[2] Danish runner Jørgen Jensen won the race in 2:16:51 and the Dutch Plonie Scheringa was the first woman to finish in 3:13:38.

[3] The American Bill Rodgers won the 1977 edition and set a new men's course record of 2:12:47.

[citation needed] However, IAAF doesn't recognise Nijboer's time as any record.

[9] The same year, Dutchwoman Marja Wokke had her first victory and set a new women's course record of 2:40:15.

[10] Nijboer won the race again in 1984, 1988, and 1989,[11] making him the runner with the most victories in this marathon.

[17] In 2012, the Kenyan Wilson Chebet won the race by a time of 2:05:41 and broke the previous course record by three seconds.

[18] In the same year, Ethiopian Meseret Hailu broke the women's course record with a time of 2:21:09.

[19] In 2017, Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono was the surprise winner of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, taking more than a minute off his PB to set a new course record of 2:05:09.