Lisbon Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The EDP Lisbon Half Marathon is a point-to-point road race held on a Sunday in March, starting on the 25 de Abril Bridge and finishing in front of the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém. It is organised by the Maratona Clube de Portugal, which staged the first edition in 1991. The mass field starts on the bridge deck and runs north into Lisbon, then follows the riverside west to a turnaround at Cruz Quebrada before heading back to the finish on the Praça do Império, by the monastery and the Centro Cultural de Belém. Elite runners start separately at Cruz Quebrada. A Vodafone 10k, a Hyundai 7k and a family walk run on the same morning, and a shorter EDP New Generation race for young runners takes place the day before. The half marathon has a participant limit of 20,000 and a three-hour time limit, and runners must be at least 18. Entry for the 2027 edition is through a ballot rather than first-come registration. The course has produced record times: Jacob Kiplimo ran 57:20 here in 2026, a half marathon world record at the time, and Tsigie Gebreselama holds the women's course record of 1:04:21 from 2025. The organisers describe it as one of the fastest half marathons in the world.