The Riga Marathon (also known as the Rimi Riga Marathon) is an annual road marathon held in Riga, Latvia, since 1991. A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. The marathon course has been measured and certified by AIMS, the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races and is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. All courses are traffic-free. Rimi Riga Marathon is one of the fastest-growing marathons in Northern Europe. In 2019, there were 25 659 participants over five different distances from 82 countries.[2]
The marathon starts and finishes near Riga Castle, and runs through Old Riga as well as across the Daugava River. In the marathon weekend it is also possible to run 42,195 kilometer distance, 21,095 kilometer half marathon, 10 kilometer, 5 kilometer and mile course distances.
^"Gundars Beinardts's Race Results". Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.
^ ab"Jaunumi : Rimi Riga Marathon". Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.
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2:07:53 achieved at 2012 Cologne Marathon. He came third at the 2013 Cologne Marathon. He has won marathons in Riga, Bucharest, Hannover, and Sofia. Mulkeen...
1984) is a male long-distance runner from Kenya. His personal best is 2:12:23 achieved at 2010 Hannover Marathon. Julius Kuto at World Athletics v t e...
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runner. He won a bronze medal in the half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga. Mailu grew up the son of vegetable farmers...
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distance, 46 races were marathons, 12 were half marathons, 11 were 10K runs, and 5 were held over other distances. World Marathon Majors Race calendar...
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by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It was renamed the...
medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir was the champion at the 2016 and 2020 World Half Marathon Championships. She claimed...