| Podgorica Marathon | |
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| 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 StefanovWomen's:2:31:18 (2009)  Olivera Jevtić |
| Official site | Podgorica Marathon |
| Participants | 18 (2020) 148 (2019) 146 finishers (2018)[2] |
ThePodgorica Marathon is an annualroad running event inMontenegro, which features a full-length (42.195 km)marathon,half marathon as well as a 5 kmfun run race.
A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan to organise a marathon inPodgorica 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'sMontenegrin record in the marathon at the event, finishing second in a time of 2:41:02 hours.[3]
In 2020, due to thecoronavirus pandemic, organizers preponed the scheduled date from8 November to1 November, restricted the number of participants to 100, and moved the race to a circular track of length 1 km (0.62 mi).[1]
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 Course map of full marathon in 2016[4] |
The 2014 course for the full-length marathon led from central Podgorica to the southern suburb ofGolubovci, then east through theZeta Plain, to the town ofTuzi, before returning to the center of the city.
The half marathon race course started inDanilovgrad, 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.
Key: Course record (in bold)
