Magdeburg marathon

The Magdeburg Marathon is a marathon that has been organized in Magdeburg by the VLG 1991 Magdeburg since 2004 in the second half of October . In addition to the marathon route, a half marathon , a 10 km run (13 km up to 2014), a 4.2 km run and a 400 m children's run are offered. The previous record for participants was achieved in 2014 with over 6,000 registered runners (including the walking competitions). It is therefore the largest running event in Saxony-Anhalt . A marathon relay was offered for the first time in 2016 .

route

Start and finish is at the Magdeburg trade fair.

Until 2015

From the start, it first went over the Elbe into the city center, where the Otto von Guericke monument, the town hall , the Magdeburger Reiter , the Hundertwasser House and the cathedral are passed, before you get to the Rotehornpark via Hegelstraße and the Sternbrücke . From there it goes on the right bank of the Elbe through the Elbauenpark with the millennium tower and the Herrenkrugpark . While the half-marathon runners return from here to the finish on the grounds of Messe Magdeburg, the marathon runners continue on the Elbe Cycle Path northwards via Lostau and Hohenwarthe to the Magdeburg waterway junction , whose trough bridge is crossed before returning to the same route Goal goes.

As of 2016

Due to construction work in the urban area of Magdeburg and on the section between Magdeburg and Hohenwarthe, the waterway intersection could no longer be approached. The route was therefore designed as a real city marathon and now leads from the fair across the Elbe, through the Alte Neustadt , past the science harbor to the banks of the Elbe, which is followed to the Klosterbergegarten . From there it goes into the city center, over the cathedral the route leads to the Rotehornpark and over the Werder back to the exhibition center. The marathon runners complete the route twice, the half marathon runners once.

statistics

Course records

Men: 2:31:10, Frank Schauer , 2012
Women: 2:57:05, Anne-Kathrin Litzenberg, 2013

Winners list

Highlighted: course records

Numbers after the name indicate the number of wins to date

year	Men	Time (hours)	Women	Time (hours)
October 18, 2015	Paul Weinmann	2:47:25	Juliane Meyer	3:05:07
October 18, 2015	Jens Santruschek -2-	2:31:17	Nadja Koch	3:14:01
October 19, 2014	Jens Santruschek	2:44:05	Silke Zimmermann	3:11:20
10/20/2013	Karsten Pinno	2:42:45	Anne-Kathrin Litzenberg	2:57:05
10/21/2012	Frank Schauer	2:31:10	Susanne Harz	3:18:34
23/10/2011	Yves Löbel -2-	2:38:23	Sigrid Hoffmann -2-	3:09:36
October 24, 2010	Yves Löbel	2:41:57	Sigrid Hoffmann	3:13:31
October 18, 2009	Jörg Richter -2-	2:32:47	Irina Olbrich	3:20:59
October 19, 2008	Jan Schur	2:41:01	Bianca Stanienda	3:11:08
10/21/2007	Jörg Richter	2:36:11	Silvia Schmied	3:15:21
10/22/2006	Thomas Kunze	2:40:43	Dorothe Wolf	3:15:44
10/23/2005	Chris Toepfer (USA)	2:40:35	Angelika Hummel	3:03:37
October 24, 2004	Steffen Blockus	2:46:19	Annett Bahlcke	3:22:46

Development of the number of finishers

Runners who reached the finish. Highlighted: record numbers

year	marathon	half marathon
2016	337	1266
2015	302	1230
2014	389	1411
2013	453	1353
2012	435	1439
2011	495	1508
2010	546	1653
2009	512	1618
2008	571	1760
2007	568	1382
2006	588	1228
2005	590	1097
2004	431	641