Moscow Marathon | |
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Date | Third Sunday of September |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 2013 |
Course records | Men's: 2:11:34 (2024) Bennar Youness Women's: 2:28:02 (2020) Sardana Trofimova |
Official site | Moscow Marathon |
Participants | 9,350 (2020) 10,555 (2019) |
The Moscow Marathon is a running and sporting event held annually in Moscow, Russia. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers (26 miles 385 yards) is set up as a citywide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate. First initiated in 2013, as a successor of Moscow International Peace Marathon (est. 1980), the event traditionally takes place on the last weekend in September.[1]
Moscow Marathon certified by World Athletics.[2] It is a member of AIMS.[3]
The race was canceled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]