German Road Races

Please note that: The number of participants in an event can never be determined definitively. One can, however, determine a size that is applicable for comparisons by adhering to a few standardised rules. These rules are as follows:

Only the number of Finishers is to be included in the database, as this number is published by all event organisers (Finishers in the current list of results!).
Races designed especially for school-aged kids and youth are not included in the statistics, as these results are not publicised by some event organisers.
Team relays are counted as one participant.
Walkers are only included in the statistics if timekeeping was in place for them for the events. The database may still be incomplete here.
A few events are not included in the database—for instance, those events where no times are kept (e.g. Nürnberg City Race).

Place	Marathon	Finisher 2011*
1	Berlin-Marathon	32.816
2	Frankfurt Marathon	12.428
3	Marathon Hamburg	11.188
4	Köln Marathon	5.481
5	München Marathon	4.773
6	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	2.812
7	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	2.602
8	Volksbank Marathon Münster	2.311
9	Marathon Hannover	1.541
10	3-Länder-Marathon	1.411
11	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.337
12	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	1.257
13	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.232
14	Marathon Bonn	1.176
15	RWE-Marathon "Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1.174
16	Freiburg Marathon	1.046
17	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	1.034
18	Oberelbe-Marathon Königstein-Dresden	1.031
19	SWB Marathon Bremen	933
20	MLP Marathon Mannheim	787

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Place	Marathon	Finisher 2010*
1	Berlin-Marathon	34.055
2	Marathon Hamburg	14.177
3	Frankfurt Marathon	9.558
4	München Marathon	6.412
5	Köln Marathon	5.512
6	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	2.985
7	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	2.815
8	Volksbank Marathon Münster	2.371
9	Marathon Hannovern	1.601
10	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	1.408
11	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.343
12	Freiburg Marathon	1.305
13	"Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1.252
14	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.191
15	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	1.157
16	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	1.060
17	MLP Marathon Mannheim	1.023
18	Oberelbe-Marathon Königstein-Dresden	1.022
19	iwelt Marathon Würzburg	986
20	SWB Marathon Bremen	891

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Place	Marathon	Finisher 2009*
1	Berlin-Marathon	35.031
2	Marathon Hamburg	13.941
3	Frankfurt Marathon	9.496
4	Köln Marathon	7.844
5	München Marathon	5.399
6	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	3.144
7	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	2.873
8	Volksbank Marathon Münster	2.733
9	Karstadt Ruhr-Marathon	2.239
10	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	1.720
11	Freiburg Marathon	1.576
12	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.510
13	Marathon Hannover	1.435
14	"Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1.409
15	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	1.359
16	MLP Marathon Mannheim	1.205
17	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.171
18	Oberelbe-Marathon Königstein-Dresden	1.129
19	SWB Marathon Bremen	1.026
20	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	950

Place	Marathon	Finisher 2008*
1	Berlin-Marathon	35.820
2	Marathon Hamburg	15.785
3	Frankfurt Marathon	9.700
4	Köln Marathon	7.564
5	München Marathon	5.731
6	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	3.007
7	Volksbank Marathon Münster	2.907
8	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	2.756
9	Karstadt Ruhr-Marathon	2.541
10	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	1.964
11	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	1.765
12	Freiburg Marathon	1.660
13	MLP Marathon Mannheim	1.586
14	"Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1.543
15	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.536
16	Marathon Hannover	1.299
17	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	1.289
18	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.189
19	iwelt Marathon Würzburg	1.160
20	Oberelbe-Marathon Königstein-Dresden	1.107

Place	Marathon	Finisher 2007*
1	Berlin-Marathon	32.486
2	Marathon Hamburg	16.461
3	Köln Marathon	9.790
4	Frankfurt Marathon	9.164
5	München Marathon	6.795
6	Karstadt Ruhr-Marathon	4.235
7	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	3.142
8	Volksbank Marathon Münster	3.010
9	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	2.552
10	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	2.043
11	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	2.027
12	MLP Marathon Mannheim	1.993
13	Freiburg Marathon	1.864
14	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.690
15	"Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1.556
16	Metropolmarathon Fürth	1.412
17	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	1.356
18	Marathon Hannover	1.353
19	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.346
20	SWB Marathon Bremen	1.238

Place	Marathon	Finisher 2006*
1	Berlin-Marathon	30.182
2	Marathon Hamburg	16.382
3	Köln Marathon	10.460
4	Frankfurt Marathon	8.906
5	München Marathon	7.161
6	Metro Group Düsseldorf Marathon	3.196
7	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	3.182
8	Volksbank Marathon Münster	2.879
9	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	2.422
10	Freiburg Marathon	2.359
11	Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon Duisburg	2.214
12	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	2.196
13	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1.720
14	Marathon "Rund um den Baldeneysee"	1.583
15	SWB Marathon Bremen	1.581
16	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1.500
17	Mittelrhein-Marathon	1.425
18	iwelt Marathon Würzburg	1.283
19	Regensburg Marathon	1.239
20	Marathon Hannover	1.077

Place	Marathon	Finisher 2005*
1	Berlin-Marathon	30373
2	Marathon Hamburg	17502
3	Köln Marathon	10865
4	Frankfurt Marathon	8842
5	Karstadt Ruhr-Marathon	8544
6	München Marathon	7465
7	Metro-Group Düsseldorf Marathon	3599
8	Mittelrhein-Marathon	3365
9	GutsMuths Rennsteiglauf	3361
10	Volksbank Marathon Münster	3309
11	Gutenberg Marathon Mainz	3284
12	Freiburg Marathon	2912
13	SWB Marathon Bremen	2317
14	Rhein-Energie-Marathon Bonn	2305
15	MLP Marathon Mannheim	2233
16	Baden Karlsruhe Marathon	1957
17	Einstein-Marathon Ulm	1816
18	"Rund um den Baldeneysee" Essen	1746
19	Regensburg Marathon	1645
20	Morgenpost-Marathon Dresden	1366

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