Podgorica Marathon Explained

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Date:	Last Sunday of October
Location:	Podgorica, Montenegro
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon, half marathon
Record:	Men's: 2:11:41 (1997) Petko Stefanov Women's: 2:31:18 (2009) Olivera Jevtić
Participants:	18 (2020) 148 (2019) 146 finishers (2018)^[1]

The Podgorica Marathon is an annual road running event in Montenegro, which features a full-length (42.195 km) marathon, half marathon as well as a 5 km fun run race.

History

A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan to organise a marathon in Podgorica and the first edition took place on 8 October 1994.

The 2011 edition of the race featured more than 3000 runners from 33 countries. Slađana Perunović set a women's Montenegrin record in the marathon at the event, finishing second in a time of 2:41:02 hours.^[2]

In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers preponed the scheduled date from to, restricted the number of participants to 100, and moved the race to a circular track of length .^[3]

Course

The 2014 course for the full-length marathon led from central Podgorica to the southern suburb of Golubovci, then east through the Zeta Plain, to the town of Tuzi, before returning to the center of the city.

The half marathon race course started in Danilovgrad, finishing at the center of Podgorica. The 5 km fun run course circles the urban center of Podgorica.

All the courses finish at the same spot, Independence Square.

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

Ed.	Date	Men's winner	Time	Women's winner	Time	Rf.
1	1994		2:23:24		3:04:55
2	1995		2:30:45		3:04:08
3	1996		2:21:05		2:49:35
4	1997		2:11:41		2:49:25
5	1998		2:15:16		2:45:25
6	1999		2:22:29		2:42:46
7	2000		2:28:08		3:11:16
8	2001		2:30:11		2:59:45
9	2002		2:23:28		2:45:54
10	2003		2:15:48		2:36:08	^[4] ^[5]
11	2004		2:21:41		2:46:58
12	2005		2:23:59		2:41:56
13	2006		2:29:12		2:56:35
14	2007		2:19:08		2:47:12
15	2008		2:14:50		2:40:05
16	2009		2:11:51		2:31:18
17	2010		2:16:05		2:43:22
18	2011		2:18:52		2:40:36
19	2012		2:19:23		2:37:58
20	2013		2:15:00		2:42:35	^[6] ^[7]
21	2014		2:16:02		2:38:19
22	2015		2:19:20		2:39:32
23	2016		2:19:17		2:42:18
24	2017		2:15:29		2:37:47
25	2018		2:19:28		2:40:32
26	2019		2:15:50		2:42:53	^[8]
27	2020		2:46:26		3:08:24	^[9]

References

List of winners

• Gasparovic, Juraj (2011-10-31). Podgorica Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-11-01.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828065056if_/http://www.maraton.co.me:80/rezultati/images/Results-marathon2018.pdf<!-- please do not remove this source unless it is also no longer used elsewhere in this article -->
2. http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2011_10.htm October 2011 AIMS Results
3. Web site: Podgoricki Maraton . www.maraton.co.me . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021064642/http://www.maraton.co.me/index.php . 21 October 2020 . dead.
4. Web site: Untitled . arrs.run . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100340/https://arrs.run/HP_PodgMa.htm . 21 October 2020 . dead.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100509/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14298775<!-- source is used for proper spelling of name -->
6. http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2013_10.htm October 2013
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229151340/http://sportklub.rs/Atletika/a312550-Olivera-najbrza-u-polumaratonu-Sladjana-odlicna.html<!-- source is used for proper spelling of name -->
8. Web site: Winners of AIMS events in 2019 . www.aims-worldrunning.org . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200222205332/http://www.aims-worldrunning.org/statistics/event_winners/2019.html . 22 February 2020 . dead.
9. Web site: Podgoricki Maraton . www.maraton.co.me . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201102042642/http://www.maraton.co.me/ . 2 November 2020 . dead.