Frankfurt half marathon

Frankfurt half marathon
venue	Frankfurt am Main Germany
First run	2003
Records
distance	21.0975 km
track record	Men: 1:05:14 h Mitku Seboka , 2020   Women: 1:13:41 hh Fate Tola , 2015
Website	Official website

Frankfurt Half Marathon (2009)

The Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon (official name 2009-2015 Frankfurt Lufthansa Half Marathon after the sponsor Lufthansa ; previously Frankfurt City Half Marathon ) is a people and road run in Frankfurt am Main , which has been organized by Spiridon Frankfurt eV since 2003 at the beginning of March. It is one of the largest half marathons in Germany. The number of participants increases every year, in 2017 a new record was set with 5,397 finishers.

route

Commerzbank-Arena, in the background Frankfurt am Main

The route, which was changed in 2010, leads from the start at the Commerzbank-Arena to the north through the Niederrad district and the "office town" there to the banks of the Main. Shortly before the Eiserner Steg (about kilometer marker 10) the route leads through the Sachsenhausen-Süd district , then via Stresemannallee and Mörfelder Landstrasse to the Isenburger Schneise. A turning point has been set up
here in the direction of Neu-Isenburg . The route is then led back over the Otto-Fleck-Schneise and over a bridge over the federal highway 43 back to the Commerzbank-Arena. At the end of the route, the athletes circle the arena, then run into the football stadium and pass the finish line in the arena.
The route has been running in the opposite direction since 2020. The previous participant limit could be increased from 6,500 runners to 8,500 runners by eliminating a bottleneck shortly after the old start and now instead of going around the Commerzbank-Arena directly into the stadium.

statistics

Course records

Current route (since 2010)

• Men: 1:05:14 h Mitku Seboka ( ETH ), March 8, 2020
• Women: 1:13:41 h Fate Tola Geleto ( ETH ), March 8, 2015

Old route (until 2009)

• Men: 1:02:26 h Anderson Kiprono Chirchir ( KEN ), March 4th 2007
• Women: 1:10:51 h Luminita Zaituc ( GER ), March 9, 2003

Winner list men

date	1st place	Time (h)	2nd place	Time (h)	3rd place	Time (h)
0March 8 2020	Mitku Seboka ( ETH )	1:05:14	Abdi Uya Hundessa ( ETH )	1:06:36	Julian Häßner ( DEU )	1:07:58
10 Mar 2019	Tilahun Babsa ( ETH ) (3rd win)	1:09:28	Abdi Uya Hundessa ( ETH )	1:09:36	Jannik Ernst ( DEU )	1:09:38
11th Mar 2018	Tilahun Babsa ( ETH ) (2nd win)	1:07:38	Demeke Wosene ( ETH )	1:08:24	Jannik Ernst ( DEU )	1:09:40
March 12 2017	Tilahun Babsa ( ETH )	1:07:07	Solomon Merne Eshete ( ETH )	1:07:10	Marcel Krieghoff ( DEU )	1:07:59
13 Mar 2016	Solomun Eyor ( ERI )	1:07:19	Jochen Uhrig ( DEU )	1:09:32	Aaron Bienenfeld ( DEU )	1:10:03
0March 8 2015	Mark Hobbs ( GBR )	1:10:32	Jamal Sanhaji ( MAR )	1:13:05	Felix Hohm ( DEU )	1:13:46
09 Mar 2014	Gutu Abdeta Oddee ( ETH )	1:06:04	Abebe Asrat Biruk ( ETH )	1:07:15	Oliver Hoffmann ( DEU )	1:09:36
10 Mar 2013	Marcel Bridegroom ( DEU )	1:10:38	Manuel Ruhland ( DEU )	1:10:53	Jamal Sanhaji ( MAR )	1:12:05
11th Mar 2012	Dickson Kurui ( KEN )	1:05:31	Matthias Müller ( DEU )	1:10:00	Sebastian Meurer ( DEU )	1:10:15
13 Mar 2011	Younes Ammouta ( MAR )	1:07:04	Ybekal Daniel Berye ( ETH )	1:08:10	Charai Abderrazzak ( MAR )	1:09:54
14 Mar 2010	Charai Abderrazzak ( MAR ) 1	1:09:06	Dominik Burkhardt ( DEU )	1:09:15	Jörn Harland ( DEU )	1:09:19
01st Mar 2009	Eduard Scherer ( DEU )	1:10:44	Marco Schwab ( DEU )	1:10:57	Marco Diehl ( DEU )	1:11:06
02nd Mar 2008	Hillary Kemboi ( KEN )	1:09:40	Slavko Petrović ( HRV )	1:10:56	Marco Schwab ( DEU )	1:13:55
04th Mar 2007	Anderson Kiprono Chirchir ( KEN )	1:02:26	Wirimai Juwawo ( ZWE )	1:06:06	Wellay Amare Weldegiyorgis ( ETH )	1:08:44
05th Mar 2006	Nicholas Kipruto Koech ( KEN )	1:04:45	Elisha Kiprotich Sawe ( KEN )	1:04:47	Elias Cheboi ( KEN )	1:05:33
06th Mar 2005	Joseph Samoei ( KEN )	1:06:14	Piotr Gładki ( POL )	1:06:45	Gamachu Roba ( ETH )	1:08:43
07th Mar 2004	Gamachu Roba ( ETH )	1:07:12	Aleksander Bolkhovitin ( RUS )	1:08:07	Martin Schonberger ( DEU )	1:10:09
09 Mar 2003	Gabriel Kiprono Mutai ( KEN )	1:06:07	René Witt ( DEU )	1:06:09	Gamachu Roba ( ETH )	1:07:27

¹Winner Edwin Kibowen Cheserek and runner-up Hosea Kiplagat Tuei (both LAC Olympia 88 Berlin ; Kenya) were subsequently disqualified due to invalid DLV start passes

Winner list women

date	1st place	Time (h)	2nd place	Time (h)	3rd place	Time (h)
0March 8 2020	Anna Bognár ( HUN )	1:19:33	Petra Wassiluk ( DEU )	1:19:53	Hindiyaa Mohamed ( ETH )	1:20:10
10 Mar 2019	Hindiyaa Mohamed ( ETH )	1:19:39	Anna Herzberg ( DEU )	1:23:07	Julia Ertmer ( DEU )	1:23:37
11th Mar 2018	Nora Kusterer ( DEU )	1:19:45	Katharina Grohmann ( DEU )	1:22:25	Petra Wassiluk ( DEU )	1:22:55
March 12 2017	Laura Philipp ( DEU )	1:15:51	Tinka Uphoff ( DEU )	1:18:16	Jenny Schulz ( DEU )	1:19:30
13 Mar 2016	Josephine Ambjörnsson ( SWE )	1:19:54	Anna Herzberg ( DEU )	1:20:03	Michaela Mertova ( CZE )	1:20:22
0March 8 2015	Fate Tola Geleto ( ETH )	1:13:41	Tinka Uphoff ( DEU )	1:18:42	Magin Day ( USA )	1:22:01
09 Mar 2014	Nina Vabic ( DEU )	1:23:00	Anna Herzberg ( DEU )	1:24:08	Sabine Schmitt ( DEU )	1:25:13
10 Mar 2013	Jenny Schulz ( DEU )	1:17:23	Natascha Schmitt ( DEU )	1:18:39	Daniela Sämmler ( DEU )	1:21:55
11th Mar 2012	Beáta Rakonczai ( HUN )	1:16:07	Veronika Ulrich ( DEU )	1:19:46	Susanne Schulze ( DEU )	1:21:21
13 Mar 2011	Nancy Koech ( KEN )	1:15:14	Jenny Schulz ( DEU )	1:16:47	Kerstin Straub ( DEU )	1:22:33
14 Mar 2010	Simret Restle ( DEU ) 2	1:15:33	Jenny Schulz ( DEU )	1:17:29	Veronika Ulrich ( DEU )	1:20:16
01st Mar 2009	Vera Martens ( DEU )	1:24:21	Andrea Meuser ( DEU )	1:26:42	Stefanie Vergin ( DEU )	1:29:20
02nd Mar 2008	Regina Nguria ( KEN )	1:21:02	Kerstin Straub ( DEU )	1:24:23	Andrea Meuser ( DEU )	1:25:59
04th Mar 2007	Milka Jerotich ( KEN )	1:11:03	Irina Mikitenko ( DEU )	1:13:06	Anke Holljesiefken ( DEU )	1:19:05
05th Mar 2006	Irina Mikitenko ( DEU )	1:13:07	Prisca Kiprono ( KEN )	1:13:26	Viola Bor Chepketing ( KEN )	1:14:16
06th Mar 2005	Viola Bor Chepketing ( KEN )	1:16:15	Grace Cheptoo Malot ( KEN )	1:16:29	Christine Defland ( DEU )	1:21:32
07th Mar 2004	Lem Lem Hüls ( ETH )	1:17:46	Petra Wassiluk ( DEU )	1:17:48	Elena Bolkhovitin ( RUS )	1:20:52
09 Mar 2003	Luminita Zaituc ( DEU )	1:10:51	Joyce Kandie ( KEN )	1:17:09	Petra Wassiluk ( DEU )	1:18:52

²Second placed Emmily Biwott and third placed Lilian Jepkosgei Koech (both LAC Olympia 88 Berlin ; Kenya) were subsequently disqualified due to invalid DLV start pass

Development of the number of finishers

year	total	including women	in %
2020	6,366	1,898	29.8
2019	4,862	1,518	31.2
2018	4,846	1,441	29.7
2017	5,397	1,548	28.7
2016	4,744	1.312	27.7
2015	4,619	1,214	26.3
2014	4,747	1,205	25.4
2013	3,871	947	24.5
2012	4,075	981	24.1
2011	3,721	828	22.3
2010	3,445	742	21.5
2009	2,826	625	22.1
2008	2,742	607	22.1
2007	2,823	592	21.0
2006	2,589	539	20.8
2005	2,388	476	20.0
2004	2,475	514	20.8
2003	2,524	498	19.7

See also

• List of half marathons
• German Road Races

Web links

• Website of the Frankfurt Half Marathon

Footnotes

1. ↑ 15th Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon on March 12, 2017. In: frankfurter-halbmarathon.de. Retrieved March 16, 2019 . Deviating from the information on the website of the Frankfurt Half Marathon, Runner's World reports 5395 finishers, see Patrick Brucker: Frankfurter Half Marathon 2017: 5,395 finishers south of the Main. In: Runner's World. March 12, 2017, accessed March 16, 2019 .