Paris-Marathon

The Paris Marathon (French Marathon de Paris ) is a marathon, which ( with the exception of 1991) will be held in Paris since 1976 annually in April. He is named after the London and the Berlin Marathon is the third largest in Europe and is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

The route begins on the Avenue des Champs- Élysées and initially via the Place de la Concorde in the east. After six kilometers Place de la Bastille is crossed, and on it goes through the Place de la Nation périphérique Boulevard, which is crossed on the Avenue Daumesnil. After eleven kilometers of the Bois de Vincennes is achieved by running the next ten kilometers before it goes through the Porte de Charenton back into the city center. At km 25 the course turns south to the Seine, on the one downstream of passes on the right bank of the Île de la Cité, the Tuileries, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero, until at 33 km to the west in the direction of the Bois de Boulogne turns. In this park the rest of the route runs until at km 42 you get to the Avenue Foch, on which the target with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

Statistics

Track records

  • Men: 2:05:12 h, Stanley Kipleting Biwott (KEN ), 2012
  • Women: 2:21:40 h, Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH ), 2012

Finisher 2009

  • 30 334 runners in the target ( 25 281 men and 5053 women), 1490 more than last year

List of winners

Sources: website of the organizer, ARRS

Development of finishers Ahlen

Highlights: Record numbers

London-Marathon Berlin-Marathon Bois de Boulogne Priscah Jeptoo Tadese Tola Vincent Kipruto Atsede Baysa Martha Komu Askale Tafa Gashaw Asfaw Salim Kipsang Ambesse Tolosa Salina Kosgei Michael Kosgei Rotich Beatrice Omwanza France Simon Biwott Florence Barsosio Mohamed Ouaadi Marleen Renders Jackson Kabiga Australia Portugal Alina Gherasim Domingos Castro Mari Tanigawa Tatyana Titova Aurora Cunha Abebe Mekonnen Hussein Ahmed Salah Jacky Boxberger Ian Thompson (marathoner)
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