Venice Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Wizz Air Venicemarathon is a point-to-point marathon from Stra, on the Riviera del Brenta, to Venice, held on a Sunday in late October. Venicemarathon S.S.D. organises it, and the 40th edition was run in 2026. The race starts at about 09:40 at Villa Pisani in Stra and follows the Riviera del Brenta through Marghera and Mestre before reaching Venice over the Ponte della Libertà. In the historic centre, the runners go along the Giudecca Canal to Punta della Dogana, where they cross the Grand Canal on a floating bridge built for the race. The route passes through St Mark's Square, near the Campanile and the Doge's Palace, if the water level allows, and finishes on Riva Sette Martiri. A half marathon starts in Mestre's Piazza Ferretto and a 10 km race starts in Parco San Giuliano, and both finish in Venice. In 2026, about 24,000 runners entered across the three distances, 10,200 of them for the marathon. The course records are 2:07:31 for men, set by Peter Kwemoi Ndorobo in 2026, and 2:23:37 for women, set by Helena Kirop in 2011.