Rotterdam Marathon | |
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Date | April (since 1983) |
Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon (42.195 km) |
Primary sponsor | NN Group |
Established | 23 May 1981 |
Course records | Men's: 2:03:36 (2021) Bashir Abdi Women's: 2:18:58 (2012) Tiki Gelana |
Official site | Rotterdam Marathon |
Participants | 16,837 finishers (2023) 11,722 finishers (2022) 14,554 (2019) |
The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April every year since the third edition in 1984 and attracts many top athletes. It has also been ranked as one of the top 10 marathons in the world by Runner's World magazine.[1] The event is the most popular marathon in the Netherlands, followed by the marathons of Amsterdam and Eindhoven.