The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: ''Cracovia Maraton'') is an annual

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

which has taken place every year in

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, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers.

History

The Cracovia Marathon was established in 2002 and has been run every year since. The marathon is held usually in May. The competition features professional athletes and amateur fun runners. A total of 3,200 people finished the race in 2011 while in 2013 a total of 4,415 participants finished the race, which made it the third largest such race in Poland after the

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and the Poznań Marathon. The marathon is one of five in the Crown of Polish Marathons program, along with the Dębno Marathon, Poznań Marathon,

, and Wrocław Marathon. Since 2016, the Cracovia Marathon has been part of the Royal Running Triad (Polish: ''Królewska Triada Biegowa'') alongside Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon and the Three Mounds Race. The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries automatically transferred to 2022 and all registrants given the option of obtaining a refund.

Winners

Key: Course record

By country

Notes

References

;List of winners
Cracovia Marathon History
. Cracovia Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.

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