Amsterdam Marathon
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The 2026 race was on Sunday, October 18. Results are being added.
Updated Oct 17, 2026
Extreme geographical flatness combined with historically stable fall weather (minimal wind) make it a frequent personal-best venue. Like Dubai, Amsterdam shows 100% East African winner representation across the last 10 editions (mixed Kenyan and Ethiopian, unlike Dubai's near-total Ethiopian dominance). Course record has progressively dropped 2016-2025.
Amsterdam Marathon course and distance
The Amsterdam Marathon is 26.2 miles (42.195 km).
Is the Amsterdam Marathon hard?
No, not as marathon courses go. The Amsterdam Marathon scores 1.2/10 on the Kenyan Running Difficulty Index, the 2nd easiest of the 12 marathons we rate.
The median race-day temperature is 14°C (57°F).
The score is built from four factors: hills, race-day weather, turns and bridges, and the late miles where a runner is most likely to lose time. See the score breakdown.
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The score breakdown
The Kenyan Running Difficulty Index combines four weighted factors. The heaviest weight (35%) is on Tactical Brutality. That is what a Kenyan coach watches first: where the field actually blows up.
- Strong Kenyan-winner history (6 men in last 10 editions); the most Kenyan-dominant race in the set after Boston.
Score confidence: preliminary. Computed from public course, weather, and prize data.
Course profile
- Elevation gain
- —
- Elevation loss
- —
- Surface
- paved smooth
- Late-stage climbs (after mile 18)
- None.
- Profile notes
- Even, completely flat; exact elevation gain/loss not published.
Race day
- Date
- Sunday, October 18, 2026 (results being added)
- Start time
- 9:00 AM first wave, 6 waves until 9:43 AM
Weather (historical)
- Median temp
- 14°C
- Wind
- Historically minimal wind
Prize money
- Total purse
- $209,500
- Notes
- Amsterdam Marathon and the similarly named Challenge Almere-Amsterdam event (a separate race held in Almere) may have been conflated in some prize-money references; the figure above reflects the Amsterdam Marathon-proper purse.
Course records
Recent winners
Top East African winners (Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda) across the last 10 verified editions: 10 men, 10 women.
| Year | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Geoffrey Toroitich Kipchumba (KEN) | 2:03:31 | Aynalem Desta (ETH) | 2:17:38 |
| 2024 | Tsegaye Getachew (ETH) | 2:05:38 | Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) | 2:16:52 |
| 2023 | Joshua Belet (KEN) | 2:04:18 | Meseret Belete (ETH) | 2:18:21 |
| 2022 | Tsegaye Getachew (ETH) | 2:04:49 | Almaz Ayana (ETH) | 2:17:20 |
| 2021 | Tamirat Tola (ETH) | 2:03:39 | Angela Tanui (KEN) | 2:17:57 |
| 2019 | Vincent Kipchumba (KEN) | 2:05:09 | Degitu Azimeraw (ETH) | 2:19:26 |
| 2018 | Lawrence Cherono (KEN) | 2:04:06 | Tadelech Bekele (ETH) | 2:23:14 |
| 2017 | Lawrence Cherono (KEN) | 2:05:09 | Tadelech Bekele (ETH) | 2:21:54 |
| 2016 | Daniel Wanjiru (KEN) | 2:05:21 | Meselech Melkamu (ETH) | 2:23:21 |
| 2015 | Bernard Kipyego (KEN) | 2:06:19 | Joyce Chepkirui (KEN) | 2:24:11 |
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