Frankfurt marathon

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athletics Frankfurt marathon
venue Frankfurt Germany
GermanyGermany 
First run 1981
Records
distance 42.195 kilometers
track record Men: 2:03:42 h, 2011 Wilson Kipsang
KenyaKenya 
Women: 2:19:10 h, 2019 Valary Jemeli
EthiopiaEthiopia 
Website Official website
Frankfurt Marathon 2004 at kilometer 1
2007 at 10 km

The Frankfurt Marathon (official name from 2016: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon ) is a marathon that has been held annually in Frankfurt am Main since 1981 . It is the oldest city ​​marathon in Germany and, in terms of the number of finishers, the second largest marathon in Germany. The organizer is the agency motion events . Its managing director, Jo Schindler, is the race director.

history

Five years after the first New York City Marathon , the time in Germany was ripe for marathons in the city centers. In Frankfurt the OSC Hoechst 1960 e. V. started on May 17, 1981, with Hoechst AG as the title sponsor. In the same year the Berlin Marathon and the Rhine-Ruhr Marathon followed .

Although the number of finishers rose from 2588 in the first year to 7297 in 1985, Hoechst withdrew. In 1986 the marathon was canceled. In 1987, the city of Frankfurt as the organizer, with the athletics department of Eintracht Frankfurt as the sporting organizer, brought the race back to life. The date of the event was postponed to October and the exhibition grounds were chosen as the new start and destination .

In 1985, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the German Marathon Championships were held here.

At the German Championships on October 25, 2015, Arne Gabius from Hamburg set a new German record with 2:08:33 hours. He undercut the record held by Jörg Peter since 1988 by 14 seconds.

In 2017 Klemens Wittig set a European record for the men over 80 with 3:39:54 h.

For decades, the runners have been welcomed by the moderator Artur Schmidt shortly before the festival hall.

Routing

Melanie Kraus on the run to victory in 2007
2007: Second (Rotich, left) and first (Kigen, right) 8 minutes before the finish
Routing 2018

The start is on the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage at the exhibition tower . At Platz der Republik, the route turns left into Mainzer Landstrasse . After circumnavigating the Taunusanlage , it goes back to the start area and the Bockenheimer Warte and then via the Bockenheimer Landstrasse to the Alte Oper . Walk north over Reuterweg and Bremer Straße to the Westend campus of the University of Frankfurt and return to Opernplatz via Eschersheimer Landstraße and Bockenheimer Anlage . Via Junghofstrasse you get to Roßmarkt , then pass the stock exchange and get to Eschenheimer Tor . Past the Eschenheimer Turm , on the Frankfurter Anlagenring to Friedberger Tor , where you turn south and cross the old bridge to Sachsenhausen on the left side of the Main . Parallel to the Main it now goes westward to the districts of Niederrad and Schwanheim . After the only significant ascent of the route to the Schwanheimer Bridge , it goes back to the right bank of the Main and to the westernmost point of the route in Höchst at the Bolongaropalast . Via Nied it now goes east over Mainzer Landstrasse back to the city ​​center . At 34 km, just before the Galluswarte , you walk a loop through the Europaviertel to Platz der Republik. On a lap across Taunusstrasse and Kaiserstrasse , the main guard and the Eschenheimer tower are passed again. From there the last kilometers lead over the Freßgass and along the Alte Oper over the Republic Square to the festival hall , where a red carpet is laid out for the runners.

The unofficial landmark of the route is the Hammering Man in the start and finish area, which reminds marathon runners of the “man with the hammer” who plagues runners with a hunger branch.

statistics

Course records

Winners list

Sources: ARRS, Runner's World

date Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
Oct 31, 2021
Oct 25, 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic did not take place
Oct. 27, 2019 Fikre Bekele ( ETH ) 2:07:08 Valary Jemeli ( KEN ) 2:19:10
Oct 28, 2018 Kelkile Gezahegn ( ETH ) 2:06:37 Meskerem Assefa ( ETH ) 2:20:36
Oct 29, 2017 Tola Shura Kitata ( ETH ) 2:05:50 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 2:23:35
Oct. 30, 2016 Mark Korir ( KEN ) 2:06:48 Mamitu Daska -2- 2:25:27
Oct 25, 2015 Sisay Lemma ( ETH ) 2:06:26 Gulume Tollesa ( ETH ) 2:23:12
Oct 26, 2014 Mark Kosgei Kiptoo ( KEN ) 2:06:49 Aberu Kebede ( ETH ) 2:22:21
Oct 27, 2013 Vincent Kipruto ( KEN ) 2:06:15 Caroline Cheptanui Kilel -2- 2:22:34
Oct 28, 2012 Patrick Makau Musyoki ( KEN ) 2:06:08 Meselech Melkamu ( ETH ) 2:21:01
Oct 30, 2011 Wilson Kipsang -2- 2:03:42 Mamitu Daska ( ETH ) 2:21:59
Oct 31, 2010 Wilson Kipsang ( KEN ) 2:04:57 Caroline Cheptanui Kilel ( KEN ) 2:23:25
Oct 25, 2009 Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa ( KEN ) 2:06:14 Agnes Jepkemboi Kiprop ( KEN ) 2:26:57
Oct 26, 2008 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 2:07:21 Sabrina Mockenhaupt ( GER ) 2:26:22
Oct 28, 2007 Wilfred Kibet Kigen -3- 2:07:58 Melanie Kraus ( GER ) 2:28:56
Oct 29, 2006 Wilfred Kibet Kigen -2- 2:09:06 Svetlana Ponomarenko ( RUS ) 2:30:05
Oct 30, 2005 Wilfred Kibet Kigen ( KEN ) 2:08:29 Alevtina Biktimirowa ( RUS ) 2:25:12
Oct 31, 2004 Boaz Kimaiyo -2- 2:09:10 Olesja Nurgalijewa ( RUS ) 2:29:48
Oct 26, 2003 Boaz Kimaiyo ( KEN ) 2:09:28 Luminita Zaituc -2- 2:29:41
Oct. 27, 2002 Eliud Keiring ( KEN ) 2:12:32 María Abel ( ESP ) 2:26:58
Oct 28, 2001 Pavel Loskutov -2- 2:11:09 Luminita Zaituc ( GER ) 2:26:01
Oct 29, 2000 Henry Kosgei Cherono ( KEN ) 2:10:40 Ester Barmasai -2- 2:31:04
Oct 31, 1999 Pavel Loskutov ( EST ) 2:12:37 Ester Barmasai ( KEN ) 2:33:58
Oct 25, 1998 Abel Gisemba ( KEN ) 2:11:40 Angelina Kanana ( KEN ) 2:31:38
Oct 26, 1997 Michael Fietz ( GER ) 2:10:59 Katrin Dörre-Heinig -3- 2:26:48
Oct 27, 1996 Martin Bremer ( GER ) 2:13:38 Katrin Dörre-Heinig -2- 2:28:33
Oct 29, 1995 Oleg Otmachow ( RUS ) 2:12:35 Katrin Dörre-Heinig ( GER ) 2:31:31
Oct 23, 1994 Terje Næss ( NOR ) 2:13:19 Franziska Moser ( SUI ) 2:27:44
Oct 17, 1993 Stephan Freilang ( GER ) 2:11:53 Sissel Grottenberg ( NOR ) 2:36:50
Oct 25, 1992 Steffen Dittmann ( GER ) 2:12:59 Bente Moe ( NOR ) 2:32:36
Oct 20, 1991 Herbert Steffny -3- 2:13:45 Linda Milo ( BEL ) 2:35:11
Oct 28, 1990 Konrad Dobler ( GER ) 2:13:29 Kerstin Preßler ( GER ) 2:34:13
Oct 22, 1989 Herbert Steffny -2- 2:13:51 Iris Biba ( GER ) 2:33:14
Oct. 30, 1988 Jos Sasse ( NED ) 2:13:15 Grete Kirkeberg ( NOR ) 2:35:44
Oct 25, 1987 Lindsay Robertson ( GBR ) 2:13:30 Annabel Holtkamp ( GER ) 2:45:21
May 19, 1985 Herbert Steffny ( GER ) 2:12:12 Carla Beurskens ( NED ) 2:28:37
May 13, 1984 Dereje Nedi ( ETH ) 2:11:18 Charlotte Teske -2- 2:31:16
May 15, 1983 Ahmet Altun ( TUR ) 2:12:41 Charlotte Teske ( GER ) 2:28:32
May 23, 1982 Delfim Moreira ( POR ) 2:12:54 Heidi Hutterer ( GER ) 2:36:38
May 17, 1981 Kjell-Erik Ståhl ( SWE ) 2:13:20 Doris Schlosser ( GER ) 2:47:13

Participant statistics

Number of runners who reached the finish ("Finisher"):

Year / participant Year / participant Year / participant Year / participant
  • 1981 participants: 2,588
  • 1982 Participants: 4,677
  • 1983 Participants: 5,117
  • 1984 participants: 5,622
  • 1985 participants: 7,297
  • 1986 (canceled)
  • 1987 participants: 4,308
  • 1988 Participants: 4,492
  • 1989 participants: 5,033
  • 1990 participants: 6,401
  • 1991 participants: 5,539
  • 1992 participants: 6,479
  • 1993 participants: 5,833
  • 1994 participants: 7,162
  • 1995 participants: 6,580
  • 1996 participants: 5,919
  • 1997 participants: 5,553
  • 1998 participants: 6,598
  • 1999 participants: 6,891
  • 2000 participants: 7,548
  • 2001 participants: 8,799
  • 2002 Participants: 7,239
  • 2003 Participants: 7,098
  • 2004 Participants: 8,295
  • 2005 participants: 8,858
  • 2006 participants: 8,907
  • 2007 participants: 9,164
  • 2008 participants: 9,470
  • 2009 participants: 9,500
  • 2010 participants: 9,558
  • 2011 participants: 12,438
  • 2012 participants: 10,882
  • 2013 participants: 11,009
  • 2014 participants: 11,122
  • 2015 participants: 11,154
  • 2016 participants: 11,880
  • 2017 participants: 11,151
  • 2018 participants: 10,620

literature

See also

Web links

Commons : Frankfurt Marathon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Marathon organizers keep their distance to Hahner twins ( memento of the original from October 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (October 27, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.handelsblatt.com
  2. ↑ Gabius breaks German marathon record , hessenschau.de, October 25, 2015
  3. ↑ arrs.run: Frankfurt Marathon
  4. ↑ 25 years of the Frankfurt City Marathon. History of the city marathon ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.runnersworld.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Runner's World , October 25, 2006