Egmond Half Marathon 1980

The half marathon of Egmond in 1980 took place on Sunday, January 6th 1980. It was the eighth edition of the half marathon . The organization was in the hands of cycling club Le Champion . The number of registrations of 4200 was a new record. In this edition, the organization decided to split the half marathon in a race course and a fun run, so as to give the race athletes a better start. This year the contest was organized under the auspices of AV Castricum . New was also the fact that for the first time was at the start of an international field of competitors.

The race was won by the men by Gerard Mentink in 1: 07:03. This was his first victory in Egmond aan Zee . In the women was Marja Wokke with 1: 19.35 wrote her third victory in the books.