Düsseldorf (Germany), Sunday 27 April 2014

Approximately 3000 marathon runners and 2000 relay teams took part in last year's marathon race in Düsseldorf, a proud and prosperous city of about 600,000 people, situated in the heart of the densely populated Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the far west of Germany.

The start and finish areas are both on the right bank of the River Rhine, in the city centre, but a bit more than one kilometre apart from each other.

The route is gently undulating. It consists of four different loops.

At first, participants run along the river to the northern part of Düsseldorf, then across a bridge to the western part, then to the east, and finally to the south.

In 2013, the top finishers were Dereje Debele Tulu (2:07:48) and Melkam Gizaw (2:26:24), both of Ethiopia. The time limit to complete the course is six hours.

Country: Germany

Venue (Map): Düsseldorf (Cologne 40km, Brussels 203km, Amsterdam 228km, Frankfurt 229km)

Date: 27 April 2014 (Sunday)

Race distance: 42.2km (certified); 42.2km relay (four runners: 9+8+15.6+9.6km)

Start time: 8.30 (children's race), 9.00 (42km individual runners); 10.10 (relay teams)

Start: at the 'Rheinterrasse' building on Joseph-Beuys-Ufer

Finish: Rheinuferpromenade (near Burgplatz)

Entries: online or by post; late entries on 25 April and 26 April 2014; no entries on the day

Entry fees (individual runners): € 54 (up to 31 Aug 2013); € 66 (up to 30 Nov 2013); € 72 (up to 15 Mar 2014); € 84 (up to 13 Apr 2014); € 95 (up to 26 Apr 2014)

Timing: chip timing (included in the entry fees)

Race centre: Marathon Expo, Rheinterrasse, Joseph-Beuys-Ufer 33 (Friday 12.00-18.00; Saturday 10.00-18.00; on the day 6.30-9.00)

Showers, changing facilities, baggage storage: yes

Number of finishers 2013: 2968 (42km), 2041 relay teams, 63 handcyclists, 457 children

Event website: www.metrogroup-marathon.de

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