Vienna City Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Vienna City Marathon is Austria's biggest road running event, held on a Sunday in April, with a half marathon, a relay marathon, a 10K and a 5K on the same weekend. It was first run on 25 March 1984 as the Vienna Spring Marathon. The marathon starts on Wagramer Straße at the Reichsbrücke, beside the UNO-City, from 9:00 a.m. in several waves, and finishes on the Ringstraße in front of the Burgtheater. The route goes over the Reichsbrücke to the Praterstern and along the Prater Hauptallee, then through the city along the Danube Canal to the Ringstraße and the State Opera. It continues along the Linke Wienzeile to Schönbrunn Palace, around kilometre 16, and returns by the Mariahilfer Straße and behind the Rathaus. After the Friedensbrücke the course runs back along the canal into the Prater, past the Ernst Happel Stadium and the Lusthaus, and finishes along the Ringstraße. The maximum height difference along the course is 44 metres. The marathon is a World Athletics Elite Label event and an AIMS-certified course, with a cut-off at 3:30 p.m.