Hackney Half

{{Short description|Annual half-marathon held in London, England}}

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| date = May

| location = London, United Kingdom

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| distance = Half marathon

| sponsor = Wizz Air

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| homepage = {{url|https://www.hackneymoves.com/}}

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The Hackney Half is an annual half-marathon held during the spring in the London borough of Hackney. The first event was held in 2014, with over 12,000 runners taking part.{{Cite web |last=Bartholomew |first=Emma |date=2014-06-28 |title=Inaugural Run Hackney half marathon: photo gallery |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/22944631.inaugural-run-hackney-half-marathon-photo-gallery/ |website=Hackney Gazette}} The event is London's biggest half-marathon event, with 24,000 runners taking part in the 2023 event.{{Cite web |last=Ouzia |first=Malik |date=2023-05-20 |title=East London set for biggest ever Hackney Half with record 24,000 field |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/athletics/hackney-half-marathon-east-london-b1082513.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Chant |first=Holly |date=2020-05-29 |title=The Hackney Half will not happen in 2020 |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a31953480/coronavirus-hackney-half-marathon/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Runner's World |language=en-GB}} In 2021, the event originally set to happen in May, was postponed to September 26th with a scaled back event due to the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Jane |date=2021-02-24 |title=Hackney Half marathon postponed following government's lockdown roadmap |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/23013455.hackney-half-marathon-postponed-following-governments-lockdown-roadmap/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Hackney Gazette |language=en}}

In 2023, organisers of the event were accused of “greenwashing” by Green Party councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, after the airline Wizz Air sponsored the event.{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Julia |date=2023-05-19 |title=Local councillor accuses Hackney Half organisers of 'participating in greenwashing' through Wizz Air sponsorship |url=https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2023/05/19/councillor-hackney-half-greenwashing-wizz-air-sponsorship/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Hackney Citizen |language=en-GB}} General entries for the 2025 event sold out in a record time of two weeks.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Hackney Half sells out general entries for 2025 in record two weeks |url=https://www.running-insights.com/news/hackney-half-sells-out-general-entries-for-2025-in-record-two-weeks-2/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Running Insights - Everything RUNNING |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=Mike |date=2024-06-06 |title=Hackney Half marathon general entries for 2025 sold out |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/24371272.hackney-half-marathon-general-entries-2025-sold/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Hackney Gazette |language=en}} The event's popularity has grown, with general entries for the 2026 race selling out in two days.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-21 |title=Mayor joins ‘record number’ of runners for Hackney Half |url=https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/05/21/mayor-record-number-runners-hackney-half/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Hackney Citizen |language=en-GB}}