Hannover Marathon

Hannover Marathon
Hannover Marathon
Date	April
Location	Hannover, Germany
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor	Hannover Airport
Established	1991
Course records	Men's: 2:08:32 (2013); Lusapho April; Women's: 2:26:15 (2019);
Official site	Hannover Marathon
Participants	2,222 (2019)

Fun runners participating in the 2007 race

The Hannover Marathon is an annual road running event featuring races over the marathon, half marathon and 10 km distance that is held in May in the city of Hannover, Germany. Over 15,000 people took part in the day's races at the 2011 edition of the event.^[1] The half marathon attracts the highest number of entries from the public (over 5000) while the marathon race typically features up to 2000 runners annually.

The marathon race holds IAAF Silver Label status and it is part of the group.^[2] The race is officially known as the HAJ Hannover Marathon, as Hannover Airport is the current title sponsor.^[3] Previous race names include the Energie Hannover Marathon (1999 to 2001) and the Marathon (2002 to 2007).^[4]

The marathon has elite level participants and German, East African and Eastern European runners have been the most successful in this category. The course records were both broken in 2013: South Africa's Lusapho April has the men's best of 2:08:32 hours while Olena Burkovska holds the women's record of 2:27:07 hours. Natalia Galushko has won the race the most times, with three straight wins from 1995 to 1997, while Stephan Freigang and are the most successful male runners, having both had two back-to-back wins.^[4]

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]^[6]

Winners[]

David Kiptanui Chepkwony en route to his victory in 2006

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1991	(POL)	2:15:04	(URS)	2:36:29
2nd	1992	(BLR)	2:13:03	Birgit Jerschabek (GER)	2:31:42
3rd	1993	(GER)	2:13:25	Birgit Jerschabek (GER)	2:30:34
4th	1994	Simon Qamunga (TAN)	2:14:48	Suzana Ćirić (YUG)	2:33:00
5th	1995	(GER)	2:14:41	Natalya Galushko (BLR)	2:35:13
6th	1996	Khristo Stefanov (BUL)	2:12:45	Natalya Galushko (BLR)	2:38:02
7th	1997	Česlovas Kundrotas (LTU)	2:13:40	Natalya Galushko (BLR)	2:33:24
8th	1998	Stephan Freigang (GER)	2:12:16	(BLR)	2:32:53
9th	1999	Stephan Freigang (GER)	2:13:48	Claudia Dreher (GER)	2:27:55
10th	2000	Waldemar Glinka (POL)	2:12:55	(GER)	2:54:30
11th	2001	(BLR)	2:11:44	(GER)	2:37:29
12th	2002	(BLR)	2:11:57	(GER)	2:42:50
13th	2003	(KEN)	2:15:27	Tadelesh Birra (ETH)	2:33:42
14th	2004	(KEN)	2:12:28	Tadelesh Birra (ETH)	2:37:32
15th	2005	Simon Lopuyet (KEN)	2:15:36	(KEN)	2:48:21
16th	2006	(KEN)	2:14:13	(ETH)	2:47:43
17th	2007	(KEN)	2:14:46	(KEN)	2:46:19
18th	2008	Duncan Koech (KEN)	2:14:29	(SUI)	2:52:01
19th	2009	(KEN)	2:10:48	(KEN)	2:35:48
20th	2010	(KEN)	2:08:55	(UKR)	2:31:37
21st	2011	Lusapho April (RSA)	2:09:25	Georgina Rono (KEN)	2:31:19
22nd	2012	(KEN)	2:09:56	(RUS)	2:30:17
23rd	2013	Lusapho April (RSA)	2:08:32	Olena Burkovska (UKR)	2:27:07
24th	2014	(KEN)	2:11:30	Souad Aït Salem (ALG)	2:33:09
25th	2015	(KEN)	2:09:32	Souad Aït Salem (ALG)	2:27:21
26th	2016	Lusapho April (RSA)	2:11:27	Anna Hahner (GER)	2:30:35
27th	2017	(KEN)	2:09:52	Fate Tola (GER)	2:27:48
28th	2018	(ETH)	2:09:44	Agnes Kiprop (KEN)	2:32:35
29th	2019	(KEN)	2:09:37	(KEN)	2:26:15
—	—	cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]^[6]

Multiple wins[]

Men's
Athlete	Wins	Years
Lusapho April (RSA)	3	2011, 2013, 2016
Stephan Freigang (GER)	2	1998, 1999
(BLR)	2	2001, 2002

Women's
Athlete	Wins	Years
Natalya Galushko (BLR)	3	1995, 1996, 1997
Birgit Jerschabek (GER)	2	1992, 1993
Tadelesh Birra (ETH)	2	2003, 2004
Souad Aït Salem (ALG)	2	2014, 2015

By country[]

Country	Total	Men's	Women's
Kenya	19	13	6
Germany	12	4	8
Belarus	7	3	4
Ethiopia	4	1	3
South Africa	3	3	0
Poland	2	2	0
Russia	2	0	2
Ukraine	2	0	2
Algeria	2	0	2
Serbia	1	0	1
Tanzania	1	1	0
Bulgaria	1	1	0
Lithuania	1	1	0
Switzerland	1	0	1