Date September Event type road | Location Vilnius | |
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Distance Marathon, Half marathon, Mini Marathon Established 2004 (Marathon), 2006 (Half marathon) Course records Marathon:
2:21:15 (M; 2007, Richard Rotich); 2:43:13 (F; 2014, Vaida Žūsinaitė); Half Marathon:
1:05:50 (M; 2013, Wachira Mukunga); 1:13:59 (F; 2013, Diana Lobačevskė) | ||
The Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main sponsor of the marathon is Danske Bank. It was introduced in 2001 as 10k race and grew to a classic marathon in 2004. Half marathon was introduced in 2006. Quarter marathon was introduced in 2012. Member of AIMS from 2007. It's probably the fastest growing marathon in the Baltics. It tripled the number of participants between 2012 and 2015. In 2012 there were over 5000 runners, while 16424 runners ran the marathon in 2015. An estimated 20000 runners will run the marathon in 2016, 25% more than previous year.
The start and finish line is near the Cathedral Square in the very heart of Vilnius.
References
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