Sunday 12 April 2026
Held annually in Linz, Austria's third city with a population of about 210,000, the Linz Marathon offers the following road races:
- 80m-420m-500m Juniormarathon (kids races; on Saturday)
- 420m Special Olympics Run (on Saturday)
- 5km
- 10.5km Viertelmarathon (quarter marathon)
- 21.1km Halbmarathon (half marathon for runners, inline skaters and handbikers)
- 42.2km Marathon (for individual runners and relay teams of four runners)
All routes are mainly flat and fast.
The quarter, the half and the full marathon routes begin on VÖEST-Brücke, a motorway bridge across the River Danube, and end on Hauptplatz, Linz's largest square. The start line and the finish line are approximately two kilometres apart.
Participants in the quarter marathon usually start off at 8:30am, whereas the half and the full marathon runners set off at 9:30am. The field splits after 21 kilometres.
Map of the venue:
24. Linz Marathon:
Date:
- 12 April 2026 (Sunday)
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| 5km | 10.5km | 21.1km | 42.2km | 42.2km relay | |
| 2025 | 1,913 | 4,796 | 4,631 | 1,371 | 573 teams |
| 2024 | 1,564 | 4,283 | 3,513 | 924 | 647 teams |
No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.