Zagreb Marathon Explained

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Date:	October
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Est:	1992
Participants:	398 finishers (2021) 731 (2019) 444 (2018)
Record:	Men's: 2:09:55 (2017) Wycliffe Biwott Women's: 2:30:15 (2017) Stella Barsosio

The Zagreb Marathon (Croatian: Zagrebački maraton) is an annual marathon held in October in Zagreb, Croatia. It includes a marathon race, half marathon and 10K run that starts one hour earlier.^[1] All races begin and end on Ban Jelačić Square.^[2]

History

The first marathon race in Zagreb was organized in 1992. The track changed a lot in the first years, until 2004, when the start-finish area was moved to the city center, to the Ban Jelačić Square, with half-turns in Dubrava and Črnomerec, which proved to be one of the key organizational elements of the race. In 2005, the half marathon race was introduced.^[3] The 2020 edition of the race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia, with registrants also having the option of running the race virtually.^{[4] [5]}

Marathon winners

Key:

class=unsortable	Edition	Year	class=unsortable	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	class=unsortable	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
23rd	2014^[6]		2:14:11		2:38:26
24th	2015^[7]		2:13:10		2:38:34
25th	2016^[8]		2:14:17		2:33:46
26th	2017^[9]		2:09:55		2:30:15
27th	2018^[10]		2:17:08		2:37:11
28th	2019^[11]		2:19:48		2:35:51
	2020^[12]		3:16:15		4:31:11
29th	2021^[13]		2:24:30		2:51:17
30th	2022^[14]		2:19:07		2:51:27
31th	2023^[15]		2:29:16		2:50:14

* The race was held virtually.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 29. Zagreb Marathon . World's Marathons . worldsmarathons.com . 2 September 2021.
2. Web site: Zagreb Marathon — Croatia . runinternational.eu . runinternational.eu . 2 September 2021.
3. Web site: Povijest Zagrebačkog maratona . Zagrebački atletski savez . zagreb-marathon.com . 2 September 2021.
4. Web site: U zadnji tren ipak otkazan zagrebački maraton, a stiglo je i detaljno objašnjenje: Ova godina je neizvjesna i teška, ali... . Hrvatski Telekom . 28 September 2020 . tportal.hr . 2 September 2021.
5. Web site: Otkazan 29. zagrebački maraton zbog koronavirusa . Nova TV . 28 September 2020 . gol.dnevnik.hr . 2 September 2021.
6. Web site: Results - 23. Zagreb Marathon . Depar Timing . results.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
7. Web site: Results - 24. Zagreb Marathon . Depar Timing . results.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
8. Web site: Results - 25. Zagreb Marathon . Depar Timing . results.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
9. Web site: Results - 26. Zagreb Marathon . Depar Timing . results.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
10. Web site: Results - Zagreb Marathon 2018 . Depar Timing . zagrebmarathon.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
11. Web site: Zagreb Marathon 2019 . Depar Timing. zagrebmarathon.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
12. Web site: Virtual Zagreb Marathon 2020 . Depar Timing. zagrebmarathon.depar.hr . 2 September 2021.
13. Web site: Zagreb Marathon 2021 . Depar Timing. zagrebmarathon.depar.hr . 15 October 2021.
14. worldathletics.org. 2022. World Athletics. [online] Available at: [Accessed 1 October 2022].
15. Web site: Zagreb Marathon 2023 Results . 2024-08-13 . zagrebmarathon.depar.hr.