Cologne Marathon
Exiting Ottoplatz [de] shortly after the start in 2015
DateOctober
LocationCologne, Germany
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorGenerali
Established1997 (27 years ago) (1997)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men: 2:07:37 (2012)
Kenya Alfred Kering
Women: 2:25:34 (2012)
Kenya Helena Kirop
Half Marathon:
Men: 1:03:00 (2010)
Kenya Leonard Langat
Women: 1:08:51 (2008)
Germany Sabrina Mockenhaupt
Official siteCologne Marathon
Participants4,379 (2019)

The Cologne Marathon (Köln-Marathon) is an annual marathon held in Cologne, Germany. Since October 1997 the marathon has been held annually in early October, except for 2004, 2005 and 2014 when it was held in late September.

History

The inaugural race took place on 5 October 1997 as the "Ford Cologne Marathon" (German: Ford Köln-Marathon) with at least 13,000 registered runners, a world record for inaugural marathons at the time.[1][2]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of obtaining a refund (minus an administration fee).[3][4][5]

Course

External images
image icon Course map of full marathon in 1997[1]
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[6]

Since 2013 the course starts at Ottoplatz in Deutz and leads the runners through the city of Cologne and finishes at Komödienstraße beneath the Cologne Cathedral.

The marathon time limit is 6 hours.

Running through a crowd in 2004
Passing runners on Salierring, 2008
Running along the Rhine on Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer [de], with Colonia-Haus and the Zoo Bridge [de] visible in the background, 2011
Approaching the finish in 2015

Events and categories

From the beginning there has also been a contest for inline skaters. They start ahead of the runners and try to finish the course in the time limit for skaters, which is 2:30 hours. This competition as well as all others including inline skates were ultimately held in 2013.

Since 1998 there has also been a contest for handcyclists.

In the last years it has been more and more difficult to utilize the starting field because of diverse interests. To countervail, the management of the marathon created new events and contests, which all take place at the same course on the same day.

Here is a list of all competitions:

Winners

The 2006 winner Teferi Wodajo at the midpoint of the race

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Marathon

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1997  Stephan Freigang (GER) 2:12:00  Angelina Kanana (KEN) 2:27:27
2 1998  Carsten Eich (GER) 2:10:57  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 2:29:39
3 1999  Benson Lokorwa (KEN) 2:11:51  Elżbieta Jarosz (POL) 2:34:23
4 2000  Benson Lokorwa (KEN) 2:15:51  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 2:28:42
5 2001  Simon Lopuyet (KEN) 2:11:57  Judith Kiplimo (KEN) 2:31:08
6 2002  Ernest Kipyego (KEN) 2:10:52  Claudia Dreher (GER) 2:31:29
7 2003  Benjamin Rotich (KEN) 2:12:05  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:33:48
8 2004  James Rotich (KEN) 2:10:22  Claudia Dreher (GER) 2:32:06
9 2005  Joseph Kadon (KEN) 2:11:55  Claudia Dreher (GER) 2:31:42
10 2006  Teferi Wodajo (ETH) 2:11:24  Luminita Zaituc (GER) 2:28:30
11 2007  Daniel Too (KEN) 2:11:05  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 2:29:33
12 2008  Sammy Kurgat (KEN) 2:10:03  Robe Tola (ETH) 2:29:39
13 2009  Evans Ruto (KEN) 2:08:36  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 2:30:12
14 2010  Francis Bowen (KEN) 2:14:15  Katharina Heinig (GER) 2:46:05
15 2011  Samson Barmao (KEN) 2:08:56  Mekuria Aberume (ETH) 2:32:24
16 2012  Alfred Kering (KEN) 2:07:37  Helena Kirop (KEN) 2:25:34
17 2013  Nicholas Chelimo (KEN) 2:09:45  Janet Rono (KEN) 2:28:36
18 2014  Anthony Maritim (KEN) 2:10:26  Shasho Insermu (ETH) 2:35:36
19 2015  Benson Waweru (KEN) 2:16:03  Gelane Senbete (KEN) 2:37:33
20 2016  Raymond Choge (KEN) 2:08:39  Bornes Kitur (KEN) 2:32:16
21 2017  Hendrik Pfeiffer (GER) 2:13:42  Rebecca Robisch (GER) 2:43:02
22 2018  Tobias Blum (GER) 2:16:57  Rebecca Robisch (GER) 2:46:03 [7]
23 2019  Hendrik Pfeiffer (GER) 2:15:19  Debbie Schöneborn (GER) 2:31:18 [8]
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [3]

Half marathon

Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a two-time winner of the marathon and four-time winner of the half marathon.
Laura Hottenrott after winning the half marathon in 2016
Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
2006  Pascal Meissner (GER) 1:11:43  Irina Mikitenko (GER) 1:10:09
2007  Lars Haferkamp (GER) 1:07:33  Luminita Zaituc (GER) 1:11:54
2008  Mehmet Ali Akbas (TUR) 1:08:08  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 1:08:51
2009  Maciek Miereczko (POL) 1:07:11  Julia Viellehner (GER) 1:14:34
2010  Leonard Langat (KEN) 1:03:00  Simret Restle (GER) 1:12:56
2011  Vitaliy Rybak (UKR) 1:05:26  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 1:10:31
2012  Wilson Chemweno (KEN) 1:07:20  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 1:16:43
2013  Hendrik Pfeiffer (GER) 1:05:11  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 1:10:54
2014  Melaku Belachew (ETH) 1:03:26  Christl Dörschel (GER) 1:17:42
2015  Hendrik Pfeiffer (GER) 1:03:42  Simret Restle (GER) 1:12:28
2016  Tom Gröschel (GER) 1:04:49  Laura Hottenrott (GER) 1:15:11
2017  Tobias Blum (GER) 1:05:42  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) 1:12:05
2018  Karol Grunenberg (GER) 1:05:20  Alina Reh (GER) 1:09:31 [9]
2019  Amanal Petros (GER) 1:05:43  Katja Fischer (GER) 1:15:18 [10]
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [3]

Development of starting field

  Records

Date finished fraction
Total Men Women Men Women
5 October 1997 11,221 9,571 1,650 85% 15%
11 October 1998 8,572 7,408 1,164 86% 14%
3 October 1999 10,896 9,217 1,679 85% 15%
1 October 2000 12,720 10,799 1,921 85% 15%
7 October 2001 13,056 10,974 2,082 84% 16%
6 October 2002 14,224 11,775 2,449 83% 17%
5 October 2003 13,867 11,452 2,415 83% 17%
12 September 2004 12,960 10,646 2,314 82% 18%
11 September 2005 10,856 8,859 2,006 82% 18%
8 October 2006 10,469 8,412 2,057 80% 20%
7 October 2007 9,680 7,824 1,866 81% 19%
5 October 2008 7,553 6,131 1,422 81% 19%
4 October 2009 7,847 6,370 1,477 81% 19%
3 October 2010 5,468 4,414 1,054 81% 19%
2 October 2011 5,469 4,382 1,087 80% 20%
14 October 2012 4,807 3,953 855 82% 18%
13 October 2013 5,132 4,116 1,016 80% 20%

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d h:m:s

References

  1. ^ a b "1997 fand der 1. Ford Köln-Marathon statt". Archived from the original on 13 December 2020.
  2. ^ "20 years of RheinEnergieMarathon Cologne - registration opened | Gene…". Archived from the original on 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Generali Cologne Marathon cancelled | Generali Cologne Marathon". Archived from the original on 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Reimbursement of the entry fee | Generali Cologne Marathon". Archived from the original on 13 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Auch Köln-Marathon 2020 abgesagt | RUNNer's WORLD". www.runnersworld.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ "KVB, Strecken, Zahlen: Was Sie zum 23. Köln-Marathon jetzt wissen müssen". 12 October 2019.
  7. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201213134150if_/https://my1.raceresult.com/73298/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=01_Ergebnisse%7CEinzel_Ergebnisliste+MW&contest=1&lang=en[bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "2019 results | Generali Cologne Marathon". koeln-marathon.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. ^ "2018 results | Generali Cologne Marathon". koeln-marathon.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ^ "2019 results | Generali Cologne Marathon". koeln-marathon.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

Media related to Köln Marathon at Wikimedia Commons

Marathon races in Germany
Cologne Marathon – men's winners
Cologne Marathon – women's winners
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