Enschede Marathon

Enschede Marathon
Enschede Marathon
	John Kelai winning the marathon of 2005
Date	Mid-April
Location	Enschede, Netherlands
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run, 5K run
Established	1991
Course records	Men's: 2:04:30 (2021); Eliud Kipchoge; Women's: 2:25:59 (2021); Katharina Steinruck
Official site	Enschede Marathon
Participants	45 (2021); 133 (2019)

The Enschede Marathon is an annual marathon race held in the city of Enschede, Netherlands. The race is the distance of a typical marathon (42 km, 195 metres). It has been held annually since 1991, after being bi-annual for the previous 44 years. The race crosses the German border through the city of Gronau. There has been a women's competition since 1981.

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge is the current course record holder with his winning time of 2:04:30 hours from 2021.^[1] German Katharina Steinruck holds the women's best mark for the course with her time of 2:25:59 hours from 2021.

Past winners[]

Key: Course record

Men[]

Date	Men's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)
April 18, 2021	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:30
April 19, 2020	Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19^[2]
April 14, 2019		Netherlands	2:26:34
April 22, 2018		Morocco	2:28:23
April 23, 2017		Belgium	2:31:10
April 17, 2016		Belgium	2:31:34
April 19, 2015	Evans Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:09:40
April 27, 2014		Kenya	2:10:21
April 21, 2013		Kenya	2:09:17
April 22, 2012		Kenya	2:09:09
April 17, 2011	Stephen Kiprotich	Uganda	2:07:20
April 25, 2010	John Kelai	Kenya	2:12:17
April 26, 2009		Kenya	2:09:02
April 27, 2008		Kenya	2:10:40
April 22, 2007		Kenya	2:11:35
April 23, 2006	Sammy Rotich	Kenya	2:12:05
May 15, 2005	John Kelai	Kenya	2:11:44
May 16, 2004	Girma Tolla	Ethiopia	2:10:33
May 25, 2003		Kenya	2:11:38
May 26, 2002	Raymond Kipkoech	Kenya	2:12:33
May 27, 2001		Morocco	2:12:20
2000	Cancelled	—	—
June 6, 1999		Ukraine	2:16:31
June 7, 1998	Hussein Ahmed Salah	Djibouti	2:13:25
June 8, 1997	Dmitry Kapitonov	Russia	2:12:09
June 16, 1996		Kenya	2:15:14
June 18, 1995		Ukraine	2:15:29
June 5, 1994		Poland	2:13:01
June 13, 1993	Jan Tau	South Africa	2:12:19
October 11, 1992	Willie Mtolo	South Africa	2:13:39
October 13, 1991		Soviet Union	2:15:04
August 26, 1989	Marti ten Kate	Netherlands	2:10:57
June 20, 1987	Marti ten Kate	Netherlands	2:13:52
October 12, 1985		Hungary	2:15:39
September 10, 1983	Kevin Forster	United Kingdom	2:14:19
July 11, 1981	Cor Vriend	Netherlands	2:15:54
August 25, 1979	Kirk Pfeffer	United States	2:11:50
August 27, 1977	Brian Maxwell	Canada	2:15:14
August 30, 1975	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:15:59
September 1, 1973	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:18:06
September 4, 1971		United Kingdom	2:16:54
August 16, 1969		Japan	2:19:29
August 26, 1967	Yoshiro Mifune	Japan	2:20:53
August 28, 1965	Aurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:21:16
July 13, 1963	Václav Chudomel	Czechoslovakia	2:25:11
August 12, 1961	Peter Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:24:12
August 15, 1959	Pavel Kantorek	Czechoslovakia	2:26:48
August 17, 1957	Piet Bleeker	Netherlands	2:32:39
August 27, 1955	Reinaldo Gorno	Argentina	2:26:33
September 12, 1953	Jim Peters	United Kingdom	2:19:22
September 1, 1951	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:29:02
August 20, 1949	Jack Holden	United Kingdom	2:20:52
August 20, 1947	Eero Riikonen	Finland	2:44:13

Women[]

Date	Women's winner	Country	Time (h:m:s)
April 18, 2021	Katharina Steinruck	Germany	2:25:59
April 19, 2020	Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19^[2]
April 14, 2019	Caroline Chepkwony	Kenya	2:27:00
April 22, 2018		Kenya	2:34:06
April 23, 2017		Kenya	2:29:31
April 17, 2016		Kenya	2:27:59
April 19, 2015		Netherlands	2:51:48
April 27, 2014		Netherlands	2:42:06
April 21, 2013		Netherlands	2:59:52
April 22, 2012	Konstantina Kefala	Greece	2:41:01
April 17, 2011		Netherlands	2:45:10
April 25, 2010		Netherlands	2:46:25
April 26, 2009		Germany	2:44:58
April 27, 2008		Netherlands	3:12:41
April 22, 2007		Netherlands	2:42:31
April 23, 2006		Netherlands	3:19:13
May 15, 2005		Ethiopia	2:33:01
May 16, 2004	Nadezhda Wijenberg	Netherlands	2:31:23
May 25, 2003		Netherlands	3:05:02
May 26, 2002		Russia	2:29:23
May 27, 2001	Franca Fiacconi	Italy	2:31:40
2000	Cancelled	—	—
June 6, 1999	Halina Karnatsevich	Belarus	2:37:35
June 7, 1998	Wioletta Kryza	Poland	2:38:51
June 8, 1997	Carla Beurskens	Netherlands	2:37:20
June 16, 1996	Mieke Pullen	Netherlands	2:41:13
June 18, 1995		Ukraine	2:36:43
June 5, 1994	Franca Fiacconi	Italy	2:37:43
June 13, 1993		Switzerland	2:44:33
October 11, 1992		South Africa	2:42:50
October 13, 1991		Poland	2:41:48
August 26, 1989	Alena Peterková	Czechoslovakia	2:40:28
June 20, 1987		Switzerland	2:39:29
October 12, 1985		Netherlands	2:39:32
September 10, 1983	Priscilla Welch	United Kingdom	2:36:32
July 11, 1981	Jane Wipf	United States	2:38:21

References[]

^ "Kipchoge clocks world-leading 2:04:30 in Enschede". worldathletics.org. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Enschede Marathon afgelast wegens coronavirus". enschedemarathon.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2020.

List of winners

Malcolm Heyworth & Wim van Hemert (2011-04-18). Enschede Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-22.

External links[]

[1] "Kipchoge clocks world-leading 2:04:30 in Enschede". worldathletics.org. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

[COVID-19-2] "Enschede Marathon afgelast wegens coronavirus". enschedemarathon.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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v t Marathon races in the Netherlands
	Amsterdam Marathon Eindhoven Marathon Enschede Marathon Rotterdam Marathon Utrecht Marathon
See also: Men's marathon at the 1928 Olympics