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Last confirmed edition held on 2 March 2024; a February 2025 edition was listed for registration, and no edition since has been found or announced.
Last held Mar 2, 2024
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The Jeddah Half Marathon is a road race in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, organised by the Saudi Sports for All Federation. The first edition was held on 10 December 2022 in front of the Jeddah Yacht Club on the Corniche, crossing the Formula 1 circuit, and started at 6 a.m. More than 3,000 people took part in the half marathon, a 10 km and a 4 km race. A second edition, the Historic Jeddah Half Marathon, was run on 2 March 2024. It started and finished at the Bab Jadid gate in the UNESCO-listed Al-Balad district and passed Nassif House, the Al-Matbouli Museum, Al-Juffali Mosque, the King Fahd Fountain and the Jeddah Corniche. The 2024 programme had a half marathon for ages 18 and over, a 10 km for ages 12 and over, and 4 km and 1 km races. The 2022 winners were Kenyans: Erick Kiplagat Sang in 59:50 and Irine Jepchumba Kimais in 1:06:47. In 2022, 24 winners shared cash prizes of about SAR 1 million.
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March in Jeddah is warm and dry: average highs are around 32°C and lows around 20°C, with relative humidity near 60% and almost no rain; the 6 a.m. start is the coolest time of day.
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The first Jeddah Half Marathon was held on 10 December 2022 by the Saudi Sports for All Federation, starting at 6 a.m. from the Jeddah Yacht Club. The route crossed the Formula 1 circuit on the Corniche, and more than 3,000 people took part. Erick Kiplagat Sang won the men's half marathon and Irine Jepchumba Kimais the women's, both from Kenya.
In March 2024 the race was run as the Historic Jeddah Half Marathon, a collaboration between the Saudi Sports for All Federation and the Jeddah Historic District Program. The route started and finished at Bab Jadid and ran past Nassif House, the Al-Matbouli Museum, Al-Juffali Mosque and King Fahd Fountain. Anwar Algoz of Morocco won the 21 km in about 1 hour 6 minutes.
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