The Men's field will have 12 athletes with personal best marks below 60:00 min. Three of those men have run the half marathon faster then 59 minutes.
The fastest man in the field is Kenya's Solomon Kirwa, who holds the best time in the world in 2016 of 58:44. Also in the list is Abraham Cheroben of Bahrein, the 2-time champion and the Valencia Half Marathon course record holder with a 58:48 personal best.
The women's field is also very impressive as 7 sub 70:00 min runners will line up on Sunday, October 23 to race Valencia half marathon.
The fastest women in the elite field is World season leader Violah Jepchumba of Kenya with 65:51 performance from Prague half marathon. In the field is also defending champion Netsanet Gudeta Kebede of Ethiopia who holds a personal best time of 67:31.
Athlete | Country | Nation | PB |
M | YEGO Solomon Kirwa | KEN | 58:44 |
M | CHEROBEN, Abraham | BHN | 58:48 |
M | KIBET, Stephen Kosgei | KEN | 58:54 |
M | ADOLA, Guye | ETH | 59:06 |
M | IDEMO, Guye Adola | ETH | 59:06 |
M | KIPYEGO Barselius | KEN | 59:15 |
M | ALEMU, Hunegnaw Mesfin | ETH | 59:39 |
M | KOMON, Leonard Patrick | KEN | 59:14 |
M | KUSURO Geofrey | UGA | 59:43 |
M | YEGON Geoffrey | KEN | 59:44 |
M | KETER Kenneth | KEN | 59:48 |
M | ROTICH Edwin Kipsang | KEN | 59:59 |
M | EL AZIZ Mustapha | MAR | 1:00:39 |
M | KIMITEI Wilfred Kimeli | KEN | 1:02:10 |
M | MOEN Sordre Nordstad | NOR | 1:02:19 |
M | GITHAE Michael Mugo | KEN | 1:02:27 |
M | EL HACHIMI Abdelhadi | BEL | 1:03:49 |
M | MANNINEN Henri Jarkko | FIN | 1:04:13 |
Name |
Nation |
PB |
JEPCHUMBA Violah | KEN | 1:05:51 |
DEBELE Worknesh Degefa | ETH | 1:06:14 |
JEPCHIRCHIR Peres | KEN | 1:06:39 |
KEBEDE Netsanet Gudeta | ETH | 1:07:31 |
CHELIMO, Rose | KEN | 1:08:08 |
YATOR Gladys Jepkemoi | KEN | 1:08:39 |
YUKA Ando | JPN | 1:09:51 |
KIYOTA Mao | JPN | 1:10:31 |
HAO Xiofan | CHN | 1:11:24 |
HE Yinli | CHN | 1:11:34 |
NAIGAMBO Beata | NAM | 1:12:05 |