Salzburg Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Salzburger Sparkasse Halbmarathon is the half marathon of the Lauffestspiele der Mozartstadt, run in Salzburg on a Sunday in May together with the PUMA Salzburg Marathon. The half marathon has been held since 2001, three years before the marathon began; the first edition took place on 29 April 2001 with 649 finishers. It is organised by Club RunAustria. The half marathon and the marathon start together at 08:30 on the Staatsbrücke and share a flat circuit of 21.0975 km, which half marathon runners cover once and marathon runners twice. The route runs along the Rudolfskai and Akademiestraße, out the Hellbrunner Allee towards Schloss Hellbrunn, and back by Morzger Straße and Berchtesgadener Straße to the Old Town, where it finishes. The organisers give the maximum height difference as 9 metres. There is no separate cut-off time for the half marathon. The 2026 race had about 4,200 registrations and was sold out weeks in advance, and the 2027 race is on 23 May.