The Podgorica Marathon is an annual road running

Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...

 event in Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, which features a full-length (42.195 km) marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 as well as a half marathon

Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...

 race.

A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan organise a marathon in Podgorica

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

 and the first edition took place on 8 October 1994. The 2011 of the race featured more than 3000 runners from 33 countries. Sladjana Perunovic set a women's Montenegrin record

Montenegrin records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Montenegro maintained by the Atletski Savez Crne Gore .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not ratified by IAAF-External links:*...

 in the marathon at the event, coming second in a time of 2:41:02 hours.

Marathon winners

Key:

Edition	Date	Men's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )	Women's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
1st	1994		2:23:24		3:04:55
2nd	1995		2:30:45		3:04:08
3rd	1996		2:21:05		2:49:35
4th	1997		2:11:41		2:49:25
5th	1998		2:15:16		2:45:25
6th	1999		2:22:29		2:42:46
7th	2000		2:28:08		3:11:16
8th	2001		2:30:11		2:59:45
9th	2002		2:23:28		2:45:54
10th	2003		2:12:48		2:36:08
11th	2004		2:21:41		2:46:58
12th	2005		2:23:59		2:41:56
13th	2006		2:29:12		2:56:35
14th	2007		2:19:08		2:47:12
15th	2008		2:14:50		2:40:05
16th	2009		2:11:51		2:31:18
17th	2010		2:16:05		2:43:22
18th	2011		2:18:52		2:40:36