Frankfurt Marathon

Frankfurt Marathon
Frankfurt Marathon Logo
Date	October
Location	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	Mainova
Established	1981
Course records	Men: Wilson Kipsang 2:03:42 Women: Meskerem Assefa 2:20:36
Official site	Frankfurt Marathon
Participants	10,620 (2018)

The Frankfurt Marathon (official name until 2010: Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, as of 2011: BMW Frankfurt Marathon) is a marathon which has taken place every year in Frankfurt am Main since its inception in 1981. It is the longest-established city marathon in Germany^[1] and in terms of the number of finishers, Germany's second-largest. It is organised by the agency motion events.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Course
  


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  3 List of winners
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

History

A moment from the first kilometer of the 2004 Frankfurt Marathon.

Frankfurt Marathon in 2013, 14.5 km.

Five years after the first New York City Marathon, it was decided that the time was right to launch marathons within German cities. The OSC Hoechst 1960 athletics club organised the first Frankfurt Marathon in 1981, with Hoechst itself serving as the main sponsors. During the course of the same year, the Berlin Marathon and the Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon were also run for the first time.

Despite the number of finishers continually rising from 2588 in its first year to 7297 in 1985, Hoechst stopped organising the event. As a consequence, the marathon did not take place in 1986. In 1987 the city of Frankfurt and the athletics department of Eintracht Frankfurt reinstated the race. The date was moved to October and the Messegelände (exhibition grounds) became the new site for the start and finish.

Course

The start of the course is on the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage next to the iconic Messeturm. Upon reaching the Platz der Republik the course turns left into Mainzer Landstrasse. After a lap of the Taunusanlage athletes return to the start of the course and continue onwards to the Bockenheimer Warte, before going to the Alter Oper via Bockenheimer Landstrasse. The course then continues along Reuterweg and Bremer Strasse in a northerly direction as far as the Westend Campus at the University of Frankfurt, before returning to Opernplatz via Eschersheimer Landstrasse and the Bockenheimer Anlage. Continuing into Junghofstrasse the course heads into Roßmarkt then past the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Eschenheimer Tor and the Friedberger Tor before turning south towards and over the Alte Brücke over the River Main which brings the athletes into the suburb of Sachsenhausen on the southern side of the river. Athletes then run parallel to the Main in a westerly direction into the suburbs of Niederrad and Schwanheim. The only notable ascent on the course occurs at the bridge back over the Main in Schwanheim, and the participants continue westwards to the Bolangaropalast in Hoechst, Frankfurt's most westerly suburb. Athletes then turn back towards the city centre and run through the suburb of Nied via the Mainzer Landstrasse. The Galluswarte can be seen after 34 kilometres and the Alter Oper after 36. The course then continues along Taunusstrasse and Kaiserstrasse past the Taunusanlage and then the Roßmarkt is negotiated for the second time to Eschenheim. The last three kilometres go back past the Alter Oper and via the Platz der Republik into the Festhalle, where athletes run the last few metres on a specially-laid red carpet before crossing the finishing line.^[2]

The Hammering Man is regarded as an unofficial symbol of the race.

List of winners

Key:
  Course record

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2018	Kelkile Gezahegn (ETH)	2:06:37	Meskerem Assefa (ETH)	2:20:36
2017	Shura Kitata (ETH)	2:05:50	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	2:23:35
2016	Mark Korir (KEN)	2:06:48	Mamitu Daska (ETH)	2:25:27
2015	Sisay Lemma (ETH)	2:06:26	Gulume Tollesa (ETH)	2:23:12
2014	Mark Kiptoo (KEN)	2:06:49	Aberu Kebede (ETH)	2:22:21
2013	Vincent Kipruto (KEN)	2:06:15	Caroline Kilel (KEN)	2:22:34
2012	Patrick Makau (KEN)	2:06:08	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	2:21:01
2011	Wilson Kipsang (KEN)	2:03:42	Mamitu Daska (ETH)	2:21:59
2010	Wilson Kipsang (KEN)	2:04:57	Caroline Kilel (KEN)	2:23:25
2009	Gilbert Kirwa (KEN)	2:06:14	Agnes Kiprop (KEN)	2:26:57
2008	Robert Kiprono (KEN)	2:07:21	Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)	2:26:22
2007	Wilfred Kigen (KEN)	2:07:58	Melanie Kraus (GER)	2:28:56
2006	Wilfred Kigen (KEN)	2:09:06	Svetlana Ponomarenko (RUS)	2:30:05
2005	Wilfred Kigen (KEN)	2:08:29	Alevtina Biktimirova (RUS)	2:25:12
2004	Boaz Kimaiyo (KEN)	2:09:10	Olesya Nurgaliyeva (RUS)	2:29:48
2003	Boaz Kimaiyo (KEN)	2:09:28	Luminita Zaituc (GER)	2:29:41
2002	Eliud Kering (KEN)	2:12:32	María Abel (ESP)	2:26:58
2001	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2:11:09	Luminita Zaituc (GER)	2:26:01
2000	Henry Cherono (KEN)	2:10:40	Esther Barmasai (KEN)	2:31:04
1999	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2:12:37	Esther Barmasai (KEN)	2:33:58
1998	Abel Gisemba (KEN)	2:11:40	Angelina Kanana (KEN)	2:31:38
1997	Michael Fietz (GER)	2:10:59	Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)	2:26:48
1996	Martin Bremer (GER)	2:13:38	Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)	2:28:33
1995	Oleg Otmakhov (RUS)	2:12:35	Katrin Dörre-Heinig (GER)	2:31:31
1994	Terje Næss (NOR)	2:13:19	Franziska Moser (SUI)	2:27:44
1993	Stephan Freigang (GER)	2:11:53	Sissel Grottenberg (NOR)	2:36:50
1992	Steffen Dittmann (GER)	2:12:59	Bente Moe (NOR)	2:32:36
1991	Herbert Steffny (GER)	2:13:45	Linda Milo (BEL)	2:35:11
1990	Konrad Dobler (GER)	2:13:29	Kerstin Preßler (GER)	2:34:13
1989	Herbert Steffny (GER)	2:13:51	Iris Biba (GER)	2:33:14
1988	Jos Sasse (NED)	2:13:15	Grete Kirkeberg (NOR)	2:35:44
1987	Lindsay Robertson (GBR)	2:13:30	Annabel Holtkamp (GER)	2:45:21
1985	Herbert Steffny (GER)	2:12:12	Carla Beurskens (NED)	2:28:37
1984	Dereje Nedi (ETH)	2:11:18	Charlotte Teske (GER)	2:31:16
1983	Ahmet Altun (TUR)	2:12:41	Charlotte Teske (GER)	2:28:32
1982	Delfim Moreira (POR)	2:12:54	Heidi Hutterer (GER)	2:36:38
1981	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	2:13:20	Doris Schlosser (GER)	2:47:13

References

1. 
   ^ Wenig, Jörg (2009-10-14). Defending champion Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot heads up deep fields in Frankfurt. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-15.
   


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External links

• Official website


• Association of Road Racing Statisticians entry

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