Jerusalem Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Winner Jerusalem Marathon is a road marathon through central Jerusalem, held on a Friday morning in March and organised by the Jerusalem Municipality. The marathon is run with a half marathon, a 10 km, a 5 km and family races, and the 16th edition is on 19 March 2027. The marathon starts at the junction between the Knesset and the Israel Museum, at Hamagbit Square on Ruppin Road, heading northwest, and finishes at the southern end of Sacher Park, entering the finish funnel from the south via the Valley of the Cross. The course passes the President's House, Ammunition Hill and the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University, returns to the Old City through the Armenian Quarter and Zion Gate, and goes on past the Sultan's Pool and through the Emek Refaim neighbourhood before the finish. The finish line closes six hours after the start. The race was revived in 2011 and has been held every year since except 2020. The course records are 2:16:08 for men (Ronald Kurgat, 2014) and 2:38:24 for women (Joan Kigen, 2016).