Amsterdam Marathon

Course & Elevation

The TCS Amsterdam Marathon is the Dutch capital's annual marathon, held on a Sunday in October and carrying a World Athletics Platinum Label. The race weekend also includes a half marathon, a 7.5K and short Mini Marathons for children. The marathon starts and finishes in the Olympic Stadium, the venue built for the 1928 Games. The route passes under the Rijksmuseum, past the Heineken Experience, out along the river Amstel and through the Vondelpark before returning to the stadium; the organisers describe the course as flat, fast and historic. The first edition was held on 3 May 1975, organised for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam, and drew about 300 runners. By 2025 the race weekend had grown to some 60,000 runners from 140 countries across all distances. The race moved from spring to autumn in the early 1990s and has been a World Athletics Platinum Label event for many years. The current course records are 2:03:30 for men (Geoffrey Toroitich Kipchumba, 2025) and 2:16:12 for women (Buze Diriba, 2026). The marathon has a six-hour time limit and in 2026 started at 09:00, with the half marathon starting in the afternoon.