Cologne Marathon
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 and 2005 when it was held in late September.
Course
Since 2004 the course starts at Mindener Straße and leads the runners through the city of Cologne. Eventually the course finishes in the same location, as it started. In earlier years the course ended in front of Cologne Cathedral, but because of infrastructural reasons the start and finish have been relocated to the borough Deutz. The marathon is limited to 17,500 participants and the time limit is 6 hours.
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.
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:
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- Inline marathon – for skaters
- Handcyclist marathon
- Run 63 km – a full marathon plus a half marathon
- Run&Skate 63 km – first run a half marathon and afterwards skate a complete marathon
- Run&Skate 84 km – first skating, and then running with the peloton
- 105 km of Cologne – run 21 km (half marathon), skating 42 km, running 42 km
- School Relay – schools may set up their own relay teams, the handover is at fixed points
- Cultural Relay – any group of people that is committed to any kind of cultural activity (e.g. carnival groups), may set up relay teams (again with fixed handovers). These teams are often dressed up specially.
Past winners
Key: Course record
Marathon
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:min:s) | Women's winner | Time h:min:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1997 |  Stephan Freigang (GER) |
2:12:00 |  Angelina Kanana (KEN) |
2:27:27 |
| 2nd | 1998 | Carsten Eich (GER) |
2:10:57 |  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) |
2:29:39 |
| 3rd | 1999 | Benson Lokorwa (KEN) |
2:11:51 | Elżbieta Jarosz (POL) |
2:34:23 |
| 4th | 2000 | Benson Lokorwa (KEN) |
2:15:51 | Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) |
2:28:42 |
| 5th | 2001 | Simon Lopuyet (KEN) |
2:11:57 | Judith Kiplimo (KEN) |
2:31:08 |
| 6th | 2002 | Ernest Kipyego (KEN) |
2:10:52 | Claudia Dreher (GER) |
2:31:29 |
| 7th | 2003 | Benjamin Rotich (KEN) |
2:12:05 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) |
2:33:48 |
| 8th | 2004 | James Rotich (KEN) |
2:10:22 | Claudia Dreher (GER) |
2:32:06 |
| 9th | 2005 | Joseph Kadon (KEN) |
2:11:55 | Claudia Dreher (GER) |
2:31:42 |
| 10th | 2006 | .svg.png){kind=small} Teferi Wodajo (ETH) |
2:11:24 | Luminita Zaituc (GER) |
2:28:30 |
| 11th | 2007 | Daniel Too (KEN) |
2:11:05 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) |
2:29:33 |
| 12th | 2008 | Sammy Kurgat (KEN) |
2:10:03 | Robe Tola (ETH) |
2:29:39 |
| 13th | 2009 | Evans Ruto (KEN) |
2:08:36 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) |
2:30:12 |
| 14th | 2010 | Francis Bowen (KEN) |
2:14:15 | Katharina Heinig (GER) |
2:46:05 |
| 15th | 2011 | Samson Barmao (KEN) |
2:08:56 |  Mekuria Aberume (ETH) |
2:32:24 |
| 16th | 2012 | Alfred Kering (KEN) |
2:07:37 | Helena Kirop (KEN) |
2:25:34 |
| 17th | 2013 | Nicholas Chelimo (KEN) |
2:09:45 | Janet Rono (KEN) |
2:28:36 |
| 18th | 2014 | Anthony Maritim (KEN) |
2:10:26 | Shasho Insermu (ETH) |
2:35:36 |
| 19th | 2015 | Benson Waweru (KEN) |
2:16:03 | Gelane Senbete (KEN) |
2:37:33 |
Half marathon
| Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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% |
External links
Media related to Köln Marathon at Wikimedia Commons
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