Vilnius Marathon
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File:Start Vilnius Marathon 2011.jpg
Start Vilnius Marathon 2011
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Date | September |
Location | Vilnius |
Event type | road |
Distance | Marathon, Half marathon, Mini Marathon |
Established | 2004 (Marathon), 2006 (Half marathon) |
Course records | Marathon: 2:21:15 (M; 2007, Richard Rotich); 2:43:13 (F; 2014, Vaida Žūsinaitė); Half Marathon: 1:05:50 (M; 2013, Wachira Mukunga); 1:13:59 (F; 2013, Diana Lobačevskė) |
Official site | http://www.vilniausmaratonas.lt/ |
The Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main sponsor of the marathon is Danske Bank. It was introduced in 2001 as 10k race and grew to a classic marathon in 2004. Half marathon was introduced in 2006. Quarter marathon was introduced in 2012. Member of AIMS from 2007. It's probably the fastest growing marathon in the Baltics. It doubled the number of participants between 2012 and 2013. In 2012 there were over 5000 runners, while 2013 10 000 runners ran the marathon.
The start and finish line is near the Cathedral Square in the very heart of Vilnius.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Lithuania | 32 | 31 | 32 | 95 |
2 | Belarus | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
3 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
9 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
By city
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Vilnius | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
2 | Kaunas | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
3 | Šiauliai | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Mazyr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Jonava | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Riga | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Molėtai | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Telšiai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Raseiniai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Nairobi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Brest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Mogilev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Minsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Panevėžys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Kėdainiai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Vilkaviškis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Prienai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Londonas (Lithuania) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Plonsk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Koblenz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Druskininkai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Šėta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Moscow (Australia) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
24 | Šalčininkai | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
25 | Birštonas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
25 | Tallinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
25 | Paberžė | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
25 | Glasgow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |