Held on Sunday, March 3, 2024, the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris (Paris Half Marathon) saw 48,000 starters toe the start-line of the 32nd edition of the race.
The Semi de Paris took participants on a running tour of popular neighbourhoods in the French capital. Starting from Boulevard Saint-Germain, runners headed down the banks of the Seine, with sights such as the Jardin des Plantes and the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand on their route to the Bois de Vincennes, where they took in views of the Château de Vincennes.
The runners then head through the Daumesnil neighbourhood and the Seine quays before taking Rue de Rivoli towards the Place de la Bastille, which marked the final push before the finish line.
The first runners began to hit the tarmac on Boulevard Saint-Germain at 08:00 CET, when Pierre Rabadan, the Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, fired the starting gun for the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris.
Kenya’s Bernard Koech took the elite men’s title in 01:00:45; while Romania’s Joan Chelimo Melly claimed the women’s race in 01:06:58.
The first elite runners crossed the finish line at around 09:00, while the rest of the field followed in waves until 11:30. Overall, there were over 20,000 women (42% of the field) participating.
Registration for the 2025 Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris (to be held on March 9, 2025) opens on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
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