Ljubljana Marathon | |
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Date | Third Sunday in October |
Location | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Primary sponsor | NLB d.d. |
Established | 1996 |
Course records | Men's: 2:04:58 (2018) Sisay Lemma Women's: 2:20:17 (2024) Joyce Chepkemoi Tele |
Official site | Ljubljana Marathon |
Participants | 2,246 finishers (2024) 1,611 (2023) 1,208 (2022) |
The Ljubljana Marathon is the largest running event in Slovenia, organized annually since 1996 by the City of Ljubljana and implemented by the Timing Ljubljana Association. It takes place every year on the third weekend in October. The main event is the Heineken 0.0 Marathon (42 km), and there are also the Generali ZAME Half Marathon (21 km), the Garmin Run 10 km, all on Sunday. The Saturday program is intended for younger people: preschoolers, School Runs (for students and high school students), and a charity run. From 2024, the general sponsor is NLB d.d.