Antwerp Marathon

Antwerp Marathon
Antwerp Marathon
Date	April (since 2007)
Location	Antwerp
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, 10 miles, (1&5km)
Primary sponsor	AG Insurance
Established	1980
Course records	Men's: 2:11:15 (2011); Elijah Kemboi; Women's: 2:31:26 (1995); Marleen Renders
Official site	Antwerp Marathon
Participants	2,682 (2019)

The Antwerp Marathon is an annual AIMS-certified marathon hosted by Antwerp, Belgium, organised since 1980 and held in April (since 2007; before then in different months). At this event, the more popular Antwerp 10 Miles is organised after the marathon itself.

Track[]

The start of the 42.195km is at the Left River Bank (Linkeroever) of Antwerp. After a loop of 8 km the track goes via the Waaslandtunnel (1770 meter), under the Scheldt to the North of Antwerp. Past the antique area, the old law court, the Binnensingel, park Rivierenhof, Antwerp International Airport and the Scheldt the finish is located at the Grote Markt.

Distances[]

Apart from the marathon and the 10 miles race, also runs over five and one km are held at this event.

Size[]

Far more people participate in the Antwerp 10 Miles than in the marathon itself. In 2014, the 10 Miles counted 25,998 participants and the marathon 1989 runners.^[1]

Past winners[]

Year	Winner (men)	Country	Time	Winner (women)	Country	Time
11 October 1980		Belgium	2:22:05	Unknown
13 June 1981	Jon Anderson	United States	2:17:32		Belgium	3:00:52
5 June 1982	Armand Parmentier	Belgium	2:19:13		Belgium	2:56:21
10 September 1983	Kjell-Erik Ståhl	Sweden	2:13:48	Magda Ilands	Belgium	2:37:51
23 June 1984		Belgium	2:15:57		United States	2:56:50
22 June 1985		Belgium	2:24:10		Belgium	3:27:14
11 October 1986		Belgium	2:17:48	Unknown
27 June 1987		Belgium	2:21:29		Belgium	3:34:08
25 June 1988	Unknown			Unknown
1989-1993	Not held
10 April 1994	Eddy Hellebuyck	Belgium	2:11:50		Belgium	2:40:54
9 April 1995		Russia	2:12:43	Marleen Renders	Belgium	2:31:26
14 April 1996		Russia	2:14:41		Japan	2:45:58
13 April 1997		Russia	2:15:40		Chile	2:40:15
19 April 1998		Belgium	2:15:22		Russia	2:38:19
18 April 1999		Russia	2:13:44	Lieve Slegers	Belgium	2:34:23
24 September 2000		Belgium	2:20:04		Belgium	2:58:08
23 September 2001		Belgium	2:14:23		Belgium	3:08:58
22 September 2002		Belgium	2:19:45		Belgium	3:11:43
2003-2006	Not held
22 April 2007		Kenya	2:16:37		Belgium	2:41:20
20 April 2008		Kenya	2:17:54		Belgium	2:43:15
26 April 2009		Kenya	2:15:20		Belgium	2:53:30
25 April 2010		Kenya	2:12:00		Belgium	3:03:34
17 April 2011	Elijah Kemboi	Kenya	2:11:15		Belgium	3:08:06
22 April 2012		Kenya	2:15:38		Belgium	3:01:59
21 April 2013	Abdelhadi El Hachimi	Belgium	2:12:53		Belgium	2:52:36
27 April 2014		Kenya	2:15:26		Belgium	2:54:36
26 April 2015	Florent Caelen	Belgium	2:16:08		Belgium	2:58:40
17 April 2016		Kenya	2:15:57		United Kingdom	2:55:59
23 April 2017		Uganda	2:17:13		Belgium	2:54:16
22 April 2018		Kenya	2:15:53		Belgium	2:56:06
28 April 2019	Willem Van Schuerbeeck	Belgium	2:21:40		Belgium	2:41:19