Wrocław Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Wrocław Marathon, run from 1983 to 2019, was a road marathon in the capital of Lower Silesia and has not been held since the COVID-19 cancellation of 2020. It began on 15 May 1983 as the Maraton Ślężan, a point-to-point run from Sobótka to Wrocław, and the first ten editions kept that name. Over the years the race moved entirely inside the city boundaries and took its title sponsor's name, PKO Wrocław Maraton. It was held in September and counted among the races of the Polish Marathon Crown. In its last editions the start was at the Olympic Stadium and the finish was inside the stadium, with a single circuit through the city between the two. The final edition, the 37th, took place on Sunday 15 September 2019, when 3,151 runners finished and Kenya's Cosmas Mutuku Kyeva won in 2:13:32, a few seconds short of the course record set in 2002. The 38th edition was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic and the marathon did not return. Wrocław's main road race is now the Night Wrocław Half Marathon, held in June. In December 2025 the city's deputy mayor named September 2027 as her target for a restart on the historic route from Sobótka, but in June 2026 the city's youth sports centre said that reviving the marathon remained on hold, and no date has been announced.