JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge

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The JP Morgan Corporate Challenge (JPMCC) is a series of company runs that are held annually in over ten major cities, mainly in the United States , but also in Europe ( London , Frankfurt am Main ) and on other continents ( Singapore , Sydney , Johannesburg ) , occur. These are the cities in which the organizer and sponsor , the investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. , has offices.

The company run with the highest number of participants in the series will be held in Frankfurt am Main with around 70,000 runners . This is followed by New York City, Chicago and London with participant numbers between 20,000 and 30,000.

The company run, launched in 1977 by the Bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York City under the name Corporate Challenge , is contested by company teams of four people and is open to all employees of companies and authorities. The moderate length of the route should enable even inexperienced colleagues to take part in the run.

The sum of the runtimes of four team members is evaluated. The fastest teams in the men, women and mixed teams categories are invited to travel to New York for the so-called championship run . One US dollar of the entry fee (in Frankfurt 1.80 euros - with an entry fee of 22.00 euros = 8.2%) is used for a good cause that changes every year.

The original promoter, Manufacturers Hanover Trust , joined Chemical Bank in 1991 , which took over Chase Manhattan Bank in 1996 and took its name. Since the merger of Chase Bank with JP Morgan in 2000, Manufacturers Hanover has been part of what is now JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Venues

since City Country
1977 New York / United States
1981 Buffalo / United States
1982 Chicago / United States
1982 Syracuse / United States
1983 New York (championship run) / United States
1984 Boston / United States
1985 San Francisco / United States
1987 London / United Kingdom
1991 Rochester / United States
1993 Frankfurt am Main / Germany
2000 Sydney / Australia
2004 Johannesburg / South Africa
2004 Singapore / Singapore

The JPMCC in Frankfurt am Main

Start (north) at the 2007 race
The field in Reuterweg at the height of the wave

The Frankfurt company run was started in 1993 as the Chemical Bank Corporate Challenge , was called the Chase Corporate Challenge from 1996 to 2000 , then from 2001 onwards the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge , before it was finally renamed the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge in 2009 . The first run took place with 527 runners from 57 companies. In 2002 more than 50,000 participants were registered for the first time. This makes the Frankfurt company run regularly the largest company run and the second largest city ​​run in the world.

The route runs through downtown Frankfurt and the Westend . The fastest runner so far in 2008 was Raphael Schäfer, who covered the 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles ) in 15:53 ​​minutes. Even if the fastest teams qualify for the championship run , which takes place every year at a different venue in the running series, for most participants it is not the performance that is the focus, but the shared sporting experience.

In addition, every runner in the Frankfurt JP Morgan Corporate Challenge contributes by participating in the fact that four euros are used to fund sports projects for young people with disabilities. In total, more than 2.5 million euros were raised for this purpose within eleven years (as of 2017). The funds are invested in specific projects through the partner foundation Deutsche Sporthilfe and German Disabled Sports Youth.

Routing

Due to the large number of participants, the start has been from two different points since 2003, from Hochstraße at Opernplatz ( North Start ) and Börsenstraße from Freßgass ( South Start ). The runners are required to line up according to their expected running times so that the faster runners can start as unhindered as possible. Radio chips have been used for registered top runners since 2009. The two starting sections join after about 400 m at Eschenheimer Tor . The rest of the route leads over Eschersheimer Landstrasse to Cronstettenstrasse, then turns southwest over Bremer Strasse, over Reuterweg into Mainzer Landstrasse to Platz der Republik. From there the course leads over the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage and over the Messekreisel to the Senckenberganlage . The goal is just before the Bockenheimer Warte .

Development of the number of participants

date Attendees Companies
1993 527 57
June 14, 1994 1600 144
June 7, 1995 3000 200
June 19, 1996 5300 325
June 18, 1997 8600 467
June 17, 1998 13,857 659
June 16, 1999 20,685 900
June 14, 2000 25,527 831
May 29, 2001 40,099 1461
June 19, 2002 51,031 1733
June 18, 2003 45,000
June 16, 2004 51,140 1831
June 2, 2005 60,000
June 1, 2006 62,390
June 13, 2007 67,270 2446
June 11, 2008 73.719 2589
June 17, 2009 69,042 2708
June 9, 2010 72,741 2752
June 15, 2011 68,454 2742
June 14, 2012 68,586 2761
June 12th, 2013 68,709 2782
June 11, 2014 71,735 2781
June 15, 2015 70,239 2682
June 15, 2016 68.119 2633
June 13, 2017 63,776 2419
7th June 2018 63,870 2388
June 12, 2019 62,772 2282

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JP Morgan Corporate Challenge (route map). In: www.jpmccc.de. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Source: FAZ June 16, 2004
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  6. ↑ Source: FAZ June 19, 1997
  7. ↑ Source: FAZ June 19, 1998
  8. ↑ Source: FAZ June 17, 1999
  9. ↑ Source: FAZ June 9, 2000
  10. ↑ FAZ No. 121 of May 26, 2001, p. 73
  11. ↑ Source: FAZ June 16, 2002
  12. ↑ Source: FAZ June 20, 2003
  13. ↑ Source: FAZ June 1, 2004
  14. ↑ Source: FAZ December 30, 2005
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  16. ↑ Source: FAZ June 13, 2007
  17. ↑ Source: FAZ May 27, 2008
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  19. ↑ Source: FAZ May 10, 2010
  20. ↑ Source: FAZ May 27, 2011
  21. ↑ Source: FAZ May 31, 2012
  22. ↑ a b c d e f Source: Organizer website
  23. ↑ FAZ NR 133 of June 11, 2014, p. 34