Henry Chirchir from Kenya finished the marathon in a sprint. He crossed the finish line in 2:11:30, just before Francis Bowen (Kenya) who was credited with the same time, but finished second. Evans Ruto (Kenya) who had won the race in 2009 finished third. §race_link(2116) was Henry Chirchir’s first victory in a marathon.
In the ladies race, the victory goes to Algeria’s Souad Ait Salem in 2:33:09. The second and third places go to Nadeshda Leonteva (Russia) and Bornes Kitur (Kenya).
Record number of participants
A record number of participants in the different races organized around the marathon was set with 18,418 runners.
1,729 runners finished the marathon.
Marathon results
Top 10 Men
| 1 | Chirchir, Henry Kipsigei (KEN) | 02:11:30 |
| 2 | Bowen, Francis (KEN) | 02:11:30 |
| 3 | Ruto, Evans Kipkogei (KEN) | 02:11:34 |
| 4 | Kosgey, Martin Kiprugut (KEN) | 02:11:37 |
| 5 | Ayenew, Mekuant (ETH) | 02:11:46 |
| 6 | Kipkemboi, Hosea (KEN) | 02:12:32 |
| 7 | Kebede, Fikadu Girma (ETH) | 02:12:51 |
| 8 | El Hachimi, Abdelhadi (BEL) | 02:14:14 |
| 9 | Arusei, Isaac Kipkogei (KEN) | 02:16:54 |
| 10 | Rybak, Vitaly (UKR) | 02:20:46 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 | Salem, Souad Ait (ALG) | 02:33:09 |
| 2 | Leonteva, Nadeshda (RUS) | 02:33:32 |
| 3 | Kitur, Bornes (KEN) | 02:33:50 |
| 4 | Conrad, Nolene (RSA) | 02:54:59 |
| 5 | Wagner, Carola (GER) | 02:57:06 |
| 6 | Friedrich, Katrin (GER) | 03:04:43 |
| 7 | Sato, Sachiko (JPN) | 03:09:22 |
| 8 | Kosmala, Sylwia (POL) | 03:18:27 |
| 9 | Ilse, Karola (GER) | 03:20:24 |
| 10 | Wonik, Jasmin (GER) | 03:24:07 |