Saturday 27 March 2027
Held every year on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, the Paderborner Osterlauf (‘Paderborn Easter Run’) is Germany's oldest road running event.
With more than 10,000 finishers in three races (5k, 10k, half marathon) and many elite runners at the front of the field, it is also one of the most prestigious spring running events in the country.
The Osterlauf also offers races for children, walkers and nordic walkers.
Participants in the half marathon run two laps of an IAAF/AIMS-certified course through the northern part of Paderborn, an old university city of about 160,000 people in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
The start/finish area is at the Sportzentrum Maspernplatz.
Map of the venue:
79. Paderborner Osterlauf:
Date:
- 27 March 2027 (Saturday)
Start time:
- 9:30: 1.2km kids run
- 10:30: 5km walking and nordic walking
- 11:45: 1.5km kids run
- 12:30 and 13:00: 10km
- 14:30: 21.1km
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| 5km | 10km | 21.1km | |
| 2026 | 3,240 | 4,562 | 2,949 |
| 2025 | 3,175 | 4,014 | 2,510 |
| 2024 | 3,016 | 3,689 | 1,876 |
| 2023 | 2,373 | 3,379 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 1,500 | 2,489 | 796 |
| 2021 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 2,826 | 3,972 | 1,222 |
| 2018 | 2,387 | 3,866 | 1,449 |
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