastic race. I was here in 2014 for the Worlds and it has grown even bigger since then. Great course, very fast course and with a European record by Sifan, which is absolutely stunning. And 22,000 runners enjoyed it. That\u2019s what it is all about!\u201d says Norrie Williamson, technical delegate from IAAF for the CPH Half.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe staged a festive celebration with 22.000 participants and we displayed epic Copenhagen<\/a> in the best possible way. We also need to mention the elite results: A European record for the women and a fantastic exiting race. It is also the first time ever that ten men run a half marathon that fast ever throughout the world. This year\u2019s CPH Half has been a fantastic experience and by far the best version,\u201d says Jakob Larsen, CEO, The Danish Athletics Federation.<\/p>\n

Dorte Vibjerg, CEO, Sparta, adds: \u201dIt has been a great journey for us at Sparta. In just four years, we have advanced from staging a recreational run to staging an international gold label race that embraces both elite and recreational runners. We do this for the sport and we could not pull it off without the fantastic support from the 1200 volunteers and helping clubs. This is essential for us in order to succeed with a world-class event like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cCopenhagen Half Marathon is a legacy from the World Half Marathon Championships in 2014. This year\u2019s record number of foreign runners is great and contributes to the branding of Denmark as running nation and destination,\u201d says Lars Lundov, CEO, Sport Event Denmark, which is one of the partners behind the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16th September 2018 – Sifan Hassan showed at Sunday\u2019s Copenhagen Half Marathon (IAAF Gold Label Race) that she is not only a world-class runner on the track In near perfect weather conditions, the 25-year-old from Holland lowered the European Record from 2007 with more than a minute, winning in 65:15 minutes \u2013 only 24 seconds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,45,9],"tags":[40,16,50,47,28,49],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-half","category-news","tag-40","tag-copenhagen","tag-daniel-kipchumba","tag-half-marathon","tag-kenya","tag-sifan-hassan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Sifan-Hassan-CPH.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83l8O-55","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}