Geneva Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Generali Genève Marathon is a road marathon in Geneva, Switzerland, held on a Sunday in early May as the main event of a two-day running weekend. The marathon starts at 9:00am on Chemin Frank Thomas in Cologny and finishes on the Pont du Mont-Blanc in the centre of the city. The organisers describe the course as a loop that joins the countryside around Geneva to the city itself, with an initial section through the countryside and a finish in the heart of the city opposite the Jet d'Eau; they call the profile rolling. The time limit is six hours, and runners must be at least 18 in the year of the race. Also on the Sunday are a marathon relay for teams of four to six runners, a half marathon and a wheelchair half marathon, all finishing on the same bridge. On the Saturday there is a 10 km, a 10 km walk and Nordic walk, a 5 km and junior races for children aged 3 to 13. The current marathon was first held on 8 May 2005, after an earlier Geneva marathon that ran from 1981 to 1987. The organisers describe it as one of the most beautiful marathons in Europe and one of the fastest in Switzerland.