Prague Marathon

History

The inaugural marathon was held in 1995 with the support of Emil Zátopek, a Czech runner who had won the marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics despite never having run a marathon before. For its inaugural year, the marathon itself had 985 participants, while runners in two additional races, measuring 9.2 and, made up the rest of the roughly 15,000 participants in total.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022 or transferring their entry to another runner. Similarly, the 2021 in-person edition was also cancelled due to the pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2022 or exchanging it for a shop voucher.

Other races

The Prague Marathon event takes place over a full weekend and comprises several events, including the Prague International Marathon, the ČT 2Run, the DM Family Mile and the DM Bambini Run. The Prague Half Marathon, which is also awarded IAAF Gold Label status, is held each March or April.

Winners

Since its inception in 1995, the men's race has been dominated by East African runners, with Kenyan athletes winning 18 titles alone. Angola-born Portuguese runner Hélder Ornelas became the first and so far only European men's winner in 2007. Kenyan Alexander Mutiso is the men's record holder with 2:05:09 hours.

The winners of the women's race have been mainly Kenyan and Ethiopian. Alena Vinnitskaya of Belarus is the most successful women's athlete, with three straight wins from 1996 to 1998. Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter has the women's course best of 2:19:46 hours.

In 2019, Moroccan runner El Mahjoub Dazza crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified in 2020 by the Athletics Integrity Unit for using a prohibited substance, as determined by abnormalities in his athlete biological passport. Ethiopian runner Dawit Wolde was named the winner after Dazza's disqualification.

Key: : Course record (in bold) : Czech Republic championship race

Marathon

Battle of the Teams

Battle of the Teams is an elite-only event inaugurated in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic.

Multiple wins

By country

Notes

References

;List of winners

• Prague International Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-05-13.

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