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Cybrian Kotut, winner of last year’s Haspa Marathon Hamburg, will compete again in Germany’s biggest spring marathon on April 23. Last year, the Kenyan had improved the Hamburg course record of marathon superstar Eliud Kipchoge, which had stood for around nine years, by 43 seconds in 2:04:47 hours. At the same time, he set a new personal marathon best. Last year, the 30-year-old Kotut already met fast competitors in Hamburg. Even the fourth-place finisher was able to beat the then best time of 2:05:30 hours. Similar strong and interesting competition awaits the Kenyan this year. The Ethiopian Mule Wasihun comes to the Hanseatic city with a personal best of 2:03:16 hours and is thus the fastest runner ever to appear on a Hamburg marathon start list. In addition, his compatriot Muktar Edris will make his marathon debut on April 23. The 29-year-old comes to Hamburg as the 5,000-meter world champion of 2017 and 2019 and has already proven his talent for road races at the half marathon in Valencia 2021 with a world-class time of 58:40 minutes.

In addition, Workineh Tadese and Martin Musau are two familiar faces returning to the Hanseatic city on the Elbe. The Ethiopian Tadese ran last year as third through the finish on the Karolinenstraße. Musau, a Ugandan, won the Haspa Marathon Hamburg held under Corona conditions in 2021.

“After the signing of European champion Richard Ringer and Hamburg’s Haftom Welday, the men’s field grows with more fast guys. In cooperation with our athlete agency Global Sports Communication, we were thus able to put together a world-class field for this year as well, which once again promises an exciting and fast race. We are also looking forward to big names in the women’s race,” explains chief organizer Frank Thaleiser.

Information on well-known international female athletes will follow by the end of March.

For the Everyman race, registrations in the Marathon and Marathon Relay competitions are still possible until March 23.

To the registration

Next to the finisher’s medal, it is one of the most important figureheads of almost every renowned running event: the official participant’s shirt. There are often passionate discussions about both: “too big, too small, too heavy, too light, too bright, too pale, too flashy, too mainstream!” or simply: “strong, top, great!

It’s quite clear that everyone’s taste can never be met 100 per cent. Together with our supplier ASICS, we have really put our backs into it this year to make your participant shirt as individual and original as possible. We hope you are as enthusiastic as we are!

The shirt can be ordered during registration for 31,-€*. Participants who have already registered (for all competitions) can easily order the shirt later (see below for more information). An order is only possible in connection with the respective booked competition.

The marathon shirt and the half marathon shirt are available for women (sizes XS-S-M-L-XL) and men (sizes XS-S-M-L-XL-XXL). For the marathon relay, a unisex version (XS-S-M-L-XL-XXL) is available.

*Attention relay participants!
If you book 4 shirts for the whole relay team, the package is available at a special price of 112,- Euro instead of 124,- Euro. Important! Please indicate the required size (unisex) for all 4 shirts.

If you are already registered and would like to order a shirt later, please send us a message via our contact form, stating the booking number and the desired shirt size.

All ordered shirts will be handed out at the Marathon Hamburg Expo 2023.

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German long-distance runner Richard Ringer will start in the elite field of the 37th Haspa Marathon Hamburg on 23 April 2023. The current European marathon champion made the announcement today at a press conference. “It was clear to me immediately after the European Championships that I would like to run a city marathon in the spring of 2023, and Hamburg and the organiser MHV are an ideal match,” explained the 33-year-old.

Chief organiser Frank Thaleiser from the organiser MHV adds: “We are very pleased to have Richard Ringer, an absolute top runner from our own country, at the start, who not only brings strong sporting credentials, but also combines a professional attitude with a very likeable appearance.”

Ringer is the first top athlete to be officially signed up for the elite field at next year’s Haspa Marathon Hamburg. “We are sure that with him as a drawing card, other well-known top runners, including local ones, will follow. We will be putting together the elite field in the coming weeks and months together with our athlete agency Global Sports Communication,” Thaleiser continues.

Hamburg’s State Councillor for Sport, Christoph Holstein, adds: “The major sporting events in the city, and the Hamburg Marathon as the start of the Hamburg sporting calendar in particular, also have an important role as ambassador events, because they stand for the fact, especially in times of great adversity, that sport continues on a broad level and that its formats can also develop further.

formats can continue to develop.
In the popular sports sector, 15,200 participants are currently registered across all three competitions – marathon, half marathon and marathon relay.

A total of up to 30,000 runners are expected to take part in the 37th edition of Germany’s biggest spring marathon on 23 April 2023. They will be distributed among the marathon (up to 13,500 starters), half marathon (fully booked with 4,500), relay (up to 6,000) and the junior race Das Zehntel. Registration for the run for children and youth opens on 16 January 2023.

Online registration for the marathon and marathon relay will be open until 23 March 2023.

Almost six months before the 37th Haspa Marathon Hamburg, its half marathon competition is completely booked out. Holders of valid (2023) voucher codes can still redeem them via the MIKA registration portal.

The total contingent of 4,500 starting places in the half marathon competition will NOT be increased.

Six months before its 37th edition, Germany’s biggest spring marathon has almost 11,000 registrations across the marathon, half marathon and relay events.
Registration for the half marathon competition is gradually turning into the home stretch. Out of 4,500 starting places, about 450 are still available. Half marathon enthusiasts with the idea of starting in Hamburg on 23 April should not wait too much longer to register.

To register

Germany’s largest spring marathon already has more than 9,000 registrations across the marathon, half marathon and relay events. It is thus once again on its way to becoming the largest sporting event in the Elbe metropolis of Hamburg.

The second price category – 155,-€ per starting place – has recently been introduced for registration in the relay competition.

In the marathon competition, the last 250 starting places are available in the early bird category (88,-€), in the half marathon there are just under 100 left in the current price category (64,-€).

Undecided runners should hurry up – the opportunity for a cheap starting place at one of the most beautiful, fastest and most spectacular marathon running events is still available.

We warmly congratulate Eliud Kipchoge, who made his marathon debut in Hamburg in 2013, on his outstanding victory in yesterday’s Berlin Marathon. The 37-year-old superstar literally remains the lone leader after running the marathon in a new world record time. The performance of the comparatively small circle of co-favourites was also striking. Last year’s winner Guye Adola (Ethiopia) had trouble keeping up with the fast pace already after the first third and had to drop out after kilometre 35. Kipchoge’s compatriot Mark Korir finished second, well over five and a half minutes behind Kipchoge. Half a minute behind followed the Ethiopian Tadu Abate, among others winner in Hamburg in 2019. Experts use the average time of the top 10 results as an indicator of the quality of the elite field in a marathon race. While the average time for the men’s competition in yesterday’s race in Berlin was 2:06:31 hours, the Haspa Marathon is just ahead with 2:06:07 hours. In the Top 10 average time for women, Berlin 2022 is clearly in the lead with 2:20:54 hours, ahead of Hamburg 2022 with 2:28:05 hours.

Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa) and Marathon Hamburg Veranstaltungs GmbH are continuing their partnership in the Haspa Marathon Hamburg until 2026, plus an option for a further two years. This extends the commitment of Hamburger Sparkasse as main sponsor and title partner of Germany’s largest and fastest spring marathon, which has been in place since 2011, by at least four years.

“With the extension of our commitment, the people of Hamburg can look forward to a great Haspa Marathon in the coming years as well. This top event is an ideal fit for us as Hamburger Bank. It appeals to the entire city – both the runners and the many hundreds of thousands of spectators who cheer on their friends and family along the route,” said Dr. Harald Vogelsang, Haspa Board Spokesman, explaining this decision. The Haspa Marathon is a great family reunion for us and our customers, which we continue to support with great conviction. Since 2011, we have put a lot of energy into this event and, together with the organizer, have developed many new formats such as the relays and the half marathon,” Dr. Harald Vogelsang continued.

Marathon chief organizer Frank Thaleiser adds, “After the difficult period of pandemic restrictions for all involved and the subsequent highly successful recent event edition in April, the continuation of our cooperation is not only an expression of great trust and respect, but also a strong signal for continued creative and close cooperation for mutual success. We are very much looking forward to it.”

Yalemzerf Yehualaw won the Haspa Marathon Hamburg with a sensational new course record after 2:17:23 hours. The 22-year-old Ethiopian ran by far the fastest debut over the 42.195 km of all time. The previous best debut time was set by Britain’s Paula Radcliffe in London in 2002 with 2:18:56. Yalemzerf Yehualaw immediately became the sixth-fastest marathon runner of all time in Hamburg, smashing the previous course record set by Meselech Melkamu (2:21:54) in 2016. Yehualaw’s compatriots Fikrte Wereta and Bone Cheluke finished second and third with 2:26:15 and 2:26:23 respectively. The fastest German woman was Kristina Hendel (LG Braunschweig), who finished a strong fifth with a personal best of 2:27:29.

The men’s race was close from the beginning. It was not until kilometre 38 that a preliminary decision was made, when the Kenyan Cybrian Kotut and the Ugandan marathon debutant Stephen Kissa were able to break away from the leading group of six. Both had a spectacular duel until the end. In the final sprint, Cybrian Kotut won with a final time of 2:04:47, just ahead of Stephen Kissa (2:04:48). Ethiopia’s Workineh Tadesse finished third with a time of 2:05:07, leaving all three runners under the previous course record of 2:05:30 set by Kenya’s superstar Eliud Kipchoge in 2013. “I am very happy to have managed to mark a new course record here. The pacemakers gave me good cover from the wind,” said winner Cybrian Kotut.

“This was a great spring comeback for us. We were able to present a great, great race on the streets of Hamburg and are proud of the extremely strong results with two course records and a literally unique debut by Yalemzerf Yehualaw,” said chief organiser Frank Thaleiser.

In sunny but windy conditions and temperatures around 10 degrees Celsus, Yalemzerf Yehualaw ran at the front from the start and steadily increased her lead. At the half marathon mark, her lead was already over two and a half minutes with a fast passing time of 68:30. By the end, she was almost nine minutes ahead. “For my first marathon, the race went very well for me. The fast course suited me and the spectators were a great support,” said the winner.

There were some disappointments among the German runners, especially among the men. Philipp Pflieger and Johannes Motschmann (both SCC Berlin) led the German field until kilometre 30. Shortly afterwards Pflieger had to give up. Motschmann dropped back significantly from kilometre 35, but finished the race in 24th place with a time of 2:17:08. Filimon Abraham (LG Telis Finanz Regensburg) also had to end the race at kilometre 35. Best German was Florian Rösler (TV Konstanz) in his good marathon debut in 2:15:03. “I am very surprised to be the fastest German. The race didn’t go optimally for me, but very well for a debut.”

Among the German women, Kristina Hendel (LG Braunschweig) was the leader from the start. In the end she finished a strong fifth in a top field with 2:27:29. “We had to fight with wind from kilometre 8 to 31. In addition, I had cramps at the beginning, but then they disappeared. I broke my personal best time and am very proud of it. I hope to run in the German jersey at the European Championships in Munich,” said Kristina Hendel, who is currently only eligible to compete internationally for Croatia. Deborah Schöneborn (SCC Berlin) was the second German to finish ninth in 2:29:51.

A total of around 20,000 runners from 68 nations had registered for Sunday’s competitions at the 36th Haspa Marathon Hamburg. Hamburg’s sports senator Andy Grote and Haspa CFO Jürgen Marquardt gave the starting signal for the marathon at 9.30 am.

A total of almost 15,000 athletes crossed the finish line. Even in view of the almost perfect weather conditions, the day was quite calm for the rescue forces of the German Red Cross. 82 assistance services and 13 rescue operations were recorded after the finish line at 3.50 pm. An estimated hundred thousand spectators cheered on the athletes along the course. Already on Saturday, around 9,000 children and young people ensured a successful start to the event with the “Das Zehntel” (The Tenth) over 4.2 km.

The 37th Haspa Marathon Hamburg will be held on 23 April 2023 and registration for the event will open tomorrow, Monday 25 April at 12.00 noon.