Pressaccreditation

Important information for those with accreditation

On this page, you can read the about the following:

Practical info
Detailed schedule
The elite field
An overview map of the start and finish area

If you have any questions you are welcome to contact CPH half’s Head of PR, Thor Thestrup Schnetler, at thor@sparta.dk or at +45 28 45 38 31.

Copenhagen Half Marathon 2024 is a historic event. For the third year in a row, the CPH Half is sold out, and this year more than 29,000 participants from over 100 different countries will gather in Copenhagen.

Press accreditation
To gain access to the start and finish area, you must pick up a press vest at the Help Desk before race day. The Help Desk is located at the Expo at Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen. Opening hours are as follows:

Thursday: 12:00 – 19:00
Friday: 10:00 – 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 19:00
Sunday: 7.30 – 8:30

The vest must be worn throughout the entire event

Mandatory press briefing
As accredited press, you must attend a mandatory press briefing on Sunday at 8.40. The briefing will be held at the start gate in the start area on Jagtvej. The area is closed to the public and you will only be admitted wearing your accreditation vest. The briefing will cover several subject about press pools, mixed zones and other important topics.

Interviews and Mixed Zone
When the elite finish, they will be guided away from the finish line and to the Mixed Zone, where it’s possible to do interviews. If you know in advance that you would like to do an interview, please let CPH Half’s Head of PR, Thor Thestrup Schnetler, know.

Start and finish area
The new start area is located on Jagtvej, and the familiar finish area on Øster Allé is only a few hundred meters away. On race day, Fælledparken will be transformed into a Runner’s Area. It’s an area with many acitivities for friends and family, and you can also satisfy your hunger or get something to drink.

The course
It’s a new course that the participants will embark on 15 September. It’s a fast course with the potential for a new world record, which we’re aiming for this year. It gives the elite participants optimal conditions for setting records, while all participants will have an unforgettable blast thorugh Copenhagen.

Live broadcast
It’s possible to follow CPH Half live in the App “CPH Half”, on the website, Facebook and YouTube.

Further information
Visit our press page for more information, figures and statistics about CPH Half

Head of PR
Thor Thestrup Schnetler
Mail: Thor@sparta.dk
Phone: +45 28 45 38 31

Facts about CPH Half

This year, the event sold out after just 39 days with 27,000 participants
Race day is Sunday 15 September 9.30 at Jagtvej in Copenhagen
See statistics and facts about CPH Half here
The organizers are Sparta Athletics & Running which is a non-profit association.

Venue map

To gain access to the start and finish area, you need to pick up your press vest from our Help Desk. You will find the Help Desk at our Expo at Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen.

We will meet in the start area at 8.40 for a short press briefing regarding press pool and other topics.

Then, we will walk together to the finish area where it will be possible to take winner photos.

At the end of the day, please remember to hand in your press vester either to Thor T. Schnetler or leave it in the press tent.

Open the venue map

The field for the Copenhagen Half Marathon is one of the fastest ever in the race’s history.

Athletes from all over the world arrive in Copenhagen with one goal – to break records.

Among this year’s big favourites to win the CPH Half is Jacob Kiplimo, the current male world record holder. His world record of 57:31 dates back to Lisbon in 2021, and this year he is aiming to set a new world record in our capital city.

However, he faces stiff competition from Sabastian Sawe. The 29-year-old has an impressive streak, winning the last six of the eight half marathons he has stopped in. Most recently in Prague in April with a time that was then the leading time of the year at 58 minutes and 24 seconds.

Both should expect stiff competition from a man who wants to win for the second year in a row: Edward Cheserek.

Last year’s women’s winner will also return to Copenhagen. Irene Cheptai took the victory last year with a gap of 47 seconds to second place. She is in great form, having won the Hamburg Marathon earlier this year in 2:18.22 – the second fastest time ever at the Hamburg Marathon.

However, runner-up at the World Half Marathon Running Championships in Gdynia last year, Margaret Kipkemboi, will run everything she can to win. She comes with a lot of confidence after the Olympic Games in Paris, where she finished 5th and 4th in the 5000m and 10000m respectively.

Looking at the European runners, it’s hard to ignore Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal from Norway. And she’s rarely seen better. She comes to Copenhagen with a recent European Championship title after winning the European Championships in Rome back in June. She is aiming to beat her personal best from last year of 67:34.

In the Danish field, defending champion Jacob Simonsen from AGF Atletik returns. He is one of the best, if not the best, distance runners Denmark has. Not only is he the defending champion in the half marathon distance, he is also the defending champion in the marathon distance.

Danish women will include Sara Schou Kristensen. She broke the Danish national record earlier this year when she ran an impressive time of 71:07 in Barcelona.

Name

Nationality

Personal record

Jacob Kiplomo

Kenya

57:31 (World record)

Edward Cheserek

Kenya