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Riga Marathon
Date18 - 19 May 2024
LocationLatvia Riga, Latvia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 10k, 5k, Mile
Primary sponsorRimi Baltic
Established1991 (33 years ago) (1991)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men's: 2:08:51 (2019)
Ethiopia Andualem Shiferaw
Women's: 2:26:18 (2019)
Ethiopia Birke Debele
Half Marathon:
Men's: 1:00:30 (2022)
Ethiopia Sikiyas Misganaw
Women's: 1:09:12 (2022)
Kenya Beatrice Mutai
Official siteRiga Marathon
Participants1,887 marathon finishers (2019)[1]
38,398 (all races) (2019)[2]
Map of Rimi Riga Marathon 2023 42,195km course with elevation changes.

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.

  1. ^ "Gundars Beinardts's Race Results". Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jaunumi : Rimi Riga Marathon". Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.

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