Amsterdam Marathon Ranked Number One For Speed

Posted November 7th, 2007 at 6:17 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Despite World Record holder Paula Radcliffe’s best efforts to tear up the tarmac in New York, the Amsterdam Marathon remains at the top of the World rankings of fastest marathon cities of 2007.

Frankfurt was fast enough to challenge the all-time fastest city Berlin, but Amsterdam has shaken off it’s laid back image to hold on to it’s dominant 1.83 minute lead at the top of the rankings.

The course that saw Kenyan winner Emmanuel Mutai smash his personal best from 2:13.06 to 2:06.29, also brought national success for Kamiel Maase, who bettered his own Dutch record by 10 seconds as the first European home in ninth place at 2:08.21.

2007 Rankings:
(Average times for the World rankings of fastest Marathon cities are calculated by the average of the 10 fastest finishers.)

1. Amsterdam 2.07.52
2. Frankfurt 2.09.35
3. Berlin 2.09.38
4. Hamburg 2.09.41
5. London 2.09.55
6. Paris 2.10.34
7. Eindhoven 2.11.51
8. New York 2.12.25
9. Rotterdam 2.12.28
10. Lake Biwa/Otsu 2.13.02

11. Tokyo 2.15.15
12. Boston 2.15.47
13. Chicago 2.17.50

The top 10 all-time fastest:

1. Berlin 2.05.57

2. Chicago 2.06.15

3. London 2.06.29

4. Amsterdam 2.06.40

5. Rotterdam 2.06.53

6. Paris 2.07.29

7. Fukuoka 2.07.32

8. Tokyo 2.07.41

9. Boston 2.07.43

10. Lake Biwa/Otsu 2.07.56

Via: European Athletics

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