11-12 October 2025

Graz, Austria - The city centre as seen from the Schlossberg (Photo: Copyright © 2018 Anja Zechner / runinternational.eu)

 

This road running event is held annually over a weekend in October in Graz, capital of the state of Steiermark (Styria) and Austria's second-largest city with a population of about 300,000.

The event offers a variety of race distances:

  • on Saturday:
    • 120m Bambini Sprint
    • 600m Familienlauf (family run)
    • 1km-2km-3km Junior Marathon (children's races)
    • 5km City Run
    • 5km Nordic Walk
  • on Sunday:
    • 10.5km Viertelmarathon (quarter marathon)
    • 21.1km Halbmarathon (half marathon)
    • 42.2km Marathon
    • 42.2km Staffelmarathon (relay for teams of four runners)

All routes are mostly flat, starting and finishing at the Opernhaus (Opera House) in the city centre.

The quarter marathon takes the runners through the southern part of Graz, along the Mur river and through the Old Town.

Participants in the half marathon also run a loop to the northern outskirts of the city.

The full marathon is two laps of the half marathon course.

 

Map of the venue:

 

Graz Marathon 2025:

Date:

  • Saturday 11 October and Sunday 12 October 2025

Event website:

 

Number of finishers:

  10.5km 21.1km 42.2km
2024 1,570 3,756 860
2023 1,320 2,924 708
2022 1,002 1,740 396
2021 807 1,565 407
2020 --- --- ---
2019 1,506 2,709 549
2018 1,561 3,009 650
2017 1,645 2,741 592

 

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.