Göltzschtal marathon

The Göltzschtal Marathon is a marathon that has been organized annually since 1968 in the Saxon town of Lengenfeld (Vogtland) by VfB Lengenfeld in 1908 . Up to and including 2013, the marathon was held in October, since 2014 it has been held in April and thus merged with the Göltzschtallauf, which has also been held annually in April. It is the oldest marathon still being held in the former GDR and the second oldest in Germany. He registered his highest number of participants in 1987 with a total of 278 runners who reached the finish (258 men, 20 women). In recent years, the number of participants has fallen below 100 (as of 2007).

A marathon pair race (two-person relay) has also been held since 2000.

history

The first run was held on September 29, 1968 out of the practical consideration that the poor condition of the track and field of the athletics club did not allow long-distance events. In this competition, 27 out of 47 runners reached the finish. After the first two events in 1968 and 1969 there was no continuation for two years (but since 1969 a Göltzschtallauf over 25 km). The Göltzschtal Marathon has been held continuously since 1972 and under the same overall director (Reiner Milek, * 1943).

In 1973 a woman officially ran a marathon in the GDR for the first time, so that Rosemarie Pfeifer's (Leipzig, * 1938) winning time of 4:01:28 hours was the first GDR best (world best time at this point: 2:46:36 hours ., see under marathon ).

The overall winners of the run include the four-time winner of the GDR cult event Rennsteiglauf , Dietmar Knies (* 1951) and Sigrid Eichner (* 1940), who ran a marathon more than 1000 times. Two runners achieved a four-time victory, Jürgen Schramm (* 1960) in 1986 and 1989 to 1991 and Uwe Friedrich (* 1972) in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003.

The record number of participants in 1987 was due to the implementation of the so-called Small GDR Championship as part of the Göltzschtal Marathon - a championship for amateur athletes outside the state-sponsored sports clubs.

Even older than the Gölztschtal Marathon was the Karl-Marx-Stadt-Marathon in the GDR , which was first held in what is now Chemnitz on May 7, 1967, but was no longer held after 1987.

One week after the first Göltzschtal Marathon, the Black Forest Marathon took place for the first time on October 6, 1968 . The oldest continuous marathon event in Germany is the Essen Marathon Around the Baldeneysee (since 1963).

Routing

The first events began and ended in front of the town hall of Lengenfeld . For many years, the route led through the valley of the Göltzsch river on a road with little traffic, which was not fully blocked during the marathon, to a turning point about ten kilometers away at the entrance to Mylau . This commute had to be run twice. Since 2006, the route has been on a cycle path that is similar to the old route.

statistics

Course records

• Men: 2:22:22 h, Heiko Schinkitz , 1992
• Women: 2:51:29 h, Romy Lindner , 1996

Winners list

Sources: Organizer website, ARRS

date	Men	Time (hours)	Women	Time (hours)
Apr 11, 2015	Nico Jahreis	2:55:43	Claudia Seidel	3:46:48
Apr 12, 2014	Marek Gähler	2:57:10	Isolde Dietzel	5:25:39
0Oct 5, 2013	Ronald Speer - 2 -	2:53:37	Claudia Hanisch	3:47:00
0Oct 6, 2012	Holger Zander - 2 -	2:44:37	Christine Fischer	3:41:53
0Oct 1, 2011	Ronald Speer	2:56:59	Kristin Eisenacher - 2 -	3:17:55
0Oct 9, 2010	Markus white vulture	2:32:09	Kristin Eisenacher	3:27:31
0Oct 3, 2009	Thomas King - 2 -	2:47:10	Annett Speer	3:24:12
0Oct 4, 2008	Thomas King	2:44:27	Sieglinde Mattioni	3:55:31
0Oct 6, 2007	Maik Heuschkel	2:50:49	Dörte Schwalbe	4:03:35
0Oct 7, 2006	Thomas Ungethüm	3:04:56	Heike Hansel	3:32:39
0Oct 1, 2005	Bernd Stein	3:06:22	Ulrike Pautzsch	4:01:15
0Oct 2, 2004	Holger Zander	2:48:04	Ute Hackbarth	3:43:04
0Oct. 4, 2003	Uwe Friedrich - 4 -	2:43:45	Tanja Semjonowa - 2 -	3:04:43
0Oct 5, 2002	René Witt	2:37:31	Ramona Wilde	3:40:38
0Oct 6, 2001	Uwe Friedrich - 3 -	2:45:54	Martina Butzek	3:43:32
0Oct 7, 2000	Steffen Budach	2:49:38	Anke Drescher	3:25:21
0Oct 2, 1999	Uwe Friedrich - 2 -	2:35:52	Andrea Matthes	3:34:18
0Oct 3, 1998	Uwe Friedrich	2:36:00	Tanja Semjonowa	3:17:06
0Oct. 4, 1997	Lars Haß	2:35:07	Angelika Dreock - 2 -	3:22:20
0Oct 5, 1996	Reimund Klitz	2:33:11	Romy Lindner - 3 -	2:51:29
0Oct 7, 1995	Eik Fricke	2:41:40	Angelika Dreock	3:18:05
0Oct 1, 1994	Uwe Sauerstein	2:40:07	Gisela Goethel	3:24:58
0Nov 6, 1993	Wolfgang Jacob	2:36:51	Vilija Birbalaitė ( LTU )	3:07:39
0Nov 7, 1992	Ralph Koritz	2:33:38	Romy Lindner - 2 -	2:58:09
0Nov 2, 1991	Jürgen Schramm - 4 -	2:33:50	Claudia Schmidt	3:08:46
0Nov 3, 1990	Jürgen Schramm - 3 -	2:36:38	Romy Lindner	3:12:42
0Nov 4, 1989	Jürgen Schramm - 2 -	2:33:28	Gisela Fränzel	3:21:30
0Nov 5, 1988	Bernd Helbig	2:35:51	Romy Voigt - 2 -	3:15:04
Oct. 31, 1987	Wolfram Rosenow	2:28:03	Marlies Homagk	3:15:41
0Nov 1, 1986	Jürgen Schramm	2:30:53	Romy Voigt	3:25:32
0Nov 2, 1985	Helge Schumann	2:34:46	Sigrid Eichner	3:25:30
0Nov 3, 1984	Dietmar Knies - 2 -	2:34:07	Marid Helbig	3:36:09
0Nov 5, 1983	Dietmar Knies	2:33:16	Heidi Wolfram & Annerose Schoder	3:41:27
0Nov 6, 1982	Heiko Schinkitz	2:22:22	Ilona Möller	3:27:36
Oct 31, 1981	László Zajcz ( HUN )	2:33:08	Monika Biachin	3:09:59
0Nov 1, 1980	Gerhard Schinkel	2:32:35	Brigitte Rose	3:20:58
0Nov 3, 1979	Frank Tavernaro	2:26:52	Birgit Eichler	3:10:08
0Nov. 5, 1978	Dieter Wiedemann	2: 26: 50.2	Sigrun Macheleidt	4: 05: 49.1
Oct 29, 1977	Gerd Klausner - 2 -	2: 32: 31.8	Rosemarie Pfeiffer - 2 -	3: 35: 08.4
Sep 11 1976	Gerd Klausner	2: 31: 30.6	Irmgard Kretzschmar	4: 07: 10.2
Oct 25, 1975	Roland Winkler	2: 24: 48.6	---	---
Oct 26, 1974	Ulrich Heilfort Peter Carlsohn	2: 27: 50.4	---	---
22 Sep 1973	Luděk Kocián ( TCH )	2: 34: 22.0	Rosemarie Pfeiffer	4: 01: 28.8
23 Sep 1972	Detlef Schönfeld	2: 25: 08.0	---	---
Sep 14 1969	Werner Bastian	2: 40: 13.2	---	---
29 Sep 1968	Martin Deparade	2: 38: 05.0	---	---

Development of the number of finishers

Runners who reached the finish

year	total	including women
2015	047	06th
2014	033	01
2013	067	14th
2012	043	03
2011	079	12
2010	053	06th
2009	064	07th
2008	047	07th
2007	070	02
2006	053	03
2005	051	02
2004	070	05
2003	062	07th
2002	084	05
2001	090	04th
2000	029	02
1999	066	10
1998	054	08th
1997	045	06th
1996	070	09
1995	079	10
1994	055	05
1993	093	09
1992	059	03
1991	081	05
1990	073	07th
1989	113	05
1988	107	03
1987	278	20th
1986	136	07th
1985	148	05
1984	144	05
1983	129	03
1982	155	02
1981	181	09
1980	160	04th
1979	151	08th
1978	122	01
1977	069	02
1976	041	01
1975	060	---
1974	060	---
1973	022nd	01
1972	015th	---
1969	021st	---
1968	027	---

literature

• Jürgen Roscher: marathon leader. 1994, ISBN 3980143236

Web links

• Official website
• Route signs for a participant (Laufszene-sachsen.de)

Footnotes

1. ^ Winner list of all marathons
2. ↑ arrs.run: Göltzschtal Marathon