Your Cologne. Your Aim.
A top level organisation of the race and a high-end catering village round off a perfect marathon weekend. The variety of the city is also found in the range of the offered competitions. Besides marathon and half-marathon a relay marathon took place, in which four runners share the 42 km. It does not have to be a marathon to get a good picture of this pleasant city at the river Rhine.

Koeln (Cologne) Marathon

Human Interest Story

Kenya's Julia Mumbi Muraga won the 2014 Cologne Marathon and recently received a two-year ban for failing a drugs test according to Athletics Kenya

Kenyan Marathoner Banned

Post-Race Review/ Results

Kenya’s Sammy Kurgat won the Cologne Marathon with a course record time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 3 seconds. Kurgat was leading a pack of ten runners through the half way point in 1 hour 4 minutes and 32 seconds before taking the checkered flag nearly 30 sceonds ahead of his fellow countryman and defending champion Daniel Too.

2:10:03 course record for Kurgat in Cologne Marathon

Sabrina Mockenhaupt won her debut marathon today in Cologne, clocking 2:29:33. The 26-year-old German beat the qualifying time for the 2008 Olympic Marathon  and fulfilled hopes of the organisers for a home win.

Mockenhaupt Wins in Cologne in 2:29:33 Debut Marathon

While Teferi Wodajo clocked 2:11:18 hours and was ahead of Benjamin Itok (Kenya / 2:12:08) and Francis Kiprop (Kenya / 2:13:00) Luminita Zaituc took the women’s race in 2:28:24.

Wodajo and Zaituc Take Cologne Marathon Honours

Great Race, Beautiful City and excellent Atmospher

Little this town may be, but mighty is this race

An excellent race, but with a couple of negatives

It was a fantastic race; I felt proud to be there!

Koeln (Cologne) Marathon

Marathon Results