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Hannover Marathon

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.

Hannover Marathon
DateApril
LocationHannover, Germany
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsorHannover Airport
Established1991
Course recordsMen's: 2:06:05 (2024)
Germany Amanal Petros
Women's: 2:23:50 (2024)
Germany Domenika Mayer
Official siteHannover Marathon
Participants2,130 finishers (2022)
2,222 (2019)
Fun runners participating in the 2007 race

The marathon race holds IAAF Silver Label status and it is part of the German Road Races 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 Spielbanken Niedersachsen 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 Andrey Gordayev 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

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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   Marek Adamski (POL) 2:15:04   Elena Yegorova (URS) 2:36:29
2nd 1992   Sergey Sokov (BLR) 2:13:03   Birgit Jerschabek (GER) 2:31:42
3rd 1993   Kurt Stenzel (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   Rainer Wachenbrunner (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   Volha Yudenkova (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   Birgit Behrend (GER) 2:54:30
11th 2001   Andrey Gordayev (BLR) 2:11:44   Anja Carlsohn (GER) 2:37:29
12th 2002   Andrey Gordayev (BLR) 2:11:57   Ines Cronjäger (GER) 2:42:50
13th 2003   David Simukwo (KEN) 2:15:27   Tadelesh Birra (ETH) 2:33:42
14th 2004   Moses Kimutai (KEN) 2:12:28   Tadelesh Birra (ETH) 2:37:32
15th 2005   Simon Lopuyet (KEN) 2:15:36   Evelyne Kimuria (KEN) 2:48:21
16th 2006   David Chepkwony (KEN) 2:14:13   Keneli Chala (ETH) 2:47:43
17th 2007   Daniel Mbogo (KEN) 2:14:46   Monica Muthoni (KEN) 2:46:19
18th 2008   Duncan Koech (KEN) 2:14:29   Petra Oberli (SUI) 2:52:01
19th 2009   Evans Kipkosgei Ruto (KEN) 2:10:48   Fridah Lodepa (KEN) 2:35:48
20th 2010   Yusuf Songoka (KEN) 2:08:55   Yekatarina Stetsenko (UKR) 2:31:37
21st 2011   Lusapho April (RSA) 2:09:25   Georgina Rono (KEN) 2:31:19
22nd 2012   Joseph Kiptum (KEN) 2:09:56   Nataliya Puchkova (RUS) 2:30:17
23rd 2013   Lusapho April (RSA) 2:08:32   Olena Burkovska (UKR) 2:27:07
24th 2014   Henry Chirchir (KEN) 2:11:30   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 2:33:09
25th 2015   Jacob Cheshari (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   Allan Kiprono (KEN) 2:09:52   Fate Tola (GER) 2:27:48
28th 2018   Seboka Negusse (ETH) 2:09:44   Agnes Kiprop (KEN) 2:32:35
29th 2019   Silas Mwetich (KEN) 2:09:37   Racheal Mutgaa (KEN) 2:26:15
— — cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5][6]
30th 2022   Hendrik Pfeiffer (GER) 2:10:59   Domenika Mayer (GER) 2:26:50
31st 2023   Amanal Petros (GER) 2:07:02   Matea Parlov Koštro (CRO) 2:25:45
32nd 2024   Amanal Petros (GER) 2:06:05   Domenika Mayer (GER) 2:23:50

Multiple wins

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By country

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Country Total Men's Women's
  Kenya 19 13 6
  Germany 17 7 10
  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
  Bulgaria 1 1 0
  Croatia 1 0 1
  Lithuania 1 1 0
  Serbia 1 0 1
  Switzerland 1 0 1
  Tanzania 1 1 0

References

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  1. ^ April und Rono gewinnen 21. Hannover-Marathon. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (2011-05-08). Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
  2. ^ Members list. German Road Races. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
  3. ^ With thrilling finishes, Kiptum and Puchkova take Hannover titles. IAAF (2012-05-06). Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
  4. ^ a b Hannover Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2012-05-07). Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
  5. ^ a b "Meldung". Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  6. ^ a b "HAJ Hannover Marathon 2021 abgesagt! - HAJ Hannover Marathon". Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
List of winners
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