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The Uniper Düsseldorf Marathon is a city marathon in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, held on a Sunday in late April and organised by the city's event company D.LIVE (D.SPORTS). A half marathon, a four-stage marathon relay and children's races take place on the same weekend. The marathon starts on the Joseph-Beuys-Ufer on the Rhine promenade and first heads north through Golzheim and Stockum, then returns through Derendorf and Pempelfort and crosses the Oberkasseler Brücke to the left bank of the Rhine. Back on the right bank it passes the Zoopark, runs through Unterbilk and the Medienhafen, and follows the Königsallee before finishing on the Untere Rheinwerft in the Altstadt. The first race took place on 4 May 2003, when it was called the METRO Group Marathon; after the 2019 edition there was a break, and the race returned on 27 April 2025. In 2026 about 5,000 runners entered the full distance within a weekend field of more than 23,000. The finish closes at 15:45, six hours after the 09:45 start, and a sweep vehicle follows the field. The course records are 2:07:48 (Dereje Debele Tulu, 2013) and 2:25:15 (Tecla Jelimo Kibet, 2026).
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
April in Düsseldorf is cool: highs average about 16°C and lows about 5°C, with rain on around 12 days of the month.
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The marathon was started by Jan Henning Winschermann, who founded the organising club Rhein-Marathon-Düsseldorf e. V. in 2001. The first race took place on 4 May 2003, with Gideon Koech of Kenya winning in 2:20:45 and Joyce Kandie in 2:55:44. After the 2019 edition the race paused, and it returned on 27 April 2025 under the city's event company.
On 26 April 2026 Dmitrii Nedelin won in 2:08:54, a Russian national record that bettered Alexei Sokolov's 2:09:07 from the 2007 Dublin Marathon. In the women's race Tecla Jelimo Kibet of Kenya won in 2:25:15, in her first race on European soil. The men's course record of 2:07:48 has stood since Dereje Debele Tulu's win in 2013.
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Dereje Debele Tulu (2013)
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