Vilnius Marathon
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The Vilnius International Marathon is an annual road marathon
, held in Vilnius
, Lithuania
. The main sponsor of the marathon is Lietuvos Rytas
and Adidas
. It was introduced in 2001 as 10k race and grew to a classic marathon in 2004. Half marathon was introduced in 2006.
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...
, held in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. The main sponsor of the marathon is Lietuvos Rytas
Lietuvos Rytas
Lietuvos rytas is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Vilnius and a TV company. Lietuvos rytas sponsors basketball team BC Lietuvos Rytas and the annual Vilnius Marathon.-External links:*...
and Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
. It was introduced in 2001 as 10k race and grew to a classic marathon in 2004. Half marathon was introduced in 2006.
Medal table
| Place | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
| 1 |  Lithuania |
20 | 20 | 22 | 62 |
| 2 |  Belarus |
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Latvia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Kenya |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Australia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Estonia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
By city
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| 1 | Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County... |
6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:... |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Mozur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jonava Jonava Jonava is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of ca 35,000.It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas International Airport. The largest fertilizer factory in the Baltic states is... |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Molėtai Moletai Molėtai is a city in north eastern Lithuania. One of the oldest settlements in Lithuania, it is a popular resort for the inhabitants of Vilnius. According to the 2001 census, it had 7,221 inhabitants.... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Telšiai Telšiai Telšiai , is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on Lake Mastis.-Names:... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Raseiniai Raseiniai Raseiniai is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the Kaunas–Klaipėda highway.- Grand Duchy of Lithuania :... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nairobi Nairobi Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Brest Brest, Belarus Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. It has more than 367,788 inhabitants... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Panevėžys Panevežys Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kėdainiai Kedainiai Kėdainiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located on the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Its old town dates to the 17th century.... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Vilkaviškis Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. The whole Jewish population was killed in a single day,, after the entry of the Germans into the city.-Names:... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Prienai Prienai Prienai is a city in Lithuania situated on the Neman River, south of Kaunas. In 2001 the city had 11,353 inhabitants. The name of the city is a derivative from a surname Prienas. Pociūnai Airport is associated with the city.-History:... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Londonas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Plonsk Plonsk Płońsk is a town in north-central Poland with 22,500 inhabitants .It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ; previously, in was in Ciechanów Voivodeship... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Druskininkai Druskininkai Druskininkai is a spa town on the Neman River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai has a population of 18,233 and dates back as a spa resort to the 19th century.-Names:... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Šėta Šėta Šėta is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 1025.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Moscow (Australia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Šalčininkai Šalcininkai Šalčininkai is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, situated south-east of Vilnius, near the border with Belarus.Šalčininkai received its city rights in 1956 and is now a capital of the Šalčininkai district municipality. Šalčininkai features a multi-ethnic population of Poles , Lithuanians ,... |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Birštonas Birštonas Birštonas is a spa town in Lithuania situated south of Kaunas on the right bank of the Nemunas River. Birštonas received its city rights 1529, and was appointed a city in 1966.-Name:Birštonas is the Lithuanian name of the city... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Talin Talin Talin is a town in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia. It has a population of 5,371. The seventh century Talin Cathedral is located in the town.- History :... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Paberžė | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results
Regular eventes winners:| Year | Event | Prizewinners | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Result | Silver | Result | Bronze | Result | ||
| 2004 | Men marathon | Dmitrijs Slesarenoks |
2:23:35 | Aleksandr Labuchenko |
2:24:02 | Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas is a retired male long-distance runner from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country in the men's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he didn't reach the finish line... |
2:34:20 |
| Women marathon | Kristina Saltanovič Kristina Saltanovic Kristina Saltanovič is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*... |
2:59:10 | Giedrė Voverienė Giedre Voveriene Giedrė Voverienė is a Lithuanian orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in relay at the 2002 European Orienteering Championships in Sümeg, together with Vilma Rudzenskaitė and Ieva Sargautytė... |
3:08:06 | Julia Bubenko |
3:08:38 | |
| 2005 | Men marathon | Aleksandr Labuchenko |
2:28:46 | Tomas Venckūnas |
2:30:47 | Dainius Šaučikovas |
2:31:43 |
| Women marathon | Alena Vinitskaja |
2:46:59 | Modesta Drungilienė |
3:02:57 | Ylia Bubenko |
3:07:43 | |
| 2006 | Men marathon | Aleksandr Labuchenko |
2:25:17 | Dainius Šaučikovas |
2:28:43 | Tomas Venckūnas |
2:32:29 |
| Women marathon | Modesta Drungilienė |
2:55:16 | Ala Zadorozhnaja |
2:58:32 | Sonata Milušauskaitė Sonata Milušauskaite Sonata Milušauskaitė is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*... |
3:02:30 | |
| Men half marathon | Justinas Križinauskas |
1:13:07 | Mareks Floroseks |
1:14:05 | Kaspars Briška |
1:14:37 | |
| Women half maratahon | Rasa Drazdauskaitė Rasa Drazdauskaitė Rasa Drazdauskaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, finishing 37th in the marathon.... |
1:21:23 | Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:38:48 set at 2008 in Dresden.She represented Lithuania in 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching 52nd place.-Achievements:... |
1:24:23 | Gailutė Keliuotienė |
1:29:00 | |
| 2007 | Men marathon | Richard Rotich |
2:21:15 | Reuben Kwambai |
2:21:27 | Pavel Mashei |
2:26:25 |
| Women marathon | Natalija Chatkina |
2:51:19 | Volha Yudzinkova |
2:51:29 | Modesta Kaminskienė |
3:06:52 | |
| Men half marathon | Nerijus Markauskas |
1:10:59 | Mindaugas Viršilas |
1:11:49 | Kęstutis Jankūnas |
1:12:15 | |
| Women half marathon | Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė Remalda Kergytė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:38:48 set at 2008 in Dresden.She represented Lithuania in 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching 52nd place.-Achievements:... |
1:19:13 | Gailutė Keliuotienė |
1:27:15 | Regina Čistiakova |
1:30:26 | |
| 2008 | Men marathon | Kęstutis Jankūnas |
2:28:42 | Marek Dzilgielewski |
2:35:28 | Darius Škarnulis |
2:37:22 |
| Women marathon | Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:28:03.She represented Lithuania in 2011 World Championships in Athletics,.-Achievements:-References:... |
2:45:31 | Justina Jasutytė |
2:46:45 | Kaja Vals |
3:17:00 | |
| Men half marathon | Mindaugas Viršilas |
1:11:26 | Andrius Ramonas |
1:11:41 | Petras Pranckūnas |
1:13:16 | |
| Women half marathon | Živilė Balčiūnaitė Živile Balciunaite Živilė Balčiūnaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. Balčiūnaitė won the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championship in Barcelona and finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg... |
1:14:53 | Regina Čistiakova |
1:29:08 | Renata Siliuk |
1:31:39 | |
| 2009 | Men marathon | Darius Škarnulis |
2:33:16 | Tomas Venckūnas |
2:36:05 | Ivar Valtass |
2:41:54 |
| Women marathon | Vilija Damašickienė |
3:13:53 | Anna Beattie |
3:30:45 | Karina Onufrijeva |
3:31:30 | |
| Men half marathon | Stsiapan Rahautsou |
1:06:11 | Tomas Matijošius |
1:08:49 | Aurimas Skinulis |
1:09:57 | |
| Women half marathon | Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:28:03.She represented Lithuania in 2011 World Championships in Athletics,.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:17:01 | Nicole Böhm |
1:26:25 | Olga Ziuganova |
1:32:47 | |
| 2010 | Men marathon | Tomas Venckūnas |
2:37:27.10 | Antanas Žukauskas |
2:39:21.00 | Tadas Kavaliauskas |
2:41:24.75 |
| Women marathon | Modesta Kaminskienė |
3:14:36.00 | Sada Bukšnienė |
3:30:32.90 | Ausrine Ward |
3:40:48.60 | |
| Men half marathon | Aurimas Skinulis |
1:08:28.50 | Darius Sadeckas |
1:13:20.75 | Konstantinas Tichonovas |
1:14:55.00 | |
| Women half marathon | Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė Diana Lobačevskė is a Lithuanian marathon and half marathon runner. Her marathon personal record is 2:28:03.She represented Lithuania in 2011 World Championships in Athletics,.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:14:09.20 | Monika Vilčinskaitė |
1:32:09.60 | Renata Siliuk |
1:36:04.00 | |
| 2011 | Men marathon | Dzmitry Hryhoryeu |
2:34:40.75 | Saulius Valaitis |
2:35:09.00 | Tomas Venckūnas |
2:37:34.30 |
| Women marathon | Modesta Kaminskienė |
3:07:28.95 | Sada Bukšnienė |
3:18:11.95 | Renata Siliuk |
3:20:51.15 | |
| Men half marathon | Darius Sadeckas |
1:09:34.90 | Aurimas Skinulis |
1:09:49.70 | Jonas Vytaustas Gvildys |
1:11:20.30 | |
| Women half marathon | Gailutė Keliuotienė |
1:31:25.60 | Olga Ziuganova |
1:34:06.25 | Giedrė Kazlauskaitė |
1:34:45.55 | |