Brussels Marathon

The marathon makes a loop, starting and ending in the City of Brussels, in the proximity of Brussels Park.[1] Initially the runners head eastwards, to Tervuren. Alongside the track, the participants pass several green areas: the Cinquantenaire Park, the Woluwe Park, the Capuchin Forest, the Royal Belgian Golf Club and the Bois de la Cambre. Since 2017, the course has started and finished in the Cinquantenaire Park, initially heading west anti-clockwise around the city, with the full marathon deviating out-and-back to Tervuren. Since 2018, the start and finish has coincided with the more renowned 20 km of Brussels held in May.

Apart from the full marathon, also a half marathon, a Mini Marathon (6.5 km) and a Kids Run (1 km) are held.[1]

The proper Brussels Marathon is open to runners 18 or older from any nation, competitors for the half marathon have to be at least 16 years of age.

More people participate in the half marathon than in the entire. As of 2014, the half marathon had most success in 2012 (8006 participants) and the proper Brussels Marathon in 2010 (2546 runners).[2]

Public controversy arose in social networks in 2017, where podium awards appeared and differed significantly between females and males. Following a change of sponsorship by Brussels Airport in 2018, the organisers (Golazo Sports) announced that awards would be aligned equally for both sexes. In 2018, the organisers defended the non-publication of full race results including category positions on the grounds of recent changes in European privacy laws, although inconsistent with standard practice as well as the publication of other race results by the same organiser.[3]

In response to increasing public concerns on the amount of unnecessary waste at such public sports events, the organisers are aiming at a plastic-free event from 2019 onwards, with drinking water served in cardboard cups, no goody bags and avoiding the need for aluminium foil protection after the race by ensuring participants' sports bags are readily accessible.

Key:   Current course record [2]

Marathon

Date	Name	Men	Country	Time	Women	Country	Time	Finishers
30 September 1984	Brussels	Dirk Vanderherten		02:18:46	Mia Pauwels		02:44:43	1815
29 September 1985	Brussels	Dirk Vanderherten		02:18:36	Agnes Pardaens		02:46:37	1441
28 September 1986	Brussels	Dirk Vanderherten		02:15:32	Francine Peeters		02:42:02
27 September 1987	Brussels	Rudi Dirickx		02:18:05	Nelly Aerts		02:33:33	1439
11 September 1988	Brussels	Vesa Kähkölä		02:16:53	Francine Peeters		02:44:12	1161
24 September 1989	Brussels	Pavel Klimeš		02:16:46	Nelly Aerts		02:36:49	1271
30 September 1990	Spa Brussels	Csaba Szűcs		02:17:36	Valentina Lunyegova		02:40:00
15 September 1991	Brussels	Anatoly Karipanov		02:18:04	Irina Sklyarenko		02:41:32
13 September 1992	Brussels	Anatoly Karipanov		02:16:43	Mária Starovská		02:42:13
12 September 1993	Brussels	Ronny Ligneel		02:16:14	Véronique Collard		02:44:29
18 September 1994	Reebok Brussels	Vincent Rousseau		02:12:59	Karin Bøgh Andersen		03:03:02
1995 to 2003	Did not held
10 October 2004	ING Brussels	John Kelai		2:10.59	Jennifer Chesinon		2:32.16	1801
28 August 2005	ING Brussels	Samson Kosgei		2:12.01	Rose Nyangancha		2:37.48	784
27 August 2006	ING Brussels	Stephen Loruo		2:11.26	Irene Mogaka		2:42.53	819
14 October 2007	ING Brussels	Jonathan Kiptoo		2:12.16	Kimaiyo Yepyator		2:41.20	1433
5 October 2008	Brussels	Rik Ceulemans		2:19.29	Anne Zijderveld		3:15.51	1149
4 October 2009	Brussels	Abraham Potongole		2:15.13	Virginie Soenen		3:07.12	1569
10 October 2010	Brussels	Levy Matebo		2:13.30	Mariska Dute		2:59.16	1998
2 October 2011	Brussels	Paul Kiprop		2:14.51	Mariska Dute		3:00.01	1553
7 October 2012	Brussels	Joseph Mutai		2:16.41	Claire Macht		3:06.15	1709
6 October 2013	Brussels	Samson Bungei		2:15.49	Maja Glesti		3:10.21	1794
5 October 2014	Belfius Brussels	Florent Caelen		2:16.31	Louise Deldicque		2:56.26	1885
4 October 2015	Belfius Brussels	Geoffrey Kipkoech		2:14.39	Soetkin Demey		3:05.31	2011
2 October 2016	Belfius Brussels	Eric Kering		2:16:51	Virginie Vandroogenbroeck		2:53:42	1427
1 October 2017	Belfius Brussels	Stephen Kiplagat		2:11:44	Christelle Lemaire		3:10:42	1437
28 October 2018	Brussels Airport	Laban Cheruiyot		2:24:20	Kabiratou Nassam		2:57:59
6 October 2019	Brussels Airport	Michael Chege		2:17:53	Kabiratou Nassam		2:54:48	1343

Half Marathon

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1	10 October 2004
2	28 August 2005	Guy Fays (BEL)	1:06:45	Claudia Stalder (BEL)	1:23:42
3	27 August 2006	Guy Fays (BEL)	1:07:16	Catherine Lallemand (BEL)	1:18:53
4	14 October 2007	Jason Mayeroff (USA)	1:07:03	Anne-Marie Dupont (BEL)	1:28:08
5	5 October 2008	Guy Fays (BEL)	1:08:41	Blanka Paulů (CZE)	1:26:25
6	4 October 2009	Guy Fays (BEL)	1:12:16	Catherine Lallemand (BEL)	1:20:49
7	10 October 2010	Abdeljebbar Sihammane (MAR)	1:09:24	Ysabelle Vuillard (BEL)	1:22:36
8	2 October 2011	Alexander Rodríguez (BEL)	1:08:36	Claire Nuytens (BEL)	1:27:42
9	7 October 2012	Abdeljebbar Sihammane (MAR)	1:09:49	Hasna Bahom (MAR)	1:19:05
10	6 October 2013	Abdeljebbar Sihammane (MAR)	1:09:50	Petra Fašungová (SVK)	1:22:39
11	5 October 2014	Lander Van Droogenbroeck (BEL)	1:08:35	Alexandra Tondeur (BEL)	1:21:57
12	4 October 2015	Lander Van Droogenbroeck (BEL)	1:09:04	Nina Lauwaert (BEL)	1:23:53
13	2 October 2016	Lander Van Droogenbroeck (BEL)	1:08:57	Kabiratou Nassam|BEL	1:20:27
14	1 October 2017	Josh Bull (GBR)	1:08:07	Sophie Hardy (BEL)	1:18:47
15	28 October 2018	Maxime Delvoie (BEL)	1:09:58	Charlotte Monfils (BEL)	1:23:58
16	6 October 2019	Nick Earl (GBR)	1:07:16	Sonja Vernikov (GER)	1:20:52

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