Jungfrau Marathon

Jungfrau Marathon
DateSeptember
LocationEiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains, Switzerland
Event typeMountain running
DistanceMountain marathon
Established1993
Course recordsMen's: 2:49:01 (2003)
New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt
Women's: 3:12:56 (2017)
Switzerland Maude Mathys
Official siteJungfrau Marathon
Participants2,909 finishers (2021)
3,716 (2019)
The Jungfrau Marathon at km 40 in 2004
Swiss alphorn players and flag-waver
Spectators in Wengen
Moraine
Bagpiper at the moraine

The Jungfrau Marathon is one of the best known mountain marathons in the world, in full view of the famous Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps.

The first Jungfrau Marathon was held in 1993. Approximately 3,500 runners from 35 different nations participate. The Jungfrau Marathon takes place each year in September.

The 2007 edition of the competition incorporated the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge and attracted 4200 participants from 50 countries.[1]

  1. ^ Hughes, Danny (2007-09-08). Wyatt dominates World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge …of course!. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.