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Frankfurt Marathon

Oct 28, 2018

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Where

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Start time

06:00

Distances

Marathon

Sub-events

26.2

Marathon

October 28, 2018 Sunday

Distance: Marathon·Start time: 06:00

MarathonPoint to pointWheelchair race

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Top 3

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Top 3 Men

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Mark Kiptoo broke the World Masters Record for runners over 40 with a 2:07:50 finish time at the 2018 Frankfurt Marathon.

General News Runner's Tribe

Oct 31, 2018

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon sees its first world record: Mark Kiptoo distills record vintage to break World Masters time in Frankfurt

Mark Kiptoo gave hope to mature marathon runners everywhere when he broke the World Masters Record for runners over-40 with 2:07:50 for seventh place in a strong field in Frankfurt on Sunday.

General News

Oct 30, 2018

Gezahegn triumphs, Assefa breaks women's Course Record in Frankfurt

Kelkile Gezahegn won the 2018 Frankfurt Marathon in 2:06:37 while Meskerem Assefa won the women's race in 2:20:36.

General News Runner's Tribe

Oct 29, 2018

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon On Sunday: Kelkile Gezahegn triumphs, Meskerem Assefa breaks women's Course Record in windy Frankfurt

Runner-up last year, this time the number one: the Ethiopian Kelkile Gezahegn won the 37th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in cool and at times extremely windy conditions in 2:06:37. After a thrilling duel he broke away from Martin Kosgey of Kenya who finished in 2:06:41. Fellow Kenyan Alex Kibet finished third on his marathon debut in 2:07:09.

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Oct 28, 2018