Enschede Marathon

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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. Until 2009 the race crossed the German border through the city of Gronau. There has been a women's competition since 1981.

Enschede Marathon
John Kelai winning the marathon of 2005
DateMid-April
LocationEnschede, Netherlands
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10K run, 5K run
Established1991
Course recordsMen's: 2:04:30 (2021)
Kenya Eliud Kipchoge
Women's: 2:21:10 (2022)
Kenya Maurine Chepkemoi
Official siteEnschede Marathon
Participants274 finishers (2022)
45 finishers (2021)
133 finishers (2019)

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge is the current course record holder with his winning time of 2:04:30 hours from 2021.[1] Kenyan Maurine Chepkemoi holds the women's best mark for the course with her time of 2:21:10 hours from 2022.

Past winners

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Key:   Course record

References

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