2025年2月16日，在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的半程马拉松比赛中，来自乌干达24岁的Jacob Kiplimo以56分41秒的成绩打破了男子半程马拉松世界纪录，成为历史上第一位跑进57分钟的男子半程马拉松选手。原纪录是埃塞俄比亚长跑运动员Yomif Kejelcha 于去年在西班牙巴伦西亚创造的57分30秒，Kiplimo将纪录大幅提高了49秒。成为有史以来第一位在57分钟内完成半程马拉松的人，人类半程马拉松首次跑进56分时代。经世界纪录认证官方审核，被确认为“最快时间完成半程马拉松（男性）”，并载入世界纪录全球数据库。纪录编号：WRC250216E

运动员长跑天赋与职业历程

Jacob Kiplimo 籍贯乌干达，年少阶段便展露出众长跑天赋，由此开启专业田径生涯。多年来他持续参与全球各类中长跑赛事，赛场竞技实力稳定突出，多次斩获重磅赛事优异名次，在国际田径赛场持续收获行业认可与大众关注，逐步成长为世界顶尖长跑名将。

本次纪录突破的行业意义

本次 Jacob Kiplimo 刷新男子半程马拉松纪录，创下该项目历史上单轮纪录最大提升幅度，为全球长跑运动员树立全新速度标杆。此次突破是半程马拉松运动发展历程中的重要里程碑，直观印证顶尖选手超凡的耐力、速度天赋与专业训练成果，同时激励全世界长跑爱好者与职业运动员不断突破身体极限，持续推动长跑竞技运动向前发展。

On February 16, 2025, in the half – marathon held in Barcelona, Spain, 24 – year – old Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda broke the men’s half – marathon world record with a time of 56 minutes and 41 seconds. He became the first male half – marathon runner in history to finish the race in under 57 minutes.

The previous record was 57 minutes and 30 seconds, set by Ethiopian long – distance runner Yomif Kejelcha in Valencia, Spain last year. Kiplimo significantly improved the record by 49 seconds, becoming the first person ever to complete a half – marathon in under 57 minutes and pushing the human half – marathon time into the sub – 56 – minute era for the first time. After official review by the World Record Certification Agency, his achievement was recognized as the “Fastest time to complete a half marathon (male)” and was entered into the  World Records global database of World Record Certification.