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The Swedbank Vilnius Marathon is a road marathon through the centre of Vilnius, held on a Sunday in mid-September and organised by Vilnius City Municipality and the public institution Tarptautinis maratonas. Start and finish are at Cathedral Square, and in 2026 the marathon was run as two laps of the course. The programme also includes a half marathon, a 10 km, a 5 km, walking races and a 200 m children's run. The marathon has a time limit of 5 hours 30 minutes, with 3 hours allowed to finish the first lap, and runners must be at least 18. The event grew out of a mass run first held in 2001; the full marathon distance was added on 11 September 2004, with more than 200 runners from 10 countries, and the half marathon in 2006. More than 13,700 people took part in 2025, including more than 1,900 in the marathon. Swedbank became title sponsor in 2025, taking over from Rimi.

Surface: road Profile: Rolling

Weather

Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record

Temperature 13°C

Humidity 79%

Rain Chance 32%

September in Vilnius is mild: average highs are about 17°C and lows about 8.5°C, with relative humidity near 79% and rain on roughly ten days of the month.

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From a 10 km Run to a Marathon

2004 Origin

The mass run that became the Vilnius Marathon began on 9 September 2001, organised by the Lithuanian Athletics Federation and the company VP Market, with 2.5 km and 10 km races and a few hundred runners. The full marathon distance was added in 2004, and the half marathon in 2006. The event has been run by the company Tarptautinis maratonas since 2004.

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Course Record

02:19:26

Laban Cheruiyot (2026)

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Fun Facts

▸ The first full-distance Vilnius Marathon on 11 September 2004 had more than 200 runners from 10 countries.
▸ Kristina Saltanovič, who competed at four Olympic Games, won the women's race at the first marathon in 2004.
▸ In 2026 Kenya's Laban Cheruiyot won in 2:19:26.5, just 5.5 seconds ahead of fellow Kenyan Ruto Felix Kibiwot.
▸ A walking distance was added to the programme in 2025, for the first time in the event's history.

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