Salzburg Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Salzburg Marathon is run through the Old Town of Salzburg in May and is the main race of the Lauffestspiele der Mozartstadt, a weekend of running events. It was first held in 2004 and is organised by Club RunAustria. The course is a flat circuit of 21.0975 km that half marathon runners cover once and marathon runners twice. It starts on the Staatsbrücke, runs along the Rudolfskai and Akademiestraße and out the Hellbrunner Allee towards Schloss Hellbrunn, then returns by Morzger Straße and Berchtesgadener Straße to the Old Town. In 2026 the finish was at Max-Reinhardt-Platz. The organiser gives the maximum height difference as 9 metres, and the course plan shows a lowest point of 422 m and a highest of 431 m above sea level. Most of the route is asphalt; one section of the Hellbrunner Allee is a smooth, compacted path that is rolled before the race. The marathon has a time limit of 5 hours 45 minutes. A runner who is running out of time can turn into the half marathon finish after the first lap and be classified there. The same weekend includes the half marathon, a 10K CityRun, a four-person relay marathon, a women's run on the Friday and junior events. The half marathon has been run since 2001, and Salzburg had earlier Jedermann marathons in the 1990s before the 2004 revival.