Hamburg Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Haspa Marathon Hamburg is a spring marathon through the centre of Hamburg, held on a Sunday in late April. It started in 1986 as the hanse-Marathon, and the 2027 race will be the 41st edition. Runners start from two areas near the Messe, Karolinenstraße and Bei den Kirchhöfen, in two blocks at about 08:30 and 09:00, and both starts lead to a shared finish on Karolinenstraße. The route is a circuit that runs along the Reeperbahn, past the Fischmarkt and the Landungsbrücken, with the Elbphilharmonie, the Außenalster and the Jungfernstieg on the way. A blue line marks the route, as it has since the first race. The Haspa Half Marathon starts from the Alsterglacis at 14:00 on the same day, and a relay is also staged. The marathon closes six hours after the last runner crosses the start line, and runners must be at least 18 in the year of the race. The course records are 2:03:46 for men, set by Amos Kipruto in 2025, and 2:17:05 for women, set by Brillian Kipkoech in 2026. A record 20,000 marathon runners registered for the 40th edition in 2026.