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 edit

The start of the 42.195 km 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 edit

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

Size edit

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 edit

Year	Winner (men)	Country	Time	Winner (women)	Country	Time
11 October 1980	Julien Grimon	Belgium	2:22:05	Unknown
13 June 1981	Jon Anderson	United States	2:17:32	Doretta Janssens	Belgium	3:00:52
5 June 1982	Armand Parmentier	Belgium	2:19:13	Denise Alfvoet	Belgium	2:56:21
10 September 1983	Kjell-Erik Ståhl	Sweden	2:13:48	Magda Ilands	Belgium	2:37:51
23 June 1984	Cor Saelmans	Belgium	2:15:57	Rebecca Price	United States	2:56:50
22 June 1985	Danny Pauwelijn	Belgium	2:24:10	Rose-Marie Cools	Belgium	3:27:14
11 October 1986	Francois Blommaerts	Belgium	2:17:48	Unknown
27 June 1987	Peter van der Elst	Belgium	2:21:29	Nadine Mawett	Belgium	3:34:08
25 June 1988	Unknown			Unknown
1989–1993	Not held
10 April 1994	Eddy Hellebuyck	Belgium	2:11:50	Marie-Christine Christiaen	Belgium	2:40:54
9 April 1995	Oleg Otmakhov	Russia	2:12:43	Marleen Renders	Belgium	2:31:26
14 April 1996	Oleg Otmakhov	Russia	2:14:41	Kaoru Tsunekawa	Japan	2:45:58
13 April 1997	Oleg Otmakhov	Russia	2:15:40	Flora Venegas	Chile	2:40:15
19 April 1998	Ronny Ligneel	Belgium	2:15:22	Lyudmila Afonjuschkina	Russia	2:38:19
18 April 1999	Oleg Otmakhov	Russia	2:13:44	Lieve Slegers	Belgium	2:34:23
24 September 2000	Eric Gerome	Belgium	2:20:04	Marleen van Reusel	Belgium	2:58:08
23 September 2001	Eric Gerome	Belgium	2:14:23	Celine Steenhuyzen	Belgium	3:08:58
22 September 2002	Eric Gerome	Belgium	2:19:45	Christiane Gloesener	Belgium	3:11:43
2003–2006	Not held
22 April 2007	Wilson Kibet	Kenya	2:16:37	Anja Smolders	Belgium	2:41:20
20 April 2008	Elias Chebet	Kenya	2:17:54	Anja Smolders	Belgium	2:43:15
26 April 2009	Daniel Koech	Kenya	2:15:20	Louise Deldicque	Belgium	2:53:30
25 April 2010	Nahashon Kimaiyo	Kenya	2:12:00	Anne-Marie Dupont	Belgium	3:03:34
17 April 2011	Elijah Kemboi	Kenya	2:11:15	Anne-Marie Dupont	Belgium	3:08:06
22 April 2012	Paul Kiprop	Kenya	2:15:38	Anje Damen	Belgium	3:01:59
21 April 2013	Abdelhadi El Hachimi	Belgium	2:12:53	Louise Deldicque	Belgium	2:52:36
27 April 2014	Moses Mwarur	Kenya	2:15:26	Trui Depondt	Belgium	2:54:36
26 April 2015	Florent Caelen	Belgium	2:16:08	Mieke Dupont	Belgium	2:58:40
17 April 2016	Felix Kirwa	Kenya	2:15:57	Hazel Behagg	United Kingdom	2:55:59
23 April 2017	David Cherop	Uganda	2:17:13	Mieke Dupont	Belgium	2:54:16
22 April 2018	Ezekiel Kiprop	Kenya	2:15:53	Ann Sofie Claeys	Belgium	2:56:06
28 April 2019	Willem Van Schuerbeeck	Belgium	2:21:40	Astrid Verhoeven	Belgium	2:41:19
2020	Not held (COVID-19)
11 September 2021	Filip Vercruysse	Belgium	2:24:11	Victoria Wrapy	Belgium	3:02:00