Vilnius Marathon

The Rimi Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon event, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main sponsor of the marathon is Rimi. Race offers marathon, hal marathon, 10k, 5k and children run experience.

Vilnius Marathon
Date2021 September 12th
LocationVilnius
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10k, 5k, Kids run
Primary sponsorRimi
Established2004 (Marathon)
2006 (Half marathon)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men:
Dmitrijs Serjogins 2:19:49
Women:
Diana Lobačevskė 2:39:40
Half Marathon:
Men:
Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:05:13
Women:
Diana Lobačevskė 1:13:59
Official siteVilnius Marathon
Participants6659 (2020)

Course include the most beautiful and distinctive places in Vilnius magnificent Vilnius Old Town, green Vingis park, riverbank of Neris and even forest in Valakampiai.

The start and finish line is near the Cathedral Square in the very heart of Vilnius.

The event is organized by the Public Institution "Tarptautinis Maratonas". This institution also organizes other endurance sports events - "Trakai Triathlon", "Vilnius Women run", "Vilnius Christmas Run".

History

First Vilnius Marathon was launched in 1990. After few pauses and difficulties, it reached 2001, when the Lithuanian Athletic Federation organised the first mass run (Maxima Cup), which became the predecessor of the Vilnius Marathon. Longest distance in 2001 was 10 kilometers.

Full distance of the full marathon (42 km 195 metres) was launched on September 11, 2004. This day started new history of Vilnius, when more than 200 professional and non-professional runners from 10 countries participated in the event.

Half Marathon distance was added to the programme in 2006.

In 2007 Vilnius Marathon became a member of AIMS. From that moment full marathon course was always certified.

Quarter marathon was introduced in 2012.

This event tripled the number of participants between 2012 and 2015. In 2012 there were over 5000 runners, while 16424 runners ran the marathon event in 2015.

The Vilnius marathon course record of 2:19:49 was set by Dmitrijs Serjogins from Latvia in 2020.

The woman’s record of 2:39:40 was set by Diana Lobačevskė during the 2020 Vilnius marathon.

Results
Year Event Prizewinners
Gold Result Silver Result Bronze Result
2020 Men's marathon Dmitrijs Serjogins 2:19:49 Andrius Jakševičius 2:26:00 Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 2:27:07
Women's marathon Diana Lobačevskė 2:39:40 Lina Kiriliuk 2:51:25 Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 2:58:00
Men's half marathon Remigijus Kančys 1:05:47 Ignas Brasevičius 1:05:55 Lukas Tarasevičius 1:11:19
Women's half marathon Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekrošienė 1:15:58 Loreta Kančytė 1:16:16 Viktorija Varnagirytė 1:18:26
2019 Men's marathon Bohdan Semenovych 2:22:02 Andrius Jakševičius 2:26:36 Aurimas Rimkus 2:30:17
Women's marathon Nataliya Semenovych 2:49:50 Alena Shumik 3:01:22 Yuliya Skiruk 3:05:59
Men's half marathon Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:05:13 Remigijus Kančys 1:05:27 Ignas Brasevičius 1:05:58
Women's half marathon Loreta Kančytė 1:15:31 Diana Lobačevskė 1:16:01 Monika Bytautienė 1:16:34
2018 Men's marathon Bohdan Semenovych 2:24:23 Taras Salo 2:25:14 Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:25:30
Women's marathon Nataliia Semenovych 2:47:56 Lina Kiriliuk 2:50:28 Alena Shumik 2:59:15
Men's half marathon Valdas Dopolskas 1:07:32 Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:08:30 Lukas Tarasevičius 1:12:12
Women's half marathon Oksana Raita 1:17:22 Loreta Kančytė 1:18:08 Remalda Kergytė-Dauskurdienė 1:21:13
2017 Men's marathon Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 02:26:58 Vaislij Leminskij 02:28:55 Andrius Jaksevičius 02:35:21
Women's marathon Maria Hudak 02:48:58 Elizaveta Pogudo 02:52:26 Alena Shumik 3:02:42
Men's half marathon Remigijus Kančys 01:08:10 Ignas Brasevičius 01:10:51 Jurij Vinogradov 01:11:59
Women's half marathon Oksana Raita 01:18:56 Loreta Kančytė 01:20:36 Vaida Žūsinaitė 01:23:07
2016 Men's marathon Christopher Zablocki 02:25:55 Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 02:26:09 Vilius Aleliūnas 02:33:09
Women's marathon Loreta Petkevičienė 03:02:31 Alionka Kornijenko 03:08:20 Alena Shumik 03:10:38
Men's half marathon Valdas Dopolskas 01:07:40 Artūras Meška 01:14:29 Jonas Gvildys 01:14:54
Women's half marathon Diana Lobačevskė 01:14:57 Milda Vilčinskaitė 01:17:08 Lina Batulevičiūtė 01:26:01
2015 Men's marathon Teklu Metaferia 2:26:40 Andrej Jegorov 2:31:20 Ruslanas Seitkalijevas 2:35:56
Women's marathon Loreta Bliujienė 3:06:08 Alionka Kornijenko 3:12:15 Jolita Kurtinaitienė 3:13:15
Men's half marathon Valdas Dopolskas 1:07:26 Ignas Brasevičius 1:07:57 Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 1:09:04
Women's half marathon Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:16:44 Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:19:23 Božena Gruzd 1:22:43
2014 Men's marathon Remigijus Kančys 2:23:41 Artur Kern 2:25:46 Ignas Brasevičius 2:30:51
Women's marathon Vaida Žūsinaitė 2:43:13 Nataliya Hryhoryeva 3:59:33 Austėja Miežytė 3:07:41
Men's half marathon Darius Sadeckas 1:09:13 Vilius Aleliūnas 1:12:14 Serhii Popov 1:12:45
Women's half marathon Rasa Drazdauskaitė 1:17:29 Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:20:57 Monika Gotcaitytė 1:31:20
2013 Men's marathon Tomas Venckūnas 2:27:01 Aurimas Skinulis 2:29:17 Lukasz Panfil 2:33:38
Women's marathon Margrethe Løgavlen 2:55:45 Anastasia Bulavintceva 3:10:26 Renata Siliuk 3:11:05
Men's half marathon Wachira Ibrahim Mukunga 1:05:50 Marius Diliūnas 1:08:21 Nerijus Markauskas 1:13:52
Women's half marathon Diana Lobačevskė 1:13:59 Vaida Žūsinaitė 1:15:51 Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:20:45
2012 Men's marathon Tomas Venckūnas 2:26:55 Krzysztof Bartkiewicz 2:31:22 Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:33:49
Women's marathon Anastasia Bulavintceva 3:06:06 Modesta Kaminskienė 3:15:53 Renata Siliuk 3:16:37
Men's half marathon Remigijus Kančys 1:10:02 Massimiliano Brigo 1:10:31 Vaidas Žlabys 1:15:41
Women's half marathon Diana Lobačevskė 1:15:23 Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:22:53 Diana Golek 1:30:38
2011 Men's marathon Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:34:40 Saulius Valaitis 2:35:09 Tomas Venckūnas 2:37:34
Women's marathon Modesta Kaminskienė 3:07:28 Sada Bukšnienė 3:18:11 Renata Siliuk 3:20:51
Men's half marathon Darius Sadeckas 1:09:34 Aurimas Skinulis 1:09:49 Jonas Vytaustas Gvildys 1:11:20
Women's half marathon Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:31:25 Olga Ziuganova 1:34:06 Giedrė Kazlauskaitė 1:34:45
2010 Men's marathon Tomas Venckūnas 2:37:27 Antanas Žukauskas 2:35:09 Tadas Kavaliauskas 2:41:24
Women's marathon Modesta Kaminskienė 3:14:36 Sada Bukšnienė 3:18:11 Ausrine Ward 3:40:48
Men's half marathon Aurimas Skinulis 1:08:28 Darius Sadeckas 1:09:49 Konstantinas Tichonovas 1:14:55
Women's half marathon Diana Lobačevskė 1:14:09 Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:34:06 Renata Siliuk 1:36:04
2009 Men's marathon Darius Škarnulis 2:33:16 Tomas Venckūnas 2:36:05 Ivar Valtass 2:41:54
Women's marathon Vilija Damašickienė 3:13:53 Anna Beattie 3:30:45 Karina Onufrijeva 3:31:30
Men's half marathon Stsiapan Rahautsou 1:06:11 Tomas Matijošius 1:08:49 Aurimas Skinulis 1:09:57
Women's half marathon Diana Lobačevskė 1:17:01 Nicole Böhm 1:26:25 Olga Ziuganova 1:32:47
2008 Men's marathon Kęstutis Jankūnas 2:28:42 Marek Dzilgielewski 2:35:28 Darius Škarnulis 2:37:22
Women's marathon Diana Lobačevskė 2:45:31 Justina Jasutytė 2:46:45 Kaja Vals 3:17:00
Men's half marathon Mindaugas Viršilas 1:11:26 Andrius Ramonas 1:11:41 Petras Pranckūnas 1:13:16
Women's half marathon Živilė Balčiūnaitė 1:14:53 Regina Čistiakova 1:29:08 Renata Siliuk 1:31:39
2007 Men's marathon Richard Rotich 2:21:15 Reuben Kwambai 2:21:27 Pavel Mashei 2:26:25
Women's marathon Natalija Chatkina 2:51:19 Volha Yudzinkova 2:51:29 Modesta Kaminskienė 3:06:52
Men's half marathon Nerijus Markauskas 1:10:59 Mindaugas Viršilas 1:11:49 Kęstutis Jankūnas 1:12:15
Women's half marathon Remalda Kergytė 1:19:13 Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:27:15 Regina Čistiakova 1:30:26
2006 Men's marathon Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:25:17 Dainius Šaučikovas 2:28:43 Tomas Venckūnas 2:32:29
Women's marathon Modesta Drungilienė 2:55:16 Ala Zadorozhnaja 2:58:32 Sonata Milušauskaitė 3:02:30
Men's half marathon Justinas Križinauskas 1:13:07 Mareks Floroseks 1:14:05 Kaspars Briška 1:14:37
Women's half marathon Rasa Drazdauskaitė 1:21:23 Remalda Kergytė 1:24:23 Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:29:00
2005 Men's marathon Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:28:46 Tomas Venckūnas 2:30:47 Dainius Šaučikovas 2:31:43
Women's marathon Alena Vinitskaja 2:46:59 Modesta Drungilienė 3:02:57 Ylia Bubenko 3:07:43
2004 Men's marathon Dmitrijs Slesarenoks 2:23:35 Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:24:02 Česlovas Kundrotas 2:34:20
Women's marathon Kristina Saltanovič 2:59:10 Giedrė Voverienė 3:08:06 Julia Bubenko 3:08:38

Last updated: 2020–01–29.[1]

References
  1. "A bit of history". vilniausmaratonas.lt. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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