Görlitz (Germany) - Zgorzelec (Poland), Sunday 3 June 2012

Europamarathon Görlitz-Zgorzelec 2012 - along the River Neisse in Zgorzelec (Copyright © 2012 runinternational.eu)

 

Held in the Europastadt Görlitz/Zgorzelec on the Germany-Poland border, the Europamarathon is a truly Central European marathon with an international character.

Since 1945, the city has been divided between two countries—Görlitz on the German side of the River Neisse and Zgorzelec on the Polish side. The half marathon takes place on the German side, but participants in the other races (5km, 10km and 42.2km) run from Germany to Poland and back to Germany!

The start and finish are in Görlitz's old town with its unique ensemble of late-Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque houses and approximately 4000 listed buildings.

The marathon is a certified, undulating loop course which takes runners through various parts of Görlitz and Zgorzelec as well as through rural areas and villages.

The event includes a number of races for wheelchair and handcycling athletes, inline skaters, kickbikers and walkers.

In 2011, over 900 runners took part in the Europamarathon races. The marathon winners were Torsten Hentschel (2:56:59) and Christin Marx (3:22:01).

 

Results and photos:

 

Country: Germany and Poland

Venue (Map): Görlitz-Zgorzelec (Dresden 112km, Wroclaw 166km, Prague 169km, Berlin 223km)

Date: 3 June 2012 (Sunday)

Race distance: 42km, 21km, 10km, 5km; children 400m

Start time (runners): 9.30 (42km), 9.55 (21km), 10.00 (10km and 5km), 14.30 (children 400m)

Start and finish: Elisabethstrasse, Görlitz, Germany

Entries: online or by post; payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day until 8.30

Entry fees (42km): € 25 (until 20 May 2012), € 30 (until 3 June 2012)

Entry fees (21km): € 20 (until 20 May 2012), € 25 (until 3 June 2012)

Entry fees (10km): € 12 (until 20 May 2012), € 15 (until 3 June 2012)

Entry fees (5km): € 5

Timing: ChampionChip - use your own chip or rent a chip for € 5 (€ 25 deposit)

Race centre: Augustum-Annen Gymnasium, Annengasse 4, Görlitz (Saturday 2 June 13.00-20.00; on the day from 6.30)

You get: pasta party (Saturday 18.00-21.00), finisher medal, certificate; participants can buy a cotton T-shirt for € 6 or a technical T-shirt for € 15; free accommodation in the school sports hall on Saturday (bring a mat and a sleeping bag)

Prizes: product prizes to the first 6 M/F (all races); certificates to the first 3 M/F in each category (42km run)

Number of finishers 2011: 145 (42km), 307 (21km), 350 (10km), 116 (5km), 35 (10km walk), 182 inline skaters), 24 handcyclists, 25 pedal scooters

Event website: www.europamarathon.de

 

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