Leipzig Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Leipzig Marathon is a spring marathon in the centre of Leipzig, held on a Sunday in April. The organisers, the Stadtsportbund Leipzig together with Leipzig Marathon e.V., trace its origins to a 40 km run in 1897 and say it has existed in its present form since 1977. The 2027 race will be the 49th edition. The marathon starts at 10:00 on Am Sportforum, right next to the Red Bull Arena, and finishes in the same street. Runners complete two laps of the half-marathon circuit. The route passes the Waldplatz and the Neues Rathaus, runs to the Augustusplatz with the Gewandhaus, the Opera and the Krochhochhaus, and then leads to the Völkerschlachtdenkmal and towards the southern Auwald. The finish straight is almost 800 metres long. A half marathon, a 10 km run and walk, a 4 km run and walk and children's runs take place on the same day. The marathon has a gross time limit of six hours, and the finish closes at 16:00. In 2026, the event had more than 14,000 participants across all distances, a record.