Cologne Marathon
{{short description|Annual race in Germany held since 1997}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox athletics race
| bgcolour = darkred
| image = Köln Marathon 2015-10-04 00053 (22393926276).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Exiting {{ill|Ottoplatz|de|Ottoplatz (Köln)}} shortly after the start in 2015
| date = October
| type = Road
| distance = Marathon
| est = {{start date and age|1997|p=y}}
| sponsor = Generali
| record = Marathon:
Men: 2:07:37 (2012)
{{flagicon|KEN}} Alfred Kering
Women: 2:25:34 (2012)
{{flagicon|KEN}} Helena Kirop
Half Marathon:
Men: 1:03:00 (2010)
{{flagicon|KEN}} Leonard Langat
Women: 1:08:51 (2008)
{{flagicon|GER}} Sabrina Mockenhaupt
| participants = 4,379 (2019)
| homepage = {{URL|https://generali-koeln-marathon.de/en/|Official website}}
}}
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 {{dts|1997.10.05|format=dmy}} as the "Ford Cologne Marathon" ({{langx|de|Ford Köln-Marathon|links=no}}) with at least 13,000 registered runners, a world record for inaugural marathons at the time.{{Cite web |url=https://www.laufen-in-koeln.de/lik4.php?aid=A-3489 |title=1997 fand der 1. Ford Köln-Marathon statt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213061544/https://www.laufen-in-koeln.de/lik4.php?aid=A-3489 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=https://koeln-marathon.de/en/20-years-of-rheinenergiemarathon-cologne-registration-opened/ |title = 20 years of RheinEnergieMarathon Cologne - registration opened | Gene… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213060642/https://koeln-marathon.de/en/20-years-of-rheinenergiemarathon-cologne-registration-opened/ |archive-date=13 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}
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).{{Cite web |url=https://koeln-marathon.de/en/generali-cologne-marathon-cancelled/ |title=Generali Cologne Marathon cancelled | Generali Cologne Marathon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213055317/https://koeln-marathon.de/en/generali-cologne-marathon-cancelled/ |archive-date=13 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=https://koeln-marathon.de/en/reimbursement-of-the-entry-fee/ |title = Reimbursement of the entry fee | Generali Cologne Marathon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213055517/https://koeln-marathon.de/en/reimbursement-of-the-entry-fee/ |archive-date=13 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.de/news-fotos/koeln-marathon-2020-abgesagt/ |title=Auch Köln-Marathon 2020 abgesagt | RUNNer's WORLD |website=www.runnersworld.de |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201213055141/https://www.runnersworld.de/news-fotos/koeln-marathon-2020-abgesagt/ |archive-date=13 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Course
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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.
File:Koeln Marathon 2008 Salierring.JPG, 2008]]
File:Köln Marathon - panoramio.jpg on {{ill|Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer|de|Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer (Köln)}}, with Colonia-Haus and the {{ill|Zoo Bridge|de|Zoobrücke}} visible in the background, 2011]]
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:
- Marathon – {{convert|42.195|km|miyd|abbr=off}}
- Half marathon – {{convert|21.0975|km|miyd|abbr=off}}
- Inline marathon – for skaters
- Handcyclist marathon
- Run {{convert|63|km|abbr=on}} – a full marathon plus a half marathon
- Run&Skate {{convert|63|km|abbr=on}} – first run a half marathon and afterwards skate a complete marathon
- Run&Skate {{convert|84|km|abbr=on}} – first skate, and then run with the peloton
- {{convert|105|km|abbr=on}} of Cologne – run {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} (half marathon), skate {{convert|42|km|abbr=on}}, run {{convert|42|km|abbr=on}}
- 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.
Winners
File:Teferi Wodajo - Cologne Marathon 2006 -1.jpg at the midpoint of the race]]
Key:{{pad|5px}}{{legend2|#CCFFCC||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Course record (in bold)
= Marathon =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| class="unsortable" | Ed.
! Year ! Men's winner ! Time{{efn|h:m:s|name="hms"}} ! Women's winner ! Time{{efn|name="hms"}} ! class="unsortable" | Rf. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
| 1997 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Stephan Freigang|GER}} | 2:12:00 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Angelina Kanana|KEN}} | 2:27:27 | |||
| 2
| 1998 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Carsten Eich|GER}} | 2:10:57 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Małgorzata Sobańska|POL}} | 2:29:39 | |||
| 3
| 1999 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Benson Lokorwa|KEN}} | 2:11:51 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Elżbieta Jarosz|POL}} | 2:34:23 | |||
| 4
| 2000 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Benson Lokorwa|KEN}} | 2:15:51 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Małgorzata Sobańska|POL}} | 2:28:42 | |||
| 5
| 2001 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Simon Lopuyet|KEN}} | 2:11:57 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Judith Kiplimo|KEN}} | 2:31:08 | |||
| 6
| 2002 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ernest Kipyego|KEN}} | 2:10:52 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Claudia Dreher|GER}} | 2:31:29 | |||
| 7
| 2003 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Benjamin Rotich|KEN}} | 2:12:05 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tegla Loroupe|KEN}} | 2:33:48 | |||
| 8
| 2004 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|James Rotich|KEN}} | 2:10:22 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Claudia Dreher|GER}} | 2:32:06 | |||
| 9
| 2005 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Joseph Kadon|KEN}} | 2:11:55 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Claudia Dreher|GER}} | 2:31:42 | |||
| 10
| 2006 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tereje Wodajo|ETH|1996}} | 2:11:24 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Luminita Zaituc|GER}} | 2:28:30 | |||
| 11
| 2007 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Daniel Too|KEN}} | 2:11:05 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 2:29:33 | |||
| 12
| 2008 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sammy Kurgat|KEN}} | 2:10:03 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Robe Tola|ETH|1996}} | 2:29:39 | |||
| 13
| 2009 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Evans Ruto|KEN}} | 2:08:36 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 2:30:12 | |||
| 14
| 2010 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Francis Bowen|KEN}} | 2:14:15 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Katharina Heinig|GER}} | 2:46:05 | |||
| 15
| 2011 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Samson Barmao|KEN}} | 2:08:56 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Mekuria Aberume|ETH}} | 2:32:24 | |||
| 16
| 2012 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alfred Kering|KEN}} | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2:07:37 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Helena Kirop|KEN}} | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2:25:34 | |||
| 17
| 2013 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Nicholas Chelimo|KEN}} | 2:09:45 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Janet Rono|KEN}} | 2:28:36 | |||
| 18
| 2014 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anthony Maritim|KEN}} | 2:10:26 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shasho Insermu|ETH}} | 2:35:36 | |||
| 19
| 2015 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Benson Waweru|KEN}} | 2:16:03 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Gelane Senbete|KEN}} | 2:37:33 | |||
| 20
| 2016 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Raymond Choge|KEN}} | 2:08:39 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Bornes Kitur|KEN}} | 2:32:16 | |||
| 21
| 2017 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hendrik Pfeiffer|GER}} | 2:13:42 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Rebecca Robisch|GER}} | 2:43:02 | |||
| 22
| 2018 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tobias Blum|GER}} | 2:16:57 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Rebecca Robisch|GER}} | 2:46:03 | |||
| 23
| 2019 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hendrik Pfeiffer|GER}} | 2:15:19 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Debbie Schöneborn|GER}} | 2:31:18 | |||
| 2020 | rowspan=2 colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | {{r|2020.cancellation}} | |
| 2021 | |||
| 24
| 2022 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tobias Blum|GER}} | 2:16:25 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabine Burgdorf|GER}} | 2:40:40 | |||
| 25
| 2023 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Amos Changwony|KEN}} | 2:14:43 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Esther Jacobitz|GER}} | 2:37:00 | |||
| 26
| 2024 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tadesse Mengistie|ETH}} | 2:12:37 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Zinash Mekonnen|ETH}} | 2:29:41 |
= Half marathon =
File:Sabrinamockenhaupt.JPG is a two-time winner of the marathon and four-time winner of the half marathon.]]
File:Laura Hottenrott Köln Marathon.jpg after winning the half marathon in 2016]]
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| Year
! Men's winner ! Time{{efn|name="hms"}} ! Women's winner ! Time{{efn|name="hms"}} ! class="unsortable" | Rf. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2006
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Pascal Meissner|GER}} | 1:11:43 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Irina Mikitenko|GER}} | 1:10:09 | ||
| 2007
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Lars Haferkamp|GER}} | 1:07:33 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Luminita Zaituc|GER}} | 1:11:54 | ||
| 2008
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Mehmet Ali Akbas|TUR}} | 1:08:08 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1:08:51 | ||
| 2009
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maciek Miereczko|POL}} | 1:07:11 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Julia Viellehner|GER}} | 1:14:34 | ||
| 2010
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Leonard Langat|KEN}} | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1:03:00 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Simret Restle|GER}} | 1:12:56 | ||
| 2011
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vitaliy Rybak|UKR}} | 1:05:26 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 1:10:31 | ||
| 2012
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wilson Chemweno|KEN}} | 1:07:20 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 1:16:43 | ||
| 2013
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hendrik Pfeiffer|GER}} | 1:05:11 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 1:10:54 | ||
| 2014
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Melaku Belachew|ETH}} | 1:03:26 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Christl Dörschel|GER}} | 1:17:42 | ||
| 2015
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hendrik Pfeiffer|GER}} | 1:03:42 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Simret Restle|GER}} | 1:12:28 | ||
| 2016
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tom Gröschel|GER}} | 1:04:49 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Laura Hottenrott|GER}} | 1:15:11 | ||
| 2017
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tobias Blum|GER}} | 1:05:42 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sabrina Mockenhaupt|GER}} | 1:12:05 | ||
| 2018
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Karol Grunenberg|GER}} | 1:05:20 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alina Reh|GER}} | 1:09:31 | ||
| 2019
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Amanal Petros|GER}} | 1:05:43 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Katja Fischer|GER}} | 1:15:18 | ||
| 2020 | rowspan="2" colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | {{r|2020.cancellation}} |
| 2021 | ||
| 2022
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tom Förster|GER}} | 1:04:50 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Esther Jacobitz|GER}} | 1:15:53 | ||
| 2023
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tom Förster|GER}} | 1:04:11 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Mia Jurenka|GER}} | 1:12:46 | ||
| 2024
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Tom Förster|GER}} | 1:04:36 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Esther Pfeiffer|GER}} | 1:09:49 |
Development of starting field
{{legend2|#A9F5A9|Records|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||
| style="background: #efefef;"
!Date!! colspan="3" | finished !! colspan="2" | fraction | |||||
| Total | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=right | {{dts|5 October 1997}}
| align=right | 11,221 | align=right | 9,571 | align=right | 1,650 | align=right | 85% | align=right | 15% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|11 October 1998}}
| align=right | 8,572 | align=right | 7,408 | align=right | 1,164 | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|86% | align=right | 14% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|3 October 1999}}
| align=right | 10,896 | align=right | 9,217 | align=right | 1,679 | align=right | 85% | align=right | 15% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|1 October 2000}}
| align=right | 12,720 | align=right | 10,799 | align=right | 1,921 | align=right | 85% | align=right | 15% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|7 October 2001}}
| align=right | 13,056 | align=right | 10,974 | align=right | 2,082 | align=right | 84% | align=right | 16% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|6 October 2002}}
| align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|14,224 | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|11,775 | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|2,449 | align=right | 83% | align=right | 17% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|5 October 2003}}
| align=right | 13,867 | align=right | 11,452 | align=right | 2,415 | align=right | 83% | align=right | 17% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|12 September 2004}}
| align=right | 12,960 | align=right | 10,646 | align=right | 2,314 | align=right | 82% | align=right | 18% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|11 September 2005}}
| align=right | 10,856 | align=right | 8,859 | align=right | 2,006 | align=right | 82% | align=right | 18% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|8 October 2006}}
| align=right | 10,469 | align=right | 8,412 | align=right | 2,057 | align=right | 80% | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|20% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|7 October 2007}}
| align=right | 9,680 | align=right | 7,824 | align=right | 1,866 | align=right | 81% | align=right | 19% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|5 October 2008}}
| align=right | 7,553 | align=right | 6,131 | align=right | 1,422 | align=right | 81% | align=right | 19% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|4 October 2009}}
| align=right | 7,847 | align=right | 6,370 | align=right | 1,477 | align=right | 81% | align=right | 19% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|3 October 2010}}
| align=right | 5,468 | align=right | 4,414 | align=right | 1,054 | align=right | 81% | align=right | 19% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|2 October 2011}}
| align=right | 5,469 | align=right | 4,382 | align=right | 1,087 | align=right | 80% | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|20% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|14 October 2012}}
| align=right | 4,807 | align=right | 3,953 | align=right | 855 | align=right | 82% | align=right | 18% | |||||
| align=right | {{dts|13 October 2013}}
| align=right | 5,132 | align=right | 4,116 | align=right | 1,016 | align=right | 80% | align=right bgcolor=#A9F5A9|20% |
Notes
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References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Köln Marathon}}
- [http://www.koeln-marathon.de/ Cologne Marathon]
- [http://marathoninfo.free.fr/historique/cologne.htm Marathon Info]
- [https://esri-de.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=b4aa8ef2131049269d8a5a2170c93e0b Course maps from 1997 to 2016]
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{{Footer Cologne Marathon Champions Men}}
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