The Vienna City Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195 km held in Vienna, Austria since 1984.
History
The first edition was held on 25 March 1984 with a total of 794 competitors. It is Austria's largest road running event and the 2010 edition had record participation with 32,940 runners from 108 nations taking part in the day's races.[3] The race has been organised by Wolfgang Konrad since 1989.[4]
The race day's events also include a marathon team relay event, a 4.2 km fun run and a half marathon. In 2011, Haile Gebrselassie ran the fastest ever time on Austrian soil for the half marathon distance.[5] The 2012 edition saw Haile and Paula Radcliffe engage in a novel half marathon race, with Radcliffe receiving a head start 7:52 minutes (the difference between the two athletes personal bests). Gebrselassie crossed the finish line 3 minutes and 19 seconds ahead of Radcliffe.[6]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 edition of the race was cancelled and the 2021 edition was postponed to 12 September 2021.[7][8][9][10]
^Derara Hurisa crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for wearing shoes with soles 1 cm (0.4 in) thicker than those that were allowed.[15]