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Munich Marathon

The Munich Marathon (German: München Marathon) (also known as Generali Munich Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by the city of Munich, Germany, usually in October, since 1983. The event features a full marathon (42.195 km (26.219 mi)) as well as a half marathon and 10K run. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.[2]

Munich Marathon
In the starting corrals, 2005
DateUsually October
LocationMunich, Germany
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsorGenerali
Established1983 (41 years ago) (1983)
Course recordsMen's: 2:09:46 (2000)
Kenya Michael Kite
Women's: 2:33:09 (1991)
Hungary Karolina Szabó
Official siteMunich Marathon
Participants2,489 finishers (2021)[1]
4,226 (2019)
Finishing in Olympiastadion, 2004

History edit

Following the marathon races at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a number of shorter running events were held in the city every year.

In 1983, an annual marathon was established by Michael Schultz-Tholen's company (FVS) and was later jointly organised with the Munich Road Runners Club. The marathon followed the same course as the 1972 Olympic race, beginning in Coubertinplatz in Olympic Park Munich and finishing the last 300 Meters to the finish line in Olympic Stadium.[3] The competition featured nearly 2000 finishers at its inaugural event and this quickly grew, reaching to over 6500 by the late 1980s. As well as the mass race, it attracted high level international competitors in elite races. Participation had a sudden decline after 1990 – going from 6340 finishers that year to 3360 six years later.[4] This change resulted in the eventual bankruptcy of the parent company and its president Schultz-Tholen (who was a polo specialist with limited prior experience in the sector).

In 2000, the race was relaunched on a course outside the inner city, but its popularity returned only when the competition returned to the city streets and the Olympic stadium. Over five thousand people finished the race in 2001.[5] The race established itself among Germany's largest footraces and had a record high of 9041 marathon finishers in 2004.

The 2006 event was the official German Marathon Championship race and Matthias Körner and Carmen Siewert were declared the men's and women's champions, respectively.[3] The event hosted the national marathon championship again in 2012, 2013, and 2014.[3]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6]

Course edit

External images
  Course map of full marathon in 2005[7]
  Course map of full marathon in 2018[8]
  Course map of full marathon in 2019[9]
 
In the starting corrals, 2005
 
Olympiastadion finish area, 2019

The marathon starts in Coubertinplatz [de] in Olympiapark, and ends in the nearby Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium).[10][11]

The course first heads south out of Olympiapark and then east along Elisabethstraße and Franz-Joseph-Straße until it intersects Leopoldstraße at Giselastraße station.[12] Runners then head south and west to hit Königsplatz and circle Karolinenplatz [de] before heading back north to Giselastraße station.[12] The marathon then heads northeast to enter Englischer Garten and nearly reaches its northern end before turning back southwest to exit the park near the Chinese Tower around the race's halfway point.[12]

After crossing the Isar river via the Max Joseph Bridge [de], runners head northeast along Oberföhringer Straße and then south along Cosimastraße, eventually crossing the train tracks at Berg am Laim Station.[12] The course then heads west to Altstadt via the Ludwig Bridge [de], and then heads north on Leopoldstraße back to Giselastraße station.[12] The marathon then returns to Olympiapark via Franz-Joseph-Straße and Elisabethstraße, and finishes inside Olympiastadion.[12]

Winners edit

 
Bernadette Pichlmaier [de], two-time winner, en route to her win in 2011
 
Finisher medal in 2009

The course records over the entire history of the city's marathons are held by Michael Kite of Kenya (2:09:46 hours in 2000) and Hungary's Karolina Szabó (2:33:09 hours in 1991).[3]

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   National championship race

Marathon edit

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1983   Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 2:13:33   Christa Vahlensieck (FRG) 2:33:45
2 1984   Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:12:50   Christa Vahlensieck (FRG) 2:38:50
3 1985   Marjan Krempl (YUG) 2:19:30   Olivia Grüner (FRG) 2:45:52
4 1986   István Kerékjártó (HUN) 2:17:46   Olivia Grüner (FRG) 2:38:51
5 1987   Ahmet Altun (TUR) 2:13:37   Angelika Dunke (FRG) 2:40:59
6 1988   Ernest Tjela (LES) 2:12:55   Janeth Mayal (BRA) 2:42:34
7 1989   Herbert Steffny (FRG) 2:11:30   Janeth Mayal (BRA) 2:37:04
8 1990   Steffen Dittmann (FRG) 2:13:47   Charlotte Teske (FRG) 2:33:12
9 1991   João Alves (BRA) 2:15:34   Karolina Szabó (HUN) 2:33:09
10 1992   Ivan Uvizl (TCH) 2:14:28   Birgit Lennartz (GER) 2:39:17
11 1993   Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 2:14:28   Fátima Neves (POR) 2:39:34
12 1994   Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 2:17:27   Svetlana Kazatkina (RUS) 2:53:45
13 1995   Zoltán Holba (HUN) 2:18:42   Karin Steiger (GER) 2:47:43
14 1996   Lars Andervang (SWE) 2:19:11   Maria Bak (GER) 2:41:56
— — not held from 1997 to 2000
15 2000   Michael Kite (KEN) 2:09:46   Elżbieta Jarosz (POL) 2:37:34
16 2001   Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:13:57   Valentina Delion (MDA) 2:43:41
17 2002   Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) 2:23:19   Silke Fersch (GER) 2:46:18
18 2003   Gemechu Roba (ETH) 2:19:26   Silke Fersch (GER) 2:44:59
19 2004   Reinhard Harrasser (ITA) 2:21:21   Christine Lelan (FRA) 2:46:18
20 2005   Herman Achmüller (ITA) 2:24:28   Cornelia Firsching (GER) 2:54:03
21 2006   Matthias Körner (GER) 2:21:55   Carmen Siewert (GER) 2:47:22
22 2007   Falk Cierpinski (GER) 2:25:26   Cornelia Firsching (GER) 2:56:33
23 2008   Steffen Justus (GER) 2:21:38   Melanie Hohenester (GER) 2:49:20
24 2009   Maksim Saliy (UKR) 2:28:13   Luzia Schmid (GER) 2:53:16
25 2010   Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:18:23   Bernadette Pichlmaier (GER) 2:35:28
26 2011   Richard Friedrich (GER) 2:19:27   Bernadette Pichlmaier (GER) 2:38:02
27 2012   Jan Hamann (GER) 2:19:46   Susanne Hahn (GER) 2:32:11
28 2013   Frank Schauer (GER) 2:18:56   Silke Optekamp (GER) 2:41:50
29 2014   Tobias Schreindl (GER) 2:21:47   Steffi Volke (GER) 2:44:37
30 2015   Florian Stelzle (GER) 2:29:59   Julia Viellehner (GER) 2:40:28
31 2016   Oliver Herrmann (GER) 2:27:12   Latifa Schuster (FRA) 2:56:20
32 2017   Mario Wernsdörfer (GER) 2:27:52   Bianca Meyer (GER) 2:49:35
33 2018   Andreas Straßner (GER) 2:27:58   Susanne Schreindl (GER) 2:49:38
34 2019   Andreas Straßner (GER) 2:28:52   Alexandra Morozova (RUS) 2:48:00
— 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
35 2021   Alexander Hirschhäuser (GER) 2:18:38   Corinna Harrer (GER) 2:43:11 [1][13]

Half Marathon edit

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
25 2010   Sören Kah (GER) 1:07:31   Bianca Meyer (GER) 1:21:38
26 2011   Sören Kah (GER) 1:07:07   Susanne Hahn (GER) 1:13:02
27 2012   Sören Kah (GER) 1:04:43   Ingalena Heuck (GER) 1:21:35
28 2013   Valentin Unterholzner (GER) 1:07:23   Corinna Harrer (GER) 1:14:04
29 2014   Gianluca Borghesi (ITA) 1:08:31   Teresa Montrone (ITA) 1:19:08
30 2015   Tobias Schreindl (GER) 1:06:45   Susanne Ölhorn (GER) 1:21:18
31 2016   Wondemagen Seed-Egasso (ETH) 1:07:47   Nora Schmitz (GER) 1:20:41
32 2017   Tobias Schreindl (GER) 1:08:26   Susanne Schreindl (GER) 1:20:09
33 2018   Salvatore Gambino (ITA) 1:09:59   Sophie Hardy (BEL) 1:16:37
34 2019   Luis Carlos Rivero (GUA) 1:08:47   Susanne Schreindl (GER) 1:20:13
— 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
35 2021   Thomas Kotissek (GER) 1:09:23   Maria Kerres (GER) 1:15:55 [14]

10K edit

Year Men's winner Time[b] Women's winner Time[b] Rf.
2010   Joseph Katib (GER) 31:38   Julia Viellehner (GER) 34:22
2011   Joseph Katib (GER) 31:30   Christine Schleifer (GER) 34:53
2012   Tobias Gröbl (GER) 30:53   Veronica Clio Pohl (GER) 34:48
2013   Matthew Coloe (AUS) 31:14   Julia Leenders (GER) 35:37
2014   Sebastian Nadler (GER) 31:48   Tina Fischl (GER) 35:15
2015   Sebastian Hallmann (GER) 31:28   Tina Fischl (GER) 35:05
2016   Julio Del Val González (ESP) 31:32   Laura-Jane Day (GBR) 35:40
2017   Clemens Bleistein (GER) 30:39   Andrea Meier (SUI) 35:51
2018   Max Weigand (GER) 32:09   Jule Vetter (GER) 36:36
2019   Andrey Karpin (RUS) 33:01   Tina Fischl (GER) 36:24
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [6]
2021   Maxmilian Thorwirth (GER) 30:30   Hanna Klein (GER) 32:13 [15]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d h:m:s
  2. ^ a b m:s

References edit

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List of winners

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