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| Amsterdam Marathon Netherlands Amsterdam Marathon October info@amsterdammarathon.nl http://www.amsterdammarathon.nl "On 5 August 1928 Bough?ra Mohamed El Ouafi won the Amsterdam Olympic marathon, finishing in 2.32.57. Celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year, the annual ING Amsterdam Marathon will once again finish at the Olympic Stadium. While the time run by El Ouafi, whose coach gave him ten guilders and told him to ‘go and have a good time in Amsterdam’, is no longer cause for commotion, the marathon phenomenon still appeals to millions of people. After Enschede, Amsterdam has the oldest marathon in the Netherlands.The initiative to organise the Amsterdam Marathon was taken in 1974 by AV’23. The club quickly realised that it needed the help from other clubs to organise an event of this size. AV’23 found this support in Blauw Wit, Sagitta, ADA, ATOS and Startbaan. The first ING Amsterdam Marathon as we know it today was held on 3 May 1975. Start and finish were at the Olympic Stadium. The first marathon was won by Joergen Jensen from Denmark who ran the distance in 2.16.51. A year later Karel Lismont, European champion (Helsinki, 1971) and second a the Munich Olympic Games (1972) came to Amsterdam. The small, indomitable athlete, still regarded in Belgium as the best marathon runner ever born on its soil, won in extremely hot weather conditions. Another legend, Bill Rodgers, came to Amsterdam a year later. The American, who had won the Boston marathon in 1975, finished first in an unbeatable 2.09.55." |
