# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's half marathon

The men's half marathon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place on the streets of Amsterdam on 10 July. The start and finish of the race were on the Museumplein. Due to 2016 being an Olympic year the marathon is replaced by a half marathon. This is the first time that the half marathon has been run during the European Championships.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 58:23 | Lisbon, Portugal | 21 March 2010 |
| European record | Mo Farah (GBR) | 59:32 | Lisbon, Portugal | 22 March 2015 |
| World Leading | Solomon Kirwa Yego (KEN) | 58:44 | Rome, Italy | 13 March 2016 |
| European Leading | Mo Farah (GBR) | 59:59 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 26 March 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 July 2016 | 09:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Final
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Tadesse Abraham | Switzerland | 1:02:03 | |
| | Kaan Kigen Özbilen | Turkey | 1:02:27 | |
| | Daniele Meucci | Italy | 1:02:38 | SB |
| 4 | Marcin Chabowski | Poland | 1:02:54 | SB |
| 5 | Abdi Hakin Ulad | Denmark | 1:03:22 | |
| 6 | Abdi Nageeye | Netherlands | 1:03:43 | |
| 7 | Hassan Chahdi | France | 1:03:43 | |
| 8 | Carles Castillejo | Spain | 1:03:52 | |
| 9 | Callum Hawkins | Great Britain | 1:03:57 | |
| 10 | Jesús España | Spain | 1:04:01 | |
| 11 | Dmytro Lashyn | Ukraine | 1:04:11 | SB |
| 12 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 1:04:13 | |
| 13 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy | 1:04:15 | |
| 14 | Mikael Ekvall | Sweden | 1:04:28 | SB |
| 15 | Julien Lyon | Switzerland | 1:04:40 | PB |
| 16 | Szymon Kulka | Poland | 1:04:47 | |
| 17 | Paul Pollock | Ireland | 1:04:58 | |
| 18 | Ercan Muslu | Turkey | 1:05:00 | |
| 19 | Evans Kiplagat | Azerbaijan | 1:05:01 | |
| 20 | Lemawork Ketema | Austria | 1:05:10 | |
| 21 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden | 1:05:11 | |
| 22 | Roman Prodius | Moldova | 1:05:14 | |
| 23 | David Nilsson | Sweden | 1:05:16 | |
| 24 | Julian Flügel | Germany | 1:05:18 | |
| 25 | Marius Ionescu | Romania | 1:05:21 | |
| 26 | Adrian Lehmann | Switzerland | 1:05:21 | |
| 27 | Michel Butter | Netherlands | 1:05:24 | SB |
| 28 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | Belgium | 1:05:31 | |
| 29 | Ruggero Pertile | Italy | 1:05:48 | |
| 30 | Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen | Norway | 1:05:56 | |
| 31 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 1:06:00 | SB |
| 32 | Mick Clohisey | Ireland | 1:06:00 | |
| 33 | Philipp Pflieger | Germany | 1:06:01 | |
| 34 | Kevin Seaward | Ireland | 1:06:20 | |
| 35 | Rui Pinto | Portugal | 1:06:28 | |
| 36 | Tom Wiggers | Netherlands | 1:06:29 | |
| 37 | Marius Øyre Vedvik | Norway | 1:06:29 | |
| 38 | Xavier Chevrier | Italy | 1:06:31 | |
| 39 | Bart van Nunen | Netherlands | 1:06:41 | |
| 40 | Ihor Russ | Ukraine | 1:06:45 | SB |
| 41 | Oleksandr Matviychuk | Ukraine | 1:06:53 | |
| 42 | Matthew Bond | Great Britain | 1:07:00 | |
| 43 | Yimer Getahun | Israel | 1:07:02 | SB |
| 44 | Fredrik Uhrbom | Sweden | 1:07:06 | |
| 45 | Mert Girmalegesse | Turkey | 1:07:07 | |
| 46 | Serkan Kaya | Turkey | 1:07:09 | |
| 47 | Christian Kreienbühl | Switzerland | 1:07:09 | |
| 48 | Remigijus Kančys | Lithuania | 1:07:12 | |
| 49 | José Moreira | Portugal | 1:07:17 | |
| 50 | Jarkko Järvenpää | Finland | 1:07:21 | |
| 51 | Jens Nerkamp | Germany | 1:07:22 | |
| 52 | Lee Merrien | Great Britain | 1:07:29 | |
| 53 | Yohan Durand | France | 1:07:32 | |
| 54 | Yuriy Rusyuk | Ukraine | 1:07:38 | |
| 55 | Jānis Viškers | Latvia | 1:07:40 | |
| 56 | Maru Teferi | Israel | 1:07:40 | |
| 57 | Sergiu Ciobanu | Ireland | 1:07:46 | |
| 58 | Edwin Kemboi | Austria | 1:07:51 | |
| 59 | Milan Kocourek | Czech Republic | 1:08:00 | |
| 60 | Jonas Lurås Hammer | Norway | 1:08:06 | |
| 61 | Konstantinos Gkelaouzos | Greece | 1:08:09 | |
| 62 | Roman Romanenko | Ukraine | 1:08:14 | |
| 63 | Samuel Barata | Portugal | 1:08:30 | |
| 64 | Jiří Homoláč | Czech Republic | 1:08:34 | |
| 65 | Daniele D'Onofrio | Italy | 1:08:41 | |
| 66 | Romain Courcières | France | 1:08:42 | |
| 67 | Marcel Berni | Switzerland | 1:08:47 | |
| 68 | Hans Kristian Fløystad | Norway | 1:08:55 | |
| 69 | Gábor Józsa | Hungary | 1:08:57 | |
| 70 | Berihun Wuve | Israel | 1:09:11 | |
| 71 | Valentin Pfeil | Austria | 1:09:34 | |
| 72 | Iván Fernández | Spain | 1:09:38 | |
| 73 | Yavuz Ağralı | Turkey | 1:09:41 | |
| 74 | Anton Kosmač | Slovenia | 1:09:45 | |
| 75 | Eirik Gramstad | Norway | 1:09:55 | |
| 76 | Rui Pedro Silva | Portugal | 1:10:04 | |
| 77 | Jonathan Hay | Great Britain | 1:10:08 | |
| 78 | Ageze Guadie | Israel | 1:10:45 | |
| 79 | Pavel Dymák | Czech Republic | 1:10:55 | |
| 80 | Andreas Kempf | Switzerland | 1:11:10 | |
| 81 | Taras Salo | Ukraine | 1:11:24 | |
| 82 | Vít Pavlišta | Czech Republic | 1:11:58 | |
| 83 | Marcel Tschopp | Liechtenstein | 1:15:36 | |
| 84 | Ørjan Grønnevig | Norway | 1:18:12 | |
| | Pedro Ribeiro | Portugal | DNF | |
| | Khalid Choukoud | Netherlands | DNF | |
| | Hendrik Pfeiffer | Germany | DNF | |
| | Arne Gabius | Germany | DNF | |
| | Mark Hanrahan | Ireland | DNF | |
| | Gary Murray | Ireland | DNF | |
| | Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Turkey | DNF | |
| | Iolo Nikolov | Bulgaria | DNF | |

#### Team

| Rank | Nation | Time |
| | Switzerland Tadesse Abraham Julien Lyon Adrian Leman Christian Kreienbühl Marcel Bernie Andreas Kempf | 3:12:04 |
| | Spain Carles Castillejo Jesús España Ayad Lamdassem Iván Fernández | 3:12:06 |
| | Italy Daniele Meucci Stefano La Rosa Ruggero Pertile Xavier Chevrier Daniele D'Onofrio | 3:12:41 |
| 4 | Turkey | 3:14:34 |
| 5 | Sweden | 3:14:55 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3:15:36 |
| 7 | Ireland | 3:17:18 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 3:17:49 |
| 9 | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | 3:18:26 |
| 10 | Germany | 3:18:41 |
| 11 | France | 3:19:57 |
| 12 | Norway | 3:20:31 |
| 13 | Portugal | 3:22:15 |
| 14 | Austria | 3:22:35 |
| 15 | Israel | 3:23:53 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 3:27:29 |