hella hamburg halbmarathon
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The hella hamburg halbmarathon is a road half marathon through the centre of Hamburg, held on a Sunday in late June and organised by BMS Die Laufgesellschaft. It starts on the Reeperbahn in St. Pauli and finishes at the Messe exhibition grounds near Dammtor station, on an officially measured point-to-point course that the organiser describes as mostly flat and fully asphalted. The route heads west into Altona, returns east along the Elbe past the Fischmarkt and the Landungsbrücken, runs into the city centre and passes the Binnenalster, and it is run in waves from early morning, with the field capped at 24,000 for 2027. The race began in 1995 as the Hamburg-Mannheimer-Cup, a multi-lap event in the Stadtpark; since 2003 it has started on the Reeperbahn and been run only as a half marathon. Hella has been title sponsor since 2004, and it holds a World Athletics Road Race Label for 2026. The finish cut-off is 3 hours 30 minutes. The course records are 1:00:52 (Merhawi Kesete, 2015) and 1:10:05 (Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, 2023). The 2026 edition was moved from 28 June to 25 October because of heat.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
June in Hamburg is mild with frequent rain: highs average about 21°C and lows about 11°C, with rain on roughly 15 days of the month. The 2026 edition was postponed because of forecast heat.
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The race was founded in 1995, among others by Wolfgang Kucklick, as the Hamburg-Mannheimer-Cup: a multi-lap course in the Stadtpark, at times with several distances and bike and inline races. Since 2003 it has run through the city centre starting on the Reeperbahn, and only as a half marathon. Hella became title sponsor in 2004.
The 2026 race was due on 28 June but was postponed because of persistently high temperatures. It was held on 25 October 2026 with the start put back to 9:30 and the finish moved to the foot of the Heinrich-Hertz-Turm. Almost 21,000 runners registered, which the organiser called a double registration record.
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