Copenhagen Marathon

The Copenhagen Marathon is an annual marathon that takes place on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 1980, it is held in May and has around 10,000 participants. It is a World Athletics Bronze Label race.[1]

Copenhagen Marathon
The start of the mass race in 2008
DateMay
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorTelenor Denmark
Established1980
Course recordsMen's: 2:09:54 (2019)
Jackson Limo
Women's: 2:29:29 (2019)
Etalemahu Habtewold
Official siteCopenhagen Marathon
Participants10,806 (2019)
Runners on Langebro about to complete the last kilometre in 2015
Running in costume in 2016
Danish runner Kian Zanno Ejlertsen at the race in 2010

The course is a mostly flat loop that begins and ends at the harbourfront of Islands Brygge, and wanders through the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.[2] There is a time limit of six hours.[3]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all paying registrants having the option to transfer their entry to the next edition of the race, or to obtain a full refund.[4]

Winners

Key:   Course record

Ed.YearMaleTime[5]FemaleTime[5]
11980 Arne Stigsen (DEN)2:19:27 Lone Dybdal (DEN)2:58:09
21981 Ove Larsen (DEN)2:24:10 Jytte Fruchtmann (USA)3:16:26
31982 Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)2:22:19 Vibeke Nielsen (DEN)3:00:06
41983 Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)2:16:41 Lone Dybdal (DEN)2:45:10
51984 Philippe Adams (BEL)2:22:18 Britta Houmann (DEN)2:51:37
61985 Ole Jacobsen (DEN)2:22:18 Lone Dybdal (DEN)2:45:07
71986 Svend Erik Kristensen (DEN)2:15:04 Joan Carstensen (DEN)2:48:31
81987 Svend Erik Kristensen (DEN)2:14:16 Mette Wertd (DEN)2:49:22
91988 Allan Zachariasen (DEN)2:21:19 Kersti Jacobsen (DEN)3:01:00
101989 Beat Imhof (SUI)2:29:22 Lisbeth Sejrsbøl (DEN)3:08:34
111990 Alexander Schatz (DEN)2:23:17 Anette Hansen (DEN)2:51:42
121991 Stanislaw Cembrzynski (POL)2:21:59 Mariann Stenbakk (NOR)2:53:00
131992 Alexander Kouftyrev (RUS)2:24:07 Tatiana Pentoukova (RUS)2:47:21
141993 Stanislaw Cembrzynski (POL)2:22:58 Tatiana Forminykh (RUS)2:54:12
151994 Joel Kipchumba (KEN)2:20:20 Svetlana Kazankina (RUS)2:50:53
161995 Stanislaw Cembrzynski (POL)2:20:09 Dorte Rasmussen (DEN)2:35:48
171996 Palle Madsen (DEN)2:24:43 Anette Hansen (DEN)2:50:44
181997 Søren Rasmussen (DEN)2:21:28 Karin Bøgh (DEN)2:47:31
191998 Januz Sarnicki (POL)2:24:12 Karin Bøgh (DEN)2:51:49
201999 Wislaw Göra (DEN)2:21:05 Guo Hong Xiao (CHI)2:37:26
212000 Samuel Kiplimo (KEN)2:21:30 Michaela McCallum (SCO)2:42:26
222001 Henrik Jensen (DEN)2:22:15 Shona Crombie-Hicks (SCO)2:45:23
232002 Janusz Sarnicki (POL)2:23:53 Anne-Mette Aagaard (DEN)2:49:31
242003 Mostafa Errebbah (ITA)2:19:57 Anne-Mette Aagaard (DEN)2:48:52
252004 Torben Nielsen (DEN)2:23:10 Anne-Mette Aagaard (DEN)2:42:18
262005 William Kiprotich (DEN)2:21:14 Jo Kelsey (ENG)2:48:21
272006 Torben Nielsen (DEN)2:24:08 Kathrine Tilma (DEN)2:49:21
282007 Julius Mutai (KEN)2:23:54 Anne-Sofie Pade Hansen (DEN)2:47:56
292008 Julius Mutai (KEN)2:21:05 Annemette Aagaard (DEN)2:36:08
302009 Toyokazu Yoshimura (JPN)2:18:04 Chihiro Tanaka (JPN)2:40:59
312010 Mikkel Kleis (DEN)2:22:29 Colleen De Reuck (USA)2:30:51
322011 Mårten Boström (FIN)2:21:44 Anne-Sofie Pade Hansen (DEN)2:45:29
332012 Martin Parkhoi (DEN)2:24:49 Barbara Sánchez (IRL)2:41:17
342013 Rachid Kisri (MAR)2:17:22 Annemette Aagaard (DEN)2:44:12
352014 Julius Mutai (KEN)2:17:54 Ayelu Hordofa (ETH)2:40:02
362015 Hassane Ahouchar (MAR)2:15:24 Nancy Koech (KEN)2:33:44
372016 Aschalew Hunde (ETH)2:20:47 Gladys Kibiwot (BHR)2:36:58
382017 Julius Karinga (KEN)2:12:10 Hana Zemedkun (ETH)2:47:24
392018 William Morwabe (KEN)2:11:15 Shasho Insermu (ETH)2:32:17
402019 Jackson Limo (KEN)2:09:54 Etalemahu Habtewold (ETH)2:29:29
2020cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic[4]

References
  1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020
  2. https://copenhagenmarathon.dk/en/29566-2/
  3. https://copenhagenmarathon.dk/en/tidsgraense/
  4. https://copenhagenmarathon.dk/en/copenhagen-marathon-2020-has-been-cancelled-due-to-covid-19/
  5. "Tidligere vindere". Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon. Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
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