Sunday April 21st, 2024
Enschede, Netherlands
Distance: Marathon · Half Marathon · 10K · 5K
Offical Race Web Site
Experience the oldest marathon in Western Europe!
We write about August 1946. The European Athletics Championships were held in Olso and the I.A.A.F. conference had taken place. During that conference, an agreement was made to hold an athletics competition between the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia in Enschede in July 1947. Saturday July 12, 1947 was the big day: 51 participants took off, hoping to return fit and healthy to the summery Van Heekpark after 42 km and 195 m.
Of that group, 33 athletes did indeed complete the race and Eero Riikonen from Finland took the first place. The Enschede Marathon was born.
Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
Male | 2:08:51 | Alfred Barkach | ken | |
2nd Male | 2:09:19 | Bonface Kiplimo | ken | |
3rd Male | 2:09:26 | Moses Kipngetich | ken | |
4th Male | 2:10:56 | Filex Chemongesi | uga | |
Female | 2:22:45 | Shyline Jepkorir Toroitich | ken | |
2nd Female | 2:24:12 | Meryline Chelangat | uga | |
3rd Female | 2:25:24 | Cynthia Chepchirchir Kosgei | ken | |
4th Female | 2:30:21 | Jackline Cherono | ken |
Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
Course Map
The start and finish will be at Enschede’s prominent landmark, the Alpha Tower on the Boulevard 1945.
Runners travel through Lonneker, a small village on the outskirts of Enschede, before moving towards Galnerburg.
The entire re-built district of Roombeek also lies in the path of the marathon as the runners come towards the starting-point, at Boulevard 1945, to complete the first of two 21.1km loops.