# Ostrava Marathon

The Ostrava Marathon (Czech: Ostravský maraton) is an annual road marathon held in the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic each September. It was first held in 1954.

## History

The inaugural marathon was held in 1954. On seven occasions (1956, 1958, 1960–62, and 1964–65), the race distance was limited to 25 kilometres (16 mi). Between 1966 and 1973 the race was not held at all, due to the death of its original organiser, Slávek Mozga. It resumed in 1974. The race has functioned as the Czechoslovakia (later Czech Republic) national championship on five occasions; in 1996, women's race winner Kateřina Gerová-Šromová was not awarded the national title as there was only one entrant in the race. Women first ran the race in 1974, but took part only sporadically until 1986, since which there has only been one race (1997) without a recorded woman finisher.

## Other races

The Ostrava Marathon takes place alongside a variety of other running distances including a half marathon and quarter marathon (10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi)).

## Winners

The race has been won a record 8 times by Ethiopian-born Czech runner Mulugeta Serbessa, who took victories in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014. Pavel Kantorek set the course record of 2:19:06 in 1959. Czech, and formerly Czechoslovak, runners have dominated the race, with only a few other European nationalities coming in first place. Kazimierz Orzeł of Poland and Sigrun Macheleidt of East Germany are the only foreign race winners with multiple successes (two each). The most successful female runner is Petra Pastorová, who won the event six consecutive years from 2017 to 2022.
Key:
    Course record (in bold)
    National championship race

### Marathon

| Ed. | Year | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time |
| 1 | 1954 | Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) | 2:32:49 |
| 2 | 1955 | Walter Bednář (TCH) | 2:28:38 |
| 3 | 1956 |
| 4 | 1957 | Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) | 2:34:36 |
| 5 | 1958 |
| 6 | 1959 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) | 2:19:06 |
| 7 | 1960 |
| 8 | 1961 |
| 9 | 1962 |
| 10 | 1963 | Václav Chudomel (TCH) | 2:40:23 |
| 11 | 1964 |
| 12 | 1965 |
| — | — | Not held between 1966 and 1973 | Not held between 1966 and 1973 | Not held between 1966 and 1973 | Not held between 1966 and 1973 |
| 13 | 1974 | Stanislav Nebojsa (TCH) | 2:48:21 | Emilie Přivřelová (TCH) | 3:26:04 |
| 14 | 1975 | Kazimierz Orzeł (POL) | 2:36:10 |
| 15 | 1976 | Kazimierz Orzeł (POL) | 2:43:13 |
| 16 | 1977 | Volker Lorenz (DDR) | 2:39:36 |
| 17 | 1978 | Tomáš Rusek (TCH) | 2:34:52 |
| 18 | 1979 | Endre Mocsari (HUN) | 2:29:41 | Eva Vlčková (TCH) | 4:10:52 |
| 19 | 1980 | Vojtěch Krejčí (TCH) | 2:31:03 | Sigrun Macheleidt (DDR) | 3:34:47 |
| 20 | 1981 | Vojtěch Krejčí (TCH) | 2:27:06 |
| 21 | 1982 | Zdeněk Šváb (TCH) | 2:31:53 | Sigrun Macheleidt (DDR) | 3:51:50 |
| 22 | 1983 | Jiří Brož (TCH) | 2:29:57 |
| 23 | 1984 | Vladimír Balošák (TCH) | 2:34:50 | Sigrid Eichner (DDR) | 3:27:38 |
| 24 | 1985 | Ondřej Němec (TCH) | 2:28:46 |
| 25 | 1986 | Nikos Cametis (TCH) | 2:30:24 | Marie Vitásková (TCH) | 3:24:51 |
| 26 | 1987 | Aleš Jaroň (TCH) | 2:29:08 | Ivana Brožová (TCH) | 3:15:49 |
| 27 | 1988 | Miroslav Miko (TCH) | 2:27:42 | Věra Holaňová (TCH) | 3:10:19 |
| 28 | 1989 | Josef Mladenka (TCH) | 2:35:40 | Ivana Brožová (TCH) | 3:11:58 |
| 29 | 1990 | Jan Hrouza (TCH) | 2:36:30 | Lenka Skalová (TCH) | 4:02:16 |
| 30 | 1991 | Miroslav Miko (TCH) | 2:26:40 | Ivana Brožová (TCH) | 3:16:32 |
| 31 | 1992 | Jan Hrouza (TCH) | 2:32:00 | Alena Sladká (TCH) | 3:08:30 |
| 32 | 1993 | Alexandr Neuwirth (CZE) | 2:21:26 | Věra Vašutová (CZE) | 3:00:49 |
| 33 | 1994 | Alexandr Neuwirth (CZE) | 2:20:50 | Vlasta Rulcová (CZE) | 2:57:55 |
| 34 | 1995 | Václav Filip (CZE) | 2:31:56 | Anna Balošáková (SVK) | 2:56:25 |
| 35 | 1996 | Vlastimil Bukovjan (CZE) | 2:22:48 | Kateřina Gerová-Šromová (CZE) | 3:29:47 |
| 36 | 1997 | Václav Filip (CZE) | 2:40:01 |
| 37 | 1998 | Jiří Žák (CZE) | 2:29:11 | Zdeňka Tvrdá (CZE) | 3:59:12 |
| 38 | 1999 | David Gerych (CZE) | 2:34:30 | Zdeňka Tvrdá (CZE) | 3:53:31 |
| 39 | 2000 | Václav Ožana (CZE) | 2:37:32 | Lenka Skalová (CZE) | 4:01:37 |
| 40 | 2001 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:29:57 | Ludmila Šokalová (CZE) | 3:24:45 |
| 41 | 2002 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:37:43 | Ludmila Šokalová (CZE) | 3:40:36 |
| 42 | 2003 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:35:57 | Jaroslava Pokorová (CZE) | 3:39:08 |
| 43 | 2004 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:29:37 | Miroslava Hanáková (CZE) | 3:21:48 |
| 44 | 2005 | Eusebio Rosa (POR) | 2:27:31 | Denisa Kozáková (CZE) | 3:11:34 |
| 45 | 2006 | Jacek Kasprzyk [pl] (POL) | 2:27:56 | Ewa Fliegert (POL) | 3:03:05 |
| 46 | 2007 | Damian Zawierucha (POL) | 2:27:23 | Ivana Martincová (CZE) | 2:54:23 |
| 47 | 2008 | Jiří Žák (CZE) | 2:31:07 | Eva Munstrová (CZE) | 3:12:43 |
| 48 | 2009 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:27:16 | Jitka Hudáková (SVK) | 3:15:00 |
| 49 | 2010 | Daniel Orálek (CZE) | 2:30:58 | Jana Dorazilová (CZE) | 3:00:16 |
| 50 | 2011 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:29:26 | Jitka Hudáková (SVK) | 3:10:03 |
| 51 | 2012 | Daniel Orálek (CZE) | 2:31:25 | Iva Pachtová (CZE) | 3:27:57 |
| 52 | 2013 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:35:42 | Šárka Macháčková (CZE) | 2:49:41 |
| 53 | 2014 | Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 2:31:43 | Tereza Šádková (CZE) | 3:24:38 |
| 54 | 2015 | Martin Kučera (CZE) | 2:30:02 | Eva Filipiová (CZE) | 3:12:35 |
| 55 | 2016 | Milan Merva (CZE) | 3:16:18 | Iveta Fořtová (CZE) | 3:40:23 |
| 56 | 2017 | Jan Kohut (CZE) | 2:36:54 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 3:06:07 |
| 57 | 2018 | Petr Pechek (CZE) | 2:27:07 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 2:58:39 |
| 58 | 2019 | Petr Muras (CZE) | 2:37:41 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 3:03:02 |
| 59 | 2020 | Petr Buček (CZE) | 2:34:31 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 2:52:58 |
| 60 | 2021 | Stanislav Najvert (CZE) | 3:03:02 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 3:09:51 |
| 61 | 2022 | Oldřich Kokošek (CZE) | 2:41:28 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 2:54:27 |
| 62 | 2023 | Jan Kohut (CZE) | 2:35:43 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 3:02:14 |

### Multiple wins

Athletes with at least three wins listed.
| Athlete | Wins | Category | Years |
| Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) | 8 | Men's | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Petra Pastorová (CZE) | 7 | Women's | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Miroslav Ciboch (TCH) | 4 | Men's | 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964 |
| Ivana Brožová (TCH) | 3 | Women's | 1987, 1989, 1991 |