Karlovy Vary Half Marathon

The Karlovy Vary Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race which takes place in mid May in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Known as the Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon, it is a part of RunCzech running circuit.

Karlovy Vary Half Marathon
Date	May
Location	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Event type	Road
Distance	Half marathon
Primary sponsor	Mattoni
Established	2013
Course records	Men: 1:00:54 Wilfred Kimitei (2017) Women: 1:08:19 Yvonne Morwa (2017)
Official site	Official website

The course winds through Karlovy Vary city centre and along the Ohře river. The inaugural edition of the event was held in 2013. In 2017, almost 4 000 runners participated in the race.

The course records are held by Wilfred Kimitei and Yvonne Jelagat.

Past winners

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2013	Daniel Wanjiru (KEN)	1:03:04	Mame Feyisa (ETH)	1:12:49
2nd	2014	Teshome Mekonen (ETH)	1:01:21	Christelle Daunay (FRA)	1:09:17
3rd	2015	Elijah Tirop (KEN)	1:01:01	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	1:09:11
4th	2016	Abraham Kasongor (KEN)	1:02:08	Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN)	1:09:07
5th	2017	Wilfred Kimitei (KEN)	1:00:54	Yvonne Morwa (KEN)	1:08:19
6th	2018	Roman Romanenko (UKR)	1:03:58	Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová (CZE)	1:11:54
7th	2019	Yassine Rachik (ITA)	1:02:59	Lilia Fisikovici (MDA)	1:12:34
—	2020	Was not held
—	2021
—	2022
8th	2023	Vitaliy Shafar (UKR)	1:04:53	Aleksandra Lisowska (POL)	1:13:24
9th	2024	Khalid Choukoud (NED)	1:04:01	Tereza Hrochová (CZE)	1:12:29