Saturday 25 April 2026
Photos by courtesy of Petra Bašnáková
The Beh oslobodenia Chtelnice takes place annually in April in the village of Chtelnica which sits at the foot of the densely-wooded Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathians) in the western part of Slovakia, 70 kilometres from Bratislava.
Held for the first time in 1974, it's a long-standing running event that attracts approximately 200 runners of all ages.
The event features the following race distances:
- 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1.2km for children
- 5.5km for juniors and recreational runners
- 10.1km
The 10k course is hilly, challenging and very scenic as it takes the runners on mixed terrain (asphalt roads and trails) into the hills and around a reservoir in the forest. The difference between the lowest and the highest point on the course is about 70 metres.
In the forest, the route passes a memorial that commemorates three young men who were shot by Wehrmacht soldiers, one day before the Oslobodenie Chtelnice (Liberation of Chtelnica) by a Red Army unit on 6 April 1945.
Map of the venue:
41. Beh oslobodenia Chtelnice:
Date:
- 25 April 2026 (Saturday)
Event website:
Number of finishers in the 10km race:
- 2025: 98
- 2024: 84
- 2023: 97
- 2022: 93
- 2021: 50 (virtual run)
- 2020: 5 (virtual run)
- 2019: 94
- 2018: 107
- 2017: 88
- 2016: 109
- 2015: 95
- 2014: 71
- 2013: 93
- 2012: 63
No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.