Vilnius Marathon

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Vilnius Marathon
Date2022 September 11th
LocationVilnius
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10k, 5k, Kids run
Primary sponsorRimi
Established2004 (Marathon)
2006 (Half marathon)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men:
Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 2:19:49
Women:
Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 2:39:40
Half Marathon:
Men:
Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:05:13
Women:
Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:13:59
Official siteVilnius Marathon
Participants1,684 finishers (2021)
6,659 (2020)

The Rimi Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon event, held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The main sponsor of the marathon is Rimi. Race offers marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k and children run experience.

The course includes the most beautiful and distinctive places in Vilnius: Vilnius Old Town, Vingis Park, riverbank of Neris, and even forest in Valakampiai. The start and finish line is near the Cathedral Square in the very heart of Vilnius.

The event is organized by the Public Institution "Tarptautinis Maratonas". This institution also organizes other endurance sports events – Trakai triathlon, Vilnius Women Run, and Vilnius Christmas run.

History[edit]

The first Vilnius Marathon was launched in 1990. After few pauses and difficulties, it reached 2001, when the Lithuanian Athletic Federation organised the first mass run (Maxima Cup), which became the predecessor of the Vilnius Marathon. Longest distance in 2001 was 10 kilometers.

Full distance of the full marathon (42 km 195 metres) was launched on September 11, 2004. This day started new history of Vilnius, when more than 200 professional and non-professional runners from 10 countries participated in the event.

Half Marathon distance was added to the programme in 2006. Quarter marathon was introduced in 2012.

In 2007, Vilnius Marathon became a member of AIMS. From that moment full marathon course was always certified.

This event tripled the number of participants between 2012 and 2015. In 2012 there were over 5000 runners, while 16424 runners ran the marathon event in 2015.

The Vilnius marathon course record of 2:19:49 was set by Dmitrijs Serjogins from Latvia in 2020. The women's record of 2:39:40 was set by Diana Lobačevskė during the 2020 Vilnius marathon.

Results[edit]

Year Event Prizewinners
Gold Result Silver Result Bronze Result
2021 Men's marathon Lithuania Lukas Tarasevičius 2:27:50 Lithuania Aurimas Rimkus 2:34:41 Lithuania Remigijus Šnioka 2:35:23
Women's marathon Lithuania Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 2:54:40 Lithuania Neringa Songailaitė-Kovarskienė 3:02:59 Lithuania Vilmantė Stašauskaitė 3:12:30
Men's half marathon Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:06:30 Lithuania Modestas Dirsė 1:11:01 Lithuania Lukas Budavičius 1:14:37
Women's half marathon Lithuania Loreta Kančytė 1:15:14 Lithuania Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekrošienė 1:17:56 Lithuania Diana Banienė 1:21:22
2020 Men's marathon Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 2:19:49 Lithuania Andrius Jakševičius 2:26:00 Lithuania Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 2:27:07
Women's marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 2:39:40 Lithuania Lina Kiriliuk 2:51:25 Lithuania Gitana Akmanavičiūtė 2:58:00
Men's half marathon Lithuania Remigijus Kančys 1:05:47 Lithuania Ignas Brasevičius 1:05:55 Lithuania Lukas Tarasevičius 1:11:19
Women's half marathon Lithuania Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekrošienė 1:15:58 Lithuania Loreta Kančytė 1:16:16 Lithuania Viktorija Varnagirytė 1:18:26
2019 Men's marathon Ukraine Bohdan Semenovych 2:22:02 Lithuania Andrius Jakševičius 2:26:36 Lithuania Aurimas Rimkus 2:30:17
Women's marathon Ukraine Nataliya Semenovych 2:49:50 Belarus Alena Shumik 3:01:22 Belarus Yuliya Skiruk 3:05:59
Men's half marathon Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:05:13 Lithuania Remigijus Kančys 1:05:27 Lithuania Ignas Brasevičius 1:05:58
Women's half marathon Lithuania Loreta Kančytė 1:15:31 Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:16:01 Lithuania Monika Bytautienė 1:16:34
2018 Men's marathon Ukraine Bohdan Semenovych 2:24:23 Ukraine Taras Salo 2:25:14 Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:25:30
Women's marathon Ukraine Nataliia Semenovych 2:47:56 Latvia Lina Kiriliuk 2:50:28 Belarus Alena Shumik 2:59:15
Men's half marathon Lithuania Valdas Dopolskas 1:07:32 Latvia Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:08:30 Lithuania Lukas Tarasevičius 1:12:12
Women's half marathon Ukraine Oksana Raita 1:17:22 Lithuania Loreta Kančytė 1:18:08 Lithuania Remalda Kergytė-Dauskurdienė 1:21:13
2017 Men's marathon Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 02:26:58 Russia Vaislij Leminskij 02:28:55 Lithuania Andrius Jaksevičius 02:35:21
Women's marathon Ukraine Maria Hudak 02:48:58 Russia Elizaveta Pogudo 02:52:26 Belarus Alena Shumik 3:02:42
Men's half marathon Lithuania Remigijus Kančys 01:08:10 Lithuania Ignas Brasevičius 01:10:51 Russia Jurij Vinogradov 01:11:59
Women's half marathon Ukraine Oksana Raita 01:18:56 Lithuania Loreta Kančytė 01:20:36 Lithuania Vaida Žūsinaitė 01:23:07
2016 Men's marathon United States Christopher Zablocki 02:25:55 Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 02:26:09 Lithuania Vilius Aleliūnas 02:33:09
Women's marathon Lithuania Loreta Petkevičienė 03:02:31 Lithuania Alionka Kornijenko 03:08:20 Belarus Alena Shumik 03:10:38
Men's half marathon Lithuania Valdas Dopolskas 01:07:40 Lithuania Artūras Meška 01:14:29 Lithuania Jonas Gvildys 01:14:54
Women's half marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 01:14:57 Lithuania Milda Vilčinskaitė 01:17:08 Lithuania Lina Batulevičiūtė 01:26:01
2015 Men's marathon Ethiopia Teklu Metaferia 2:26:40 Lithuania Andrej Jegorov 2:31:20 Lithuania Ruslanas Seitkalijevas 2:35:56
Women's marathon Lithuania Loreta Bliujienė 3:06:08 Lithuania Alionka Kornijenko 3:12:15 Lithuania Jolita Kurtinaitienė 3:13:15
Men's half marathon Lithuania Valdas Dopolskas 1:07:26 Lithuania Ignas Brasevičius 1:07:57 Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 1:09:04
Women's half marathon Lithuania Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:16:44 Lithuania Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:19:23 Lithuania Božena Gruzd 1:22:43
2014 Men's marathon Lithuania Remigijus Kančys 2:23:41 Poland Artur Kern 2:25:46 Lithuania Ignas Brasevičius 2:30:51
Women's marathon Lithuania Vaida Žūsinaitė 2:43:13 Ukraine Nataliya Hryhoryeva 3:59:33 Lithuania Austėja Miežytė 3:07:41
Men's half marathon Lithuania Darius Sadeckas 1:09:13 Lithuania Vilius Aleliūnas 1:12:14 Ukraine Serhii Popov 1:12:45
Women's half marathon Lithuania Rasa Drazdauskaitė 1:17:29 Lithuania Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:20:57 Lithuania Monika Gotcaitytė 1:31:20
2013 Men's marathon Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:27:01 Lithuania Aurimas Skinulis 2:29:17 Poland Lukasz Panfil 2:33:38
Women's marathon Norway Margrethe Løgavlen 2:55:45 Ukraine Anastasia Bulavintceva 3:10:26 Lithuania Renata Siliuk 3:11:05
Men's half marathon Kenya Wachira Ibrahim Mukunga 1:05:50 Lithuania Marius Diliūnas 1:08:21 Lithuania Nerijus Markauskas 1:13:52
Women's half marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:13:59 Lithuania Vaida Žūsinaitė 1:15:51 Lithuania Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:20:45
2012 Men's marathon Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:26:55 Poland Krzysztof Bartkiewicz 2:31:22 Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:33:49
Women's marathon Ukraine Anastasia Bulavintceva 3:06:06 Lithuania Modesta Kaminskienė 3:15:53 Lithuania Renata Siliuk 3:16:37
Men's half marathon Lithuania Remigijus Kančys 1:10:02 Italy Massimiliano Brigo 1:10:31 Lithuania Vaidas Žlabys 1:15:41
Women's half marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:15:23 Lithuania Milda Vilčinskaitė 1:22:53 Poland Diana Golek 1:30:38
2011 Men's marathon Belarus Dzmitry Hryhoryeu 2:34:40 Lithuania Saulius Valaitis 2:35:09 Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:37:34
Women's marathon Lithuania Modesta Kaminskienė 3:07:28 Lithuania Sada Bukšnienė 3:18:11 Lithuania Renata Siliuk 3:20:51
Men's half marathon Lithuania Darius Sadeckas 1:09:34 Lithuania Aurimas Skinulis 1:09:49 Lithuania Jonas Vytaustas Gvildys 1:11:20
Women's half marathon Lithuania Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:31:25 Lithuania Olga Ziuganova 1:34:06 Lithuania Giedrė Kazlauskaitė 1:34:45
2010 Men's marathon Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:37:27 Lithuania Antanas Žukauskas 2:35:09 Lithuania Tadas Kavaliauskas 2:41:24
Women's marathon Lithuania Modesta Kaminskienė 3:14:36 Lithuania Sada Bukšnienė 3:18:11 United Kingdom Ausrine Ward 3:40:48
Men's half marathon Lithuania Aurimas Skinulis 1:08:28 Lithuania Darius Sadeckas 1:09:49 Lithuania Konstantinas Tichonovas 1:14:55
Women's half marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:14:09 Lithuania Monika Vilčinskaitė 1:34:06 Lithuania Renata Siliuk 1:36:04
2009 Men's marathon Lithuania Darius Škarnulis 2:33:16 Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:36:05 Latvia Ivar Valtass 2:41:54
Women's marathon Lithuania Vilija Damašickienė 3:13:53 Australia Anna Beattie 3:30:45 Lithuania Karina Onufrijeva 3:31:30
Men's half marathon Belarus Stsiapan Rahautsou 1:06:11 Lithuania Tomas Matijošius 1:08:49 Lithuania Aurimas Skinulis 1:09:57
Women's half marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 1:17:01 Germany Nicole Böhm 1:26:25 Lithuania Olga Ziuganova 1:32:47
2008 Men's marathon Lithuania Kęstutis Jankūnas 2:28:42 Poland Marek Dzilgielewski 2:35:28 Lithuania Darius Škarnulis 2:37:22
Women's marathon Lithuania Diana Lobačevskė 2:45:31 Lithuania Justina Jasutytė 2:46:45 Estonia Kaja Vals 3:17:00
Men's half marathon Lithuania Mindaugas Viršilas 1:11:26 Lithuania Andrius Ramonas 1:11:41 Lithuania Petras Pranckūnas 1:13:16
Women's half marathon Lithuania Živilė Balčiūnaitė 1:14:53 Lithuania Regina Čistiakova 1:29:08 Lithuania Renata Siliuk 1:31:39
2007 Men's marathon Kenya Richard Rotich 2:21:15 Kenya Reuben Kwambai 2:21:27 Belarus Pavel Mashei 2:26:25
Women's marathon Belarus Natalija Chatkina 2:51:19 Belarus Volha Yudzinkova 2:51:29 Lithuania Modesta Kaminskienė 3:06:52
Men's half marathon Lithuania Nerijus Markauskas 1:10:59 Lithuania Mindaugas Viršilas 1:11:49 Lithuania Kęstutis Jankūnas 1:12:15
Women's half marathon Lithuania Remalda Kergytė 1:19:13 Lithuania Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:27:15 Lithuania Regina Čistiakova 1:30:26
2006 Men's marathon Belarus Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:25:17 Lithuania Dainius Šaučikovas 2:28:43 Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:32:29
Women's marathon Lithuania Modesta Drungilienė 2:55:16 Belarus Ala Zadorozhnaja 2:58:32 Lithuania Sonata Milušauskaitė 3:02:30
Men's half marathon Lithuania Justinas Križinauskas 1:13:07 Latvia Mareks Floroseks 1:14:05 Latvia Kaspars Briška 1:14:37
Women's half marathon Lithuania Rasa Drazdauskaitė 1:21:23 Lithuania Remalda Kergytė 1:24:23 Lithuania Gailutė Keliuotienė 1:29:00
2005 Men's marathon Belarus Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:28:46 Lithuania Tomas Venckūnas 2:30:47 Lithuania Dainius Šaučikovas 2:31:43
Women's marathon Belarus Alena Vinitskaja 2:46:59 Lithuania Modesta Drungilienė 3:02:57 Belarus Ylia Bubenko 3:07:43
2004 Men's marathon Latvia Dmitrijs Slesarenoks 2:23:35 Belarus Aleksandr Labuchenko 2:24:02 Lithuania Česlovas Kundrotas 2:34:20
Women's marathon Lithuania Kristina Saltanovič 2:59:10 Lithuania Giedrė Voverienė 3:08:06 Belarus Julia Bubenko 3:08:38

Last updated: 2020–01–29.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A bit of history". vilniausmaratonas.lt. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

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