# Cracovia Marathon

The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: Cracovia Maraton) is an annual marathon which has taken place every year in Kraków, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers.

## History

The Cracovia Marathon was established in 2002 and has been run every year since. The marathon is held usually in May. The competition features professional athletes and amateur fun runners. A total of 3,200 people finished the race in 2011 while in 2013 a total of 4,415 participants finished the race, which made it the third largest such race in Poland after the Warsaw Marathon and the Poznań Marathon.
The marathon is one of five in the Crown of Polish Marathons program, along with the Dębno Marathon, Poznań Marathon, Warsaw Marathon, and Wrocław Marathon.
Since 2016, the Cracovia Marathon has been part of the Royal Running Triad (Polish: Królewska Triada Biegowa) alongside Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon and the Three Mounds Race.
The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries automatically transferred to 2022 and all registrants given the option of obtaining a refund.

## Winners

Key:  Course record
| Ed. | Year | Men's winner | Time | Women's winner | Time |
| 1 | 2002 | Thomas Magut (KEN) | 2:19:24 | Mirela Zięcina (POL) | 3:02:16 |
| 2 | 2003 | Azzedine Sakhri (ALG) | 2:17:59 | Norah Maraga (KEN) | 2:50:09 |
| 3 | 2004 | Henry Kimeli (KEN) | 2:16:52 | Zahia Dahmani (FRA) | 2:42:15 |
| 4 | 2005 | Piotr Gładki (POL) | 2:19:30 | Janina Malska (POL) | 2:43:20 |
| 5 | 2006 | Matthew Kosgei (KEN) | 2:17:16 | Alena Mazouka (BLR) | 2:43:53 |
| 6 | 2007 | Matthew Kosgei (KEN) | 2:18:16 | Kateryna Stetsenko (UKR) | 2:39:08 |
| 7 | 2008 | Andrei Hardzeyeu (BLR) | 2:13:41 | Olha Kotovska (UKR) | 2:39:49 |
| 8 | 2009 | Julius Kilimo (KEN) | 2:11:26 | Nastassia Padalinskaya (BLR) | 2:36:29 |
| 9 | 2010 | Abebe Dagane (ETH) | 2:16:13 | Etaferahu Tarekegne (ETH) | 2:37:22 |
| 10 | 2011 | Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) | 2:12:20 | Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (UKR) | 2:28:14 |
| 11 | 2012 | Peter Wanjiru (KEN) | 2:12:11 | Lucia Kimani (BIH) | 2:36:54 |
| 12 | 2013 | Patrick Nyangero (TAN) | 2:19:08 | Emilia Zielińska (POL) | 3:03:15 |
| 13 | 2014 | Edwin Kirui (KEN) | 2:15:17 | Elizabeth Chemweno (KEN) | 2:38:06 |
| 14 | 2015 | Taras Salo (UKR) | 2:17:03 | Hellen Kimutai (KEN) | 2:43:04 |
| 15 | 2016 | Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) | 2:11:58 | Gladys Chemweno (KEN) | 2:30:30 |
| 16 | 2017 | Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) | 2:12:52 | Stella Barsosio (KEN) | 2:33:01 |
| 17 | 2018 | Birhanu Bekele (ETH) | 2:11:34 | Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) | 2:31:27 |
| 18 | 2019 | Cyprian Kotut (KEN) | 2:09:18 | Viktoriya Khapilina (UKR) | 2:28:03 |
| — | 2020 | postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic |
| — | 2021 | postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 19 | 2022 | David Metto (KEN) | 2:14:07 | Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) | 2:40:35 |
| 20 | 2023 | Lani Ruto (KEN) | 2:17:05 | Lina Kiriluik (LTU) | 2:42:25 |

### By country

| Country | Total | Men's | Women's |
| Kenya | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Poland | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Moldova | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 |