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Downhill from km 8 to km 12, a climb of 18 m from km 26 to km 29, then downhill again to km 33.
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The race starts and finishes in Cathedral Square, at the foot of the cathedral and its bell tower.
Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0
km 0.3mile 0.2
In 2026 the first stretch led from the start to the Mindaugas Bridge over the Neris.
Photo: Felix Winkelnkemper, CC BY 2.0
km 8.6mile 5.3
In 2026 the course passed the stage in Vingis Park, the open ground at the far end of each lap.
Photo: Umnik, Public domain
km 19.9mile 12.4
In 2026 the course ran along the whole of Gediminas Avenue, the main street of the centre.
Photo: Terminator216, CC BY 4.0
km 20.7mile 12.9
In 2026 the last turn before the finish came on the square in front of the Presidential Palace.
Photo: Horvat, Public domain
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
Dashed: bridge
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Marathon and half marathon runners go off together from Cathedral Square at 8:30. In 2026 the first stretch led to the Mindaugas Bridge over the Neris; the half marathon ran the loop once and the marathon ran it twice, back through the square at the end of each lap.
A lap takes in the old town and Gediminas Avenue and runs out through Žvėrynas to Vingis Park before it returns to the centre. The marathon has a time limit of 5 hours 30 minutes, and the first lap has to be done inside 3 hours. These are the 2026 laps.
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Vilnius is not a hilly marathon. The ground sits at about 93 m in Cathedral Square and rises to 113 m by km 7.7, on the way out to Vingis Park in the west. It drops back to 89.8 m by km 11.8 and the rest of the lap stays below 106 m. Each lap climbs about 58 m, 115.8 m in all.
The second lap repeats it: 113.0 m again at km 28.8 and the low point of 90.0 m at km 32.9. The rises are short and easy, and they come where the spectators stand: the approach to the White Bridge into Žvėrynas, Birutės Street towards the Vingis footbridge and Vilnius Street by Kudirka Square. Totorių Street, close to the end of each lap, is the last harder place.
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Cathedral Square is the start, the finish and the place the laps come back to, and in 2026 the event village stood around it. Gediminas Avenue has cafés along its length, and the square in front of the Presidential Palace holds the last turn before the finish.
Goštauto Street is run out and back, so a supporter there sees the same runners go by more than once. In Vingis Park the stage has room for large groups, and the park is easy to reach from Čiurlionio Street.
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A September marathon through Vilnius's UNESCO-listed old town, starting and finishing at Cathedral Square and looping out past Vingis Park and the Neris riverbank.
The Vilnius Marathon is a multi-lap course of 42.2 km with 115.8 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 90 m and its highest 113 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 12 September 2027, starting at 08:30.
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Times as published by VšĮ "Tarptautinis maratonas", in Vilnius time, checked .
The forecast for Sunday
We hold no start time for this race, so the record is read at 09:009:00 AM, local time.
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Photo: Tallinn, by Hiiumaamudeliklubi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Warsaw, Poland
Sep 202742.2 kmClimb 66 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Old Town Market Place, by Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth4:01 filmEntry closes 12 NovBerlin, Germany
Sun 26 Sep 202742.2 kmClimb 36 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Cape Town, South Africa
Sun 23 May 202742.2 kmClimb 116 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Cape Town, by SkyPixels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth4:00 filmWashington, D.C., United States
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 112 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Casablanca, Morocco
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 119 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Hassan II Mosque, by Tinuzzo, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Not entirely. It has 115.8 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 23 m above the lowest.
Sunday 12 September 2027. The start is at 08:30.
Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: €55 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 5 h 30 min to finish.
