Rhine-Ruhr Marathon

The Rhine-Ruhr Marathon is a marathon in Duisburg that has been held since 1981. It is therefore one of the oldest city ​​marathons in Germany. In addition to the classic 42.195-kilometer route, the competition also includes a half marathon , a marathon for inline skaters and a marathon for wheelchair users .

history

As a balance was forgiven of 8000 DM for 1981 in the sports budget of the city of Duisburg, the reported Eintracht courageously with the intention to complete a marathon on their feet. With the help of the sponsor Thyssen Bautechnik , it was possible to run the run as a city marathon, which ran clockwise through twelve districts - the second in Germany after the Frankfurt Marathon , which premiered in the spring of the same year. The then Lord Mayor Josef Krings personally gave the starting shot for the debut event on September 19, 1981 in the Duisburg Sports Park . With 385 participants at the finish line, they lagged behind Frankfurt and the Berlin Marathon that started a week later, each with over 3000 participants, but led the positive response to the premiere, in addition to the four-digit number of participants in Duisburg from 1983 onwards.

In 1987 the DLV awarded its title fights to Duisburg, so that a finisher record was achieved with 3,155 runners. However, the event had now reached such an extent that it brought the organizing club Eintracht Duisburg to the limits of its capacity. A decision on the future of the run was postponed when Duisburg was awarded the contract for the Universiade in 1989 , the marathon of which was organized as part of the Rhine-Ruhr Marathon; In 1990, however, the temporary end came.

In 1991 and 1992 a second attempt was made with Eintracht Duisburg as the host and the Duisburg Werbe- und Touristik GmbH, a municipal subsidiary, as the organizer. However, the race with much larger city marathons such as the Berlin Marathon, which also takes place in September, could not be won, and so the organizers and organizers finally withdrew, so that the marathon was canceled again in 1993 and 1994.

In 1995 the Stadtsportbund Duisburg e. V. and the Lauf-Club Duisburg eV, which still organize the run today, made a fresh start with a broad sports approach. The direction of the run was changed so that it now ran counter-clockwise through town, and the appointment was moved from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning.

In 2000 the inline skater competition was added to the program, followed in 2002 by the half marathon and the wheelchair marathon.

In 1987, 2000 and 2003, the German Marathon Championships were held as part of the Rhine-Ruhr Marathon .

route

The route is a circular route. The start is on Kruppstraße in the Sportpark Duisburg , from there it goes through Neudorf to the city ​​center . While the half marathon route turns south from here into the Dellviertel, the marathon route leads to the inner harbor and from there over the Kasslerfeld and the Ruhr to Ruhrort . After a loop through Meiderich , it goes over the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke on the left bank of the Rhine . From Alt-Homberg it goes south via Essenberg and Hochemmerich to Rheinhausen . Over the bridge of solidarity it goes back over the Rhine to Hochfeld , where the half marathon route from the north joins at km 28. Shortly thereafter, the route turns south and leads via Wanheimerort , Buchholz and Huckingen to the southernmost point of the course and then via Großenbaum and Wedau to the finish in the MSV Arena .

statistics

Course records

• Men: 2:14:33, Tibor Baier ( HUN ), 1989
• Women: 2:35:09, Irina Bogatschowa ( URS ), 1989

Marathon winners list

Sources: Organizer's website, arrs.run

date	Men	Time (hours)	Women	Time (hours)
05th June 2016	Enrico Dietrich	2:37:29	Karin Schank ( LUX )	2:58:38
0June 7, 2015	Karsten Kruck -2-	2:33:22	Birgit Hölscher	3:05:24
0June 1, 2014	Christian Bröring	2:34:30	Sandra Klein	2:48:12
0June 9, 2013	Magnus Kreth -4-	2:36:44	Vanessa Rösler	3:02:18
May 20, 2012	Samson Kosgei ( KEN )	2:32:03	Dorothea Frei	2:56:41
May 29, 2011	Richard Ngolepus ( KEN )	2:30:28	Silvia Krull	2:46:13
May 30, 2010	Magnus Kreth -3-	2:29:43	Antje Möller -4-	2:58:41
0June 7, 2009	Sascha Velten	2:32:16	Marlies Meyer -2-	2:56:56
0June 1, 2008	Magnus Kreth -2-	2:33:18	Marlies Meyer	2:58:17
Apr 29, 2007	Robert Jäkel	2:33:57	Martina Schwanke	2:55:32
Apr 30, 2006	Magnus Kreth	2:30:07	Antje Möller -3-	2:56:30
0June 5, 2005	Volker Dorn	2:35:12	Antje Möller -2-	3:12:42
0June 6, 2004	Karsten Kruck	2:35:23	Ulrike Ewald	3:09:11
0June 1, 2003	Michael Fietz	2:23:15	Sylvia Renz	2:41:57
May 26, 2002	Salvatore Di Dio	2:27:10	Alexandra Zaparty	3:08:40
May 27, 2001	Carsten Breidenbach -3-	2:30:21	Antje Möller	3:06:42
Apr 30, 2000	Matthias Körner	2:20:04	Ines Cronjäger	2:40:57
May 30, 1999	Winfried Spanaus -3-	2:32:12	Heike Säger	2:58:11
May 24, 1998	Carsten Breidenbach -2-	2:24:53	Andrea Thieken	2:45:07
May 25, 1997	Carsten Breidenbach	2:27:13	Svetlana Waack	2:57:12
May 22, 1996	Winfried Spanaus -2-	2:25:58	Bärbel Halfmann -2-	2:56:09
17 Sep 1995	Winfried Spanaus	2:25:22	Bärbel Halfmann	2:55:40
19 Sep 1992	Jean Weyts ( BEL )	2:20:39	Olga Parljuk ( RUS )	2:38:30
21 Sep 1991	Thomas Eickmann	2:17:55	Birgit Lennartz -4-	2:43:30
Aug 26, 1989	Tibor Baier ( HUN )	2:14:33	Irina Bogacheva ( URS )	2:35:09
Sep 24 1988	Jan Huruk ( POL )	2:17:11	Irena Hulanicka ( POL )	2:47:23
26 Sep 1987	Régis Ancel ( FRA )	2:17:32	Monika Lövenich	2:38:26
27 Sep 1986	Edi Kaul	2:18:18	Gabriela Wolf	2:38:13
28 Sep 1985	Wiesław Dubiel -2-	2:17:34	Bernadette Hudy	2:46:13
Sep 15 1984	Wiesław Dubiel ( POL )	2:18:07	Birgit Lennartz -3-	2:42:18
17 Sep 1983	Jean-Pierre Crochon ( FRA )	2:16:55	Birgit Lennartz -2-	2:43:23
Sep 18 1982	Jerzy Kowol ( POL )	2:21:16	Birgit Lennartz	3:05:57
19 Sep 1981	Manfred Brucks	2:26:36	Mary-Ann Christen-Meyer	2:53:50

Half marathon winners list

year	Men	Time (hours)	Women	Time (hours)
2016	Macek Miereczkes	1:13:18	Angela Moesch	1:25:43
2015	Karol Grunenberg -2-	1:08:50	Annika Gomell -2-	1:18:03
2014	Karol Grunenberg	1:07:19	Christl Dörschel	1:18:50
2013	Tillmann Goltsch	1:13:56	Annika Gomell	1:21:36
2012	Sascha Dee	1:11:57	Vanessa Rösler	1:26:02
2010	Sören Kah	1:09:23	Lisa Jaschke	1:20:02
2009	Ulrich Benz	1:11:13	Lisa Mueller -4-	1:22:32
2008	Boško Bjelajac	1:13:58	Lisa Mueller -3-	1:21:27
2007	Oliver Mintzlaff -3-	1:06:41	Lisa Mueller -2-	1:23:40
2006	Oliver Mintzlaff -2-	1:05:06	Lisa Mueller	1:24:52
2005	Muharrem Yilmaz	1:13:15	Svenja Jütte	1:24:21
2004	Oliver Mintzlaff	1:06:51	Ulrike Hoeltz	1:22:46
2003	Moses Cheserek ( KEN )	1:08:13	Rosemarie Kössler	1:22:31
2002	Carsten Thoma	1:08:40	Bärbel Halfmann	1:24:18

Development of the number of finishers

Runner at the finish; Highlights: record numbers

year	marathon	including women	half marathon	including women
2016	0759	145	2395	0766
2015	0881	139	2229	0724
2014	0814	132	2433	0728
2013	0936	148	2572	0812
2012	?	?	?	?
2011	1035	162	3009	0806
2010	1157	167	3478	1000
2009	0950	148	2667	0717
2008	1286	191	2874	0878
2007	1357	196	2246	0589
2006	2214	372	3223	1076
2005	1344	161	2585	0710
2004	1575	197	2332	0642
2003	2103	316	1664	0453
2002	2152	255	???	???
2001	1742	227	---	---
2000	2592	343	---	---
1999	1867	192	---	---
1998	1643	162	---	---
1997	1620	155	---	---
1996	1655	169	---	---
1995	1671	185	---	---
1992	1404	095	---	---
1991	1703	144	---	---
1989	1903	122	---	---
1988	2135	145	---	---
1987	3155	242	---	---
1986	2628	147	---	---
1985	2145	139	---	---
1984	1258	058	---	---
1983	1005	039	---	---
1982	0616	027	---	---
1981	0385	017th	---	---

Inline skating competition

Winner list ( course records highlighted in color )

year	winner	Time (hours)	Winner	Time (hours)
2016	Giacomo Cuncu	1:10:01	Claudia Maria Henneken	1:23:21
2015	Tobias Hecht	1:11:06	Katja Ulbrich	1:18:58
2014	Gerwin Smit	1:11:25	Hilde Goovaerts -3-	1:18:57
2013	Pascal Ramali -3-	1:21:23	Hilde Goovaerts -2-	1:33:35
2012	Pascal Ramali -2-	1:09:16	Hilde Goovaerts	1:24:49
2011	Pascal Ramali	1:09:56	Sabrina Rossow -2-	1:24:03
2010	Patrick Taubrecht	1:17:34	Sabrina Rossow	1:28:23
2009	Marcel Hild	1:13:42	Silke Zimmermann	1:33:31
2008	Sebastian Müller	1:14:21	Sabine Berg	1:18:22
2007	Jimmy Pierloot -3-	1:12:25	Jannita Spigt	1:22:07
2006	Jimmy Pierloot -2-	1:17:39	Angeline Thomas -2-	1:28:16
2005	Michael Byrne	1:15:56	Angeline Thomas	1:22:14
2004	Jimmy Pierloot	1:10:10	Friederike Gehring -2-	1:24:06
2003	Michael Kienzle	1:10:33	Anja Decoster	1:15:02
2002	Willem hat	1:13:00	Friederike Gehring	1:21:12
2001	Daniel Junker	1:17:53	Sonja Kolyn	1:23:08
2000	Thomas Jung	1:19:45	Anne war	1:27:59

See also

• Ruhr marathon
• List of marathons
• German Road Races

Web links

• Official website
• Duisburg-Marathon 1981-92 , website of Eintracht Duisburg, Athletics Department (PDF; 2.45 MB)
• Runner report from the Rhine-Ruhr Marathon 2008 on marathon4you.de

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information on the history of the Rhine-Ruhr Marathon ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Rhine-Ruhr Marathon on arrs.run
3. ↑ Berlin Marathon Inline Skating: Winner inline skating