Sunday 27 August 2023
Kärnten läuft ("Carinthia runs") is a running event held yearly over a summer weekend in Kärnten, the southernmost province of Austria.
It's a major event in the Carinthian sports calendar and attracts several thousand participants from near and far.
Various races are available for runners, walkers and nordic walkers of all ages and abilities.
The most popular of these races is the Wörthersee Halbmarathon, a point-to-point half marathon run along the northern shore of the Wörthersee, the biggest and most-hyped of all the Carinthian lakes.
The 21.1-kilometre route begins in Velden, a fashionable resort situated at the western end of the Wörthersee. It ends in the Europapark at the lake's eastern end, approximately four kilometres from the city centre of Klagenfurt.
The course is gently undulating and closed to all traffic during the race.
Unfortunately, much of the shore of the Wörthersee is private property, and thus only a few portions of the route run right along the lakeshore.
The 10.55-kilometre Viertelmarathon (quarter marathon) starts in Pörtschach at the halfway mark of the half marathon.
Map of the venue (blue: start; red: finish):
22. Wörthersee Halbmarathon:
Date:
- 27 August 2023 (Sunday)
Event website:
Number of finishers:
- 2022:
- 10.55km: 731 runners and 58 walkers
- 21.1km: 1,590 runners
- 2021:
- 10.55km: 657 runners and 74 walkers
- 21.1km: 1,613 runners
- 2020:
- 10.55km: 529 runners and 40 walkers
- 21.1km: 1,200 runners
- 2019:
- 10.55km: 1,308 runners and 107 walkers
- 21.1km: 2,275 runners
Archive:
Race information:
- Wörthersee Half Marathon 2020
- Wörthersee Half Marathon 2019
- Wörthersee Half Marathon 2018
- Wörthersee Half Marathon 2017
Race report, results and photos:
No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.