Rotterdam Marathon

Rotterdam Marathon
DateApril (since 1983)
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon (42.195 km)
Primary sponsorNN Group
Established23 May 1981
Course recordsMen's: 2:03:36 (2021)
Belgium Bashir Abdi
Women's: 2:18:58 (2012)
Ethiopia Tiki Gelana
Official siteRotterdam Marathon
Participants16,837 finishers (2023)
11,722 finishers (2022)
14,554 (2019)
Runners at the start in 1986
Runners on the Erasmusbrug in 2017

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.

  1. ^ "The Worlds Top 10 Marathons - Runners World". www.runnersworld.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2022.