# Běchovice – Prague Race

The Běchovice – Prague Race is an annual running event which takes place in September between the Prague districts of Běchovice, where the race starts, and Žižkov, where the race ends. It is a point-to-point race which features a climb towards the end of the race, and is slightly longer than a 10K run at 10.031 kilometres (6.233 mi).
The race first took place in 1897 and was awarded the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in 2020 recognising the race as being the oldest continuously-run road race in Europe. In 1974 the race held a female category for the first time, although Helena Nerudová had run outside of competition in 1972.

## Past winners
### Men-only era

Key:  Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (m:s) |
| 1st | 27 May 1897 | Jakub Wolf [wikidata] (BOH) | 39:03.0 |
| 2nd | 1898 | Jakub Wolf [wikidata] (BOH) | 40:00.2 |
| 3rd | 1899 | Jakub Wolf [wikidata] (BOH) | 38:54.0 |
| 4th | 1900 | Matyáš Špicka (BOH) | 39:39.8 |
| 5th | 1901 | Ludvík Petzold (BOH) | 39:14.0 |
| 6th | 1902 | Antonín Šmucr (BOH) | 39:00 |
| 7th | 1903 | Antonín Šmucr (BOH) | 40:00 |
| 8th | 1904 | Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) | 38:39.6 |
| 9th | 1905 | Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) | 39:00.4 |
| 10th | 1906 | Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) | 38:39.6 |
| 11th | 1907 | Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) | 37:44.2 |
| 12th | 1908 | Paul Nettelbeck (GER) | 37:57.6 |
| 13th | 1909 | Antonín Dvořák (BOH) | 35:45.4 |
| 14th | 1910 | Antonín Dvořák (BOH) | 36:01.4 |
| 15th | 1911 | František Slavík (BOH) | 35:50.0 |
| 16th | 1912 | Vladimír Penc (BOH) | 35:43.2 |
| 17th | 1913 | František Slavík (BOH) | 36:41.6 |
| 18th | 1914 | Antonín Kejha (BOH) | 34:25.2 |
| 19th | 1915 | Josef Bledý (BOH) | 37:47.0 |
| 20th | 1916 | Václav Hájek (BOH) | 39:34.0 |
| 21st | 1917 | Jiří Carp (BOH) | 39:39.6 |
| 22nd | 1918 | Antonín Kejha (BOH) | 36:55.4 |
| 23rd | 1919 | Václav Rott (TCH) | 39:53.6 |
| 24th | 1920 | Václav Vohralík (TCH) | 34:20.0 |
| 25th | 1921 | Josef Liehne (TCH) | 34:29.2 |
| 26th | 1922 | Josef Liehne (TCH) | 35:33.0 |
| 27th | 1923 | Vilém Šindler (TCH) | 34:52.4 |
| 28th | 1924 | Karel Nedobitý (TCH) | 36:26.8 |
| 29th | 1925 | Václav Drozda (TCH) | 34:57.4 |
| 30th | 1926 | Karel Nedobitý (TCH) | 34:34.4 |
| 31st | 1927 | Josef Německý (TCH) | 33:46.8 |
| 32nd | 1928 | Josef Německý (TCH) | 33:23.6 |
| 33rd | 1929 | Karel Nedobitý (TCH) | 34:42.6 |
| 34th | 1930 | Jaroslav Lédr (TCH) | 34:06.8 |
| 35th | 1931 | Jan Slezáček (TCH) | 33:36.6 |
| 36th | 1932 | Václav Žofka (TCH) | 34:37.2 |
| 37th | 1933 | Otakar Rozvoda [wikidata] (TCH) | 34:04.4 |
| 38th | 1934 | Josef Koščak (TCH) | 33:03.4 |
| 39th | 1935 | Josef Hron [wikidata] (TCH) | 32:32.8 |
| 40th | 1936 | Ludvík Bombík (TCH) | 34:18.4 |
| 41st | 1937 | Josef Hušek (TCH) | 31:44.2 |
| 42nd | 1938 | Jan Pivoňka (TCH) | 33:29.6 |
| 43rd | 1939 | Ludvík Bombík (Bohemia and Moravia) | 33:31.8 |
| 44th | 1940 | Václav Hošek (Bohemia and Moravia) | 33:45.2 |
| 45th | 1941 | Antonín Vaněk [wikidata] (Bohemia and Moravia) | 34:18.0 |
| 46th | 1942 | Josef Hušek (Bohemia and Moravia) | 32:00.6 |
| 47th | 1943 | Jan Haluza [cs] (Bohemia and Moravia) | 32:47.4 |
| 48th | 1944 | Jan Haluza [cs] (Bohemia and Moravia) | 33:21.6 |
| 49th | 1945 | Emil Diringer (TCH) | 34:10.0 |
| 50th | 1946 | Přemysl Dolenský (TCH) | 33:32.4 |
| 51st | 1947 | Karel Zabloudil (TCH) | 33:56.2 |
| 52nd | 1948 | Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) | 32:56.8 |
| 53rd | 1949 | Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) | 32:11.2 |
| 54th | 1950 | Jaroslav Liška (TCH) | 32:58.2 |
| 55th | 1951 | Miroslav Herčík (TCH) | 32:25.6 |
| 56th | 1952 | Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) | 34:22.8 |
| 57th | 1953 | Jaroslav Liška (TCH) | 32:28.8 |
| 58th | 1954 | Jiří Koller (TCH) | 33:24.6 |
| 59th | 1955 | Ivan Ullsperger [cs] (TCH) | 31:07.2 |
| 60th | 1956 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) | 31:34.0 |
| 61st | 1957 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) | 32:45.6 |
| 62nd | 1958 | Miloš Tomis (TCH) | 31:05.0 |
| 63rd | 1959 | Mirko Gräf [wikidata] (TCH) | 31:14.4 |
| 64th | 1960 | Josef Tomáš (TCH) | 31:41.0 |
| 65th | 1961 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) | 30:46.6 |
| 66th | 1962 | Josef Tomáš (TCH) | 29:50.0 |
| 67th | 1963 | Josef Tomáš (TCH) | 29:43.4 |
| 68th | 1964 | Vladimír Balšánek (TCH) | 31:21.4 |
| 69th | 1965 | Josef Tomáš (TCH) | 31:34.8 |
| 70th | 1966 | Václav Mládek (TCH) | 30:51.6 |
| 71st | 1967 | Václav Mládek (TCH) | 29:51.8 |
| 72nd | 1968 | Václav Mládek (TCH) | 30:47.4 |
| 73rd | 1969 | Stanislav Petr [cs] (TCH) | 30:25.4 |
| 74th | 1970 | Stanislav Hoffman [cs] (TCH) | 30:33.8 |
| 75th | 1971 | Pavel Pěnkava [cs] (TCH) | 31:48.2 |
| 76th | 22 October 1972 | Martin Zvoníček (TCH) | 31:13.4 |
| 77th | 14 October 1973 | Stanislav Hoffman [cs] (TCH) | 29:24.2 |

### Mixed era

Key:  Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (m:s) | Women's winner | Time (m:s) |
| 78th | 13 October 1974 | Stanislav Hoffman [cs] (TCH) | 30:12.0 | Jarmila Honková (TCH) | 41:08.2 |
| 79th | 12 October 1975 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) | 28:35.2 | Šárka Pechková (TCH) | 39:52.8 |
| 80th | 10 October 1976 | Dušan Moravčík (TCH) | 30:45.2 | Božena Sudická (TCH) | 39:38 |
| 81st | 9 October 1977 | Stanislav Hoffman [cs] (TCH) | 30:13.2 | Božena Sudická (TCH) | 37:24.2 |
| 82nd | 15 October 1978 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) | 29:47.6 | Helena Ledvinová (TCH) | 36:20.6 |
| 83rd | 14 October 1979 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) | 30:23.6 | Šárka Pechková (TCH) | 37:04.6 |
| 84th | 12 October 1980 | Ivan Uvizl (TCH) | 29:47.6 | Blanka Paulů (TCH) | 37:04.6 |
| 85th | 1981 | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) | 30:28.0 | Šárka Pechková (TCH) | 37:41 |
| 86th | 10 October 1982 | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 29:59.0 | Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) | 34:45 |
| 87th | 9 October 1983 | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 31:51.0 | Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) | 38:41 |
| 88th | 30 September 1984 | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 29:29.2 | Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) | 33:48 |
| 89th | 29 September 1985 | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 29:46 | Jarmila Urbanová [cs] (TCH) | 36:19 |
| 90th | 28 September 1986 | Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) | 29:18 | Alena Močáriová [de] (TCH) | 37:12 |
| 91st | 27 September 1987 | Ivan Uvizl (TCH) | 30:14 | Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) | 34:54 |
| 92nd | 25 September 1988 | Petr Pipa (TCH) | 30:15 | Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) | 34:42 |
| 93rd | 24 September 1989 | Ivan Uvizl (TCH) | 29:32 | Mária Starovská [de] (TCH) | 34:33 |
| 94th | 30 September 1990 | Róbert Petro (TCH) | 30:49 | Iva Jurková (TCH) | 35:59 |
| 95th | 29 September 1991 | Róbert Štefko (TCH) | 29:52 | Mária Starovská [de] (TCH) | 34:49 |
| 96th | 27 September 1992 | Róbert Štefko (TCH) | 29:33 | Vera Kunicická (TCH) | 35:57 |
| 97th | 26 September 1993 | Michal Kučera (CZE) | 30:03 | Alena Peterková (CZE) | 37:15 |
| 98th | 25 September 1994 | Jan Pešava [cs] (CZE) | 30:09 | Desana Šourková (CZE) | 35:28 |
| 99th | 24 September 1995 | Luboš Šubrt [cs] (CZE) | 30:11 | Desana Šourková (CZE) | 35:09 |
| 100th | 29 September 1996 | Laban Chege (KEN) | 28:33 | Leah Malot (KEN) | 33:45 |
| 101st | 28 September 1997 | Jan Pešava [cs] (CZE) | 28:58.8 | Jana Klimešová [de] (CZE) | 35:12.9 |
| 102nd | 20 September 1998 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) | 29:33.8 | Helena Volná (CZE) | 34:34.6 |
| 103rd | 26 September 1999 | Mykola Antonenko (UKR) | 30:17.0 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 35:42.9 |
| 104th | 8 October 2000 | Maxim Yanishevskiy (UKR) | 30:12 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 35:16 |
| 105th | 30 September 2001 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) | 29:21 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 35:05 |
| 106th | 29 September 2002 | Miroslav Vanko (SVK) | 29:46 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 34:54 |
| 107th | 28 September 2003 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) | 29:34 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 34:34 |
| 108th | 26 September 2004 | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) | 30:39 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 36:25 |
| 109th | 25 September 2005 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) | 30:00 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 34:44 |
| 110th | 24 September 2006 | Jan Kreisiger (CZE) | 30:41.0 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 34:52.9 |
| 111th | 30 September 2007 | Pascal Sarwat (TAN) | 31:01 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 35:28 |
| 112th | 28 September 2008 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) | 31:21 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 36:11 |
| 113th | 27 September 2009 | Ryan Vail (USA) | 30:00 | Petra Kamínková (CZE) | 35:46 |
| 114th | 26 September 2010 | Milan Kocourek [cs] (CZE) | 31:27 | Ivana Sekyrová (CZE) | 37:51 |
| 115th | 25 September 2011 | Elisha Sawe [it] (KEN) | 29:56 | Ivana Sekyrová (CZE) | 36:03 |
| 116th | 30 September 2012 | Samuel Kemboi (KEN) | 29:11 | Monika Preibischová (CZE) | 34:53 |
| 117th | 29 September 2013 | Aleksandr Matviychuk [ru] (UKR) | 29:41 | Christine Chepkemei (KEN) | 34:46 |
| 118th | 28 September 2014 | Hillary Kiptum Kimaiyo (KEN) | 29:14 | Nancy Nzisa Wambua (KEN) | 33:18 |
| 119th | 28 September 2015 | Jakub Zemaník [de] (CZE) | 30:50 | Eva Vrabcová (CZE) | 33:27 |
| 120th | 25 September 2016 | Jiří Homoláč [cs] (CZE) | 30:26 | Simona Vrzalová (CZE) | 34:20 |
| 121st | 24 September 2017 | Jakub Zemaník [de] (CZE) | 30:46 | Eva Vrabcová (CZE) | 34:05 |