The Kaunas International Marathon (Lithuanian: Kauno tarptautinis maratonas) is an annual international road marathon event, held in Kaunas, Lithuania.[1][2][3] Race offers marathon, half marathon.[4]

Kaunas Marathon
Kaunas Marathon in 2015
Date2023 April 24th
LocationKaunas
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon
Primary sponsorAkropolis
Established2013
Course recordsMen's: 2:17:17 (2022)
Lithuania Remigijus Kančys
Women's: 2:47:52 (2024)
Ukraine Mariya Radko
Official siteKaunas Marathon

The first edition of the Kaunas Marathon was held in 2013.[5]

Winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (min:sec) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2013   Tomas Venckūnas (LTU) 2:39:52   Sada Bukšnienė-Eidikyté (LTU) 3:27:28
2nd 2014   Aurimas Skinulis (LTU) 2:28:18   Elena Simonok (UKR) 3:06:43
3rd 2015   Aurimas Skinulis (LTU) 2:39:30   Antonia Johnson (NZL) 3:15:48
4th 2016   Mathew Sigei (KEN) 2:26:39   Leah Kusar (KEN) 3:02:53
5th 2017   Mindaugas Viršilas (LTU) 2:23:49   Natalja Kan (RUS) 2:52:17
6th 2018   Andrej Jegorov (LTU) 2:32:42   Iryna Masnyk (UKR) 2:56:12
7th 2019   Remigijus Kančys (LTU) 2:18:36   Iryna Masnyk (UKR) 2:51:43
8th 2022   Remigijus Kančys (LTU) 2:17:17   Veronika Kalashnikova (UKR) 3:07:22
9th 2023   Modestas Dirsė (LTU) 2:28:30   Gitana Akmanavičiūtė (LTU) 2:50:34
10th 2024   Modestas Dirsė (LTU) 2:25:49   Mariya Radko (UKR) 2:47:52

Wins by country

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Country Men's Women's Total
  Lithuania 9 2 11
  Ukraine 0 5 5
  Kenya 1 1 2
  New Zealand 0 1 1
  Russia 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "About Kaunas Marathon". Kaunasmarathon.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Kaunas Marathon". National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Kauno maratonas". lrytas.lt. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Kaunas Marathon Courses". Kaunasmarathon.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Pirmasis tarptautinis Kauno maratonas startuos nuo "Žalgirio" arenos". Žalgirio arena (in Lithuanian). 19 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2023.