Sunday 18 October 2026
The Lübeck Marathon is a road running event held annually in the autumn in the Hansestadt Lübeck (Hanseatic City of Lübeck) in Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Eight races are on offer:
- 42.2km marathon
- 2x21.1km relay
- 10x4.2km relay
- 21.1km half marathon
- 21.1km handbike half marathon
- 10km
- 5km
- 2km children's run
Starting on Kohlmarkt in the medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the marathon follows an undulating out-and-back course which takes the runners around the Holstentor (Holsten Gate), ...
... through residential and green areas, and through the 866-metre-long Herrentunnel under the Trave river.
The turnaround point is on Strandpromenade in the Baltic seaport of Lübeck-Travemünde:
Map of the venue:
19. Lübeck Marathon:
Date:
- 18 October 2026 (Sunday)
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| 5km | 10km | 21.1km | 42.2km | 10x4.2km | 2x21.1km | |
| 2025 | 526 | 939 | 2,270 | 750 | 166 teams | 73 teams |
| 2024 |
345* |
755 | 1,455 | 534 | 151 teams | 61 teams |
* 4.2km
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