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
Date	Last Sunday of October
Location	Podgorica, Montenegro
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, half marathon
Primary sponsor	Meridianbet [hr][1]
Established	1994 (31 years ago) (1994)
Course records	Men's: 2:11:41 (1997) Petko Stefanov Women's: 2:31:18 (2009) Olivera Jevtić
Official site	Podgorica Marathon
Participants	18 (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
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[a]	Women's winner	Time[a]	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[b]	Olesya Nurgalieva (RUS)	2:36:08[b]	[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]