Podgorica Marathon

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.

Podgorica Marathon
DateLast Sunday of October
LocationPodgorica, Montenegro
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, half marathon
Primary sponsorMeridianbet[1]
Established1994 (1994)
Course recordsMen's: 2:11:41 (1997)
Bulgaria Petko Stefanov
Women's: 2:31:18 (2009)
Serbia Olivera Jevtić
Official sitePodgorica Marathon
Participants18 (2020)
148 (2019)
146 finishers (2018)[2]

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.[3]

In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers preponed the scheduled date from 8 November to 1 November, restricted the number of participants to 100, and moved the race to a circular track of length 1 km (0.62 mi).[1]

Course
External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2016[4]

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
Olivera Jevtić, five-time winner and holder of the female course record

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Date Men's winner Time[lower-alpha 1] Women's winner Time[lower-alpha 1] Rf.
1 1994  Borislav Dević (YUG) 2:23:24  Ilona Kalmar (YUG) 3:04:55
2 1995  Srba Nikolić (YUG) 2:30:45  Ilona Kalmar (YUG) 3:04:08
3 1996  Wodajo Bulti (ETH) 2:21:05  Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:49:35
4 1997  Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:11:41  Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:49:25
5 1998  Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:15:16  Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:45:25
6 1999  Yuriy Chizhov (RUS) 2:22:29  Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:42:46
7 2000  Sreten Ninković (YUG) 2:28:08  Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 3:11:16
8 2001  Đuro Kodžo (BIH) 2:30:11  Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:59:45
9 2002  Maricel Gaman (ROM) 2:23:28  Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:45:54
10 2003  Emmanuel Kosgei (KEN) 2:15:48[lower-alpha 2]  Olesya Nurgalieva (RUS) 2:36:08[lower-alpha 2] [5][6]
11 2004  Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:21:41  Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:46:58
12 2005  Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:23:59  Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:41:56
13 2006  Luwis Masunda (ZIM) 2:29:12  Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:56:35
14 2007  Mike Fokoroni (ZIM) 2:19:08  Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:47:12
15 2008  Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:14:50  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:40:05
16 2009  Dmitry Safronov (RUS) 2:11:51  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:31:18
17 2010  Buliche Mendaya (ETH) 2:16:05  Ana Subotić (SRB) 2:43:22
18 2011  Oleg Gurs (BLR) 2:18:52  Ana Subotić (SRB) 2:40:36
19 2012  Elisha Sawe (KEN) 2:19:23  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:37:58
20 2013  Anthony Wangeci (KEN) 2:15:00  Slađana Perunović (MNE) 2:42:35 [7][8]
21 2014  Silas Toek (KEN) 2:16:02  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:38:19
22 2015  Justus Kiprono (KEN) 2:19:20  Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:39:32
23 2016  Abel Rop (KEN) 2:19:17  Gladys Biwott (KEN) 2:42:18
24 2017  Abel Rop (KEN) 2:15:29  Rebby Koech (KEN) 2:37:47
25 2018  Abel Rop (KEN) 2:19:28  Ruth Matebo (KEN) 2:40:32 [2]
26 2019  Hosea Tuei (KEN) 2:15:50  Ruth Matebo (KEN) 2:42:53 [9]
27 2020  Dragoljub Koprivica (MNE) 2:46:26  Slađana Perunović (MNE) 3:08:24 [10]

Notes
  1. h:m:s
  2. Course was at least 774 m (2,539 ft) short.[5]

References
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  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190828065056if_/http://www.maraton.co.me:80/rezultati/images/Results-marathon2018.pdf
  3. October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. "Podgoricki Maraton". www.maraton.co.me. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. "Untitled". arrs.run. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100509/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14298775
  7. October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229151340/http://sportklub.rs/Atletika/a312550-Olivera-najbrza-u-polumaratonu-Sladjana-odlicna.html
  9. "Winners of AIMS events in 2019". www.aims-worldrunning.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. "Podgoricki Maraton". www.maraton.co.me. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
List of winners
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