The Podgorica Marathon is an annual

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, which features a full-length (42.195 km) marathon,

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as well as a 5 km

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race.

History

A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan to organise a marathon in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

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 Slađana Perunović-Pejović (born 26 March 1984) is a Montenegrin long-distance runner and holder of several Montenegrin records. She placed 77th out of 118 in the 2012 Olympic marathon. She did not finish her 2016 Olympic marathon. Running ...

set a women's Montenegrin record in the marathon at the event, finishing second in a time of 2:41:02 hours.October 2011 AIMS Results
AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01. In 2020, due to the

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, organizers preponed the scheduled date from to , restricted the number of participants to 100, and moved the race to a circular track of length .

Course

The 2014 course for the full-length marathon led from central Podgorica to the southern suburb of

Golubovci Golubovci ( cnr, Голубовци, ) is a small town in the Podgorica Municipality of Montenegro. It has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census, while the ''Golubovci City Municipality'' accounts for some 16,093 residents. Transport Sometim ...

, then east through the

Zeta Plain The Zeta Plain ( cnr, Зетска равница, Zetska ravnica, ) is a fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches from Podgorica in the north to the Skadar Lake in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro, with an average elevati ...

, to the town of

Tuzi Tuzi ( cnr, Tuzi/Тузи, ; sq, Tuz or ''Tuzi'') is a small town in Montenegro and the seat of Tuzi Municipality, Montenegro. It is located along a main road between the city of Podgorica and the Albanian border crossing, just a few kilometers ...

, before returning to the center of the city. The half marathon race course started in

Danilovgrad Danilovgrad ( cnr, Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852 (2011 census). It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgori ...

, 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)

Notes

References

{{reflist ;List of winners *Gasparovic, Juraj (2011-10-31)
Podgorica Marathon
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-11-01.

External links

Official website
Marathons in Europe Marathon Athletics in Montenegro Recurring sporting events established in 1994 1994 establishments in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Autumn events in Montenegro