Amsterdam Marathon
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Updated May 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.
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; calibration against 5K split data and coach review is in progress.
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
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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