Oslo Marathon

Oslo Marathon

The Oslo Marathon is an annual marathon that takes place between the end of September and the beginning of October. There are four distances; marathon, half-marathon, 10 and 3 km.

The track goes along the seaside of Oslofjord. It is very flat, and competitors in the marathon run it twice.

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History

The first Oslo Marathon took place in 1994. After some years without any long distance race, the capital of Norway re-launched the Oslo Marathon in 2004.

The number of participants in the 2010 edition was close to 16,000, of which almost 50% were women.

Results

Marathon

Date Winner Men Country Time Winner Women Country Time
2011 Andreas Myhre Sjurseth  Norway 2:27:28 Marthe Katrine Myhre  Norway 2:52:30
2010 Andreas Høye  Norway 2:29:21 Fride Buer-Vullum  Norway 2:45:34
2009 John Henry Strupstad  Norway 2:32:29 Margaretha Baumann  Norway 2:49:49
2008 Martin Kjäll-Ohlsson  Norway 2:26:15 Sharon Broadwell  Norway 2:57:03
2007 Ronny Hognestad  Norway 2:35:04 Margaretha Baumann  Norway 2:52:26
2006 Henrik Sandstad  Norway 2:24:00 Margrethe Løgavlen  Norway 2:56:01

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