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In Frankfurt won a marathon in May 1981 for the first time a German city. In Leipzig, however, are the beginnings of the German marathon. The tracks date back to the 19th Century.
On 5 September 1897, and thus a few months before the founding of the German Sports Authority athleticism ", a predecessor of the German Athletics Federation (DLV), are already near Leipzig, the first German long-distance runners on the track. The impetus of the Olympic marathon in Athens in 1896 provides. Then writes the Club Sport brothers "to be" running distance of about 40 km 'between Paunsdorf and Bennewitz. The Leipzig footballer and sports official Theodor Schöffler, one of the founders of the German Football Association, is released after 3:35:31 hours back after the first Paunsdorf, now a district in East Leipzig. But soon this running off into the depths of the archives.
It was not until 1998, the historic newspaper reports appear in the search for the alleged 100-year anniversary again. In the DLV is today in 1898 as the official birth of the national marathon history. Fastest of Paunsdorf after Bennewitz and back is Arthur Techtow (Arminia-Urania Berlin) in 3:19:50 hours. The run of 1897 is now regarded as first unofficial German marathon listed. The track length of "not only" 40 kilometers is surprising. Only since 1921 have run 42.195 km now stand as the official marathon distance in the rule book of the International Athletics Federation IAAF.
To 1976 found a total of 14 marathons held in Leipzig, including ten Championships. We start with 1925, the Turner and the athletes to determine their German masters in the trade fair city. But the love of the Leipzig goes to long-distance running on the host of the championships beyond. It is all a run for her, for strong and weak, young and old. Inspired by the success of the team Rennsteiglauf 1975 and the Olympic gold medal in Montreal in 1976 Waldemar Cierpinskis summarizes the university community of the Karl Marx University (Leipzig HSG SMEs) in winter 1976/77, finally the decision: Leipzig gets "his" marathon. From 192 participants in 1977 who was born in Leipzig Roland Winkler is one of Dynamo Hohenschönhausen in 2:37:07 hours as Premiere winner in the annals. Of the six women started running Rose Marie Pfeiffer in 3:53:55 hours on the top podium spot.
To date, much has changed. Eight times the course was changed. From a park and a jogging City Marathon has become. For the first time through the city leads the running 1983rd After record attendance figures at the turn of Marathon 1990 (2858 total participants, including 1943 at the marathon distance and the existing record to date of 1598 finishers) abating the interest of the main sponsor "German Federal Railroad" because of rapidly declining numbers of participants from soon. 1993, the sharp cut. When fresh start on a cost-neutral circuit in Northern floodplain forest, there are a mere 92 participants. With persistence, lots of hard work, the help of local sponsors, the marketing agency "Saxony Sports Marketing" and the city of Leipzig, Leipzig Marathon Sports has recovered and established. 2009 is one of the running of the ten most popular marathon events in Germany. Of the races in Brandenburg, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, only the Rennsteiglauf is more popular.
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